I think Professor Helen Vassallo said it best when she declared that “It grabs you fiercely by the throat in the very first scene and never lets go.”
Tonight I was fortunate to grab a seat at WPI’s department of humanities and arts and masque’s presentation of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible (and a pretty good seat at that). I knew exactly what Professor Vassallo meant when I suddenly realized when the lights came up for intermission that I had been in a trance for the last approximately 45 minutes by the dark set in front of me and absolutely captured by the drama.
Knowing only one person in the production as I walked into the theater, I was surprised to see just how many of the actors/actresses I noticed from around campus! It was quite dramatic to see them transform totally into the characters I recognized from my 11th grade English class reading.
As this was my first WPI theatre production, I can certainly say it will not be my last and will admit that I feel as though I had missed out my last two years here. I won’t give anymore of the play away – certainly not, since you still have Friday and Saturday to come see it for yourself!

So today I got an offer that I can’t believe I refused.Here goes my story from the beginning:



I was a spring 2009 freshman when I came to WPI, and coming from a tropical country were there are basically just two seasons, Hot and not so hot, and then being submerged in the New England winter well lets just say it was an initial shock to my system. I think I adjusted quickly because seeing snow for the first time was OH SO FASCINATING!!!!



