BHS freshmen put on a good act in ‘Barefoot in the Park’
Andrea Sessions, Reporter
May 24, 2010
Filed under A&E
The Belton High School freshmen took over the theater, performing “Barefoot in the Park” Apr. 29 through May 1. The cast included a total of six actors and actresses. Despite the extremely small cast they managed to blow the audience away.
Freshmen Lara Ware and Zach Thomas filled the lead roles as a newly wed couples Corie and Paul Bratter. The cast also included freshmen Ethel Banks who played Corie’s mother, Russell Phillips as Victor Velasco, one of the crazy neighbors, and Amber Coultis as Harry Pepper, the telephone man. The last role was filled by freshmen teacher Randy Dudley who acted as the delivery man.
“Barefoot in the Park” was mainly about Corie and Paul’s new life together and the struggles it included. The play started off with a bang as everything that could possibly go wrong went wrong. Their overpriced apartment, located on the fifth flight, wasn’t exactly what the couple had in mind. It had a broken radiator, a leaky closet, and a hole in the skylight, and on top of the things falling apart, everything worked backwards. To make matters even worse, the landlord left for Florida before anything could be fixed.
As the play goes on, things continue to not go as expected, which creates tension between Corie and Paul. The two end up in an argument after they return from a double date set up with Victor for Corie’s overbearing mom.
As the fighting escalates, the couple comes to the conclusion that they rushed into the marriage and decide that they have nothing in common with each other because Corie is a “watcher” and Paul is a “doer”. Corie proves her theory by bringing up how Paul wouldn’t walk barefoot in the park with her in 17 degree weather, but despite their difference the spouses prove to themselves that love is enough to keep a marriage alive.
Although “Barefoot in the Park” is, overall, about love, it’s filled with much more humor than the typical love story. The cast did a wonderful job with this witty play and put on a very entertaining and memorable show for the audience.
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