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Giddens-Byers mentioned that although the main character is a young woman, the play is able to relate to a diverse audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt is easy to relate to as a woman but I feel like other genders can relate to it as well, everyone feels societal pressures,\u201d said Giddens-Byers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This production of Machinal was directed by Jeff Paul with the original play written by Sophie Treadwell in 1928. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
One of the primary goals of director Paul for the play was to modernize Machinal while still persevering Treadwell’s fundamental ideas of expressionism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cShe (Treadwell) invented Expressionist theater, it is less realistic, there is still a story and there\u2019s still characters, but they are not necessarily portrayed in an honest way like we\u2019re used to watching,\u201d Pau said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cExpressionist theater kinda takes what is going on inside of the main character or what they want the audience to feel. This play is designed to create meaning in the eye of the beholder. It is about the oppression of the individual in a machine society.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Paul the biggest change in LBCC\u2019s version of Machinal is the addition of an ensemble, which was done to have the ensemble reflect the main character\u2019s thoughts and feelings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n An ensemble is a group that does not typically have speaking lines, but rather sings and dances in unison in the background.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One of the ensemble members Barnabas Long expressed how while his character’s actions were extreme, the motivations behind it were somewhat understandable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSometimes you feel trapped, you do crazy things, not that is justified, but like you can emphasize and sympathize and it\u2019s like I get it.\u201d Long said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The final showing of Machinal will be Sunday at 2:00 pm in the Bob and Barbara Ellis Auditorium, those interested can purchase tickets at $15 for general admission and $10 for students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Long Beach City College\u2019s performing arts department will be closing its final production of the spring semester on Sunday, concluding not just another show, but acting careers for students at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":105,"featured_media":11721,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[4785,4741,74,29,1263,142,68,4954,4955,4740,4739,37,4470,390,4784,4833],"class_list":["post-11720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-bermundo","tag-cardenas","tag-lac","tag-lbcc","tag-lifestyle","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-city-college","tag-machinal","tag-machinalplay","tag-michelle","tag-michelle-cardenas","tag-performing-arts","tag-play","tag-theater","tag-tyler","tag-tyler-bermundo"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3Skgy-332","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lbccviking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Lifestyle_20230519_Machinal_MCardenas_2365-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1687&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbccviking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbccviking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbccviking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbccviking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/105"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbccviking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11720"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lbccviking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11727,"href":"https:\/\/lbccviking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11720\/revisions\/11727"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbccviking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbccviking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbccviking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbccviking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lbccviking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Lifestyle_20230519_Machinal_2302.jpg?resize=696%2C436&ssl=1\")