Student Kirk Pierron will direct his own play 'My Ticket to Hell'
Nicholas Lane
Issue date: 1/31/08 Section: Entertainment
Taking the leap from the small-town theater to the big-time stage. That's the attempt that Kirk Pierron is about to embark on. With his two-act play, My Ticket to Hell, soon to be making a debut in front of a large number of industry professionals, Pierron may soon be taking his first step into fame.
Professor Michael Elkins remembers the first day he met Pierron. Before becoming his adviser, he met with Pierron to discuss the theatre program here at NDNU and what it would be able to offer him.
"He was very intense, very talented, driven, and creative. Really, a quadruple threat," Elkins reflects. He describes how Pierron always worked for the theatre as a technician with his high energy and talent with stage sounds.
"He was really super with it. He expects a lot from himself and everyone else. He impressed be enough to suggest to him to do his two-act play at the fall festival."
Elkins also described Pierron's depth and amazing talent of follow-through. According to Elkins, Pierron is an ingenious and imaginative talent that is sure to impress many.
Hayley Hart, another student of NDNU who is very active in the theatre, helped Pierron with several aspects of the production. Hart and he spent a week sketching out ideas about what the set would look like, then set to work building it. It took two days.
On how she gets along with Pierron, Hart said with a laugh, "Actually, I think I annoy him to be honest! But it's not like we hate each other."
According to Hart, the play, despite any impression the title might give, is actually a comedy. The main character, Aaron Aaronson, works an office job and isn't the happiest guy on earth, especially when a career counselor tells him to continue on the path he is already on.
At some point, between a conversation including Aaron, God, and the Devil, Aaron accidentally breaks the Devil's trident. The Devil needs a soul to fix the trident so he gets permission to "borrow" Aaron's.
"From there, hilarity ensues," said Hart. With a plot that includes time travel, borrowed souls, and pushing people through windows, "You kinda have to see it to find out how funny it is," she added.
Both Pierron and Hart agreed that the play is a hilarious rendition of humor, and that Pierron is just a few steps away from a big new world that few successfully transition into.
Pierron got the idea for the play while with a buddy in a garage. After forgetting about the play at first, they reconsidered the idea. It turned into a collaboration of events that the both of them thought were funny to themselves as well as others.
My Ticket to Hell was originally performed at Pierron's old college, Foothill Community. NDNU students can catch a performance on Saturday, Feb. 9, during the last day of the student One-Acts, in the NDNU theatre.
Professor Michael Elkins remembers the first day he met Pierron. Before becoming his adviser, he met with Pierron to discuss the theatre program here at NDNU and what it would be able to offer him.
"He was very intense, very talented, driven, and creative. Really, a quadruple threat," Elkins reflects. He describes how Pierron always worked for the theatre as a technician with his high energy and talent with stage sounds.
"He was really super with it. He expects a lot from himself and everyone else. He impressed be enough to suggest to him to do his two-act play at the fall festival."
Elkins also described Pierron's depth and amazing talent of follow-through. According to Elkins, Pierron is an ingenious and imaginative talent that is sure to impress many.
Hayley Hart, another student of NDNU who is very active in the theatre, helped Pierron with several aspects of the production. Hart and he spent a week sketching out ideas about what the set would look like, then set to work building it. It took two days.
On how she gets along with Pierron, Hart said with a laugh, "Actually, I think I annoy him to be honest! But it's not like we hate each other."
According to Hart, the play, despite any impression the title might give, is actually a comedy. The main character, Aaron Aaronson, works an office job and isn't the happiest guy on earth, especially when a career counselor tells him to continue on the path he is already on.
At some point, between a conversation including Aaron, God, and the Devil, Aaron accidentally breaks the Devil's trident. The Devil needs a soul to fix the trident so he gets permission to "borrow" Aaron's.
"From there, hilarity ensues," said Hart. With a plot that includes time travel, borrowed souls, and pushing people through windows, "You kinda have to see it to find out how funny it is," she added.
Both Pierron and Hart agreed that the play is a hilarious rendition of humor, and that Pierron is just a few steps away from a big new world that few successfully transition into.
Pierron got the idea for the play while with a buddy in a garage. After forgetting about the play at first, they reconsidered the idea. It turned into a collaboration of events that the both of them thought were funny to themselves as well as others.
My Ticket to Hell was originally performed at Pierron's old college, Foothill Community. NDNU students can catch a performance on Saturday, Feb. 9, during the last day of the student One-Acts, in the NDNU theatre.
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