Three boys are sitting in a dorm of an all-boys’ boarding school: One is telling the story of his most recent sexual encounter. One is waiting anxiously for his girlfriend to call, and the last one is trying — and failing — to get some homework done.
This may be a typical college scene, but it is also the setting for junior dramatic art major Mark Taylor’s play, “Snow Days.”
“It’s just about a few friends over the course of a couple snow days, and the loss of their friend a few weeks before sort of adds the gravity to the play,” he said.
Taylor, who also directed the play, was inspired by his own experience at an all-boys’ boarding school and a story from his friend.
“I was really interested in just portraying the life I’d lived and the places I’d been,” he said.
The play is being produced by Kenan Theatre Company, a new theater organization on campus.
Kenan Theatre Company is a dramatic art department organization, and it is the only one for undergraduate students in the program. All of the plays will be performed in the Kenan Theatre. It was created by department staff, but the producing directors are all students.
“We are the department, so we are a safe place for anybody who’s interested in theater, but doesn’t quite know what they want to do,” said Cary Simpson , a senior English major, is the producer of “Snow Days” and one of the producing directors for the company.
The environment worked well for Taylor, who submitted his play to be performed by the company.
