Last week me and my roommates went to go see the visit. And while I wasn't blown away huge special effects or stage props, It was the first Georgia Southern play I'd ever attended and I was pleasantly surprised with how professionally it was executed. There were several people in the play (a few friends) that I knew personally and was blown away that they could legitimately and convincingly, ACT. I had no idea.
On to the play....
To make a long story (nearly 2 and a half hours) the visit centers around a small (German?) town receiving a visit from incredibly wealthy and former citizen Mrs. Zachanassian (admittedly had to look that one up, no way my memories that good) under what at first seems very friendly intentions. Come to find out she had a prior relationship with shop owner and future burgermiester (a word I probably butchered but its like a mayor) Anton Schill. Evidently he'd impregnated and abandoned her. Well now Mrs' Z is back and she wants revenge. She offers the town a billion marks for what she calls justice. His death. The rest of the play centers around Anton Schill coming to the sudden realization that the whole town is slowly taking up her offer.
As I said before I thought the acting was brilliant. Everyone from the burgermiester and the school teacher to the blind twins everyone played a very convincing part. But overwhelmingly I was blown away by the characters of Schill and Zachanassian. They were really really good. I could have been watching a movie. Much more than I expected from a campus play.
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