In my fourth semester at Wayne State, I finally got around to seeing a student theater production. Being a music major, I think of the theater, dance, and art majors as being somewhat like cousins in the big family that is the Fine and Performing Arts college. (On a side note, it is actually called the College of Fine, Performing, and Communication Arts, but we have no idea who those "communication" people are or if they even exist.)
I saw "A Bad Year for Tomatoes" at the Studio theater in the Hilberry. At first when I heard that the studio theater was actually in the basement of the Hilberry, I thought something shifty was going on, but it turned out to be a wonderfully small and intimate performing space that reminded me of The Ark in A2.
The show was hilarious. Who doesn't love someone dressing up as a crazy alter-ego with scissors who wants to chop people's ears off? Brilliant. As great as the lead actress was, the show was completely stolen by "Piney" who was a man of few words, but had a big axe and a lot of nuts he was trying to crack. Hilarity ensued.
It looks like they'll be having another studio theater production in a few months about a nun with Tourettes syndrome. Can't wait...
(Image from Wayne State's The South End News)
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