A small but astounding non-profit organization known as the Art Centre Theatre (ACT) is located in the suburbs of Plano TX, where it strives to offer it’s community of youth, teens, and adults instruction in theatre arts, music, dance, voice and more. It even served over 700 children and 50 complete productions last year (2016). One performance that I had the pleasure to attend at the ACT was it’s very own presentation of “The Breakfast Club”, which was based on the critically acclaimed and well-known film written and directed by John Hughes. The staging of the event was quite mesmerizing and impressive than expected as it successfully replicated the nostalgic setting of the detention room, and cafeteria at Shermer High. ACT’s youth program, and their …show more content…
The plays performance maintained its headstrong appeals to the cultural values of idealism, family, and fear throughout the play. The stereotypes of the characters are distinctly conveyed through both clothing, action, and which social group they claimed to be apart of. Idealism is casted throughout the play, as the dialogues between characters commonly share a need to be perfect in the eyes of their peers and parents, following the impact and extreme measures that are seeked if not achieving the idea of perfection. Family trouble ties in the play as well when each character equally admits the worries that stem from their parents unrealistic view of them. Lastly, Fear plays its own staring role when all characters come face to face with rejection from both family, peers, and one another as they try to isolate themselves, mask the new friendships that were being made, and accept the reality that “The Breakfast Club” will not exist beyond the doors of