Theater performs Valentine’s Day show

Vermillion Community Theater (VCT) performed “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change” over Valentine’s Day weekend. The performances were accompanied by a dinner all three nights.

It was performed at Howler’s Feb. 12, 13 and 14.

“Everyone in the cast of this musical is a USD musical theater major,” said Mary Nesmith, assistant professor of communication studies and theater.

The community theater in Vermillion has been around a long time, VCT president Anthony Burbach said.

“It had taken a few breaks, but I ‘restarted it’ in 2002,” he said.

The VCT usually performs summer shows because they’re able to use the high school theater. Sometimes, however, like this year, they perform winter shows as well.

“This is my first Vermillion Community Theater performance,” said senior musical theater major Jackie Webb. “I really enjoyed it, especially with the all-student cast.”

The play is a comedy musical and a compilation of different stories that are connected by a central theme of love and relationships.

“I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change” isn’t a plot-heavy script, Webb said. Instead, it focuses on scene changes and has many different character lines.

“I’ve never been in a musical or play like this that’s like scene, after scene, after scene so fast,” she said. “It was a very interesting challenge.”

This musical was cast and began rehearsals in early January. There was about a month of almost everyday practice.

“It was time consuming, but very fun,” Webb said.

Burbach said that although this isn’t their first dinner theater show, they don’t do them often.

“Since 2002, only a handful of our shows have been dinner theater shows,” Burbach said. “We have done a small dinner theater show the last two winters. Turnout for our summer show is typically over 1,000. Our smaller winter dinner theaters will have a turnout around 150.”

There were six members in the cast, from first-year to senior status, all of which were musical theater majors.

This was the first time this group of cast members were involved with the Vermillion Community Theater, but all had been in other theater productions, Webb said.

“Last semester I had been in the school’s production of Young Frankenstein,” she said.

Other cast members were involved in other types of musical entertainment.

“I have been in a couple operas through USD, and I plan on trying out for others,” said sophomore musical theater major Aubrey Sea.

First-year theater major Jacob Scott had been in several high school productions before attending USD’s program and getting involved in this Vermillion Community Theater production, he said.

“My favorite scene in this musical is the waiting one,” Scott said. “I get to just sit there, eat puff corn, and pretend I’m watching football.
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Webb said working on one show for so long without an audience can “really make us underestimate the power of our lines.”

“Performing in front of the audience for the first time and hearing them crack up is really encouraging,” she said.