Within the genre of romantic comedy, never have I witnessed a more realistic and relatable portrayal of young adult life; “Stock Characters” immersed the viewer with a blunt approach to love and sex.
The play revolves around the difficulties that the main characters, Nicole and Anna, face when falling in love and having casual hook-ups. The play’s apartment style scenery created a genuine background to the characters emotional breakdowns.
“Stock Characters” is written and directed by SCAD students — fourth-year performing arts major, Cydnei Prather, and fourth-year film major, Bree Doehring. The two have been writing together for the past four years and were inspired by text messages and their own relationship encounters.
When asked about how the play evolved from texts to script, Doehring said, “It didn’t start like a script, it started by compiling text messages, a series of scenes, on a shared Google doc between Cyd and I. We would go back and forth, read and comment. It was just a very collaborative thing.”
As far as collaborations go, the entire cast and production team consisted of SCAD students from various majors. Some of their work — such as the costumes — is worn by members of the cast.
The most impressive part was sound design freshman Anna Bernot-Reilly who portrayed the character of Nicole. She has been involved in performing arts since she was in high school.
“The best thing I could of ever done. The script is the most real thing you’re ever going to read; there’s something that is relatable to everybody,” said Bernot-Reilly.
Though the cast and crew were SCAD students, the production was not SCAD affiliated. “We did all of this on our own,” the directors stated proudly.
On top of the humor within the play, Doehring notes, “What’s funny about this play is we wrote it on a whim because we’ve never written a play before.”
With a huge turn out on opening night and a lively performance that displayed the talent of the artists, the play concluded with a standing ovation and chatter of brilliance. So much for a play written on a ‘whim,’ ladies.
