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MC Theatre Department to present “Moving” Dec. 3-5

Nov. 5, 2021

"Moving" poster

The Maryville College Theatre Department and Alpha Psi Omega will present “Moving” Dec. 3-5, 2021.

Performances are scheduled for 8 p.m. Fri., Dec. 3 and Sat., Dec. 4, as well as 2 p.m. Sun., Dec. 5 in the Clayton Center for the Arts’ Haslam Family Flexible Theatre. Tickets are $10 for adults and $7 for seniors (ages 60 and older) and students. Admission is free for MC students, faculty, and staff with ID, although a printed ticket is required for admission. To purchase tickets, please contact the Clayton Center Box Office at 865-981-8590 or visit the Clayton Center website at claytonartscenter.com. Please note that masks are required in all indoor campus spaces.

“Moving,” written by Sean. M. McCord, is directed by Brittany Barthelmess ’22, a senior theatre studies major from Wolfeboro, N.H. The three-act, 75-minute play follows the story of a couple that meets in an apartment in Los Angeles. In each act, someone is either moving in or moving out of the apartment, hence the title, Barthelmess explained.

“But it also surrounds the way we move through life and the choices we make in every aspect of our lives – family, relationships, career, etc.,” she said. “It’s a dramatic comedy, so there’s a little bit of everything in this play.”

The cast includes: Aaron Capps ’23, a theatre studies major from Lyles, Tenn., as Paul; Polina Levishko, an international student from Ukraine as Laura; Olivia Cameron ’25 of Maryville, Tenn., as Sam; Lauren Gaines ’24, a writing communication major from Knoxville, Tenn., as Terry (and cover for Laura); Jenni Cate Rhodes ’24, a theatre studies major from Hartselle, Ala., as Robin.

Covers include: Hunter Harrison ’25 of Sevierville, Tenn., as Paul; Andrew Hastings ’25 of Sevierville, Tenn., as Sam; and Aaliyah Bowman ’25 of Maryville, Tenn., as Terry and Robin.

“I picked this play for many reasons. It’s funny; it’s sweet; it will make you laugh and cry,” Barthelmess said. “But most importantly, I love how this play reveals love as a choice. I think audiences will enjoy the humor, of course, but will also see themselves and the people in their lives within the characters of this show. I think this show really speaks to everyone.”

Maryville College is a nationally-ranked institution of higher learning and one of America’s oldest colleges. For more than 200 years we’ve educated students to be giving citizens and gifted leaders, to study everything, so that they are prepared for anything — to address any problem, engage with any audience and launch successful careers right away. Located in Maryville, Tennessee, between the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the city of Knoxville, Maryville College offers nearly 1,200  students from around the world both the beauty of a rural setting and the advantages of an urban center, as well as more than 60 majors, seven pre-professional programs and career preparation from their first day on campus to their last. Today, our 10,000 alumni are living life strong of mind and brave of heart and are prepared, in the words of our Presbyterian founder, to “do good on the largest possible scale.”