Chabot Spectator

Issue date: 4/26/07 Section: The Scene

Media Credit: Jack Barnwell Chabot theater student Tony Augirre practices his lines during Tuesday's rehearsal of the student play Passion of the Plumed Serpent on the stage of the Chabot Little Theater. The play, written by Chabot student Frank Chavez, is part of the upcoming Emerging Works, a series of student produced plays.

The Chabot Theater Arts Department has done an incredible job this year from Ragtime to La Posada. The next play will be Alicia in Wonder Tierra, which will be performed in May.

But the latest of Chabot's work of art, are the multiple plays under the title of Emerging Work.

Emerging Work is a series of four new original plays written by Chabot students. They are: Study Buddies and Door Bell Duels written by Cherise Beyelia, Size Matters by Rachel LePell and Marianne Tujay, and Passion of the Plumed Serpent written by Frank B. Chavez III.

According, to LePell, director of the Chabot Theater Arts Department and instructor of playwriting, said, "Emerging Work is an assortment of original plays written by Chabot College students premiering first on stage then later coming to a level of fruition."

How did the concept for Emerging Work come about? After working at Chabot and Chapman College teaching English 91, LePell said, "I was hired to work for the Theater Arts Department, I decided then to start a playwriting program at Chabot." She continued by saying, "The heart of the theater program is developing new voice in theater."

The great thing about this program is that Chabot is the only community college in the Bay Area to offer students the chance to write and produce their own original works.

LePell has been overseeing new works for over 10 years. She holds an undergraduate degree in drama from the University of California Davis and a master's degree in English with a concentration on creative writing from San Francisco State University.

Though there are many things she could be doing with her degrees, her passion is drama.

Students can come to Emerging Work and catch the fever of drama.

The plays will begin Tuesday, May 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 at 7:30 p.m. The cost is $5.

Students can come to the show and have a great time, meet new people, and enjoy themselves with real life entertainment at the ridiculously low price of $5.

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