Acting troupes offer plenty of plays
By MATT MEYER
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There's more to do in Eugene during the summer
than sit and watch the ivy grow on Deady Hall
Eugene's acting troupes have a full line of shows
ready for the summer months
For openers, the Oregon Repertory Theatre has a
double bill, “Laundry and Bourbon" and "Lone Star,’’
written by James McLure and directed by Will Emery
Both are one-act comedies involving small-town folks
in Texas who attempt to recapture the joys of their
youth, with humorous results
Emery says the plays are McLure's portrait of "a
hilarious slice of American life Texas style "
The shows opened Wednesday and will run
Tuesday through Sunday until July 12, with evening
performances starting at 8 p m and Sunday matinees
at 2 p m Prices range from $3 50 to $7 For tickets or
information, call the ORT box office at 485-1946
The ORT also will present the musical "Carousel''
this summer on the Eugene Mall David Lunney is
directing the popular Rodgers and Hammerstein
production
The show is the third production that combines
members of the ORT, the Eugene Symphony
Orchestra, the Eugene Ballet and the Eugene Opera in
what Lunney calls "one of America’s greatest mu
sicals.”
"Carousel" will open July 10, with preview per
formances July 8 and 9 The public also is invited to
special free rehearsal performances next to the
fountain on the downtown mall Monday through
Thursday evenings from 6 p m to 10 p.m The
rehearsals, already underway, will continue until July
8.
The University's Carnival Theatre will present
three productions this summer The series' opener,
"Born Yesterday," is the "classic tale of a dumb
blonde who gets educated and becomes a whole
person," says director Bob Barton "Although it was
written in 1946, it’s very much about women’s
consciousness,” he says
The comedy is about a gangster who goes to
Washington, D C , to buy some senators After arriving
in Washington, he hires a reporter to educate his moll
so she’ll be accepted by the city’s socialites The
reporter and the blonde, of course, fall in love and
undo the gangster’s wicked dealings
Lillian Heilman's "The Little Foxes,” which is
currently playing on Broadway with Elizabeth Taylor in
the starring role, will be the Carnival Theatre’s second
summer offering Director Faber DeChaine says the
play is ' very timely” because it deals with how a family
survives during a period of depression
"It's a story of people on hard times, about how
they cope with that and the American dream," he says
Grant McKernie will direct the Carnival Theatre's
production of "Inherit The Wind.” The play is based
on the Scopes trial of 1925, which was perhaps the
most important legal confrontation between evolu
tionists and creationists
"The drama of the play," says McKernie, "is
about the loss of faith in the Twentieth Century and
how we deal with that It's one of the most successful
and most repeated plays in American literature It
hasn't been done much recently because it's been too
hot an issue."
"Born Yesterday" will appear July 2-4, 23 and
Aug 1, 7, and 13. "Little Foxes" will show July 9-11,
24, 30 and Aug 8 and 14. "Inherit The Wind" will be
presented July 16-18, 25, 31 and Aug. 6 and 15.
Tickets will range in price between $2.75 and $4.50,
and can be obtained at the University Theater Box
Office For more information, call the box office at
686-4191
Crafts abound
at local shops
For a breath of aesthetic air or
something to fill a dreary room,
Eugene has several art galleries
to peruse
• The University Museum of
Art will present two exhibits
from the permanent collection
— Contemporary American
Prints from the 1970s and
Loomworks textiles from the
permanent collection Both ex
hibits will run from June
25-August 16 Hours Noon-5
pm, Tuesday through Sunday
• Gallery 30, 2650 Willamette
St, is a cooperative gallery that
includes traditional water
colors. pencils and oils Hours
10 a m -5 pm, Tuesday
through Saturday, 1:30-5 p m
Sunday
• Kairos Gallery. 985 Willa
mette St . features regional
artists works Tentative hours
11 a m -5 p m Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday; 11
a m -2 pm Wednesday and
Friday For special showings by
appointment, call 484-1760
• Opus 5 Gallery of Crafts,
2469 Hilyard St., sells local
ceramic, stoneware, porcelain
and textile handicrafts Hours
11 a m -5 p m , Monday through
Saturday
• Original Graphics Gallery,
122 E Broadway, has prints by
internationally known artists
Hours 11 a m.-5:30 p m .
Monday through Friday
• Outright Graphics, 285 E
5th Ave , offers posters and
photographs by 20th-century
artists Hours 10:30 a m-5:30
P m , Tuesday through Satur
day; 11 a m -5 p m Sunday
• Soaring Wings, 760 Willa
mette St . features originals and
prints of wildlife paintings,
sculptures and carvings Hours
10 a m -5pm, Monday through
Saturday
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