Playstation2
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ment.”
Sure enough, the fighters moved
fluidly against ultra-realistic back
grounds. I could see incredible de
tail in flaming torches on the wall
of a dark castle, and whirling heli
copter blades on a military base.
I also loaded six DVD movies
into the PlayStation2, including
“The Matrix,” a popular sci-fi ad
venture with special features in its
‘Mousetrap’
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talent every year.”
This delay meant that rehearsal
time was cut short. The play’s first
rehearsal was in the beginning of
October, giving the cast just a month
to pull things together.
Luckily, there was some seasoned
talent to ease the process. Patrick
Torelle, LCC theater professor for 14
years, joins the cast as the mysteri
ous Mr. Paravicini. Although facul
ty performances are not unheard of,
it is a rare treat for both the faculty
DVD version that didn't work on
some DVD players. The PlaySta
tion2 delivered a sharp picture for
all the movies and had no trouble
accessing their special features.
The only shortcoming: The
PlayStation2’s hand controller isn’t
laid out in a way that makes sense
for watching a movie. Anyone
planning to watch a lot of DVD
movies on the PlayStation2 should
look for an optional wireless re
mote control, which will be offered
by several manufacturers.
For me, the bigger frustration
and the students.
“The idea is that when you get out
there with the students and demon
strate what you’ve been talking
about in class, it reinforces the
knowledge,” Torelle said.
Torelle’s talent is even more tuned
to this particular play, considering he
played the same role 30 years ago at
another community college.
“I think I’m much better now,”
Torelle said. “And I’m closer to the
right age for the part. ”
One might think that acting with
a teacher could be intimidating, but
Torelle does his best to blend in.
with PlayStation2 is that I couldn’t
do anything more than play games
or watch DVDs. Sony hasn’t made
it clear when it will transform
PlayStation2 into what one compa
ny executive calls “the home gate
way” for electronic information
and entertainment.
An interesting aspect of PlaySta
tion2 is the presence of a 1394 port,
which Sony calls by its trade
marked name of i.Link and is also
known as FireWire, and two USB
ports. USB and 1394 are becoming
nearly universal on personal com
“My approach always remains the
same as an actor,” Torelle said. “I’m
out there as a servant of the play. My
fellow actors are my colleagues, and I
treat them with respect.”
Another man who deserves credit
for this production won’t be on the
stage; he made it. Scene designer and
technical director Skip Hubbard
recreated the original London set of
the play for the LCC stage. Aside from
minor necessary modifications be
cause of the stage size and house
shape, it is a perfect reproduction.
Because of such physical dispari
ties among theaters, a set reproduc
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puters, so PlayStation 2 could easi
ly make use of computer peripher
als such as printers, scanners, mice,
digital still cameras and digital
camcorders.
Plug a digital camcorder into the
i.Link port of a PlayStation 2 con
nected to a cable modem or DSL
line and you’ve got a videophone.
Adding a printer would make the
PlayStation far more useful for
tasks such as e-mail and online
shopping.
But Sony is silent on when it will
add software support for USB and
tion is rarely undertaken by design
ers. But Hubbard thought that he
could make an exception.
“In this case, we thought it would
be an honor to that designer and the
play to just copy the set that was so
synonymous with the show,” Hub
bard said.
Another reproduction in the show
is not seen but heard. Kearney decid
ed to have the actors use authentic
English dialect and accents in their
roles. While learning an accent is a
difficult job for the cast, it was neces
sary to create the 1948 period that
Kearney wanted. She also noted that
it makes it much easier to pull off the
1394.
It's as if the PlayStation is a fish
that’s evolved legs but won’t use
them.
What does all this mean to poten
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latest games and you can afford
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dry British humor in the script.
The humor is very subtle, and
American audiences must expect it,
or else they might miss it.
“Like all murder mysteries, it has
to use tongue and cheek,” Kearney
said. “It doesn't take itself very seri
ously.”
