A show taking place in the Kramer School of Nursing addresses right to die laws.
Whose Life is it Anyway? is a play about a paraplegic man, Ken Harrison, who is being kept alive by his doctors and nurses. He faces the problem of having no control over his own life.
“I think it’s a story that, even though it was written a while ago, it’s very current. We still battle this conversation,” said Angela Polk, production coordinator for the school of theater and director of the show.
“If you were a paraplegic, would you choose to live or would you choose to die? What would you want? Would you want to argue it? I feel like that’s a conversation that happens so often and it’s still a part of who we are as humans. It’s special.”
The show is considered a staged reading so it doesn’t consist of any sets, costumes or lights, and has minimal props.
The show takes place in the nursing school to portray the hospital setting, but there is at least one show a year in the nursing school and there will continue to be.
“We love the space and they’re really great to us,” Polk said.
The cast has been rehearsing for about two and a half weeks, but this is the first time for most of them to work together, Polk said.
“The cast is excited to do the show,” said Ian Maryfield, acting senior who plays the role of Harrison.
“I love the show,” Maryfield said. “It makes you think. Not to mention, it’s a beautiful story and very well written. Also, it’s unexpectedly funny.”
The production is at 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday in rooms 135 and 136 in Kramer School of Nursing.
Tickets cost $12 for adults and $8 for students with a valid student I.D.
Tickets are available at the production two hours before the show, in the ticket office in Edith Kenny Gaylord Center or online at okcu.edu/tickets.
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