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R°lle, a play about stereotypes and xenophobia among German youth
Youth culture examines
German play’s stereotypes
By Abe Estimada
Community Fteportef
Maybe, just maybe, among the
University students in German
•125, tin* next Laurenc e Olivier
or Vanessa Redgrave could
emerge from the woodwork
The t Jniversity students i ould
get their shot at future stardom
if they do well enough with Vail
auf der Halle or Perfect for the
Port by Leonie Ossowski, u play
examining the stereotypes and
xenophobia among contempo
rary German youth.
The play is unique in that all
of the actors are non-drama stu
dents in German -125. taught by
Karla Schultz, an associate pro
lessor of Germanic languages
and literature
It is the second year that
Schultz is producing a play with
the German department, and she?
said she hopes the1 audience! will
stay after the performance to
discuss its themes.
V'oil auf der Hollr will he* per
formed twice, tonight and Satur
day. with both shows starting at
H p.m. at the Arena Theatre in
Villard Hall Tickets an* free, but
donations of a minimum of
$2 50 arc* also welcome
Voll auf der Halle takes place
m 1930* Germany when a < ,ist
of students is rehearsing for a
play about German youths who
struggle with the choice of turn
ing in a runaway Jew to the
Nazis in late World War II
Vail auf der Halle, then, is
actually a play within a play,
and the students in German 425
•ire acting two roles The charac
ters are forced to take a look at
their own stereotypes of people,
particularly when Metin. a l urk
played by University student
Kirk Adams, is cast as the- )ew
I he play 's topic com erns us
all," producer Schultz said, "it's
incredibly pertinent to us."
THEATER PREVIEW
Voll auf der Rolle
Arrau Theatre
Written h l eonle Osserwskt
Playing until Pei 2
If the plot of V'oil auf der Hath
is not enough to twist anti turn
the audiciu #, then the dialogue
might. The entire play is in Ger
man. Not only must the actors
reinember their lines, but they
must remember them in a for
eign language.
"It's challenging, but as far as
German classes go. this is the
best the University of Oregon
can offer," said Adams, who has
spent time in Germany "As far
as diction goes, you learn a lot.
It's the only class that when you
are finished, you want to con
tinue to work because you are
learning so much."
Although the actors some
times stumble through their
parts or forget a prop or two,
Schultz said the drama expert
em e allows her students to have
fun and surprise themselves
Hut director Rebecca Foster, a
University graduate student in
theater directing, said that the
message of the play is serious
and speaks to Americans as well
as Germans.
"This play is real life." she
said "It looks at how we treat
each other, how cruel we are to
each other and how kind we can
be to each other I think it's
wonderful that through the
at tors, we can find feelings of
hate and love within us. The
play is very timely, though it is
10 years old.”
And maybe, just maybe, one
of the actors in German 425
could be accepting a Tony
award 15 years from now.
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