‘Woman in Mind’ remarkable
By Anne Moser-Kornfeld
I he (ust of SI,unari In Mind whu h liogan its run
.it tfit* Arena Theatre Wednesday nigh' w is out
whelmed hv opening-night jitters
It's an ambitious produt tion hv the«..»st. Direc
tor John Rust.in and even the playwright Alan
Av< kbourn The storv is about an English house
wife who hits hit her head with a garden rake
The an ulent makes Susan, plnved hv Janet (nip
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ton. quttasy. and her mental state liegms to detorj
orate Woman In Mind is a dark c omedv The ( ast
is challenged to use English act eats and manner
isms true to their charm ters
Hill, plaved h\ Dave Sikula. is profuse at grasp
mg the language and nuances of his i harm ter He
has come to t hei k on Susan after the m cadent He
delivers some of the funniest lines of the play about
animals and people in a dr\, unbeknown wav
lane! (.upton ac ts her part well but here is when*
nervousness clearly < a used her to run over some
of Sikuln's lines Susan hallucinates and imagines
a perfect fnmilv for herself They’re rich. beautiful
loving and everything she could ever hope for
The costumes designed bv Deanna Sorenson are
a balanc e of bright, light, clean colors associated
with the family Sorenson juxtaposes that w ith the
drab and dreary tones of Susan's actual family
Gerald, Susan's husband, played bv Kevin
Trudeau, is a minister who has been working on
a fiO-page history of their parish since TH)!> To
Susan, it feels as though he's been working on the
book since' 1 t')5. Trudeau plays Gerald prudish,
unfeeling in as keenly a manner as possible
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The .ti tors stand out with their own unique takes,
it's just that tln> largo romn elements nut t'ssarv
to ntovu \\ <>ntnn In Mind font art! makes it el11fit uIt
to fielteve the at tors were actimllv settled into their
roles
Trie U'tmtnurman. who plays Andy, the world s
most wonderful husband, comes .it ross quite strong
in the first .n t Bv the set mid half of the plav, he's
not nearly as believable by having to prints t a good
guy had gin image
Vivaldi's Four Seasons sets the pace as Susan's
madness bet times more protiouni ed The play's
setting is a small, outdoor garden ss ith hru k prints
along the walk, iaiglish ixv and i oncrete hum lies
during a two-dav jieriod
l.ighting designers Theresa Mason and David
Hess have t reated lielievable tdtei ts. bringing out
the ambiance of a sunset Their ability to present
the mipat t of a thunderstorm and finally the strobe
of an ambulance light is quit k, hut i aptivating
I lie montage of insanity as Susan begins to slqi
nwav from the reality of her world is striking The
mamai al. intense ai tivitv on stage is svmholii of
Susan's mind falling apart This climax \sas a
remarkable .111 mnplishmenl to portray
Woman In Mind is si huddled lor Teh Fi and
10-12 at H p III ill the Arena Theatre There is no
late seating for this prodtu lion Tor more informa
tion or to reserve tn kets. i all the Kohnlson Box
Offii e at Uli 4191
‘Tomorrow
Leaves’ readers
wanting more
Kugane author Carlus H Har
ris will ho at tho University
Bookstore Saturday lietween 1 to
and 2:;t() p.m to sign copies ol
his first ini Its titin of short sto
nes titled Tomorrow /awes
I lams grow up in .1 small col
lege town in (film and mot ml to
South Central l.os Ailgeltis, the
inspiration for Ills stories comes
from Ins background
Tomorrow hemes is tilled with
stories truce the modern human
experience through vers vivid
and real characters
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