Members of ACU’s chapter of Alpha Psi Omega, the national theatre honor society, performed in a night of Shakespeare scenes on Sunday in honor of Lance Bleakney, a recent alumnus of the Department of Theatre who took his own life in May. All proceeds from the event benefited the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
- Members of the audience light candles during a moment of remembrance for Lance Bleakney. (Photo by Riley Fisher)
- Senior Court Teal looks through a crack in the wall as he searches for his love. (Photo by Riley Fisher)
- Senior Court Teal hugs the wall that separates him from his love, played by junior Katie Macune. (Photo by Riley Fisher)
- Junior Jessica Harms pauses before reciting her monologue from “Measure for Measure.” (Photo by Riley Fisher)
- Senior Zula Pryor passionately expresses her feelings during her scene. (Photo by Riley Fisher)
- Junior Griffin Scott Jones looks away sadly at the end of his scene. (Photo by Riley Fisher)
- Senior Kasey Birchfield animatedly recites her monologue from “Taming of the Shrew.” (Photo by Riley Fisher)
- Junior Katie Macune speaks softly to the audience. (Photo by Riley Fisher)
- Junior Cheney Emberg cries over her lover. (Photo by Riley Fisher)
- Junior LJ Brodie opens the show with a powerful monologue from “Hamlet.” (Photo by Riley Fisher)