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Page 6 Section B
Theatre announces plays
By Alan Routh
The University Theatre an
ticipates a fine year at the box
office and in the critical reviews
Twenty-five plays will be
produced this year, six of which
will be major plays for the
400-seat Robinson Theater The
remainder will be smaller
productions, held in the Pocket
Theater (80 seats) and in The
Arena (100 seats)
From Shakespeare to O'Neill
to Broadway, the playbill spans
not only the spectrum of
modern theatrical history, but
also the spectrum of contem
porary social commentary and
drama.
The season kicks off with
"Tango." Written by Polish
playwright Slawomir Mrozek,
it's an absurdist, black comedy
that highlights the classic
struggle between freedom and
control, a timely theme as mar
tial law continues in Poland
According to Bob Barton,
theater department perfor
mance program director, the
play also describes the life of
"right-wing children coming
from left-wing families," which
Barton contends is a current
American trend "Tango" will
be staged Oct. 15, 16 and Oct
20-23
The second stage show of the
year is "Oh, What A Lovely
War!,” a musical satire about
the futility of war, written by
Joan Littlewood and Charles
Chilton It’s billed as a play
"demonstrating that war is sel
dom noble and often needless."
Not to mention much fun It will
be staged on Oct 27-30, and
then again on Nov 3-6, 10-13,
17-20, and Dec 1 -4 in the Arena
Theater, located with the other
two theaters in Villard Hall.
"Fifth of July," a play by Lan
ford Wilson, is scheduled for
Nov 19 and 20, and Dec 1-4
The play is a tragic-comedy
which examines the healing and
hurting powers of time by telling
the story of the reunion of
several people who lived
through the Vietnam War The
leading role was played on
Broadway by Superman's
Christopher Reeve
"Dance 83" makes its annual
toe-tapping presence this year
in cooperation with the Univer
sity dance department. "We al
ways sell out on the dance
shows,’’ Barton says. This
year's potpourri of ballet, folk,
jazz and modern dance is
scheduled for Jan 27-30 and
again Feb 2-5
For Eugene O'Neill
audiences, the fifth play of the
year is O'Neill's "Ah Wilder
ness!,” a highly idealized ac
count by O’Neill of his traumatic
childhood. The play is one of the
few comedies that O'Neill com
posed, and is well known as a
chronicle of his childhood as he
wished it to be, not as it was. It's
an affirming, heartwarming
story, the exact opposite of the
real story in "Long Day's Jour
ney into Night."
O'Neill's play runs April 8, 9
and April 13-16.
The last production of the
year will be directed by Barton,
who has given Eugene
audiences some fine perfor
mances in the past. This year
Barton directs Shakeskpeare's
"The Merchant of Venice," a
classic tale of love and revenge
Barton plans a spectacular of
pageantry, comedy and
tragedy It will play on May 20,
21 and 25-28
At the moment, the remainder
of the theater's offerings are still
being considered Final confir
mation will come later in the
year as students and faculty
coordinate their efforts and
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ideas
While other University
departments are facing budget
problems, Barton and his
department are anticipating a
profitable year This is in spite of
the disappointing summer Car
nival '82. which failed at the box
office because a "hot film sum
mer" stole away a large portion
of what was expected to be a
healthy audience
"We broke even last sum
mer " Barton says, "and we are
accustomed to making a profit.
But we don't think it's a trend
We've built up our audience
over the last several years, and
have in the past played to full
houses during the regular sea
son. I predict we ll do well."
Barton has reason to make
such predictions Last year's
gross income for the major
playbill was $48,000: combined
revenue for all productions
reached $70,000 This year’s
offerings will most likely match
or exceed that figure
Barton's optimistic predic
tions are echoed by Shelby Fer
guson, new managing business
director for the theater “We
have some fine plays to give the
public this year," Ferguson
says. "For students, it will only
cost $3 25 for a ticket, but we
think season subscriptions are
the way to go. For only $16 75,
we can give the student tickets
for the entire season " Interest
ed students should contact the
Robinson Theater box office.
Barton also adds that any
students interested in becoming
involved in the theater this year
should contact him at 686-4190
Rehearsals are already under
way for some of the produc
tions, but opportunitites are
"infinite for anyone wishing to
work as a stagehand, or in act
ing depending on experience
and ability
between the facilities. "EPAC is
a governmental agency," Pin
cus says
Another difference, accord
ing to Pincus, is that the Hult
Center has a number of paid
staffers working for it Most of
the work done here is by
r
volunteers,' he says
The basement beer garden ot
the WOW Hall serves Dos Equis,
Beck's and Henry Weinhards in
bottles and Heidleberg on tap A
glass of wine is 75 cents The
beer garden is somberly lit with
candles on spool tables
to
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The What of Who?
THE TAO OF
POOH
Benjamin I loft
What does an English bear have in common with
an ancient Chinese way of living? And what does it
have to do with you and me? In this delightful
book, the world-famous Pooh Bear, Master of
Humor and Dispenser of Sensible Wisdom,
explains to us the
principles of successful
living.
44 original line drawings
by Ernest H. Shepard.
From the publishers of
Winnic-thc-Pooh. $HM5 at
the UO Bookstore.
Upstairs in the Book Dept.
SJS2E‘.:V 1 DUTTON 1
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A man runs up to the bar ask
ing for incense The bartender
hands him a stick He walks off
contented
The WOW Hall has had some
memorable concerts — Captain
Beefheart, Herb Ellis, Mimi Fa
rina, Tom Paxton, The Robert
Cray Band, and Queen Ida Bon
Temps and the Zydeco Band
Pincus says the highest gross
ing show they've had was Los
Xplorers' farewell Eugene per
formance He proudly displays
the band's mascot a rubber
chicken hanging from a noose,
in his office
Mithrandir starts their first set
The dancers take to the hard
wood dance floor
It's almost a ritualistic scene,
which Pincus says is like "early
San Francisco concerts " Chil
dren wrapped in blankets jiggle
alongside their mothers who
twirl all over the dance floor A
long-haired man is suddenly ta
ken with happy feet" when
Mithrandir plays a Calypso
song He wheels and reels like a
dervish Women dance with
women, men dance with men
No one stands on ceremony
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