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ABOVE: Olivia Freeze, sophomore of Bridgeport, as Liz massages Charlie’s head, played by Zackary Wellnitz, junior of Rushville, during “The Whale” dress rehearsal, Tuesday in the Black Box Theater.

RIGHT: Adeline Beason, sophomore of Byram, Mississippi, holds a cigarette up to her lips during “The Whale” dress rehearsal, Tuesday in the Black Box Theater.

Photo by Mackenzie Dahlberg

Photo by Mackenzie Dahlberg Brennan Ackerman, freshman of Box Elder, South Dakota, as Elder Thomas, and Trista Topil, freshman of Lincoln, as Elle, sit next to each other on the couch during “The Whale” dress rehearsal, Tuesday in the Black Box Theater.

Everything ‘whale’ be alright - tonight

u By Teddy Parham

Reporter

This isn’t your typical whale watching experience, so you won’t be on a boat, but you will be amazed.

CSC theater students and staff will be performing the play “The Whale” for all to come and see this month and next.

Big-hearted and fiercely funny, “The Whale” tells the story of a 600-pound man’s last chance at redemption, and of finding beauty in the most unexpected places.

“The play touches on so many topics and it isn’t just about a 600-pound man,” Michael Susko, theatre interim director, said. “It’s about family, it’s about regret, it’s about love. I think the audience will be really moved.”

The play is very well-known, and according Susko, this play is not usually done in colleges.

If you have never heard of this play before, opening night is, Thursday at 7 p.m. They will also have five more showings after this. These times are 7 p.m., Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m., Sunday, along with 7 p.m., Dec. 3 and Dec. 4.

Susko said he is more than excited for people to come and see this play and feels his students will go above and beyond to reach every emotion the audience can handle.

“I hope the audience is ready to go for this beautiful and emotional ride,” Susko said.

As you may know, any good story comes with struggles and that’s just what Susko, and his cast had to deal with.

“The cast has worked very hard on finding their roles,” Susko said. “Being able to stay true to their characters, finding the humor, finding the pain in the characters, and most importantly finding the love. I think they’ve succeeded.”

The male role of the 600-pound man named Charlie is played by Zackary Wellnitz, junior of Rushville, and the female role of the daughter Elle is played by Trista Topil, freshman of Lincoln.

“They will laugh, they will cry, they will experience a beautifully moving piece of theater,” Susko said.

Tickets for the upcoming play are free and can be reserved at csc.edu/theatre or you can come to the Black Box Theater on the second floor of Memorial Hall.

If you can’t make this play, the theater will be putting on two more shows next semester, “Crimes of the Heart” and “The Lion in Winter,” which you can find more details about online.

400 THANKSGIVING years of Compiled by Mackenzie Dahlberg Fun facts for

The first Thanksgiving was believed to be 400 years ago, November 1621, and it was the celebration of the autumn harvest between the newly arrived Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indians at Plymouth. The foods eaten at the first

Thanksgiving weren’t anything like the foods enjoyed now. The table would’ve been set with vegetables, fruits, fish and shellfish like mussels, lobster, bass, clams and oysters.

New York was the first of several states to adopt an annual Thanksgiving holiday in 1817. Every state celebrated it differently and in the South it was a largely unfamiliar tradition.

George Washington gave the first Thanksgiving proclamation by the United States’ nation al government in 1789. He hoped Americans would express their grat itude for the conclusion of the war and their independence.

Since 1966, Dallas has played on every Thanksgiving with the exception to 1975 and 1977. However, the Lions were the first to start the tradition of Thanksgiving Day NFL football in 1934 against the Chicago Bears. 26,000 tickets for the game was sold out two weeks in advance.

Graphics by Velvet Jessen

Franklin D. Roosevelt moved the holiday up a week in 1939 to try and spur retail sales during the Great Depression. The moving of this holiday received fervent opposition and the president signed a bill in 1941 to officially make Thanksgiving the fourth Thursday in November.

In 2020, Zoom removed their 40-min ute limit on free calls across the globe for the day, allowing families to con nect to one another digitally since most didn’t leave home due to COVID-19 travel restrictions.

The first Macy’s Day Parade was actually a “Macy’s Christmas Parade” on Nov. 27, 1924, and three years later, Felix the Cat was the first giant balloon to be a part of the Macy’s Day Parade.

In 1863, in the middle of the

American Civil War, Abraham

Lincoln issued a proclamation urging all Americans to ask God to treat people who have become widows, orphans, mourners or sufferers with tender care and to heal the nation’s wounds. So, he scheduled Thanksgiving for the final Thursday in November.

In 2020, Zoom removed their 40-minute limit on free calls across the globe for the day, allowing families to connect to one another digitally since most didn’t leave home due to COVID-19 travel restrictions.

This or That

NFL game

Dress up

Pecan pie

Ham

Without gravy

Cyber Monday

Help clean

Green bean casserole

Dinner rolls

Mashed potatoes

Dressing

Gravy

Be a guest

Stay home

Dinner

Home-cooked

Fresh cranberry sauce

Apple cinnamon

Eat leftovers

Play football

Dessert

Grown-up table

Family

Christmas Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

Comfy clothes

Pumpkin pie

Turkey

With gravy

Black Friday

Help cook

Corn

Cornbread

Sweet potatoes

Stuffing

Cranberry sauce

Be a host

Travel

Midday meal

Take-out

Canned cranberry sauce

Pumpkin spice

Overstuff yourself

Take a nap

Appetizer

Kid’s table

Friends

Thanksgiving

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