Special Supplement-)
j Tuesday, October 27. 1992
Oregon Daily Emerald
IN TOUCH
with Performing Arts
CourtMV phi<o
Public Enemy (above), a band
currently opening tor U2, will
play the EMU Ballroom on
Nov. 6 between U2's Vancou
ver and Oakland show*. 1 he
Sugarbects (right) are one of
the many local bands the Cul
tural Forum attempts to get on
stage.
Cultural forum gets
big-time for Eugene
jPublic Enemy is
just one act
coming to EMI!
Sponsoring acts from
R.h.M. t, > (‘ishK'iif n >
Ciarth Brook1*, the
l Iniversitv * (Cultural
Ivrum has brought .1 wide
assortment ot bands to
Eugene during the past 20
years.
And that diversity won't he
changing any time soon I he
forum's goals, aid National
Mush Director Adam /a* k*.
are to "keep tieket pru e* loss
and promote diversity
Already this year the
forum, located in the base
menf of (!»■ !'NH ', lias brought
alternative rockers Blind
Melon to Eugene, and many
well known hands are slated
to follow
Mi >st impressive is the ss In .1
uli d appearance of rap group
Public Enemy, currently U,’s
opening act, on Nov, 0.
"What’s really cool about
this show i' that it would he
wedged I v I ween the P2 dates
in Vancouver and Oakland.
Auks said. "We’re just really
1 in k.y to In on the Any 11*r
them."
[ he lorum will also present
such artists as world heat per
toriuer 'toussou N Pour (Nov.
23h pilule roi kers Mud
honey (Pec. 1), and Peter
Ri'cii (Pi i 12) to the campus
this term
"It’s kind ot tunny, Au ks
said. "My n-nil tor the year was
to net an ai t tn>m each genre
. ! inusn , anil it 1»» >ks like 1 11 In
able to net It done this term
hue Peter .on, the Cultural
pot urn s Regional Music Pirei
tor, keeps his tinner on the
throlsl'inn i'unene musu sc ene.
Wlule tin ai ts Peterson arranne
minht not make headline news
outside the state ot Oregon,
they otter something the larner
nroups do not.
Other local hands Peterson
believes are contributing to
the Eugene scene ini hide the
iurn to FORUM, Pane 4B
Shoestring-budget plays keep hands out of audiences pockets
□ Pocket Playhouse
offers students a
chance to perform
The Pocket Playhouse
revealed how “daring" and
“Isold" this season’s play
schedule will be with its
premier showing ot the Crazy Steve
Ransom Pnxlucnon l:ggbeater$ an
(ifxhI ITungs on Oct. 23.
Last Friday's performance is simply
the beginning tor this cabaret ot artis
tic students, though. Ransom and
other student directors, writers, pro
ducers and actors will be continuing
the tresh new season of uncensored,
creative pertonnances in weekly plays
throughout the year.
“We have a lot ot really bold new
stuff coming out this season,” said the
playhouse publicity director John
Harrison. “New plays that have never
been pertormed betore are being done
here."
"It’s like MTV on a theatrical
level,” said co-Chairman Russell
Dyball. “The scenes and scripts vary so
much from show to show that you re
bound to find one that suits you.”
Dyball said the Pocket Playhouse- is
entirely student run and supported by
student incidental teen. It receives
about $c00 to $700 a term from
ASUO funds and a small amount from
generous students who make dona
tions at the dis>r.
Although most shows are able to
fund a budget of $50, 1 ggheufers arc
found I/inigs only necessitated a bud
get of $13. VC'ith the lower budget
demand Ransom was able to suppli
cate a smaller admission tee of $.41 at
the door last Friday instead of the
usual request of $ 1.
But the $.41 or $1 admission tor
most shows is merely a request.
"The most important thing is to get
people to come see what we’re all
about,” Harrison said. “We only turn
people down when there are no seats
left in the theater, but never tor not
paying.”
"The low admission tee is such a
minimal amount tor people to pay that
it really does not matter if the perfor
mance was entertaining to them or
not," Ransom said. “It’s not like the
Hult Center where you’re out $30 it
you didn’t like what you saw."
The Pocket Playhouse encourages
all students to not only view its plavs,
but to be a part of the production as
well.
“We have a variety of people in the
f'fvctfo try Nop# N*w»'S*»r>
ITic Pocket Playhouse is currently working on the production of Something I’ll I ell
Yon Tuesday and The Loveliest Afternoon of the Yeiir.
organization because we Jon t close
our dtx>rs to any students whether they
are theater majors or not,” Harrison
said.
To lx- a member ot the statt all it
takes is contact through a submitted
piece ot work or a phone call.
"We are open to the entire student
body tor acting, directing, viewing,
writing and several other positions,"
Ransom said.
Every Friday at 4:30 p.m. the d«>or
opens and seats are available on a first -
come, tirst-served basis. All shows are
in The Pocket Theater, Room 102, Vil
lard, 1109 Old Campus Ln. on the Uni
versity campus. For additional informa
non contact John Harrison or the Uni
versity Theater box office.
—Colley Anderson