Boxes
Boxes by Reilly Cox
A Senior Playwriting Thesis from Reilly Cox
Directed by Professor Michele Volansky
Performances December 9th - 10th at 7:30 in Tawes Theatre in Gibson Center for the Arts
After the death of their father, three siblings struggle to navigate their new landscape and the impact their father’s death has had on their family history in this original play written by Cox and directed by Professor Michele Volansky ’90.
All photos by Paul W. Gillepsie
12/10/2015
Director and head of the Theater and Dance Department Michele Volansky introduces the play.
Projections appeared on the back wall of the stage throughout the performance, setting the tone for the staged reading.
From left to right: Patrick Huff ’19, Allie Halt ’16, Kristen Barnes ’17, and Nick Anstett ’16.
Nick Anstett as r and Kristen Barnes as R.
Kristen Barnes ’17.
Nick Anstett ’16.
Allie Halt ’16 as G.
Allie Halt ’16.
Kristen Barnes ’17 and Nick Anstett ’16.
The father of the story wavered in between a dead and living consciousness, existing both in memory and reality.
Patrick Huff ’19 as B.
Kristen Barnes ’17 captured in a moment of thought.
r and R share a conversation.
Throughout the play there was the reoccurring game of Statement of Fact, poetically identifying the events of the play.
G and R caught in conversation.
Statement of Fact.
G reads from a study about auditory memory.
R dons their deceased father’s overcoat.
G drinks, losing Statement of Fact.
The cast takes a final bow.