Ben Gogna, Sports editor
November 9, 2012
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Theater, Top Stories
Rockville ? Solano Community College is currently presenting a theatrical production, Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, which comes to its final day of production on November 11.
George Maguire, who started his journey back in 1987 teaching at SCC, will be adding this show to his total of 50 and finishing his SCC legacy when he retires at the end of the semester.
The SCC production is a compelling tear jerker, with professional quality acting by the lead performers and cinematic stage effects.
The story takes place on a ranch near Salinas, California back in 1942 following the Great Depression. Two companions, George Milton (Henry Swenson) and Lennie Small (Semaj D. Barnes and Christopher Raymond) would travel looking for work. They would leave a city in Northern California, heading south to Central California. During this time, the two would end up in a town that was in need of a few hands.
The Boss (Mike Glynn and George Nixon) hires the two, but quickly Curley, the Boss? son (Levi Duncan) encounters the two over a jealous rage that he created because of his wife. Curley?s wife, (Cady Dillman and Mikkel Simons) is a handful, flirting with every worker on the farm and just trying to seek attention. Curly goes around threatening all the workers, but then tangles up with Lennie and ends up getting his hand crushed.
Lennie and George discuss the dream of owning their own plantation.? When Curley?s wife is fed up of not getting the attention she wants, she attempts to runaway, but along the way runs into Lennie and has a conversation. She lets Lennie stroke her hair when all of a sudden he becomes obsessed and the two start to start to scuffle with Lennie accidently killing the wife.
The group of men working for the Boss and Curley go on a manhunt searching for Lennie with their guns loaded. George, caught in the middle of not wanting another man to hurt his friend, but knowing he won?t be able to save Lennie decides to search for him as well.
George finds Lennie, coaxes him into coming out of hiding and relaxes his ease by distracting him with the future plans pointing out into the stars and then without warning, passionately shoots him in the back of his head.
Friday?s and Saturday?s performances start at 7:30 p.m., Sunday?s matinee is at 2 p.m. All performances are in the college theater (1200 building). For tickets and info visit: http://www.solano.edu/theater/
For pictures taken at the performance, visit: ? ?https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152237542695371.927397.552890370&type=1&l=c2cc6f7f59
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