Any Wednesday
Pleasant comedy set
as final VLT show
By CHRIS HOUGLUM
Oi the Emerald
Eugene’s Very Little Theatre
(VLT) has come up with an
other success for its final pro
duction of the season—not an
unqualified success, troubled as
it is with some minor casting
problems and uneven pacing—
but a production which promis
es a pleasant evening of com
edy for those not looking for
any big surprises.
The play in question is Mu
riel Resnick’s “Any Wednes -
day,’’ an essentially lightweight
piece which attempts to make
infidelity appear funny. Doesn't
sound like much at first, ad
mittedly, but it’s considerably
more successful than most at
tempts of this nature.
And VLT has dressed up the
play considerably with a fine
set and a cast of four who man
age to invest the vehicle with
all possible comic appeal.
The play’s plot, which im -
proves upon the pallid premise,
runs like this: wealthy business
man John Cleves, is allowing his
young mistress, Ellen Gordon,
to occupy an apartment which
serves as a tax-deductible exec
utive suite while they carry
on the affair. The incompe -
tence of Cleves’ secretary,
however, results in the ar
rival of small - businessman
Cass Henderson, who comes to
the suite in hopes of asking the
absent Cleves about a business
matter.
The young man’s presence
provokes a quarrel with Ellen,
at which time Mrs. Cleves, also
searching for her husband and
also misdirected, arrives to in
tercede in what she believes to
be a misunderstanding be -
tween newlyweds. She invites
the young couple out on the
town with her hubby and the re
sult, of course, is pandemonium.
Playwright Resnick supple -
ments these complex situations
with many clever lines, but they
often come in staccato bursts,
leaving intervals where humor
is low-key, if not absent. Con
sequently, the play has its live
ly spots, and nearly as many pe
riods in which the case is al
lowed to languish about on the
stage. The comic strength of the
characterizations is something
which can be relied on in some
such circumstances, but at times
the production is a bit wearing.
Jean Tollenaar appears most
comfortable of the quartet in
her role as the gracious, toler
ant Mrs. Cleves. This is the most
low-key, down-to-earth charac -
terization of the production, and
Mrs. Tollenaar capitalizes on its
relative strength.
Mary Ann Wish, as Ellen, is
handicapped by only one factor
—she is a mild knockout. 11
becomes relatively difficult at
times to associate such an Ama
zon with the flighty ingenue of
Resnick’s creation. This aside,
Mrs. Wish handles her lines
with all the flair which would
contribute to an ideal perfor
mance by someone a little less
attractive. ,
Bill Jones and Wayne Wag
ner, both making their first VLT
appearances, fare generally well
as Henderson and Cleves, re
spectively. Wagner is less phy
sically imposing than might be
desired, but he displays all of
the expected craftiness in both
business and romantic affairs.
Jones is effective in conveying
the corn-belt simplicity of Hen
derson, but his characterization
is a bit mannered, and could use
a bit more force.
“Any Wednesday” continues
through Saturday at VLT, with
curtain time set for 8:15 p.m.
on all performance dates. Tick
ets are available at the VLT box
office, 2350 Hilyard, 344-7751,
and cost $1.50 for adults, $1.25
for students. All seats are re
served.
Seven sororities get
provisional recognition
The SAB voted Tuesday to
grant, provisional recognition to
seven sororities until the first
board meeting after the sorori
ties’ national conventions. The
new deadline for sororities to
meet SAB recognition require
ments is September for Pi Beta
Phi and fall of 1970 for the
others.
Recognition for Lamba Chi
Alpha was tabled until next
week because no member was
present to answer the board's
questions.
The meeting’s discussion cen
tered on the SAB requirement
that all University recognized
organizations submit a state
ment of membership require
ments, sign a non-discrimination
pledge, and certify that non
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some fraternities and sororities
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Today
WALT CROWLEY, managing
editor of Seattle’s L'nderground
newspaper Helix, will speak at
7:30 tonight in 215 Al
len. The talk is sponsored by
Sigma Delta Chi and is open
to the public.
