BVU Theatre to Present "Blithe Spirit"
Buena Vista University Theatre is presenting the Noël Coward comedy Nov. 4-7 in Anderson Auditorium. In the play, Charles Condomine is literally haunted by the ghost of his very clever and insistent late wife, Elvira.
Buena Vista University Theatre is presenting the play "Blithe Spirit" by Noël Coward Nov. 4-7 at 7:30 p.m. in Anderson Auditorium on the BVU campus.
Tickets for the play can be reserved online at www.bvu.edu/tickets or by calling the BVU Theatre Hotline at 712.749.2211. Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for students and senior citizens and may be picked up at the door before the performance.
BVU's production of "Blithe Spirit" will be directed by Dr. Michael Whitlatch, professor of theatre, with technical direction by David Grant Walker, assistant professor of theatre, and costume coordination by Dr. Bethany Larson, associate professor of theatre.
"Blithe Spirit" is about Charles Condomine, an author who is re-married, but is haunted (literally) by the ghost of his very clever and insistent late wife, Elvira, who haunts the hapless Charles into perpetuity after being called up by a medium: Madame Arcati.
"'Blithe Spirit' is a wonderful play for us to do because it's not a slapstick comedy, it's more character and situation driven," said Whitlatch. "Noel Coward's 'Blithe Spirit' is a delightful comedy that underneath the banter reveals a sense of suspicion and insincerity and the deceptions that might be part of a marriage. The play is noted for its clever writing and the aristocratic nature of its characters. Ultimately the audience is treated to two blithe spirits who plan to haunt Charles into eternity. Imagine the possibilities when two spirits create havoc in a fashionable household."
The cast of "Blithe Spirit" is made up of BVU students, including:
- Edith – Sara Studer, a freshman Spanish major from Spencer
- Ruth – Rachel LaPaglia, a freshman criminology and criminal justice and theatre major from Sioux City
- Charles – Austin Delp, a senior theatre major from Alta
- Dr. Bradman – Chance Johnson, a chemistry major from Nashua
- Mrs. Bradman – Katherine Ford, a junior digital media performance major from Piqua, Ohio
- Madame Arcati – Bailey Dean, a senior vocal music performance and theatre major from Ankeny
- Elvira – Nicole Boysen, a senior English and theatre major from Danbury