Because the Universe Tends Toward Entropy
Winter Term curtains draw to a close as theater lights turn on
By: Ellen Kobe
Issue date: 2/5/10 Section: Features
Even though Winter Term has drawn to a close, DePauw students involved in the theatre production "Because the Universe Tends Toward Entropy" are continuing to reap the fruits of their Winter Term labor this weekend. Performances are scheduled for Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. in Moore Theatre.
"It's going to be a fun, crazy, and hopefully enlightening night," said senior cast member Kevin Bunge.
The entire show consists of four smaller plays: "Desire Caught by the Tail" by Pablo Picasso, "Marriage Proposal" by Anton Chekov, "The Stronger" by August Strindberg and "Dust of the Road" by Kenneth Sawyer Goodman.
Over a year ago, Tim Good, associate professor of communication and theatre, came up with the idea to mix all of these plays together and have the events of the four plays take place on the same day: Christmas Eve in 1870.
Good, who has been involved in DePauw theatre for over eight years said that these are all plays he has been wanting to do for a long time.
"They've never been done this way before," he said.
Good feels that the ample preparation time during Winter Term has allowed the cast and crew to do these plays justice.
"We're able to get in-depth with everything from excellence, to investigation, to understanding that is impossible to do in the semester," Good said.
While it may seem as if these plays were picked at random, the production crew used the title "Because the Universe Tends Toward Entropy" to weave them together.
"The main message is that personal relationships are doomed to blow apart, but humans desperately try to keep them together anyway," Good said.
The production opens with the play "Desire Caught by the Tail," which has the largest cast out of the four acts with a dozen actors. Bunge plays the main character, Bigfoot, in this play.
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