Spring Break
Dead Irish cat, live Irish terrorists on stage in dark comedy
Laura Katzer
Issue date: 10/22/07 Section: Culture
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Mairead is a ferocious 16-year-old rebel desperately seeking a cause. Kepner, who is a second-year MFA acting student, describes her character as sort of a vague idealist.
She says her character is infamous for shooting out cows' eyes with an air rifle as a protest against the meatpacking trade. She deftly portrays Mairead with raw adolescent energy. Kepner recounted how she shot a gun with another cast member to understand her character.
"We went to the gun range, it was not enjoyable. I did understand how you could disconnect from yourself and the gun," Kepner said.
Padraic is a somewhat overdone character. He is oddly goofy. He is funny and intense but his character does not make a very strong emotional connection with the audience.
The play is simultaneously terrifying and hilarious. Kepner succinctly describes the experience of the play.
"It's all this absurd violence daring you to laugh at it, [then] when you laugh it's like 'I can't believe I laughed at that,'" she said.
The play is not just about the death of a cat; it carries a point about the senselessness of violence.
The bitter irony of the play is in the life of a cat being revered and protected, but human life is easily expended. The bloody cat pelt becomes a wickedly funny symbol of the out-of-kilter principles and unrealistic ideals for which the factional terrorists fight.
lkatzer@unews.com
She says her character is infamous for shooting out cows' eyes with an air rifle as a protest against the meatpacking trade. She deftly portrays Mairead with raw adolescent energy. Kepner recounted how she shot a gun with another cast member to understand her character.
"We went to the gun range, it was not enjoyable. I did understand how you could disconnect from yourself and the gun," Kepner said.
Padraic is a somewhat overdone character. He is oddly goofy. He is funny and intense but his character does not make a very strong emotional connection with the audience.
The play is simultaneously terrifying and hilarious. Kepner succinctly describes the experience of the play.
"It's all this absurd violence daring you to laugh at it, [then] when you laugh it's like 'I can't believe I laughed at that,'" she said.
The play is not just about the death of a cat; it carries a point about the senselessness of violence.
The bitter irony of the play is in the life of a cat being revered and protected, but human life is easily expended. The bloody cat pelt becomes a wickedly funny symbol of the out-of-kilter principles and unrealistic ideals for which the factional terrorists fight.
lkatzer@unews.com
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