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The Miami
Vol. 93, Issue 34 | Feb. 16 - Feb. 18, 2015
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STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI IN CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA, SINCE 1929
ASHLEY MARTINEZ // EDGE EDITOR DARING DAMES: In the Jerry Herman Ring Theatre’s latest production “The Women,” sophomores Natalie Hiluert, Kelly Murphy and Savannah Renauldi perform as Miss Trimmerback, Mary Haines and Miss Watts, respectively, Sunday night during a dress rehearsal. The play follows a group of five friends in the 1930s as they confront the obstacles of Manhattan’s upper-class society.
‘The Women’ defies gender conventions Ring Theatre production to debut all-female cast BY ASHLEY MARTINEZ EDGE EDITOR
Director Chris O’Connor is always surrounded by women. While growing up, he had four sisters, and now has two daughters of his own.
He has also spent the past several weeks in rehearsals directing an all-female cast at the Jerry Herman Ring Theatre. O’Connor, an acting professor at the University of Miami, is the director for “The Women,” a mid20th century play featuring 20 actresses that will open Wednesday night at the Ring. “I’ve found myself surrounded by women all my life – it’s no big deal,” he said. “I think the challenge has not been working with a lot of women. The challenge has been directing a complicated play with a lot
of characters and trying to bring out the story in that and to keep it simple, to keep it grounded and to keep it real.” “The Women” was written in 1936 by Clara Booth Luce as a biting comedy that critiques the Manhattan upper-class society of the time. Luce had worked her way into this high status in 1935 after she married Henry Robinson Luce, the publisher of Time, Life and Fortune magazines. SEE ‘WOMEN,’ PAGE 7