Each play tries to bring something new to the table when performing for an audience. A play is different with each performance, because the cast may stay the same or change but the audience will definitely change. With each viewing of a story a different lesson can be taken away, but the main lesson will leave an impact on everyone in the crowd. This was true with The Cover of Life performed by the students at Longwood University, their opening night was November 9, at 7pm.
"I loved the performance by the actors and actresses," said sophomore Erin Eaton. "The story was well told, and had a lot of insight to relationships."
The story starts off with a female reporter that is used to retelling stories of the war happening in Europe when she is sent to a small town to do what she calls "a woman's piece." During her stay with three wives of men in the armed forces and their mother she learns more about herself and the way of the world from a woman's point of view. This play and performance was a beautiful representation of the way woman are viewed and treated by society. Each of the wives represented an extreme kind of character, but with traits that most would be able to relate to.
A character is important and what they represent for the story, some characters will represent a group of people for society. Other characters will be there for the crowd to understand certain situations or understand different people in society. Each character represented something different for separate kinds of women in a group, it was interesting to watch the relationship between the characters and their actors/actresses'.
"My favorite character was Kate, I like how her character changed," said freshman John Kiser.
Each character changed for better or worse in the play. Three of the women went on to live better and stronger lives for themselves. Most would say this is a play on femininity or realizing that a woman doesn't need a man in her life/ a man doesn't need to be her boss.
Personally this play was about letting go of everything holding a person back. About realizing that one person's dreams cannot be given up for something or someone else. For some people the theme of the play could have been to always go after one's dream or to not let anyone hold a woman back. But this play could have also had the message of not burning one's self just to light up another person's day.
