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Emcee Steve Wolf Introduces the next act for the open mike show,
"This Could Be the Night,” at the Rainy Day Cafe
Artists, step right up to the stage
■ OPEN MIKE l
He the Night h gyves to the
Rainy Day Cate
By Anne MoserKornfeid
A scene from a largely
t heesy. unknown film of the
t950s set the wheels of ire
ativity in motion and inspired
two friends originally from the
t.os Angeles area to take up the
i ause of revitalizing l.ugene s
downtown cafe si one
Steve Wolf and University of
Oregon comparative literature
major Liuren Horwitch met in
hugene Their shared interest
in the performing arts and in
vaudeville-type shows con
vimed them what Eugene
needed most was ,1 safe plat e
to help nurture the talents of
those people 'who have been
doing ar ts in the closets
Every Tuesday night after
7 ill p in performers of all
sorts arrive at the New Koinv
Day Cafe to sign up for an
open microphone even) titled
"This Could He the Night
The vim e of Slave Wolf i ills
out to the crowd, 'Duties and
Gentlemen, hold onto your
lull' bet hum? this could Ih- the
night!"
Beginning lust Tuesday the
open microphone moved in
I h*! New Rainy Day ( de it JO
I llth Avc The cafe's titivv
owners. Sharon ami I,«>w** 11
K«k h a rt. said they w ere
pleased with the lurnmil at
1 tiosday ' show
"Kverybadv seemed to like
the show It was pretty much
what I expet ted hut every time
is ^oing to hi’ different,*
.Sharon Tick hart said
That every show is different
is what Keeps tin* i rowds > ant
ing in week after week Wolf
reminds potential participants
"there is no tontrol of the
amount of variety or the mater
i ll presented eac h week
To prevent partu ipants Front
feeling left out or jealous
bet atise they showed up late
without se< tiring a lime to per
form, names are thrown into a
hut onstage and then drawn
randomly
Shortly after tt p m . the
names of 12 acts are
announced for what amounts
to about a two-hour show
two songs or It) minutes.
whichever ( omits tirsi
Irv ,t poet and farm ti r
l m versiti student. likes thti
formal Inn tiuse 1| is all ran
doin
"Then* are no blase* and
there's no hierart In There's
always a ( hom e lo perform
and no matter how good you
think you are. there s a chance
you don't gel to go up." 1 r\
said
U nit and 1 lorw lit h emi ee
the show and tnterai t with one
another, a little ad lib, a little
slapstu k
Hut (. alam 11 y Lo. ns
If or witch is culled, said,
H hat w ii do is for the per
formers " She also said
there's a real concept of com
monit) that the open nuke is
building up
One performer even went so
lar as to toll in and ask the
owners to slip a name in the
hat |ust to ensure there might
he a t.Irani e of real hmg an
audience
And is Wolf said, with so
many people show ing eai h
other there Is no right Will to
do things. " This could he the
night
Non-aDrasive Alice still conveys its call tor equality between sexes
■ WOMEN: Successful vaudeville
style musical addresses gender
issues in a comic fashion
By Andrew Mayer
freelance Repent**
"A My norm; is Aike," said the t ast,
one after another
The play, performed at Vi Hard Hall's
Arena Theatre, is written hv Joan Micklin
Silver and Juhanne Boyd, and vs as worth
waiting a day to see. as 1 was out of lu< k
with the sold (nit Saturday evening show
and had to buv tit kets lor the Sunday mati
nee
THEATER REVIEW
A...My Name is Alice
Teresa Fmdorjf-Johnum, Sandy Lvu
Valenr Herbert, Pamaa Meuile ami
Rene Ragan
Direi tor Mithae! Phillip
★ ★★★
Dirts tor and piano man Michael Phillips
played as Ins c ast of five wunwn acted out
thti 20 si tmt.'s dealing with issues of gun
dor
Thu piny was a vaudovillian format and
presented Ivvo acts, whiiJi showed the play
wrightx' view of women in society as equal
among themselves and among men in a
way that vs as non-abrasive for the male
audience, hut was adamant enough to
strongly convey the intended message of
the need lor equality lietween the sexes
In fact the idea of a bleeding-heart fem
inist vvas satirized ill a recurrent scene
played hv I’atru la Meade, who had the
audient e laughing boisterously
Also satirised was the idea of the
repressed sexual desires of the prim and
proper ladies of soc iety that was played
out hv Teresa findorff Johnson. Valerie
I lerkert and Sandy l.new m the m ene tilled
Pretty Young Mi'ii
Rww Kagan got in mi the fun with littr
satire Htu French Monologue and Song,"
m which she seemingly identified ,ill the
different Western cultures that exist in
Amerti <i
I Ini mush range allowed the in tors to
show off thi'ir voir es Not <>11 si tint's went
musical. though, and those scenes wore
nil ted in well to < rente it variety for the
audittllt I'
Plan niltsui to gt't 111 Rets for till! evening
shows and see a matinee if it is sold out
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