Special Supplement-) j Tuesday, October 27. 1992 Oregon Daily Emerald IN TOUCH with Performing Arts CourtMV phi (‘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