The Fusion Theatre Project gave its final performance of The
Woodpecker King of Tacony on Friday in the Chase Fine Arts Center at Utah State
University.
The Fusion Theatre Project is an experimental theater
company at Utah State. The company combines the ideas of teachers and students
in writing and performing plays. This year’s play was written by Shawn Fisher and
directed by Richie Call.
“In 2006, Shawn Fisher, the playwright of the main piece, founded
fusion theatre project,” Call said. “This show tonight is the third piece that
has come of the fusion theatre project process.”
With senior actors from the Utah State comprising much of
the group, senior experience is something the director and writer rely on.
“We assembled this group of young artists and each of them
worked on a play of their own,” Call said. “This main piece started with a
single idea or a nugget as we sometimes call it, and the final product is a
combination of all of our ideas.”
Morgan Morley, an attendee of the play, saw how
personalities came through in the play.
“Each of the characters was so unique and developed,” Morley
said. “I could see a little of whom the actors really were. I was impressed
with their work and the performance.”
According to Call the entire writing process took the
company about a year. Call thinks that the process is well worth the wait.
“It has been an incredible journey for us,” Call said. “We
hope that everyone who comes and watches will join us for a little bit of that
journey.”
The Fusion Theatre Project hopes to continue to write and
perform at Utah State University.
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