The Grizzly, November 20, 2008
Ursinus College Digital Commons @ Ursinus College Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper Newspapers 11-20-2008 The Grizzly, November 20, 2008 Kristin O'Brassill Gabrielle Poretta Eva Bramesco Elizabeth MacDonald Lisa Jobe See next page for additional authors Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/grizzlynews Part of the Cultural History Commons, Higher Education Commons, Liberal Studies Commons, Social History Commons, and the United States History Commons Click here to let us know how access to this document benefits ou.y Authors Kristin O'Brassill, Gabrielle Poretta, Eva Bramesco, Elizabeth MacDonald, Lisa Jobe, Christopher Schaeffer, Liz Kilmer, Gianna Paone, Nathan Humphrey, Spencer Jones, Daniel Tomblin, Salia Zouande, Shaun Frank, Julie Tran, Josh Krigman, Zach Shamberg, Laurel Salvo, Emily McCloskey, and Jameson Cooper Thursday, November 20, 2008 Over four days at the end oflast week, Ursinus Theatre 'presented Elmer Rice's The Adding Machine to three sold out houses in . the blackbox. scene in which a group of tourists visits Zero in jail to For those watch him like an animal in a zoo, Zero is put to death. The second act follows Zero through the afterlife, in which he finds freedom from his wife and happiness with the object of his affection, worked at incorporating realistic, old timey "Noo Yawk" Daisy. He begins to truly understand his life, accents to give their characters authenticity. and where he fits into the universal scheme. This production of The Adding Machine was evaluated Not to drag ~ in the ever popular eIE by a respondent from the American College Theatre Festival. themes, but this work deals directly with In this festival, colleges compete by presenting their shows, the famous "Why am I here?" and and are able to win awards~ The Adding Machine was not "Where a011 going?" queries.
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