{"id":11046,"date":"2023-04-24T16:05:23","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T22:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rctc.edu\/echo\/?p=11046"},"modified":"2025-10-15T06:46:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T12:46:42","slug":"review-boy-gets-girl-tackles-misogyny-and-disconnects-between-the-sexes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/review-boy-gets-girl-tackles-misogyny-and-disconnects-between-the-sexes\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Boy Gets Girl’ tackles misogyny"},"content":{"rendered":"
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RCTC\u2019s Hill Theatre performance continues through April 29<\/h2>\n

By Piper Fuller<\/strong>
\nEcho Staff Writer<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\u201cBoy Gets Girl\u201d follows a young woman whose life is turned upside down after an obsessed date turns into a stalker. Rebecca Gilman\u2019s powerful and timeless play prompts questions about sexual entitlement, challenging the relationship between men and women and how they understand each other. It questions what it is like to be a woman living in a misogynistic environment. The stalker\u2019s presence is felt throughout the play, even when he\u2019s not on stage. By maintaining that tension, we can better identify with the female protagonist.<\/p>\n

\"Actors<\/p>\n

Eleanore Sutherland, right, and Xander Carter in \u201cBoy Gets Girl,\u201d continuing through April 29.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cBoy Gets Girl,\u201d directed by Jerry Casper, offers a simple and familiar set, with ordinary dialogue to tell the gripping story. On opening night, scene changes and acting were seamless and efficient. Each actor displayed a wide range of emotions that created multi-dimensional characters. The student-actors also utilized body language well, the intentionality of each movement showing an air of professionalism refreshing in college theater.<\/p>\n

Lead actor Eleanore Sutherland especially shined as Theresa Bedell. Despite such heavy content, elements of humor broke up the dark mood and added another layer of believability. The play was performed \u201cin-the-round,\u201d with the audience seated on the stage surrounding the action. This seating arrangement created a physically immersive experience to complement the intimate and intense nature of the play.<\/p>\n

\u201cBoy Gets Girl\u201d continues in the Hill Theatre on April 27 and 28 at 7 p.m., and on April 29 for a 2 p.m. matinee. The play includes a 15-minute intermission. Admission is free for RCTC students with a school ID. Seniors and non-RCTC students are $8; admission for adults is $10. Audience discretion is advised and the performance\u2019s explicit language and mature content is not advised for children under 16.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

RCTC\u2019s Hill Theatre performance continues through April 29 By Piper Fuller Echo Staff Writer \u201cBoy Gets Girl\u201d follows a young woman whose life is turned upside down after an obsessed date turns into a stalker. Rebecca Gilman\u2019s powerful and timeless play prompts questions about sexual entitlement, challenging the relationship between men and women and how […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1015,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[45,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arts-and-entertainment","category-campus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1015"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11046\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}