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Rebecca Luo (Titania) is a native of I-Lan.  She played an interviewee in Interview (Freshman Play Contest 1997). Her future plan is to study abroad, find a good job, marry to the Mr. Right and then lead a happy life in a farm. Being a part of this play, she says, “ It will be another beautiful dream in my life.”
 
 
 

Beryl Lin (Dance Supervisor) graduated from English department of Fu Jen University in 1999. She was one of the members of哈特舞坊and was a representative of 大專盃舞展 in 1997 and 1998.  Beryl was one of the dancers in Aladin (1998).  She teaches science and music in an elementary school.
 

Brenda Hsu (Fairy) In addition to practicing dancing for this play, she is busy being a minor student in French and an assistant with the teacher Daphne; while at the same time, she studies the education program.  To teach in the college is her dream, and her ideal is of course to teach in our English Department.
 
 
 
 

Carol Ju (Fairy) was in charge of sound effects in The Devil and Tom Walker (Freshman Play Contest 1997) but now she is one of excellent dancers in this play.  It is a tough job to be a fairy but she says, “Only uncountable practices accumulate a perfect performance.”  Carol always does her best in everything but never over expects. 
 
 
 
 

Emily Ju (Fairy) is versatile. She plays Chinese flute and Clarinet.   Besides, she is good at dancing.  Although she got shocked when she knew she was going to be a dancer in this play, you can see how well she dances now on the stage. She describes herself “as busy as a bee, and as blind as a fly”.
 
 
 
 

Grace Hsu (Fairy) was in charge of setting in the play The Golden Doom (Freshman Play Contest 1997).  Being a fairy in this play, Grace realizes that dancing is not easy.  She feels tired of dancing in this play and teaching English in Hess language school; however, she is very glad to help Mr. Nash with the computer project of his course--Child Language.  She is a person loving to try different things to find the direction of life.  She was a member of Green Field Club and an editor of English Department magazine Elite in 1999.  Now, she is the Chief of Finance of all seniors.
 

Karen Cheng (Fairy) has never thought she could dance but she regards it a special experience to be one of the casts in this play.  In junior year, Karen was the head of Art Designing section in the Student Association of English Department, in which she showed her talent in arts. 
 
 
 
 
 

Marilee Hsu (Fairy) Born in Nantou, Marilee is easy-going and warm.  She is not only a fairy in this play but also a member of the make-up group.  Being one of the dancers in the play, she thinks it is tough to strike some poses or do some gestures while dancing.  Nevertheless, she is convinced that it is a fun and a brand-new experience for her. 
 
 
 

Tina Tseng (Fairy) regards  dancing as a torture but still feels glad to be a member in this play.  She thanks all the dancers who she practices with and their dancing teacher Beryl.  She gets not only the wonderful memory but also the precious friendship from this play.  She says, “If you are not scared by my poker face, you will find I am a very nice person to get along with.”.
 
 
 

Rita Sung (Puck) played the role of Pasquinot in The Romancers (Freshman Contest 1997) and a robot in RUR (Annual Play 1999). This time, she plays a childlike spirit.  It is quite a big change for her.  Rita is from Taipei.  She hopes she can go traveling or studying in foreign countries.  But she wants to earn and save money first and then to make her dream come true. 
 
 
 
 

Zoe Chiu (Puck) was the student director of 1999 Annual Play RUR.  She used to play Jennifer in Night Sky (Fund-Raising Play 1999), Fiscur in Liliom (Annual Play 1998) and the psychiatrist in Interview (Freshman Play Contest 1997).  Zoe was chief of the Drama Section in The Student Association of English Department (1998-99) and this year, she is going to be the editor of the annals for the 99' graduates of English department.  Zoe was not only a member of volleyball varsity team but also the one who designed beautiful department T-shirt in freshman year.  Almost completing courses in literary track, she feels quite nervous about the future like most seniors do.  She set a goal for herself: she will find a job after graduation and after two years she hope she has the chance to study abroad.
 

Earl Liao (Theseus) is thrilled to be back to the stage again.  Earl made his school acting debut by playing Mr. Hirshman in Please, No Flowers (Freshman Play Contest 1997) and he was last seen as Wolf in Liliom (Annual Play 1998).  A native of Hualien, he plans to study abroad after graduation.  The editor-in-chief of 1999 English department magazine Elite and department news paper Elite Press (群英報), Earl also took part in the layout designing of this program.  He was the chief of art section in freshman and sophomore year and vice class leader of the senior class.  Like Jo Jo, Sophia and Stephanie, Earl is also a member of International Affairs Seminar in the year of 1998. 
 

Vickie Yang (Hippolyta) was the leading actress (Sylvette) in The Romancers (Freshman Play Contest 1997); as a result, she really wishes that she could speak more in this play.  Vickie is a "part-time student" but a "full-time money-hungry teacher", who feels younger and younger getting along with her children students.  She describes herself as "a delicious meal" that everyone longs for, and her future plan is to be a hip-hop singer like Lauren Hill.
 

