YCDS Begins Practice On A New Production

The Yeshiva College Dramatics Society has begun rehearsals for their upcoming Fall production The Shawshank Redemption - a stage version of the popular 1994 movie starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman, based on a novel written by Stephen King.

The premise of the play surrounds a character named Andy Dufresne (pronounced Du-frain), convicted of murdering his wife and his wife's lover in the mid-1940's, and sentenced to two consecutive life sentences to be served in the Shawshank prison, in his home state of Maine.

The play relates truths about life in jail that still ring true even fifty years later. The story effectively forces one to consider the processes we each use to judge others.

"This challenging screenplay has the potential to be one of YCDS's finest productions" said YCDS President Dov Pickholz, who also expressed his thanks to Dr. Beukas, the head of the Speech and Drama department and the director of the play, for choosing this script.

Rehearsals will run through the middle of December, with curtains going up for the first time on December 11th.