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Actors tapped into their inner \sheap' and stupidity.
by Maddie Lorenzen
Wriggling on their knees, bowing to the words, this allowed more freedom for each ac-

face of stupidity, the herd of "mooing" sheep tor to be the comical character they imagined.
entered clumsily onto the stage, signifying "I thought for my character 'what is the stu-
the start of the chaotic production of "Fools", pidest thing someone could do or act like?' I
a play centered on a village cursed with an thought of saggy, blank faces and clumsiness.
unfortunate curse: the curse of foolishness. Al so, for something to do different with my

Though the sheep were mute the entire makeup, I told them to put on KISS makeup.
performance, their characters expressed such It didn't work out though," freshman Nate
silliness and senselessness that drew much Padilla said.
attention from the audience. While coated with face paint , decked out in

"As background characters, we had to be as costumes, and being down on all fours, the
outrageous as possible to get the audience five sheep had successfully adapted to their
laughing. lmprov was key to a great perfor- "inner domestic animal".
mance. We slept a lot and mainly chewed on "' I spent two years in the highlands of Rus-

things. I even tried 'eating' a baby while in sia to get into character. I migrated with these
character," junior Samantha St. Clair said . sheep.' It's been a valuable experience and I
Though improvisation and stage blocking 'crawled' away a better man. Pun intended,"
was a challenge for a part with no scripted sophomore Justin Sleep said.