6A - Wednesday, February 23,2411 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com I 6A - Wednesday, February 23, 2011 The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom *I THEATER PREVIEW Preschool, murder in Basement 'Bright Ideas' takes Shakespearean themes to class By VERONICA MENALDI DailyArts Writer Years of planning and prepar- ing, countless hours of filling out applications, hundreds and hundreds of dollars I in fees, patient Tomorrow and Friday waiting at7 and11p.m. for that accep- Waigreen Drama Center, tance let- Studia One ter and Free the feeling of doing whatever it takes. What sounds like college applications is actually the application pro- cess for a preschool in the play Basement Arts production of "Bright Ideas." Eric Coble's play is a dark com- edy that students can relate to and appreciate at different levels. It describes a couple's relation- ship and struggle to get their toddler son into one of the most prestigious preschools around. The parents, Josh and Gen Bradley, played by MT&D sopho- more Nick Skardarasy and Zoe Kanters, an LSA sophomore who is also an MT&D freshman, take extreme measures to ensure their son Mac enters intothe preschool - no matter the cost. "(The play is) about the lengths they're willing to go to get their son into a great school and the aftermath of that decision with all the craziness it involves," play director and MT&D sophomore Emily Lyon said. In the first act, Gen is speak- ing with her wealthy co-worker, who, after purchasing an aquat- ics room for Bright Ideas Early Childhood Development Acade- my, has guaranteed her son a spot in the school. Since Gen and Josh aren't as rich, they freak out. In a frenzy, the pair decides to invite Gen's co-worker over to dinner and pro- ceed to murder her with poisoned pesto, since Mac is next in line on the waitlist for the preschool. The rest of the play is a conse- quence of this decision and ends with a bang at Mac's fourth birth- day party. Though there is a strong emphasis on the children, the audience never actually sees any of them on stage. In addition, all actors, aside from Gen and Josh, serve as multiple characters, wearing different outfits - add- ing a new layer of humor to the story. Lyon described Gen as a typi- cal mother who succumbs to the pressures of perfection for both herself and her son and becomes consumed with the new power and paranoia she found by elimi- nating someone. Josh balances her out as the dweeb who reads Oprah Maga- zine, does yoga and develops a drinking problem as the play pro- gresses. Skardarasy described his character as a strange and intriguing guy who progressively breaks out of his mold. "It's fun to play a character who has all these different ele- ments," Skardarasy said. "He has sadistic elements, but he's also fun, kind of goofy and at the same time very human." 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ANNA SCHULTE/Daily The characters in "Bright Ideas" will go far for a spot ina competitive preschool. play also includes hallucinations, while still highlighting similar cauldron references and murder- aspects in everyday life, like the ous plots in order to get some- stress of applying to prestigious thing desired. Even their son's institutions and the drive to do name, Mac, is a play on Macbeth. whatever it takes to get what is The integration of Shake- desired. speare, Skardarasy said, adds to "It's going to be slapstick and the allure of the play and further sweet," Lyon said. "It's going to proves the Bard's influence. be kind of creepy, kind of ridicu- The goal of "Bright Ideas" is to lous, very funny, sort of eerie and present a twisted murder comedy hopefully it'll make you think." 1 BDRM APT, 715 Arbor #2, $595/month, water included, May lease, 734-332-6000, www arlonnnronertizsren m "PRIME" PARKING FOR S. 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