The past week on October 1st I attended the play Tom Jones presented by the Butler community college musical theater cast. They did a wonderful job on opening night, I would definitely go see it again. The Butler Community College Theater Department produced this with the help of the Bob Peterson and the cast of the production. This play was performed at the Butler arts building in there theater. The audience I thought was focused on the play and loved the way they set up the stage. When Brandon McKinney (Partridge) came out he got the audience’s attention right away with his comedy. That was just enough to get the audience/actor relationship on the same page. The way the theater was set up made me think a lot about what this was going to be about and what time it took place. The playwright of the play was by Mark Brown. It made the play more interesting that Brown flew in to watch the play. That made me feel like the actors had a little more pressure and could impress the guy who came up with it all. This play was directed by Bob Peterson, he did a wonderful of directing it. One of the major actors was McKinney, he played the multiple parts. The one he made the most believability was him being the partridge. I thought he really connected with the crowd and spoke clearly and loud enough for everybody to hear in the audience. Madisyn Coats was another big actor, she was playing as Sophia Western. She really stood out compared to the other girls like she was the queen of the play. That is a good thing since Tom Jones was in love with her. Tom Jones was played by Justin Terrell. He filled that character perfect, he was all over the place but with control and he showed what kind of character he was. Now to talk about the play overall....


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...ce. There wasn’t much music, it was mostly sound effects to add comedy to the scene. I did like how Mr. Peterson had the party music when they were all at the dance party. The design of the play was very simple. All of the art I saw on stage was the doors with playing card designs on them. The big design I really thought was the best was the wooden doors and revolving beds. That really shortened the scene changes. The conventions were pretty solid compared to other plays I saw. I liked when they shot towards the audience and a pheasant fell from the cat walk like they actually shot it out of the sky. I was a little surprised when Jones came off the stage to pick up the pheasant. Overall the whole artistic quality and contributions was put well in this play and the actors really made it believable for the audience. I am ready for the next play Butler has to perform.