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Kgs we do," said Tony
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without prepared script
pier's theatre—reading
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tanizations and agen-
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mas County.
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wl expand to include
b puppetry, a child
litre and traveling one-
A24-hour "Satellite blast-off"
is also tentatively planned. This
will be a fundraising event bring
ing together all the Satellite
Outreach Program activities into
one show.
Linda Barr, CCRT volunteer,
is director and producer for the
Satellite Outreach program. The
assistant theatre manager for
CCRT has been an actress, writer,
director and editor for various
College video productions. Col
lege theatre productions, high
school productions.,
Estacada
Community
Theatre produc
tions, Kay Lee's Playbox Play
ers productions. Stump State
Stagers productions and CCRT.
’'We're looking for people
who are interested in learning
or teaching any aspect of the
theatre," Barr said. "We want
to get people who have never
acted before to try it."
"There are a few people Who
are a little shy and don't think
they could get involved in the
theatre, but want to," she said.
"They can through this pro
gram. It's a learning experience,
besides being fun."
"We're not closed to any
ideas," Barr said. "We'd like
as many new ideas and people
that we can. It's an enjoyable
experience for the people in
volved and the audience,"
Persons interested in the Sat
ellite Outreach program are en
couraged to attend auditions
tonight at 7:30 p.m. in Clair
mont, room 136.
"We're open to suggestions
and ideas from anybody." Barr
said.
h Favorite’ takes a
ern look at Job’s woes
Simon's comedy script
m day version of the
lob will be performed
«County Repertory
IlCCRT) members Fri-
ptorday and Sunday
mil 16 at the College.
| Favorite" is a play
Iman's religious faith
W and stems around
■ith faith testing.
iory burns down where
K buildings burn all
[H, he has diseases
[psoriasis, heartburn,
[lips-justto name a few
plems that he encoun-
P his faith testing,"
■ Hemphill,
theatre
Bimembers include Ken
Weph Benjamin, Jim
[fen Benjamin, Susan
liSaraBenjamin, Marc-
|ista Benjamin, Rich
I® David Benjamin,
Baling as Mady, Mary
Logue as Maxine and John Ben-
neth as Sidney Lipton.
Director for the play is Dean
Kelley Who has been involved
in the theatre for oyer 20 years.
Kelley has a B.A. in Theatre
Arts from the University of Ore
gon and has worked in his own
Dinner Theatre, Civic Theatres
in El Paso, Tex., Astoria and
Portland, and in theatres on
several Army bases.
He has also worked with the
Portland Civic Theatre where
he was the stage manager for
"My Fair Lady" and "Auntie
Marne."
Performances are set in Mc
Loughlin Theatre for Friday and
Saturdays, 8 p.m., and Sundays
3 p.m. Admission is $3 for
adults, $2.50 for students and
$1.50. for children under 12.
Free child-care is available for
the Sunday matinees.
For more information and
reservations phone 656-2638, ex
tension 356.
Trombone duets were practiced during balmy
weather last week by Mark Sellman (left) and Jim
Miller. Both are members of several music groups
Photo by Brian Snook
including the Jazz Ensemble, Brass Ensemble, Con-
cert Band and a trombone quartet.
In review——..........
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'Blue collar* blues
By Jim McCaffrey
Of The Print
"For them that must obey
That they do not re
spect in any degree
Who despise their jobs
their destinies
Speak jealousy of them
that are free
Cultivate their flowers
to be
Nothing more than
something
They invest in."
—R. Dylan
Hard to believe. In this
movie
year of
U.F.O.'s,
discos and High-goodbye com
edies, Paul Schrader has man
aged to put together a real
and blatantly political movie.
The political film is a rare
animal in Hollywood, Not
since the thirties has Holly
wood tried to deal with the
problems of America's work
ing class. Now we have "Blue
Collar."
Richard Pryor; Harvey
Keitel and Yaphet Kyoto are
three drinking partners work
ing together on a Detroit auto
assembly fine. Pryor, feeling
the pressure of his family, has
gotten in trouble with the
I.R.S. for claiming three more
kids than he actually has. He
is angry about the way blacks
MARTIN’S
are treated by the union and
the management at work but
he doesn't know what to do
about it.
Keitel also feels extremely
frustrated by the pressure of
the needs his family put upon
him. Most nights find him in
the bar drinking with Pryor
and Kyoto, who is an ex
convict. As they talk about
the frustrations of meaning
less work at a wage that
doesn't keep up with the bills,
they devise a plan to break
into their union and rob the
safe. Hoping to get thousands
of dollars, they get only a few
hundred and a valuable union
ledger showing illegal loans
made by the unions. Realiz
ing the importance of the
ledger, Pryor and Keitel argue
over what to do. Pryor wants
to bring the union to its
knees. Keitel sees the book
as just a good way to get
killed.
Kyoto refuses to let the
two men argue. He is mad
that they are blind to the
fact that even now they are
starting to lose. He points out
that the system, no matter
who is running it, is based
on the fact that the workers
will fight amongst themselves.
Whether it is young vs. old;
black vs. white; or women
vs. men, the result is the
same—the system wins and
the worker loses. They can
only use the ledger as an
opportunity to exploit the
same people who have been
exploiting them.
Thus the three men set
out to blackmail the union.
How the men set up the
blackmail and how the union
deals with them provides an
insight into each man's mo
tives and the exploitations
of his weaknesses.
Harvey Keitel (of Martin
ScorCese movie fame) and
Richard Pryor
give strong
performances. Paul Schrader
has written a good script that
allows the bite of Richard
Pryor's
humor
to come
through without letting it
distract
from the serious
content of the theme.
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