“BERNADA ALBA” will be
discussed at 4 p.m. today
in the Honor’s College. Speak
ers will include Robert Ziller,
Perry Powers and Mark Mali
nauskas, who is directing the
production of “Bernada Alba”
on campus.
“POPULATION, Resources
and the American Economy”
will be examined in a public
symposium at 8 tonight in 123
Sci.
Panelists will be Barry Siegel,
professor of economics; Sen. Ed
Fadeley, Peter Frank profes
sor of biology, and Theodore
Anderson, professor of sociol
ogy.
THE UNIVERSITY Sympho
nic Band, which is considered
one of the better collegiate
bands in the country, will pre
sent its spring concert free of
charge at 8 tonight in the
School of Music Recital Hall.
The program will include a
balanced presentation of 18th
and 19th century music and
contemporary works.
THE CONCLUDING spring
term Browsing Room lecture
will be on “The Geographies of
Shakespeare’s ‘Tempest.’
Lecturer for the program to
night at 7:30 will be Thelma
Greenfield, associate professor
of English at the University.
THE GRADUATE History Co
ven film festival will present
"The Flower Thief,” a comedy
by the late underground direc
tor Ron Rice, and some orig
inal student films at 7 and 9 to
night in 150 Sci. Admission is
50 cents.
BAHA’I OPEN discussion will
feature Unyime Nseyo and Kim
Kimmerling speaking on “T h e
Meaning of Spiritual Education
in the New World Order” at 8
tonight in the EMU.
A RECEPTION for eight can
didates for their Master of Fine
Arts degree will be held from
3 to 5 p.m. today in the Museum
of Art. The candidates who are
showing works beginning today
through June 1 in the Museum
of art include: Forrest German,
V. J. Hagenbuckle, Robert Hen
ry, Lawrence Freeman, Pei - In
Hoy, Jan Shield, Patricia Ware
and Hugh Webb.
Future
THE McKENZIE Flycasters,
a group interested in promoting
fly-fishing as a sport, will be
offering free flycasting clinics
at 6:15 p.m. Thursday in the
Millrace. Poles and tackle will
be furnished.
CSPA STUDENT Action
Council will hold elections of
officers at 7 p.m. Sunday in the
Hendricks Hall Lounge. Per -
sons who are CSPA majors or
pre-majors who will be here in
the summer or fall, are encour
aged to run for office. No ex
perience is necessary.
FRANCOIS T R U F FAUT’S
“Jules and Jim” will be present
ed by the French Club at 7
and 9 p.m. Thursday in the
EMU Ballroom. The French
film stars Jeanne Moreau and
Oskar Werner.
Mostly general
SUMMER JOBS in forestry
are available for male students
qualified for federal programs
for the disadvantaged.
There are 15 job openings
available on a first come basis.
Pay is $2.02 to $2.21 per hour
plus room. For further informa
tion call ext. 1825.
APPLICATIONS are being
processed now for student-run
cooperative housing for fall
term 1969. Interested students
should contact Ellen Mickel,
Ext. 2282.
A SPECIAL STUDY institute
on “Recreation's Role in the
Rehabilitation of the Retarded”
will be held by the University
today through Wednesday at
the Country Squire.
Featured speakers will in
clude Mrs. Morris Pomeroy of
Hillsboro, Calif., founder of the
Hillsboro Recreation Center for
the Handicapped; and George
Wyse, director of the King
County Park and Recreation
Department (Seattle).
Administrators and s u p e r
visors of recreational programs
and park departments in the
Northwest will be participating
in the three-day institute.
THE RENTAL SALES Gal
lery of the University Museum
of Art will be selecting new
work this week. Interested art
ists are invited to submit their
works to be judged. A similar
invitation is extended for the
third week in November, ac
cording to Mrs. Thomas Sims,
Gallery chairman.
All submitted works must be
taken to the museum office be
tween 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. through
Friday.
Further information may be
obtained by calling the museum
office, Ext. 1101, or Mrs. Sims,
at 688-5157.
Petitions
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titions for next year’s Junior
Class Council in 301 EMU.
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