Author Archives: Audrey Davis

Flash Review: Post Grad

February 24, 2013 By in Commentary, Culture Tags: , , , 1 Comment

Photocred: Facebook.

Photocred: Facebook.

Have you ever watched the television show Girls and thought, “Hey, wouldn’t it be cool if they all just burst into song?” No? Just me? Don’t worry–musical theater has a long, rich history of giving viewers everything they had no idea they wanted: Russian Jews singing about arranged marriages? Check. Cheery Austrian governesses singing to escape the Nazi menace? Check. People pretending to be cats pretending to be cats that act like people? Check. Post Grad, a wonderful new musical written by Beth Hyland ’13 and directed by Emma Miller ’15, is similarly unexpected, but singularly soulful and charming.

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Away From Gambier: How I Was Mistaken for Homeless

November 27, 2012 By in Commentary, Culture Tags: , , , Leave a comment

New York City, or, Kenyon Relocated

Ed.: Just because Thanksgiving break was only a week long does not mean that you avoided experiencing some minor incidents. A quick transition to a big city from a quaint village can be chaotic. Check out Audrey Davis’s story of being off kilter in the Big Apple. 

My road trip home was supposed to start at approximately 8:50 a.m. That was when my train from Manhattan would reach Beacon, Ny., my dad would pick me up, and we’d be on our merry way. That is not what happened.

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Theatre Kid Lingo: An Abridged Dictionary

November 14, 2012 By in Culture, Departments Tags: , , , 13 Comments

Okay. I’ll admit it. Drama majors aren’t always that easy to understand. You’ll have to forgive us. We live in a world in which we’re regularly encouraged to pretend to be someone else, which is probably super unhealthy now that I think about it (Seriously, though–I’ve spoken in four different accents today. For fun. There’s no way that’s normal). So, for those who’ve always wondered, here are some terms you might come across when hanging out with one of us “theater kids”:

ASM: Assistant stage manager; professional snack-runner; taker of much shit. Example: My life is really hard because I asked my ASM for pretzels and she got me Sun Chips.

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Flash Review: Oleanna

November 11, 2012 By in Culture, Departments Tags: , , Leave a comment

Seriously, how INTENSE is that tagline?

First off, I think I should begin with a disclaimer: I love this play. It’s weird. It’s upsetting. It’s hard to understand. But I love it. In one hour and with two characters, Oleanna gives you a crash course in a subject that playwright David Mamet might call “How to Be Super Profound…profound” (if you read the play, you’ll find that the guy is very fond of repetition, ellipses, italics…and pretty much nothing else). KCDC’s production of the play, directed by Doug Healy ’13, is the senior thesis of Meg Sutter and Harry Hanson.

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Flash Review: Medea

November 9, 2012 By in Culture, Departments Tags: , , 7 Comments

This is what Medea looks like on Wikipedia. This is not Faith Servant.

The nice thing about watching a senior thesis in acting is that you know you’re in for an excellent performance.  It might not be perfect. But there’s no way it can be bad. This weekend’s performance of Medea is the senior thesis of Faith Servant (who plays the title role) and Josh Henderson-Cox (who directs), and I’m happy to report that it is anything but bad. As a matter of fact, it really is quite good.

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