The Arts
‘The Interview,’ ‘Infancy’ plays in the works
By DeAnn Dietrich
Of The Print
The Projects in Theater
class is now in production of
two one-act plays. “Inter­
view” by Jean-Claude Van
Itallie and “Infancy” by
Thornton Wilder are the two
plays chosen for the term pro­
jects.
Joel Hladecek is directing
“Interview,” a play he says is
a “study of the social
behavior and interest in
America. It sort of sums up
American behaviorism—quite
abstractly.” Termed “avante-
garde” by cast member David
Harvey, “Interview” is a very
visual play with unusual
blocking.
Acting in a high school
production of “Interview,”
Hladecek was impressed with
the play but not with the direc­
ting of it. Now he has a chance
to incorporate his own ideas:
“With this play you can be
very interpretive. The dialogue
leaves a lot of room to work
with,” Hladecek said.
In a surrealistic presenta­
tion, “Interview” is “humor­
ous in the way it presents the
situation but it has a serious
message. It allows you to
make your own conclusions,”
he said.
Hladecek’s personal in­
terpretation will be evident in
the important role that
costuming and make-up will
take. The feeling portrayed
will be one of external
similarities and will emphasize
internal differences in people.
Past experience has
speeded up the general pro­
duction of both plays.
correction
Last week, The Print ran
an article on the upcomig din­
ner theater production of
“Same Time Next Year.” The
wrong date was published for
the show.
The play will be presented
on Thursday, Feb. 23, Dave
Buckley, ASG advisor said.
The dinner will begin at 6:45
p.m. with an 8 p.m. curtain
for the show.
Previous mistakes are being
ironed out and Hladecek
estimates progress is twice as
fast as last term. There are
eight roles in this 30 minute
Play.
The cast includes: Maggie
Bragg, David Harvey, Lynn
Myers, Mike Jarmer, Neil
Hass, Don Anderson, Tina
Sirianni and Eric Steinhauser.
“Infancy” is directed by
Patrick Sterling and has a far-
sical note tó its plot. It takes
place in Central Park in the
1920’s.
The play was suggested by
Barbara Bragg, secretary of
the theater department, after
Sterling expressed an “itching
to get involved with other
aspects.” Because Sterling
respects Bragg’s professional
opinion, he agreed to direct
the play before he read the
script.
The plot involves two
Mothers, Bragg and Lynn
Myers, who take their
infant sons, Joel Hladecek and
Neil Hass, to the park. One
mother explains to the other
that children are really much
more intelligent than they aré
given credit. Therefore, the
way to get them to quiet down
is to relate to them as adults.
Consequently they will
become introspective as they
contemplate what has been
said to them. The dramatic
flair comes out when the au­
dience is exposed to the fact
that the children can speak,
and quite proficiently as well.
This fact, however, is hot
revealed to the mothers.
Mike Jarmer portrays a
keystone cop who dislikes
babies because he believes that
they do know everything. The
combination of insight and ig­
norance lays the grounding for
an exchange of witty dialogue.
Sterling’s comment on his
first directing job is a positive
one. “I’m just glad I’m able to
direct such a strong cast,” he
said. The set design will be
assisted by Dennis Poore and
includes two oversized baby
strollers. The play is approx­
imately 30 minutes long.
Both “Interview” and “Infan­
cy” will be performed at the
end of the term.
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Kenny Rogers charms
crowd for good cause
apart from other popular
entertainers.
Two days before his two
His hits include “Lady,”
“Lucille,” “The Gambler,” scheduled appearances, he
“Love Will Turn You placed an open letter in the
Around,” and a string of Oregonian expressing his
other such pop/country views and concern over world
favorites. Of course, this list hunger . He urged each person
of hits has come from the re-. who was to be attending his
sounding voice of country concerts to bring along with
them a can of food that would
singer Kenny Rogers.
Rogers and his produc­ be donated to the Portland In­
tion crew put together and per­ teragency Food Bank.
On his Thursday night
formed a country music ex­
travaganza last Friday night at concert, Rogers collected more
the Portland Memorial Col­ than 12,000 pounds of food
for Portland’s hungry. On his
iseum. The two and a half-
hour-long show opened with Friday night sellout concert,
the 1960’s duo, The Righteous he netted 15,000 pounds more.
The other thing that
Brothers (their only real hit
Rogers
does in his concerts is
was the ever-popular “You’ve
Lost That Loving Feeling”) throw out tambourines to a
followed by the enthusiastic few lucky people in the au­
Oak Ridge Boys (whose har­ dience. On Thursday night he
monized hits on the pop and
country charts have included
“Bobby Sue,” and “Elvira”).
In the final hour of the show
Kenny Rogers delighted and
captivated the sellout crowd.
Rogers has an enjoyable
manner to him when he’s on
Stage that gives each member
of his audience a feeling of
personal friendship. He used a
combination of jokes and
memorable songs that gave
him standing ovations con­
tinuously throughout the
show.
Rogers’ production in­
cluded a mist machine, laser
lights and an overhead speaker
and light system that resembl­
ed a craft from a science fic­
tion film. This, along with
Rogers’ personal charm and
presence, made for a very en­
joyable concert.
Aside from the regular ’
concert dialogue that generally
accompanies a show of this
nature, Rogers did a couple of
things differently that set him
By Troy Maben
Of The Print
Kenny Rogers
Page 4
Lynn Myers, Pat Sterling and Neil Hass.
tossed one to a fellow and
made a joke about how the
fellow caught it. The fellow
was embarrassed and later
gave him back the tam­
bourine. On Friday night,
looking out over the crowd
from the heavily-lighted stage,
Rogers recognized the
gentleman from the night
before and apologized to him
for embarrassing him and gave
him another tambourine.
The way Kenny Rogers
handles himself and his au­
dience, it would not be surpris­
ing if he stayed just as popular
over the years by just doing
concerts without any chart
hits. However, with his style,
grace, and familiar voice,
we’re bound to see a lot more
hits from this popular singer.
Photo by
Troy Maben
CJackamas Community College