Arts & Entertainment
Fifth of July
Fifth of July is an 8-character comedy-drama that takes place in the late 1970s. The first of Wilson's trilogy bas on the Talley family of Lebanon, Missouri, the play follows a group of burned out 1960s radicals as they attempt to come to terms with, and find forgiveness for, one another in this post Vietnam era. A precursor to the film The Big Chill, Fifth of July captures a benevolent spirit, one in which, as Ben Brantley wrote of a recent revival, shows a "boundless empathy that is Mr. Wilson's hallmark as a dramatist."
The production features Colin Pritchard of Harrison in the central role of Kenneth Talley, Jr. CNR students Amelia Ellis, Adam Welsh, Jordan Garrett, Darianna Parra and Ian Kreisberg are also featured, along with Nancy Jane Blake of Peekskill and BJ Markus of the Bronx. The play is directed by Laurie Castaldo, administrator and adjunct instructor at the college.