![]() This promotional piece begins by returning to the delipidated barn belonging to Howard ( Stephen Ure) and his wife, Pearl ( Mia Goth). Tickets are $20-25 at, it’d be helpful to recount what is shown in this teaser. 5 at the Pear Theatre, 1110 La Avenida St., Mountain View. “Some form of defense, like a gun or steel sword in case any ‘Lord of the Flies’ kind of action happens on the island,” Crawford says. “I also think in this situation, they’d be more focused on survival and getting off the island than playing around and hunting.”Īnd no hypothetical “stranded on an island” scenario is complete without asking which item each cast member would bring if they ever found themselves in such a situation. “I would think in this situation especially that when it comes to leadership and forming a group and sticking together, women would be a bit more civilized about it and much more levelheaded,” says Troy King, a Campbell resident who plays Bill, one of Jack’s followers. When asked if girls would fare better or worse if they were stranded under similar circumstances, many cast members said female castaways would probably have a better chance of survival. If there was a dispute, I would try to stop it. “I would just listen and help whenever I could. Rojas plays Piggy, the confidant of Ralph, who tries to establish order on the island among the boys. “I was a Boy Scout, so I know how to build a fire and stuff,” says Campbell resident Antonio Rojas. “He keeps to himself in a lot of moments, but he also plays a big role in the plot at key moments.”Įach of the actors believes they could survive together after learning from the mistakes the boys made in “Lord of the Flies.” “As Percival, I represent innocence, but there are parts during the dance around the pig when I really let savageness show,” Crawford says. Noah Crawford, 12, of Los Altos, is the youngest cast member and plays Percival, a character who starts out as an innocent boy and then quickly changes to fit in with the other boys, the hunters of the island. As one of the older characters in the story, Jack quickly makes himself leader of the boys and is more focused on hunting animals and eventually some of the other boys, most notably Ralph. Opposite Wylder is Raymond McCarthy, a Saratoga High School graduate, who plays Jack. ![]() He isn’t the nicest, but he also isn’t the meanest.” “He is a character that has aspects of every part of society,” Wylder says, adding his character is able to give him a variety of emotions to explore as an actor. He says the character tries to bring order to the group of boys and is focused on getting off the island. Taking on the role of the protagonist Ralph is Palo Alto resident Jackson Wylder. The boys represent good, evil, survival and society’s portrayal of manhood at the time, according to director Tony Kienitz. ![]() But things quickly fall apart without the guard rails of law and order.Įach character symbolizes part of Golding’s personal experience living in the World War II era. The play will stay true to the novel and follows schoolboys who try to survive cohesively after becoming stranded on an island. You can look at the story through so many lenses.” “You can relate to many different things. “I was drawn to this play before I read the script just because it was one of my favorite books in high school to read just because it was such a beautiful allegory, in my opinion,” says Campbell resident Johannes de Quant, 18, who plays Roger, the antagonist’s right-hand man.
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