{"id":4563,"date":"2025-12-01T00:00:39","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T06:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/memorialswordandshield.com\/?p=4563"},"modified":"2025-12-01T11:34:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T17:34:10","slug":"a-review-of-vpms-fall-play-out-of-the-frying-pan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/memorialswordandshield.com\/es\/4563\/student-life\/a-review-of-vpms-fall-play-out-of-the-frying-pan\/","title":{"rendered":"A Review of VPM’s Fall Play: Out of the Frying Pan"},"content":{"rendered":"

On November 14th and 15th, I made my way to VPM to see VPM Drama\u2019s production of <\/span>Out of the Frying Pan<\/span><\/i>, the fall play. I took a seat with little knowledge of the show and fairly high expectations from seeing the last two fall plays, which shared similar comedic and murder-related themes. I noted that there was a great turnout for the show, with most of the seats filled, before the lights dimmed and the show began.<\/span><\/p>\n

Out of the Frying Pan<\/span><\/i>, categorized as a comedy and a farce, tells the story of six struggling actors (George Bodell, Norman Reese, Tony Dennison, Kate Ault, Marge Benson, and Dottie Coburn) living together in an apartment above that of a famous producer, Arthur Kenny. Desperate for a job, they attempt to get the producer to see their play, which leads to unforeseen circumstances. Meanwhile, Muriel Foster, a friend of Dottie\u2019s, comes to visit the apartment. Later, when the six perform their show, she\u2019s convinced to play the part of a corpse, which leaves her debilitated, one of the main conflicts of the show. Subsequently, Dottie\u2019s father, a politician who unknowingly finances the apartment for all six actors, attempts to take her from the apartment and would endanger the other five, whom he doesn\u2019t know live with his daughter.<\/span><\/p>\n

As for the performance itself, there are two undeniable truths: one, it was incredibly funny. I recall that for most of the time, I was laughing, and most of the rest of the audience was too. At times, the laughter was louder than the actors\u2019 voices. Second, everyone in the cast was extremely talented. I was in awe of the way the cast made the roles their own, using strong choices that defined the character of their role, which made each of them shine. Each of the characters in the play had different vibes, and the actors conveyed them so pleasantly that the differences in tone never made me bored when the characters reappeared on the stage. The plot was dynamic enough, with enough side plots that it didn\u2019t get old, but not too many that I would get confused. I admit that it was a clever show, where everything that was said was expanded on later, such as a certain knock-out of a drink or the Stanislavski method acting techniques. It was around two hours long with a fifteen-minute intermission, which I thought was a good length for the show.<\/span><\/p>\n

In conclusion, I left the first show excited for the next one, and the second one sad that there were no more shows. I enjoyed this one almost too much for how lighthearted and entertaining it was, and I applaud the amazing cast and crew who made the show one to remember. For anyone who got to see the show as well, I hope they had just as good a time as I did.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On November 14th and 15th, I made my way to VPM to see VPM Drama\u2019s production of Out of the Frying Pan, the fall play. I took a seat with little knowledge of the show and fairly high expectations from seeing the last two fall plays, which shared similar comedic and murder-related themes. I noted…<\/p>","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":4566,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[323],"staff_name":[288],"class_list":["post-4563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-student-life","tag-december-25","staff_name-olga-sifakis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/memorialswordandshield.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/memorialswordandshield.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/memorialswordandshield.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memorialswordandshield.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memorialswordandshield.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4563"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/memorialswordandshield.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4687,"href":"https:\/\/memorialswordandshield.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4563\/revisions\/4687"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memorialswordandshield.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/memorialswordandshield.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memorialswordandshield.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memorialswordandshield.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4563"},{"taxonomy":"staff_name","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memorialswordandshield.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/staff_name?post=4563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}