Company Brings Comedy and Drama to the Stage

Company, following a bachelor and ten married friends, is a concept musical on–you guessed it–marriage. The Musical Theater Conservatory ran eight productions of the show with two casts from September 24-27, and September 30-October 4. 

Because Company does not have a linear plot, it’s unclear whether the show is chronological or not. The main character is a bachelor named Robert. His married friends are trying to convince him to marry through various solos and duets as he visits their houses. CSArtisan interviewed cast members from the “triangle” cast of Company on their thoughts about the show. 

Ella Loest, playing the role of Sarah, explained the plot structure of Company. “It showcases each individual moment, and then it gives the audience a clue of what they should be feeling and less so, oh, this is exactly what we should be thinking at this moment.” Her character gets into a staged karate fight with her husband. “Her relationship with her husband is like they can still have fun and it’s high energy but is also technically flawed in a way where it’s like oh they have to beat each other up to have fun.”

Teigen Ang-Horowitz, who played Peter, agreed, but also liked the scenes specific to his character because they were comedic. “I really loved having the audience put it together when in act 2, Peter tries to establish a gay relationship with Robert,” Teigen said. “Watching the audience put two and two together during this written scene and then laughing like crazy is the best feeling.” Peter is in a relationship with Susan in the show, and even though they’re “more like a married couple than almost any other married couple,” they are trying to get divorced for most of the show.

Juliet Hubbard had the scene where Robert’s character arc ends. “It’s where he gets his heart basically, and so the entire scene is leading into both Robert and Joanne discovering the kind of people they could be versus the kind of people that they are,” she said. It’s also her favorite scene. “If there is a moment when it feels like it’s getting really heavy, Fred [who plays Robert] will blow on the beer bottle or something and I have to stop myself from laughing.”