‘All in the Timing’ draws in crowd

“All in the Timing” by David Ives was performed on Nov. 8, 9 and 10 at the Potter Hall Black Box Theatre.

There were a series of six-one act plays each night directed by 15 student directors and about 23 student actors. There were nine different plays shown from the book during the three nights. Attendance topped out at 121 with 17 vacant seats during the three nights. The admission fee was $4 a night. The acts played out were English Made Simple, Philip Glass Buys A Loaf of Bread, Mere Mortals, The Philadelphia, Variations of the Death of Trotsky, Sure Thing, Universal Language, A Singular Kind of Guy and Words, Words, Words.

Assistant professor of theatre and video, Jeremy Warner, enjoyed the book that was published in 1994. He chose the book in June and the cast has been rehearsing for four weeks.

“I picked it because it’s a series of one acts and it’s extremely funny,” Warner said. “Each act is different.”

Senior Director, Anthony Evans, has been involved with various other plays including Beauty and the Beast. He has been stage manager and assistant director in his academic career. This is his first time as director.

“This was my first time being able to direct as a student,” Evans said. “It lets me experience what directors go through – the good and the bad. A lot of people think you just show up and tell other people want to do but there’s a lot more than that.”

Senior Actress, Tara Duckworth, is a Political Science major who has a part in two of the acts. She plays woman one in Philip Glass Buys A Loaf of Bread and Betty in Sure Thing. The play Sure Thing is about a guy and a girl who meet for the first time in a coffee shop. Every time they mess up, a bell rings and they are able to start over.

“I love this play,” Duckworth said. “Conceptually it’s really adorable. Some people would say their relationship is fake because they get to change their answers. But I think what they share is genuine and it just takes some time to reach that.”