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.
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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.
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