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| Scene from The Diviners. Photo taken by Barbara Mammele |
On the eve of February 23rd, the late-night
rehearsals and extreme dedication finally paid off for all of the students and
faculty involved with the production of “The Diviners”.
Set during
the Depression, a young Kentucky preacher named C.C. Showers finds his way to
the small, fictional town of Zion, Indiana, where he stumbles across a young
teenage boy, Buddy, who has a miraculous gift of finding underground
water. Buddy, surprisingly, has been
afraid of water ever since the age of four when he and his mother fell into the
river; his mother actually drowned while trying to save her son. As time goes on the two become very close,
and C.C. begins to feel like Buddy’s mentor.
While working on the farm as help for Buddy’s father, Ferris, the town learns
that C.C. is a former preacher. The townspeople believe that C.C. can help the
boy, who hasn’t touched water since the accident. With the town pressuring C.C. to help, C.C.
loses track of what’s right for Buddy and soon loses Buddy all together when he
drowns in the river.
Through the
eyes of some of the actors this might not have been their favorite play but
getting to perform in a show of this nature was a definite experience. “The
fact that not a lot of people know about the show made us work harder to put on
a fantastic performance that intrigued people to want to see it.” Max Mammele said.
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| Scene from the Diviners. C.C. Showers and Buddy Laymen pretending to be birds. Photo taken by Barbara Mammele. |
Coming from
the audience’s point of view many students thought the roll of Buddy Laymen was
played very well. “I thought that Wil Andrews-Weiss did a very fitting job at
portraying Buddy in the show,” attendee Jackie Wacha said.
All of the
actors and behind the scenes workers have been working since January to make
this show one to remember. Night after
night of perfecting each scene finally came through to produce a wonderful, on
the edge of your seat show.
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