Art Post 2: Wait Until Dark

*This post is the second of two required blog posts to complete project 1* 


Last week I went to see my boy Lucky's show here on campus in the lab theater. He designed and directed the suspense thriller, "Wait Until Dark." 


The show's plot follows the story of three con artists of a trying to obtain a heroine filled doll in a blind woman's home, Suzy Hendrix. Suzy is left home one day when the con artists come. They pose as several different characters and try to convince Suzy that her husband, Sam, is actually a drug trafficker. Despite her disability, Suzy is incredibly cleaver and uncovers their plan. See defends herself by breaking all the lights in the apartment and confront the men one on one when they come after dark. She succeeds, and is met by Sam during the aftermath.


This is not an easy show to pull off. The production can only thrive if the audience experiences suspense, which is what they did for Lucky's show. Suspenseful music was used during appropriate times throughout the show to enhance the on-stage actions. There were times when you could not look away from the stage because you wanted to know what would happen next. The climax of the show was one of these moments. Suzy has to confront Roat, the  murderer who takes pleasure in his work. After turning off all the lights Suzy forgets just one, the refrigerator. After see stabs Roat, we reemerges from off-stage, mortally wounded about to die any second, but determined to kill Suzy. As he slowly crawls over to her, Suzy scrambles to break the refrigerator bulb. She manages to find the cord at the last second as the lights go dark. It is an intense sequence of events.


In the end, the show was an experience that kept you on the edge of your seat if you set yourself be consumed by the suspense.