People who are ready to dig for
clues can see the play Fridays and
Saturdays, Nov. 3-18 at 8 p.m. There
will also be a Sunday matinee Nov.
12 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $10 for
adults and $8 for students and sen
iors. They can be purchased at the
Lane Ticket Office (726-2202) or at
the EMU ticket office.
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comes from performing for high
school students,” she said.
Julie Bounds, the OMB Council
president and a music major, said
Festival of Bands puts the focus on
the band itself — a change from a
typical performance at a football
game.
“This is our chance to be in the
spotlight,” she s^id.
The OMB will perform its latest
show, music from the recent movie
“Gladiator,” in two exhibition per
formances: after the preliminary
round, which will conclude about
4:30 p.m., and after finals, which
will wrap up around 10 p.m. Ore
gon’s drum line will perform and
offer a clinic during the lunch
break.
Gates will open about 7 a.m. for
the preliminary round. The 14
highest-scoring bands will compete
in finals, which will begin about 6
p.m. Presentation of the grand
championship trophy will con- »
elude the event.
Tickets will be available at stadi
um Gate B on Saturday. All-day
tickets are $12 for adults and $8 for
students and senior citizens. Chil
dren 5 years old and younger will
be admitted for free.
“It’s simple, really,” Zimbelman
said. “If a person likes live theater,
live music, sporting events, com
petitive events, dance performanc
es, then they will appreciate and
enjoy the Festival of Bands.”
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sation. During rehearsals, Watson
would let the cast know what he
thought worked with the play and
what didn’t, Barnhart said.
But the acting isn’t the only area
where creativity is essential. The
costumes complement the charac
ters and the play’s humor, costume
designer Alexandra Bonds said.
Bonds, a theater arts professor, ei
ther designs or oversees the design
of costumes for all University The
atre productions.
I intended “to create something
that was just happy and funny,”
Bonds said, “some sort of cartoon
aspect. I was trying to create visual
humor with the costumes.”
Bonds said she worked with Wat
son to get a grasp of what the actors
were adding to their characters and
then designed costumes to reflect
that.
“There’s really a nice connection
between what I designed and the
acting of the characters,” she said.
“I think [the play] is going to
achieve the humor we’ve been
working for.”
And the work has been signifi
cant, agreed Barnhart and Hender
son. The cast began rehearsing on
the first day of classes and has con
tinued to do so five nights a week
throughout the term - and that
doesn’t include the research and
practice required to perfect the
roles, Barnhart said.
But now she is ready for her hard
work to pay off.
“This is a very, very fun piece,”
Barnhart said. “It's just pure come
dy, pure laughing. I am extremely
New box office tactics
Ticket-buying for a University The
atre production is not what it used
to be. Tickets can be purchased at *
the EMU ticket office, which is now
the primary ticket site for the Uni
versity Theatre. Tickets can still be
purchased at the University Theatre
Box Office, located at Robinson The
atre, but only on the day of the per
formance.
Soon, tickets will be available
around the clock on the Internet.
Buy tickets by phone at 346-4363.
EMU ticket office hours:
Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 7
p.m.
Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
University Theatre Box Office hours
(performance days only):
Wednesday through Friday, noon to
8:15 p.m.
Saturday, 6 p.m. to 8:15 p.m.
Sunday, noon to 2 p.m. (matinee
days)
excited to show this piece.”
“She Stoops to Conquer” will run
Nov. 3-4, Nov. 9-11 and Nov. 17-18
at Robinson Theatre in Villard Hall.
Curtain call for each performance is
8 p.m. Tickets are $5 for University
students; $8 for University faculty
and staff, senior citizens and non
University students; and $10 for the
general public.
An additional matinee perform
ance will be held Sunday, Nov. 12,
at 2 p.m. to benefit Habitat for Hu
manity. Tickets are $15 for the spe
cial performance and can be re
served by calling Habitat for
Humanity at 741-1707. . . .