{"id":16551,"date":"2021-11-18T17:21:42","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T23:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/?p=16551"},"modified":"2022-01-20T13:35:48","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T19:35:48","slug":"an-unexpected-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/2021\/11\/18\/an-unexpected-party\/","title":{"rendered":"An unexpected party"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Written by Ben Lane <\/em>| Photo by Jill Jarvis<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harding\u2019s midnight curfew (1:00 a.m. on the weekends) doesn\u2019t allow on-campus students to experience late night parties in rooms outside of their dorm, but senior Cassie Chisum\u2019s senior showcase play provided a glance into what a party after midnight can be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     Chisum wrote and directed a one act play called \u201cAgnes\u2019 Birthday Party,\u201d which premiered Wednesday, Nov. 17, for it\u2019s only night on stage in the Anthony and Wright Administration Building. The play is an adaptation of Tony Campolo\u2019s, \u201cAgnes\u2019 Birthday,\u201d true story of his experience in throwing a birthday party at 3:30 a.m. for a prostitute in Hawaii. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

     Chisum said she first heard Campolo\u2019s story listening to a podcast this summer while she exercised in a gym, and the story brought her to tears. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

     \u201c\u2018Everyone\u2019s looking at me, this is awkward,\u2019\u201d Chisum said. \u201cBut, I knew at that moment this was a story I wanted to tell \u2026 it\u2019s this beautiful [and] convicting story.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

     Chisum\u2019s goal in life is ministry, but her biggest passion is theatre and the performing arts, and she kept the two separate until she graduated high school when for the first time she was part of a play in a Christian environment. Chisum said she had a beautiful revelation when she realized she can combine the ministry and the performing arts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     Her time at Harding allowed her to practice this combination and equipped her to share the Gospel through theatre. To her, the Gospel does not always have to be shared through a Biblical story. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

     \u201cIf I can tell stories of redemption, if I can tell stories that stir peoples\u2019 hearts, and then even if I can do things like this specific show, then I am using what the Lord has put in my hands,\u201d Chisum said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     Junior Caleb Shockely played Tony Campolo, one of the lead roles in Chisum\u2019s play. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

     \u201cShe\u2019s put a lot of meaning and depth into the story,\u201d Shockley said. \u201cThere\u2019s a big, Christian principle-meaning behind it that Cassie is trying to hit home, and I think she did very well. I\u2019m excited [I was able to] bring her vision to life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     Junior Josie Holman played a friend of Agnes in \u201cAgnes\u2019 Birthday Party.\u201d Chisum told Holman her plan for the play and the impact Compolo\u2019s story had on her life before auditions, and Holman said she knew wanted to be a part of it after Chisum showed her passion for the story. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

     \u201cI\u2019ve gotten to see her progression as an artist and as a director,\u201d Holman said. \u201cHer grace, and her inspiration and creativity that she brings is phenomenal. I\u2019m just so proud of her.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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