HYPE

This Sunday night Tufts audiences will have the opportunity to see one of Tufts most unique performance groups: HYPE - the Tufts mime troupe. However, you won't find any white-faced performers trapped inside of "boxes" in this troupe. HYPE shows consist of a series of skits set to music; there are no props and no sounds other than the music, almost like music videos.

"For the past four years HYPE has been a fantastic creative outlet for me. It is something that is unique and special," HYPE member Sarah Kauderer says of her experience in the troupe. This could be because the HYPE performance experience is "so different from your average performance," reflects troupe member Chris Bonewitz, since the art of "mime makes the audience an active participant in the creation of the art."

"HYPE is like nothing you would ever expect," says Moira Murphy-Cairns, another member of the troupe. "I get the biggest kick out of bringing someone to their first HYPE show and then seeing them afterwards and hearing their reactions."

With skits ranging from hysterically funny to bitterly sad, the spring HYPE show continues to push the traditional miming boundaries through their work. An evening with the members of HYPE is not to be missed.

-- Jennifer Gerson



HYPE's spring show is this Sunday at 9 pm in Cohen Auditorium. TURBO will be the opening act. Tickets are $2 and may be purchased at the Box Office.