La Pena Norte partners Bob Manning and Nelly Link celebrate the opening of their new coffee house at 1236 Kincaid.
New Coffee House to Open
La Pena Norte
Photo by Michael Williams
Nelly Link of the Eugene
Council for Human Rights in
Latin America and Bob Mann
ing, director of the play
“Chicana” this year, are team
ing up to bring the community
an ongoing coffee house. The
coffee house will be named La
Perla Norte and will be located
at 1236 Kincaid. Featured at La
PetSa Norte will be coffee (no
alcoholic beverages will be serv
ed) and tea. There will be live
entertaiment ranging from folk
music to bluegrass to jazz. La
Pena Norte will also be featuring
local dance and drama com
panies. Also an ongoing theatre
company will be connected to
the coffee house that will be
directed by Bob Manning.
La Peffa Norte will be a vehi
cle to share information with the
community about the problems
happening in Latin countries as
well as helping local artists in the
community create a place to per
form material. If you have a
group or just yourself, and you
wish to play at the coffee house,
call 484-5867 for an audition
time. If you wish to try out for
the coffee house theatre group
directed by Bob Manning, also
call that number. Support the
rights for people in Latin coun
tries and your local artists.
Come to La Pena Norte coffee
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house. The coffee house will be
open 8-11 pm, Friday, Saturday
and Sunday evenings, starting
August 12, 13 and 14.
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At the Brass Rail
Sex on the Second Floor
The Cascade Balzac Company
is creating laughter and fun,
upstairs at the Brass Rail, with
their two one-act comedies.
Tenacity and Me Too Then,
both of which are billed under
the apt title, Sex on the Second
Floor. Composed of Eugene ac
tor/comedians Don Scorby,
Martha Wehmeier, and John
Duncan, and stage managers Re
becca Proctor and Mike Chap
man, the company comments on
some of the sexual mores and at
titudes with which most of us
have to wrestle.
Tenacity, the first play, is a
very silly story about a dullard
named Oscar (played very well
by Duncan) and his manipula
tive girlfriend Julia (Wehmeier).
Poor Oscar is sex-starved but ex
tremely shy, and scared to death
of offending Julia. Julia is the
proverbial tease, keeping poor
Oscar hanging. Oscar’s friend
Joe (Scorby), obviously more
worldly and knowledgeable
about these things, suggests a
plan of attack. As super neu
rotics of an age I hope is past,
Duncan and Wehmeier were ter
rific, as was Scorby as the glib
but obtuse friend. In spite of
some truly funny highlights,
however, I found it somewhat
torturous watching that much
neuroticism going nowhere.
Me Too Then vias a better
play all around, giving all the
players more to work with. John
Duncan again plays a bland kind
of guy, this time a pharmacist
named Leonard. Wehmeier plays
Vera, his girlfriend, and Scorby,
a natural clown, plays Slats, a
burlesque comic who stirs up
Vera and Leonard’s otherwise
boring, predictable relationship
of convenience. Slat’s irrever
ence sends Leonard up the wall,
but wins Vera over. It’s a funny
play with some great one-liners,
the best of which comes from
Vera’s parakeet.
The stage has been moved into
the center of the large upstairs
room, creating better seating all
around. The atmosphere is fes
tive and fun. Comic theatre
couldn’t ask for a better forum.
Host and owner Lloyd McKinley
and staff join in the fun, making
sure everyone has plenty of fresh
popcorn and drinks. If you
haven’t been upstairs at the
Brass Rail, you should check it
out. It is becoming one of the
most popular night spots in
Eugene.
Sex on the Second Floor con
tinues Thursday, Friday and
Saturday nights, through July
30. The show starts at 9 pm, but
get there early to get a seat.
They’ve been selling out every
night.
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