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World premiere proves a ‘slick production’
By Amy DeVour
Of The Print
It seemed they had all they
could ask for when “Not Any
More” opened last Thursday
night. A great script, a gifted
director, an experienced
technical crew and a great cast
made the world premiere a
slick production. The audience
got quite a treat. ■
Granted, there were times
when I felt the show was drag
ging, but the strength of the
cast made up for the lag in
dialogue.
The most outstanding
characters were Elaine, Spiro,
and Tygh Tragg, Cindy Lyn-
din, portrayed Elaine, who was
the friendly neighbor with a
jaded outlook on love and a
‘tough-chick’ attitude towards
life. Elaine is a professional
hypochondriac, always bor
rowing a bottle of this and a
'tube of that to cure her ever
changing health' problems.
JANE AND SPIRO have a cosmic experience, although
Jane (Laurel Cates) is an unwilling participant. Spiro is
played by Victor Toman. Staff photo by Duffy Coffman
Lyndiq was very convincing as
the wisened divorcee and quite
funny. Her guest appearance
added spice" to an already hot
show.
Spiro, played by Victor
Toman, was super. His
character was almost as far-out
as his costume. Spiro was the
‘perfect computer match’ for
Jane. He liked everything that
she liked (or what she stated as
a joke) including eating figs in
the shower, and playing
bongos underwater. Spiro was
quite a problem for the “never
say no” Jane, until Elaine
decided he was just as ‘sick’ as
she was and took him off of
Jane’s hands. Spiro did almost
as badly with Jane as her first
blind date, Tygh Tragg.
Clad in a forest green
polyester leisure suit, befitting a
leftover of the ‘ME’ generation,
Tygh (Dana HayneS) with his
zipper undone, exposed his
Day-Glo pjnk (underwear) per
sonality. Underwear says a lot
about a man, but it seemed as if
everything about Tygh was bet
ter left unsaid. Haynes was a
scream as the incorrigable,
cocky bachelor. Quite a depar
ture from Haynes’ interpreta
tion of “Felix” in “The Odd
Couple.” \
Even the entrance of our
leading lady, Jane Smith
(Laurel Cates) was slick, or
should I say, slippery. Cates
was a convincing young
divorcee dismayed and disillu
sioned with life. Elaine
describes Jane as a ‘fish’ who
allows everyone to push her
around. Jane refuses to believe
Elaine’s blunt character analysis
until she is pushed to the limit
by her ex-husband, Curt (Joe
Schenk), who treats Jane like a
slave, but wants her affections.
Schenk’s character interpreta
tion was a fairly good one;
though I must note that his
pants were incredibly tight in
the first act. How he managed
a relaxed line delivery I don’t
know!
Jane’s very entrance was a
memorable one. Burdened by
an armful of groceries, she
rushes into her apartment, try
ing to soothe her antsy dog and
answering the phone. In the
hilarious shuffle, Jane manages
to drop the groceries, and milk
spills all over the floor. It seem
ed everyone was slipping in the
mess, which she informed
Tygh was‘m--dog puke.’ The
sight gags arid blocking in that
scene were some of the best in
the entire three hour show.
The only man who fared
well with Jane was the T.V.
repairman, Alex (Dave
Harvey). Harvey’s character
was not as strong as I
would have expected, but he
was compassionate. Harvey’s
line delivery was sometimes
muddled, but he improved as
the show proceeded.
Terrie Kemp portrayed
Jáne’s nagging older sister,
Barb. Barb was always meddl
ing in Jane’s affairs-quite an
noyingly, I might add. She was
sure that only a ‘man’* could,
cure Jane’s problems, so she
set about fixing Jane up with a
variety of really strange men.
Tygh Tragg and Spiro were on
ly a sample of the kind of men
Barb found for Jane. Kemp did
quite well with her first stage
role. For all her inexperience,
Kemp’s character interpretation
was fairly well done.
Raoule, Jane’s canning
companion, was barked by
Beemer J. Houndsley. Beemer
did great. His pets, Keith Rich
mond and Joette Rose, should
be proud of his voice control
and bouncy, enthusiastic cur
tain call.
. Most of the profanity was
readily accepted for character
realism, although there were a
few remarks that could have
been dropped out because of
their severity.
The whole play took place
in Jane’s apartment. The set,
designed by David Smith-
English reminded me of my
own apartment. Jack Shields
directed the production, which
was written by CCC’s own
liberal arts graduate, Linda
Barr.. Barr was in attendance at
the world premiere perfor
mance.
The technical crew con
sisted of Randy Evans (stage
manager), Neil Hass (sound
design engineer) and Ed De
Grauw (light design engineer).
Rebecca Proulx handled Pro
perties.
I thoroughly enjoyed “Not
Any More” It is a show that will
rnake you laugh and leave you
feeling good. Although it will
not be shown again at the Col
lege, the show will be taken
down to the Coaster Theatre in
Cannon Beach March 25-27.
This will be the ninth annual
Coaster Theatre production for
the College. For reservations,
call 436-1214. Come see it. It’s
a dandy excuse to visit the
beach.
The mall is alive with sounds of music
By Duane Hiersche
Of The Print
More than 50 people at
tended the Winter Concert
presented by the Music Depart
ment last Sunday in the Com
munity Center Mall.
Lonnie Cline directed the
College Chorale which
featured songs from Gabriel
Faure’s ‘Requiem,’ “Introit and
Kyrie,” “Sanctus,” and “In
Paradism.”
“The crowd responded
very well,” commented Bob
Davis, a singer with the
Chorale, “but the attendance
was down.”
The Chorale arrived from
a trip to Moscow, Idaho juSt
before the concert, so a quick
rehearsal was necessary.
Gary Nelson directed the
Brass Ensemble. The Ensemble
opened the show with “Three
Pieces” by Ludwig Mauer.
Their orily other number was
“Quintet” by Victor Ewald.
Finally the annual show
ended with a performance by
the Concert Band. Directed by
LeRoy Anderson, the band
played “National Emblem” by
E.E. Bagley, “Folk Song Suite”
by R. Vaughan Williams,
“Variations on a Korean Folk
Song” by John B. Chance,
“Pageant” by Vincent Per-
sichetti, and “Sousa!” arranged
The next concert should
be about mid-April. The Winter
Concert was an interesting one
but sometimes it seemed a little
long. Next term’s event should
be quite*good.
ONE, TWO, THREE,...Members of the College Chorale feature songs from Gabriel
Faure’s “Requiem.”
Staff photos by Duane Hiersche
Wednesday, March 10, 1982
LeRoy Anderson directs the
College concert band.
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by Warren Barker.
“Each term the music
department puts on a concert.
This one was a kind of a warm
up for next term,” commented
Cline.