Chaz Pitman

The performers did an excellent job acting out the parts they were assigned. In the beginning of the first act, I made a note of them being very rocky in the beginning and only acting with their body language and not much with their emotions, but once they got more comfortable on stage they brought the characters to life. The main actor, Chaz Pitman, who played the role as Ben, impressed me the most because he was both the main actor and the director of the play. His acting was very believable and at the end when he was having a mental breakdown, I shed a few tears due to how convincing he made it seem. Jeeter and Salyer, who were played by Hal Greer and Kat Lys were the other two actors who captivated my attention. They were able to convince me that they were dating in a scene where they just laughed and told stories while cuddling up to one another. It was very impressive due to the age gap between them that they were still able to play the role without making it uncomfortable.

He not only made sure the play went as planned, but he took initiative to step in and be an example to the other actors on stage with him. He took to his character naturally which is no surprise to me, seeing he enjoyed the subject of the play. Chaz Pitman took the stage and became Ben not only in his costume, but also with his emotion filled words. It was clear to see that he really had a passion for this story line and the character he was playing as well as how he molded the scene for the other actors. He also picked the songs that would play throughout the acts and they were spot on to every situation. If I did not know better, I would assume he fit so well into the character because he was a war veteran himself, but they never mentioned that in the director’s commentary. He had a vision of what they play would be like and he stopped at nothing to get that vision across