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Collide of the Sides Golds, Purples present joint College Night show BY HARRISON NEVILLE ’22, PHOTOS BY MICHAEL WADE
or this year’s College Night production, “Collide of the Sides: Royal and Loyal,” the Purple and Gold sides united to create a story that visited potential scripts of the past and told the story of a student who wanted to join a side but was undecided. The two sides rehearsed in small groups during the months leading up to College Night and aired a recording of the show to a virtual audience on the night of Saturday, March 13. The production opened with a musical number portraying a College Night mixer with the rivalry between the veteran Purple and Gold main characters, Peter and Gabby. After the mixer, Peter and Gabby discussed an upcoming class assignment with freshman Victoria. The assignment was to write a College Night script. Peter had access to past College Night scripts, so they looked at them for inspiration. The first was a Gold Side show about Shakespeare characters. The scene featured Romeo, Macbeth and Hamlet mourning the deaths of their lovers. Lamenting their grief, the characters sang a solemn tune titled “Shakespeare.” Afterward, the characters learned all three lovers are alive. The next script was a Purple Side script featuring a group of women working in a U.S. factory during World War II who were planning to unionize due to sexual harassment by their boss. Victoria and Peter enjoyed the script, but Gabby was dissatisfied. Peter picked another Purple Side script, this one featuring a girl who sells her soul to a demon to get the attention of a boy. All three were disturbed by this script. The next script featured a witch singing “Violet’s Magic” with her magic mirror. The witch, named Violet, talked about her evil deeds while Maggie, the mirror, complained about being dragged along.
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