Shakespearean Humor, Attempting to Ice Skate Backwards, and a Roaring Game of Monopoly

Needless to say from the title of this post, I had a great Friday night.

Ian and Satchel as Viola and Olivia, respectively.  Photo from Coe's website.

Yesterday was opening night of Twelfth Night.  As you can see from the picture of the left, guys played girls and girls played guys.  It was hilarious.  The cast did a fantastic job and I was laughing for most of the production.  Two of my good friends, Alison P. and Anna, were both in it, and both played guys.  Alison was Sir Toby, a jolly old drunk who loves meddling with other people while Anna played Sebastian, Viola's sister who ends up with Olivia.  If you're near Cedar Rapids the weekend after Thanksgiving, you should definitely come over to Dows Theatre and check out this production; you don't want to miss it!

The next part of my night consisted of going to the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena for free late night ice skating (sponsored by SAC).  If you don't already know this about me, I LOVE TO ICE SKATE.  I even brought my skates from home!  I was pumped and had been waiting for this event all week.  There were a fair amount of Coe students there and we had an awesome time.  I didn't even fall down!  We also got a small show from my friend Nicki, who has been ice skating since she was a little kid.  Nicki teaches ice skating so she spent some of her time trying to help us skate backwards and spin.  I made progress!

Unfortunately, ice skating had to end sometime, so my friends and I ended up grabbing my game of Monopoly (thank you Mom and Dad for the birthday gift, it's being put to good use!) and tried our luck at nabbing the four railroads and Boardwalk.  I didn't do too well, ended up in jail on my first trip around the board, but it was still fun.  Once we deemed the game over, it was almost 2 AM so we all decided sleep was probably a good idea.

Probably one of my favorite Friday nights here at Coe.  :)