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...Jonah C. Priour ’10, a cast member of “Oh Dad,” will also co-direct the NCT’s first entirely student-run show, “Children of Eden,” this January. He says that the theater’s introduction of such cutting-edge technology will raise the standard of student theater offerings...
...addition to all the other distinctive features of the evening, playwright Arthur L. Kopit ’59 will be in attendance on opening night to participate in a post-show discussion of his work. Priour maintains that his level of excitement is almost indescribable...
...Slavs” last year. He delivered again in “The Fantasticks” with a brassy, over-the-top and yet consistently impressive interpretation of Hucklebee, an angry, middle-aged gardening-enthusiast father. Meanwhile, Glaser’s Mortimer, the sidekick to Henry (Jonah C. Priour ’09), threw his whole body into well-executed slapstick. Glaser’s acting was particularly effective in the show’s stylized fight scenes, which allowed the full expression of his immense comedic talents. The set, designed by the directors, and the costume design (by Olivia...
There were many great scenes in this production, but two in particular stood out. In the first act, Priour delivered a fantastic soliloquy about his character’s love for Melissa, addressed to himself in the bedroom mirror and punctuated by occasional breaths from an inhaler...
...nowhere did Priour impress as much as in his last scene, when he was beset by a gripping, realistic asthma attack after he confessed his feelings to Melissa. It was the one scene completely devoid of the comic element, and was shocking after the almost 90 minutes of straight chaos and humor that ran beforehand. It jerked me out of my laughter and into tears within a second...