Comedy of Manners and Errors

There were lots of exciting things outside of class this past week, so I will be bouncy about them and make it up next week. I’ve been involved with some aspect of performing arts since I was four, and here at St. John’s, I’ve been eaten by student theatre. Our organization is called Chrysostomos, or “silver-tongued” in Greek. It is entirely student-run; directors, technical staff and actors all come from the various levels of the college community. I’ve come a long way from knowing nothing about drama (except that everyone has a tenuous grip on sanity) and our last production went very well indeed. I was the assistant director for Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest, with a mixed cast of undergraduates and graduate students. We had an excellent audience for each night, with a surprisingly number of Santa Fe residents as well. We’ve started doing more comedies this year, and I’m very pleased to see that we can properly put them on and that people really like them! Serious drama is marvellous (I’m a particular fan of tragedies myself), but sometimes lighter fare is just perfect—this show certainly came close.

Cheers,
Elise Akie Kutsunai

Check It Out: The Importance of Being Earnest (2002 film), Judi Dench, Colin Firth, Rupert Everett, Reese Witherspoon