On golden pond

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The play that I chose to critique for my out of class performance is "On Golden

Pond" by Ernest Thompson. This particular version of the play was directed by Michael

Oberfield. The Company that acted in this play was not specified, but the actors were

mostly community veteran actors and Acting students from the local Academy of Arts.

The set Design was done by Russel A. Thompson, and costume design by Jane

Being that I must say that I was not to fond of this play, I will try to be as fair and

just as possible in my critique. I was first told this would be a comic drama play and soon

found out that it was more of a drama, with a bit of comedy on the side. The part of

Norman, the main character, was played by Ron Bupp. Norman is an elderly old man

come to Golden Pond with his wife for the sumertime. His wife Ethyl is played by Jennie

Hollander, and their daughter Chelsea is played by Beth Elege. The Family has come to

Golden Pond during the summer for years now, but Chelsea is getting married to Bill Ray

played by John Vessels, Jr., and won't be able to stay with them the entire time there at

the pond. The first Act starts very comical yet a little on the slow side. Norman and Ethel

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Charlie Martin, played by Michael Oberfield (director), swings by to reminisce about the

current lingo, and talks to him about all sorts of things. Norman seems to become more

beautifully crafted (of course, not as beautiful as Orphans!) and showed colors that

just how precious and fragile this life is.

word and say that it wasn't really as bad as I originally stated. The direction of the play

childlike and forgets about his old age, and all the problems that come along with it. As

hide that. Costumes were very well thought out, except for one thing. I really didn't think

lights weren't hidden, but seeing that there was no grid, it wouldn't have been possible to

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