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Jan. 10, 2006



Below are the 30 scenes from the 7th Annual Classy Night, performed on Jan. 11, 2006 at The Randall Museum by Lowell's Advanced Drama students. Files vary from 2MB to 15MB. You must have the latest version of QuickTime to view these videos.

Welcome: Winny Mau and Michelle Gerigk welcome patrons to the 7th Annual Classy Night
An Elizabethan Country Dance: A dance where eye contact is key.
Prologue: Written by Bernard Levin from Enthusiasms:
Monica Bui, Megan Hood, Nicole Kwong, Sunshine Roque, Nate Schneps, Alanna Wong
Monologue: Love’s Labors Lost
Berowne         Daniel Johengen

Berowne falls in love for the first time.
Monologue: A Winter's Tale
Hermione        Chloe Jenkins-Sleczkowski

Queen Hermoine has been falsely accused of adultery by her husband King Leontes. Dragged in front of the court right after the birth of their child, she defends herself against these charges.
Scene: Much Ado About Nothing
Benedick      Andy Rothschild
Beatrice       Megan Hood

In this opening scene of Much Ado About Nothing, Benedick and Beatrice eloquently declare their hatred for one another but is it really just hatred between the two of them?
Monologue: The Comedy of Errors
Adriana       Aditi Srinivasan

Adriana has been married to Antipholous for a long time. So when she sees him on the street and he just ignores her she demands to know what is wrong with him.
Monologue: Taming of the Shrew
Petruchio         Andrew Vose

Petruchio proclaims how he will “tame” his rich wife, Katharine’s shrewish ways.
Scene: As You Like It
Rosalind       Lily Drexler
Silvius         Sean Finerty
Phoebe       Alicia Dorfman

Silvius is in love with Phoebe. Rosalind is in disguise as a man. When Rosalind tries to interfere on Silvius’s behalf, it backfires on her.
Monologue: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Helena         Fiona Wozniak

Helena walks in on her best friend, Hermia and Hermia’s boyfriend, Lysander planning to run away so Hermia does not have to marry Helena’s love interest Demetrius. What will Helena do with the news of this plot?
Monologue: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Puck         Erica Edwards

Puck brings news of Titania’s love interest, a man that Puck has outfitted with a donkey head, to her master, Oberon.
Scene: Much Ado About Nothing
Benedick      Brian Chiu
Beatrice       Michelle Gerigk

Beatrice’s cousin, Hero and Benedick’s best friend, Claudio were supposed to get married. However, Claudio suspected Hero of infidelity and left her at the altar. Benedick and Beatrice have been falling in love but will their loyalties stay with their friends or to each other?
Monologue: Macbeth
Lady Macbeth         Jane Reynolds

Lady Macbeth discovers the prophecy that the Witches made about her husband, Macbeth becoming King of Scotland.
Monologue: Macbeth
Macbeth         Karel Ebergen

Macbeth's guilt over the treason he is about to commit makes him hallucinate.
Monologue: Antony and Cleopatra
Cleopatra         Lily Drexler

Cleopatra discovers that her married lover, Antony has been called back to Rome.
An Elizabethan Country Dance #2: A dance where eye contact is key.
Scene: Twelfth Night
Duke Orsino      Andrew Vose
Viola             Chloe Jenkins-Sleczkowski

Duke Orsino is in love with Olivia. Viola is in disguise as a boy and is working for Orisno; specifically, wooing Olivia. However, Viola has fallen in love with Orsino.
Monologue: Merchant of Venice
Launcelot         Sean Finerty

Launcelot works for Shylock, a miserly old Jew. Should Launcelot stay or should he go?
Scene: As You Like It
Orlando      Jake Hanft
Rosalind         Jane Reynolds

Rosalind is in the forest, in disguise as a man. However, Orlando, who she likes and likes her, is in the forest as well. What is she going to do now?
Monologue: Romeo and Juliet
Juliet         Michelle Drexler

Juliet got married to Romeo this morning. Romeo killed her cousin, Tybalt and was banished from Verona a few hours ago.
Monologue: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Helena         Yael Wartens

Helena walks in on her best friend, Hermia and Hermia’s boyfriend, Lysander planning to run away so Hermia does not have to marry Helena’s love interest Demetrius. What will Helena do with the news of this plot?
Monologue: A Winter's Tale
Hermione         Mariel Miller

Queen Hermoine is being sent to jail by her husband, King Leontes for adultery.
Scene: Two Gentlemen of Verona
Julia       Fiona Wozniak
Lucetta         Allie Gassert

Julia has many suitors and wants her maid Lucetta’s opinion of them.
Monologue: Two Gentlemen of Verona
Launce         Winny Mau

Launce, Sir Proteus’s servant is leaving with her master for the Imperial’s Court. All of her family but the dog mourn as she prepares to leave.
Monologue: Hamlet (original)
Hamlet         Daniel Chin

The audience finally gets a look inside Hamlet’s mind as his fight with Laeretes progresses and the world crashes around them.
Monologue: As You Like It
Phoebe         Alicia Dorfman

Phoebe does not like Silvius at all and tries to persuade him that he cannot be hurting as much as he claims to be from her lack of love for him.
Scene: Tartuffe
Dorine       Yael Wartens
Mariane         Michelle Drexler
Valere       Mark Miretsky

Mariane and Valere really do love one another. But her family does not approve of him and tries to marry her off to Tartuffe. He misunderstands and it is up to Dorine, the clever maid, to fix the mess.
Monologue: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Bottom         Andy Rothschild

Bottom wakes up from a night with a donkey’s head and a fairy queen for a lover.
Monologue: Hamlet
Hamlet         Julian Handel

Hamlet ponders suicide.
Scene: Romeo and Juliet
Romeo       Daniel Johengen
Juliet       Aditi Srinivasan

Romeo and Juliet, the eternal star-crossed lovers meet for the first time.


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