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Crime And Punishment: Raskolnikov

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On October 18th I decided to go watch the play Crime and Punishment. A production of Marilyn Campbell and Curt Columbus’ adaptation of Dostoyevsky’s Classic novel. The Play took place at 2:00PM at the STC Cooper center for Communication Arts Black Box Studio, located at 3201 W. Pecan Blvd in McAllen. The literary masterpiece is told by three actors. The three actors were Luis Moreno as Raskolnikov, David Alvarez portraying Porfiry, Marmeladov, and Koch, Paulina Solis as Sonia, Alyona Ivanova, Mother, and Lizaveta. The play is set in the mind of Raskolnikov where he relives and explores, through the urging of Porfiry and Sonia, the thoughts, ideas and feelings that drove him to his horrible crime. The play becomes a psychological landscape that …show more content…

I did enjoy the play, it had a good backstory to it and the actors did a well job of portraying their characters. I was pretty amazed how the actors could portray more than one character it made the play more interesting because you could see the differences the actors put into each character. Each character had their own voice, actions, and personality.
I liked the use of the Black box studio and the traverse stage. The room was dimmed not too dark nor too light. I sat on the top row on the left side of the stage right in the middle. There were two entrances on the stage. On the right side of the stage there was a red wall with a rocky pattern lining the bottom, and a brown door. On the left side there was a beige background with a brown door. On the left side of the stage before the door there was a small rectangular seat with soft fabric covering over. On the right side before the door there was a square table with two wooden chairs on opposite sides.
The actors did a very well job portraying their characters. The actors made the characters very believable they understood what there characters were saying, the way they moved made their characters even more believable, each character they portrayed had their own mannerism and vocal

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