Published Nov. 6, 2009<\/SPAN> Push<\/EM>, a play that offers vignettes of people being pushed in different directions in life, is Columbia Basin College’s first play of the season.<\/P> The CBC presentation is only the second production of the play in the country, said director Ginny Quinley. The play premiered at Penn State University last year.<\/P> The play focuses on one character, Aaron, played by James Callaghan, an out-of-work writer whose wife has just left him. Aaron is pushed along by events as his life unravels in a series of scenes involving 16 other characters. All of them finally meet up by the play’s end.<\/P> “I love the bottom line idea or theme in this play — that the universe will work things out for us if we just let it,” Quinley said.<\/P> The playwright, Robert Caisley, built some subtle messages into the play.<\/P> “There are some cool quotes in the script,” Quinley said. “I also like the message that we’re all in each other’s lives for a reason, and perhaps we should look to learn from one another rather than being so quick to be negative or to judge others just because they’re different from ourselves.”<\/P> Push<\/EM> is rated R for strong language and is not recommended for children.<\/P> Admission is $10 for adults and $8 for students and senior citizens.<\/P>
By Dori O’Neal, Tri-City Herald staff writer<\/P>