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Features
Holiday 2015
“Rumor” has it: This show is a hit!
Cast of “Rumors”
Photo courtesy of: Cheryl Walsh/alt-senior.com
Jack Murphy
Staff Writer
Gunshots, white walls,
whiplash, and a failed
suicide attempt greeted theatre-goers in the
Acting Conservatory’s first
production of the year:
“Rumors” by Neil Simon.
The modern classic follows four wealthy couples
at a 10th wedding anniversary party for Deputy
Mayor of New York, Char-
lie Brock, and his wife,
Myra, plotting to cover
up Brock’s attempted
suicide in order to protect
his career.
Simon’s farcical comedy mocks the wealthy
class’ obsession with protecting their careers and
self-entitlement through
characters like Lenny
Ganz, portrayed by junior
Harvey Sutton (ACT), who
is outraged by the fact
someone crashed into
the side of his brand new
BMW and has whiplash as
a result.
Noticeable about the
casting by director Jay
Wallace is the diversity,
not common in OCSA
productions. For once,
not all the successful
and main characters are
portrayed by white engenues or white leading
men. “It basically demon-
strates that anyone has
the capacity to be successful,” said Sutton.
Physical comedy and
the unique characters
are what made it a
standout. Junior Nina
Cereno (ACT) stole the
show as the outlandish
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