{"id":2821,"date":"2016-02-04T19:15:51","date_gmt":"2016-02-05T03:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wou.edu\/westernjournal\/?p=2821"},"modified":"2016-02-04T19:15:51","modified_gmt":"2016-02-05T03:15:51","slug":"lobby-hero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/lobby-hero\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cLobby Hero\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre>By: Joleen Braasch \r\nStaff Writer<\/pre>\n<p>If you\u2019re looking for a fun weekend full of drama in all the right ways, head over to Rice Auditorium tonight, Feb. 5, or Saturday, Feb. 6, at 7 p.m. to see Kenneth Lonergan\u2019s play, \u201cLobby Hero.\u201d Follow young security guard, Jeff, as he gets himself wrapped up in murder, strained loyalty, elusive truths and costly justice.<\/p>\n<p>Graduate student Natalie Piper, who is currently in the MAT program working toward a license in high school theatre, chose to direct \u201cLobby Hero\u201d because she feels that it addresses race and gender issues present in today\u2019s society.<\/p>\n<p>Piper also chose \u201cLobby Hero\u201d because she wanted to provide opportunities for student-actors who are working in the genre of contemporary realism, a straightforward and realistic approach to art.<\/p>\n<p>The art of theatre calls for many important artistic roles: actors, directors, and stagehands, to name a few.<\/p>\n<p>Piper\u2019s favorite role is directing; she loves seeing everyone and everything work together in order to create her vision and bring it to life. And, unlike the actors, she gets to sit in the audience and watch people react.<\/p>\n<p>Are you interested in murder, justice, and Piper\u2019s vision? Visit Rice Auditorium at least a half-hour before the show begins to pick up your ticket. WOU students pay $7 for admis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re looking for a fun weekend full of drama in all the right ways, head over to Rice Auditorium tonight, Feb. 5, or Saturday, Feb. 6, at 7 p.m. to see Kenneth Lonergan\u2019s play, \u201cLobby Hero.\u201d Follow young security guard, Jeff, as he gets himself wrapped up in murder, strained loyalty, elusive truths and costly justice. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":825,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campus-life"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/825"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2821\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}