Penn State’s No Refund Theatre showcases cult basic ‘Rocky Horror Present’ | Life-style

Penn State’s No Refund Theatre returns to 111 Discussion board Constructing this week with a manufacturing of the “Rocky Horror Present.”

The group’s tackle the Richard O’Brien musical options 13 solid members — however viewers members are additionally inspired to take part within the present and costume up, based on co-director Sam Austin.

Austin (senior-film manufacturing) stated the “Rocky Horror Present” is “among the best” reveals No Refund Theatre has ever produced.

“It has been a blast,” she stated. “I’ve just about no complaints.”

Austin, who can be the president of the group, stated being part of the group is “so enjoyable.”

“It is so lowkey, and we nonetheless placed on actually good reveals,” she stated.

Co-director Lauren Bauer stated she was “emotional” going into technical week for the group’s seventh present of the semester.

“It has been an unimaginable expertise,” Bauer (senior-communication arts and sciences) stated. “I’ve liked each second of this present. I am making an attempt to savor each single second.”

She stated that though the present is a “cult basic” with “iconic” characters, the solid has tailored it to make it “distinctive.”

“They’ve fully taken each single function and made it into their very own, and it’s its personal factor now,” Bauer stated.

Sidney Wolf performed the character Rocky, which she stated was “the craziest factor I’ve ever performed.”

“This can be a historically male function, so having the ability to make it feminine has been fairly cool,” Wolf (sophomore-division of undergraduate research) stated.

“Rocky Horror Present” is the second manufacturing Wolf has performed with the group. In accordance with Wolf, working with NRT is her “favourite factor to do.”

“The solid is a lot enjoyable, and everyone’s nice, and it is only a nice setting to be expressive and take a look at new issues,” Wolf stated.

Ethan White performed Brad Majors — a task he stated was “straightforward,” because it was just like his roles within the different six reveals he has performed with NRT.

“It was actually enjoyable,” White (senior-biomedical engineering) stated. “You by no means suppose it is going to come collectively actually good, but it surely got here collectively actually, actually good. I feel it is going to be a terrific present.”

Though White stated he was nervous going into technical week, “the Band-Help was off” after the primary evening — and the solid is now “able to go and have an viewers.”

Muggs Leone performed the function of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, and though he is performed “at the least half a dozen reveals” with NRT, he stated he loved this one as a result of it “lends itself to doing what you need and having enjoyable and throwing in issues.”

Leone (junior-psychology,) who can be the treasurer of the group, stated he discovered it “attention-grabbing” to play the a part of a “queer icon” that many viewers members might already know.

“It has been actually enjoyable to form of mess around with that and form of create my very own model,” he stated. “I feel we have all performed a terrific job at form of making this NRT’s model of Rocky Horror.”

NRT’s manufacturing of the “Rocky Horror Present” will run Nov. 3-5 in 111 Discussion board. Reveals start at 8 p.m., and tickets are free.

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