{"id":20008,"date":"2024-10-25T06:47:20","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T12:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/?p=20008"},"modified":"2024-10-28T15:38:57","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T21:38:57","slug":"tuck-everlasting-arrives-on-the-benson-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/2024\/10\/25\/tuck-everlasting-arrives-on-the-benson-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuck Everlasting arrives on the Benson Stage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Andrew Reneau\/ Photo by Edgar Cardiel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This weekend the Theatre Department at Harding University will present \u201cTuck Everlasting,\u201d a play about a child who stumbles upon an immortal family living near her home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ensemble member Jiles Burnham said the ensemble was finished with the show\u2019s structure around four weeks before the show. Since then, he said the focus on set shifted to ironing out small details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis last Saturday I was in the Benson for 15 hours,\u201d Burnham said. \u201cWe had rehearsal 9-4 p.m., and then I was building set and painting stage until midnight. The atmosphere definitely shifts, especially because we are not trying to learn things anymore, we\u2019re trying to perfect them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Burnham said \u201cTuck Everlasting\u201d is helping him become a better dancer, which is one of his weakest<\/s> skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDoing a show that is so dance heavy has been really good for me because I feel like as a performer, dance is the weakest aspect of my toolbox, and something I am intentionally trying to improve,\u201d Burnham said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Production manager Cassie Bennett said she feels the energy as they prepare for this weekend’s show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don’t know that the atmosphere has really changed\u2013 as we approach opening night and can see everything coming together, I think there is maybe more of a sense of energy,\u201d Bennett said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a reference to John 4:4, Bennett said she hoped their audience would learn how to appreciate the time they have together, and to live in the present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senior Aubrey Jones will play Winnie Foster for Harding\u2019s production. She described how the play had been in the works since the spring of 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey cast four of us back in April, and then they have auditions again right before classes started this semester for the rest of the named roles and the ensemble,\u201d Jones said. \u201cThere was also a short choreography audition process for both auditions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jones said working with the show has been a fun mix of support and excitement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI especially have gotten to spend a lot of time with the folks playing the Tuck Family, and we\u2019ve gotten to do a lot of rehearsal time together, and I feel like we\u2019ve bonded a lot and had a lot of fun putting the show together,\u201d Jones said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tickets for Tuck Everlasting may still be purchased online on Harding\u2019s website. Online tickets cost $20, and tickets bought at the door cost $25. There is no elevator access to balcony seating. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Theatre Department will put on their next show \u2014 \u201cThe Taming of the Shrew\u201d \u2014 Dec. 5-7 in the Ulrey Performing Arts Center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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