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ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE ‘Marvin’s Room’ catches reality REVIEW MARVINS ROOM ★ ★ ★ ★ ■ Where: The Arena Theatre at Villard Hail. 1109 Old Campus Lane ■ When: July 27-28 and Aug 5 at 8 p.m and on Aug. 6 at 2pm ■ Tickets: $5 for students and children, $7 for the general public - ■ Where to call: The bo* office can be reached at 346-4192 Monday through Friday from 11 30 a m. to 2 30 and 3 30-6 p.m. By Andrew Mayer f or INr Oe^rr. 0*f> f r«M The I Hiversity s Mad Duck Theatre perfor mance of S1on in \ Room, which opened on the evening of fulv 1.1 at the Arena Theatre, was a play that reached » comfortable medium of realism and kept the nudiem e attentive with delightful doses ol humor David Wintersteen brought his group of summer slot k actors to an interpretation of Scott Mi Therson's play that suggested troth the direi tor and the at tors were catc hing a glimpse of the playwright’s vision of reality That vision is that our world, how ever diffii lilt the road ahead may seem, is always enjoyable if one lives for the moment Maine Pelletier. .M. played the 70 HO-year-old Aunt Ruth with an outstanding tempered fervor that proved to support the oast who will develop its scope and vision of the story in its ensuing perfor mances The stage was split to represent a business offi< e on stage left, and various rooms of a house on stage right. From the arena's house left and right, an audience member was no asionullv blocked off from an actor bv their on-stage coun terpart; moreover, from house (.enter some of the many set pim.es blocked actors at times as well. Ryan Webber, therefore, proved to show his skill m light mg by compensating for the clut tered set through offer lively designing hi* light plan to aid the audience in locating the specific room the actor* wore intended to he placed in the story (i.e , the garage nr the bedroom) Also, n much less informal set change during intermission would Iw* desirahle if the high drama of the second act is to contrasted with the casual atmosphere of the first .111 The i .ist nil showed well, and 1 look forward to seeing Mwin's Room again toward the end of its run fhecast includes Sonya Miller, is Bessie, the middle aged mom diagnosed with leukemia; lustin Devan/o, ns the detached dtagnostit dolt. Dr W ally; Belief! er. as the old iron-horse. Aunt Kuth. l.eonardo A. Baquero. as the romedil clinical aid. Bob; father Alha. as the sinister bleed mg-neart sister. Lee. i.onny Lazar, as the lizard-tike psychiatrist. Dr Charles, Paul M Rulumstem, as the hormone-hounded son of l.ee. Hank and Criffin Crafts as Char lie. the intelligent inner portrait of the family The show will !«• performed in I he Arena Theatre lot ateil at the - t diversity of Oregon's Vilhird Hall, 1 KM Old Campus I ane. on Inly 27-jh and Aug > at 8 pm and on Aug ft a! 2 p m. Tickets arts $3 for students and children, and $7 for general public The box office can tie reached at )3t> 4192 Monday through Friday from 11 It) a in. to 2:30 and t 30 ti p in. !!*«>*H Mf M>*«- - v. 'H t Hank (Paul Rubenstein) and Bessie (Sonya Miller) talk In Marvin's Room MUSIC REVIEW Instrumental sounds Nashville’s newest music By Kim Weiss Oegon Oaay FmetaKt Do not let tlit* Mexitan wrestling masks these musicians wear fright en you away; they enhaiu e the image of one of Nashville's newest mush, son sat ions, Los Strait jackets If tfni band's name does not appear country-sounding, that could lie Ih« ause the hand is rock 'n' roll, not country western Los Straitjai kets are ( urrently on tour, promoting their debut CD on Upstart Records, The l ’tterly Fantastic a ml Totally Vnbeliev able Son nil of Ij>s Stmil/m k ets Los Strait jackets have l>een together lor slightly more than a year and feature Danny Amis on guitar, Kddu* Angel on gui tar, Scott KsImm k on bass and L, J Lester on drums Not to be misleading. they ilo prudui e a rock 'n* roll sound, hut not in the heavy, hetid banging way t his rock 'n' roll has a touch of what the lute '50s ris k legends created with a rocking low down edge, plus the feeling of surf and spy instrumental music. Primary writers Amis and Angel combine the musical influences of Link Wray, The Shadows, Dii k Dale and Ray Coniff in developing their own sound and style. The initial response to the album is this mix creates a musical feel remi niscent of American rock 'n‘ roll greats, such as Duane Kddy or the Chantays, The hand stands out only par tially due to the Mex ican masks and its musical talents, it is one of few of the latest rock sensations to put out an album that contains no lyrics, with the exception of a couple words uttered in a beck oning voice on a couple selec tions 'SreiJcfrttTr I he l ncrK I antastu and loially l nbelievable Sound of 1 os Strattjackcts ★ ★ ★ ★ lint a lack of lyrics is by no means a hindrance to this album. The instrumentals are strong enough to support the songs without feeling a need to latch onto words Mv favorites are '(..irhop and "Calhoun Surf" because I like the particular arrange ments of the guitar sounds matched with the drums. The guitar sounds generate interest ing and funky melodies, sort of mellow but upbeat enough to keep me invigorated The Utterly Fantastic and Totally Untwlievable Sound of Ijjs Straitjm kefs is a pretty good CD And if you dig a real ly groovy instrumental sound, tins is a CD for you. Cash For Textbooks Mon.-Sat Smith Family Bookstore 768 E. 13th 1 Block From C«mput 345-1651 full color POSTERS Created from your favorite photos or Mac & IBM files. Up to 36" by any length! kinko's tlie ci)j7y center I76S WillometK / 344 3SSS / fox 344-0870 FUTON SALE full-sizMrame'andiutun - Starting at *159
