PVCC Theatre takes chance on ‘Chance’

Piedmont Virginia Community College Theatre is performing, once again, a unique, but relatable play: “Chance” by Jason Averett, a former UVA student. The play focuses on a group of college friends and their struggles with “mistaken identity, misplaced romance, and missing laundry,” according to the show’s producer, Brad Stoller.

“It highlights all of the small hectic parts of college, too,” said Madhuri Bertram, a PVCC student who plays Diane in the play.  “It’s not like there’s this overall big picture, but instead analyzing all the small things. It makes it very interesting, because it’s very different from the typical Hollywood big-screen production.”

As for the overall theme of the play, Bradley Carter, who plays the character of Phillip, said, “We all think we know what we want…but it’s not really what we want in the end.”

“It seems very nostalgic for the sit-com age of ‘Friends’ and ‘Seinfeld’,” said Ian Wendell, who plays Brian, when asked about the play’s intended audience.

“I think it’s going to be very fun for the community to come and see. With every line and with every moment they’re going to say, ‘I can connect to that’,” added Carter.

When Doug Grissom, the play’s director, was asked why he chose “Chance” as the fall production, he replied, “I wanted to do something where actors would be playing their own age. I remembered the play back when one of my students had written it, and I think that it’s fun for both the students and the audience.”

The show will run Nov. 15-17 at 7:30 p.m. with a matinee on Nov. 17 at 2:30 p.m. in the V. Earl Dickinson Building in the Maxwell Theatre (Black Box). Tickets cost $5 and there will be no late seating.  Student vouchers will not be valid for this performance.