The Spire

Holy Cross’ Take on a Complicated Company

Tim St. John ’26

Features Writer

Holy Cross is currently in the middle of a departmental production of “Enron.” which will take Prior Performing Arts Center! “Enron” tells the story of a real American energy company that once was. When CEO Kenneth Lay (Feifan Zhao) steps down from his position, he decidedly hands the company over to Jeff Skilling (Vincent Sekafetz) instead of Claudia Roe (Meredith Shaw). In Skilling’s reign, the company skyrockets, making billions of dollars. When income begins to plateau, Skilling recruits Andy Fastow (Rowan Laufik) for a major financial scheme. “Enron” continues to follow the story of the company, reaching new financial heights and new financial lows. How could this possibly happen? Now, I don’t want to spoil much, so I won’t do that to you. Instead, I recommend you go see it! I went to see it on opening night, and I had a great time. One of my favorite things outside of the performance was an “Enron” logo backdrop that you could pose with, so naturally my friends and I took a fantastic group photo. The theater was set up differently from any production in that room that I have been to before. There were paper boxes surrounding the theatre and gigantic projections that appeared to be very technically complex, so kudos to the tech crew! “Enron” was very complex in its staging as well. The cast worked endlessly, moving tables around the theater, reorganizing boxes, and even doing choreographed numbers on swivel chairs. Though this may be unconventional, what brought the show together for me were some of the less major moments. These ended up being some of my favorites. Vincent and Rowan running on treadmills made out of paper boxes had me cracking up in my seat. The Barbershop Quartet of Frank Amuso, Bridget Campbell, Daniel Rentel, and Max Coté has been looping in my head ever since I saw the show. I always absolutely love a Bridget Campbell performance, and she did absolutely wonderfully as Sheryl Sloman. Speaking of absolutely wonderful and looping in my head, I think I have said Emma Butler’s line “Mr. Skilling, there’s a reporter on the line from Fortune Magazine” at least ten times a day for the past few days. Meredith Shaw’s moment at the end was magical and had my jaw on the floor. I won’t spoil what it was for you, but instead you should go see for yourself! Only one more weekend of shows remains, so go see it while you can!

Copy edited by Lily Wasmund ’28

Featured image courtesy of The Prior Performing Arts Center