"Waiting for Godot"

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	April 16, 2007 ISU Theatre closes season with "Waiting for Godot" "Seinfeld" was the television show about nothing. In the theatre that distinction belongs to "Waiting for Godot." But Jillian Carstensen, the student director of the Iowa State University Theatre student-produced production of the famous Samuel Beckett absurdist play, says that has been a challenge. "Many people think the absurdist genre is about nothing. But if that's the case then why was this play so popular if it was about nothing," the senior performing arts major says. "My goal has been to try to have 'Waiting for Godot' make sense when it really doesn't make sense." ISU Theatre will present "Waiting for Godot" in the Maintenance Shop of the Memorial Union from Thursday, April 26, through Saturday, April 28, at 7:30 p.m. A 2 p.m. matinee is set for Sunday, April 29. Tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for students and are available at the door. "Waiting for Godot" opens with two tramps waiting by a sickly looking tree for the arrival of M. Godot. They quarrel, make up, contemplate suicide, try to sleep, eat a carrot and gnaw on some chicken bones. Two other characters appear, a master and a slave, to say that M. Godot will not come today and the two tramps resume their vigil by the tree. "I'm more of a 'stay within the box' type of person," Carstensen said. "This play has allowed me to think outside the box. "I want to make one powerful statement to what this production is about," she continued. "I've cut the play down into different parts or beats and we're trying to shape those moments in the play around one idea." The cast includes Jason Pollard, Ellis Wells, Jeff Mason, Michael Rubke and Jack Sanders. The reminder of the student production team is Katy Bird, costume design; Will Dean, lighting design; Amanda Mullen, scene design; Kim Chelf, stage manager; and Ben Howell, technical director.
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