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The plav, showing March fi and fi in the Arena Theater, tracks the exploits of two escaped Southern convicts, one white, one blac k Director Grant MoK emie uills the show "farcical*' yet also a "genuine exploration of serious social issues." So it is — at least on paper — a come Lett to right: Devon Russell asT -Bone, Jon Egging as Weasel and Richard Egan as a derelict In T Bone N Weasel,' a University theater production. dy-drama. Hut McKernie's production is barely funny and hardly dramatic, A night spent with this limp play is like a luckless night spent with an impotent 80 year-old. The comedy falls flat and the drama never rises But don't blame the actors. That T Bone N Weasel is able to produce even These inane, initial sit-com-like scenes are supposed to propel the map less plot, which, in Act II, continues winding around like a drunken driver downtown, hitting all of Eugene s annoying, go nowhere one-ways. the least amount of laughter is. in fact, duo more to the actors' frenetic blind faith in their roles than to anv offstage direction or truly funny dialogue And. since all roles are cliches in this play, no one in the cast seems to have trouble going overboard in his character ization: Jon Egging as the wiry,white Weasel gives his role a wild work-out. Richard Egan, playing a doctor, n derelict, and a down-home Southern whore, and Andrew Bauer as a cop. a car-salesman, and a stuttering sweep stakes-winner are both superb stage chameleons Davon Russell as T-Bone is medium-well. But all acting efforts are sadly academ ic. The cast is trapped in a sinkboat of a story, with no visible plot -1 mtt to pull them to safety. Under the guise of living a frolicky, anti-hero road-trip, author Ion Klein flashes these scenes at us. all in Act I a fumbled liquor store robbery. a gun-ditch and a gun-search and breath lessly brief enc ounters with the first act's round of tired-old Southern stereotypes. Those inane, initial sit-com-like scenes are supposed to propel the map les* plot, which, to Ac t II. continues winding around like a drunken driver downtown, hitting all of huge tie's annoying, go-nowhere one-ways Exac My midway, T-Bone — who's smart enough to have a plan by now — senses that Turn to T-BONE, Pago 8 t f. 11 I ( Ill'll Ml Friday March 5,1993 EMU BALLROOM TICKETS AVAIABLE AT EMJ MAM DESK.CO WORLD FACE THE MUSIC, HOUSE OF RECORDS AND RECORD GARDEN lamest Pi'kns ol* I lio Gasoil on i‘in^s .. i..i,.i WoiimmiV Kiiur> ST.M I' |»»i« •■•I ii|> i<> r|i - U «l Mni ' Kilty'* S2UU * jfnljrl* up I• • ** I mfffffif JOSTENS Mar 8 & Mar 9 Only! 10-3:30 graft Itwmtt. U»»4Jnn» K.« I4h#q.ltul«ll») cxootCI* raw A Brands Wong Aokl, acclaimed storyteller and KabukiNoh (traditionsI Japanese) theater artist Storytelling HUl.T CENTER — If spirits could walk the earth, they would find a voice in Brenda Wong Aoki. a sor ceress of storytelling whose tales awaken ancient Asian lore. Tales of spirits past and present will prevail when Aoki presents her latest collection of stories in "OBAKE!" (oh-bah'-kay), which means "ghost" in Japanese. She adapts three of her "Obake" stories — "Black Hair." “Havoc in Heaven" and "The Bell of Dojoji" — from ancient Chinese and Japanese fables. Aoki transforms into an arrogant husband, a loving wife and a venomous, wealthy woman in "Black Hair." a tale of a man who discovers he can't regain the wonderful wife he left for a world of unhappy wealth. A generous and laving girl refuses to acknowledge the rejection of a Buddhist monk she loves in "The Bell of Dojoji." Instead, she pursues him and trans forms into a snake. Aoki calls this a Japanese version of "Women Who Love Too Much." "Havoc in Heaven" provides comic relief between more haunting tales. Aoki plays the famous Monkey King, who tricks death and the gods and eats so much that he groans from the complete overdose of his lower chakra. With "Dancing in California.*' Aoki turns from ancient fables to VVWII California, where a Japanese American ballerina's career is shattered when she is forced into a "relocation" camp. Aoki performs on a bare stage with only her |apan ese Noh fan (used to portray a sake cup. a tray and other props), a short rod and her long hair. She carves woods, castles, animals and spirits out of thin air with a few simple twists of her fingers and expresive face. "I do traditional Kabuki/Noh drama from the per spective of a woman, a completely different perspec tive than the traditional style presents." Aoki said. “This is, in fact, the most unique thing about my sto ries. They unfold from u personal point of view rather than from the universal." Aoki’s energetic blend of modern dam e with tradi tional lapanesu Noh and Kyogen theater, spiced with some western vocal techniques, earned her a reputa lion us the star of the 198H Northwest Storytelling Fes tival. Aoki's dehut album, Dreams and Illusions Tales of the Pacific Him, won the National Asnih in lion of Independent Record Distributors Imst spoken words album of 1900. “In Western theatrical technique, the actor tends to speak in terms of developing a character." Aoki said "In Noh/Kyogen. we search for the hanu or essence of the character, assuming that a character exists by and of itself, and all we have to do is find it " Yet she found that as a person of color, the only per forming roles she could get were as maids, prostitutes and cooks, she said. So she began creating her own solo theater works, gaining recognition across the country as a leader in developing art forms that express the experience of the growing A*ian-Amon can population. Aoki won a NFA Solo Theater Fel lowship in 1991 Aoki performs in the Hull Center's Sarong Theatre March 9 and 10 at 7:30 p hi Turn to STORYTELLING. Page 8 CHECK CASHING at the UO Bookstore Spring Break low Air Fares! HOLIDAYS ABROAD I 2850 Willamette • 484-75731 LONELY? FIND A PET TO KEEP YOU COMPANY IN THE ODE CLASSIFIEDS. IN CONCERT Wednesday March 10th 7i00 pm letene Hilton Ballroom Tickets no w ovoilob le at the Hilton and Rock 'N' Rodeo ■ Inviting all ffluslims c ro attend ’ weekly r nuay praytra at 1 p.m. at Hie rtbu Bahr Islamic Center 1865 W. Broadway 485-0899 U>WDE SHARE Traveling soon? Need a ride? Offering a ride? Ride Share brings together people needing and ofTering rides any where in Oregon or throughout the country. I For more information call 345-7600. rpoppiV-. _/tna4oli&. 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