{"id":4660,"date":"2017-03-10T09:49:18","date_gmt":"2017-03-10T14:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/?p=4660"},"modified":"2025-08-24T12:10:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T16:10:19","slug":"shining-a-light-on-university-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/2017\/03\/10\/shining-a-light-on-university-players\/","title":{"rendered":"Shining a Light on University Players"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The lights begin to dim, and a hush falls over the audience surrounding you. The curtains open slowly, a ray of light revealing a few actors on the stage. A story begins to unfold between the actors and, being a part of the audience, you become a part of that story. But you wonder, what would it feel like to be up on that stage with those performers? To have that ray of light shining on you? By becoming a member of the University Players, your shining light fantasy can become a reality!<\/p>\n

The University Players is a club that brings theater and drama back to UMPI. Darci Faye, the creator of the club, said, \u201cThere wasn\u2019t a lot of theater up here, so I wanted to bring it up here.\u201d Faye took part in the National Student Exchange program and spent two years at Einhorn School of Performing Arts with the group Primary Stages. After learning as much as she could, Faye returned to UMPI to finish her degree in Criminal Justice. She began to miss theater and decided to throw the idea of starting a drama club around. It received a good response. The group was made official in February 2015. The first show, \u201cThe Big Meal,\u201d was on April 15, 2015. \u201cI like the people involved, and I like theater,\u201d Faye smiled. \u201cThe members are reliable, and I\u2019ve made good friendships.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Lea Allen, the adviser of the University Players, said, \u201cThe club adds cultural richness to the campus and more exciting activities for students.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt pushes me. I\u2019m learning so much from Darci and this club,\u201d Lossene Dorleh, a member of the University Players, said. \u201cYou get to meet people who are passionate about the art form.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lassana Dorleh, another member of the University Players, said, \u201cI love the aspect of theater. It helps outward to interact with people, and inward to help myself.\u201d<\/p>\n

When asked about the importance of the University Players, Faye said, \u201cTheater opens your eyes to others\u2019 lives. It isn\u2019t just one thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Members of the University Players not only perform in their plays: they also put together everything that they need for sound, lights and more. \u201cThis stuff doesn\u2019t get done without us,\u201d Allen said. The club isn\u2019t only looking for actors: it would love to have a few extra stagehands for performances.<\/p>\n

The University Players tries to organize meetings that work best with every member\u2019s schedule. It has at least one whole group rehearsal before an event, such as the upcoming Saturday Night Live Improv event. When it gets to be about two months before a performance, members try to meet every day leading up to it. If you would like to join the University Players for its next meeting, shoot an email to umpiplayers@gmail.com. You can also check out the Facebook page \u201cUniversity Players at UMPI\u201d for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The lights begin to dim, and a hush falls over the audience surrounding you. The curtains open slowly, a ray of light revealing a few actors on the stage. A story begins to unfold between the actors and, being a part of the audience, you become a part of that story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":227,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7381],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/227"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4660"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8887,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4660\/revisions\/8887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}