The play will be performed at Juniata College March 10-13. Juniata students will have the invaluable experience of working closely with Davis, who will be on the Juniata campus in Huntingdon on Feb. 19 and 20 for rehearsals. He will also make a cameo appearance in the play during its run at Juniata March 10-13. Over 800 of the top college theater personnel were on the Juniata campus for the weeklong festival, which included five fully-staged productions, numerous workshops, and competitions in various theater practices including acting, playwriting, stage design, costumes, and lighting. The play speaks on a metaphoric level in which an adult audience can appreciate the complexities and ambiguities of many issues.
Emotion is critical to the movement of the play.
The actors have a lot to deal with and playing counterpoint to that is a lot of design elements. It is a very demanding play in many respects, and it is those complexities that make it work. The circus performers can t figure out what has gone wrong or why their acts have gone awry. Rather than folding up the tent, the circus continues with the performers reaching critical junctures in their acts and then stopping to explain to the audience how the act is supposed to conclude. But, because the circus has lost its magic, the performers can t actually finish the act as they would like to do.