Lawrance Hsu (Egeus) is surprised to play in senior play, since he is still a junior.  Born in Penghu, Lawrence has performed many roles in various department plays including Impromptu (Freshman Play Contest 1997), Liliom (Annual Play 1998), RUR (Annual Play 1999) and Impromptu (Demonstration Play 1998). He wants to be a teacher in the future.  Lawrence thinks that he is a person of both nothing special and very special.
 
 
 
 

Joanna Shih (Hermia) won The Most Potential Actress by playing the role of Lena Grossman in Please, No Flowers (Freshman Play Contest 1997). In addition, she performed a boy in A Beau Defeated (Annual Play 1997) and a servant girl in Liliom (Annual Play 1998).  Jo Jo thinks playing the role of Hermia is a dream that she never had before.  This is her easy-and-clear future plan: traveling abroad ?finding a job with fine salary?going abroad?getting married?adopting a child?traveling again?going to haven.  She describes herself as water.  She used to be the chief of Physical Education in freshman year, chief of Art Designing in sophomore year and the head of Group Activity in Student Association of English Department. 
 

Stephanie Chang (Helena) deeply feels bitter acting out an unloved, yet spontaneous love pursuer.  Seemingly having experienced the similar plight, she prays that this kind of love won't happen on her ever again.  Stephanie is very proud of being a part of a living wall in The Romancers (Freshman Play Contest 1997), in which the living wall won The Best Setting & Prop. She was an English teacher at Sesame Street (1998-99), the junior class leader of English Department (1999), a translator for Children's Chinese Dictionary (1999), and a member of International Affairs Seminar held by Chinese Youth Corps (1998).
 
 

Steven Kao (Lysander) is very glad to have the chance to work with this group of classmates and buddies in senior year.  Having some trouble memorizing Shakespearean English, he still has a lot of fun being Lysander in this play. Steven, who has acted the fourth interviewer in Interview (Freshman Play Contest 1997), claims that meeting fellow Midsummer member Jo Jo is the happiest things in his college life, though he is lack of money now and worried about failing many course in this final year.
 
 
 

Chad Lin (Demetrius) is very delightful to work with the team that he is so familiar with in this play.  He used to play the first applicant in Interview (Freshman Play Contest 1997) and the policeman 2 in Liliom (Annual Play 1998).  Chad, who has a dream of conquering Hollywood, is single right now, and unfortunately he has personal financial crisis.  In college life, Chad thinks that he studied a lot but actually did nothing.
 
 
 

Vivian Liao (Quince) used to play a caretaker in Please, No Flowers (Freshman Play Contest 1997) and it is her second time to play a role on the stage.  It is a challenge for her because the role she plays is a male character.  It takes her a lot of time for Vivian to think about how to perform her part well.  Vivian is from Taichung.  After graduating, she wants to take a national exam. If she fails, she will keep on studying.
 

Natalie Hsu (Snug) has played the role of Sandy in Please, No Flowers (Freshman Play Contest 1997).  Natalie thinks the senior play is very meaningful for her because this is the last time to work with her classmates.  Natalie coming from Tainan is very sensitive and fond of discovering everything new.  As for the future, she’d like to engage in the work that is relevant to children's ESL education..
 
 
 
 

Andrew Ho (Bottom) is a very experienced actor.  He not only took part in plays in school, but also joined theater workshops.  He had once won The Best Director in Please, No Flowers (Freshman Play Contest 1997).  Andrew is from Taipei.  His future plan after graduation is to attend graduate school (國立藝術學院).  However, if he fails, he will do military service. 
 
 
 
 

Jason Chien (Flute) has appeared in the plays such as Night Sky and R.U.R.  Participating in this play, he thinks it is hard to play a role in English drama in a Chinese style.  Jason used to win The Most Potential Actor by playing in Night Sky (Freshman Play Contest 1998).  Now, he is only a junior but he has thought about what he wants to do after graduation.  He’d like to engage himself in teaching and painting. 
 
 
 
 

Sharon Hsieh (Snout) Once playing the role of Mrs. Bleaker in Please, No Flowers (Freshman Play Contest 1997), Sharon feels it's a whole new and challenging experience to act as a man in this play.  She is nervous about her plan of taking graduate school entrance exam, though she feels she is in love again with her boyfriend recently.  She was a teacher in Joy's Children School and a receptionist in many international conferences such as International Press Institute, International Family Doctors Organization and Wonca Asia-Pacific Retailers Convention and Exhibition.
 
 

Phoebe Chiu  (Starveling) thought it would be easy to bring a play on the stage; however, she realized she was wrong when she stood on the stage.  She found that being a part of this play is quite a challenge and it took her a lot of time.  With the faith of "it is our play", she never gives up. Phoebe is a MIS minor and she is busy applying graduate schools recently.