Vol. 3. No. 22
North Carolina School of the Arts
February 24, 1969
Mother Coursgc To 0p6n Friday
Rev. Glenesk
To Speak Wed.
'Pop Go the Arts’ will be the
subject of the talk to be given by
the Rev. William Glenesk at the con
vocation at 2 p.m. on Wednesday,
February 26.
Mr. Glenesk is the pastor of
Spencer Memorial Church (Presbyter
ian) in Brooklyn Heights. At var
ious times he has been a journalist,
an actor and a theatrical director.
Spencer Memorial Church is des
cribed on the Church's letterhead as
'a ministry for and with the fine
and performing arts.' Mr. Glenesk's
introduction of the arts and artists
into the services of his church has
brought him widespread recognition
in such national publications as
Time, Newsweek, Look, and the New
York Times Magazine.
He has called on th6'help of
such artists as dancers Ruth St. De
nis, Paul Draper and Alvin Alley;
jazz musician Larry Adler; bass Je
rome Hines and tenor Roland Hayes;
sculptor William Zorach; and other
distinguished figures from the con
temporary arts to enhance the ser
vices of his church.
He is a Canadian by birth, and
holds a degree in the humanities and
in divinity from the University of
Toronto. He earned an M.A. in phi
losophy of religion and ethics at
Columbia. He has served on the fa
culty of New York University and has
lectured widely in the United States
and Canada.
NC Essay Plans
Feature Issue
The Essay is planning a fea
ture edition to be published around
the first of April. This issue will
be devoted to literary material sub
mitted by NCSA students. Already
several poems have been received for
this issue but we are asking for ad
ditional contributions: poetry ,
short stories, commentaries, editor
ials, etc. as well as pictures. The
paper will be published profession
ally by photo-offset which results
in excellent reproduction of pic
tures. Because of the time involved
in this operation, we are asking
that all material be submitted no
later than March 2. Articles ,
poetry, etc. may be given to Tony
Senter, Lynn Bernhardt, or Mr. An
thony Fragola, the newspaper advi
sor.
Drama Dept.
Receives Honor
“Washington, February 17 —" Ten
of the nation's best college and
university drama companies have been
invited to perform in the first Am
erican College Theatre Festival,
April. 28 to May 12, in Washington,
it was announced today by actress
Peggy Wood, co-chairman of the Fes
tival and honorary president of the
American National Theatre and Aca
demy (ANTA) .
"The plays chosen are an extra
ordinary selection of dramatic li
terature," Miss Wood said. "There
is comedy, music and drama. What
the American College Theatre Festi
val has done for the colleges and
their interest in drama is hard to
measure. However, it is already ev
ident that the Festival is producing
outstanding effects of excellence
and that the students are reaching
for the stars."
(cion^'t on. page 3)
Mr. Glenesk will be at the
School of the Arts not only to talk
at the convocation, but also to gath
er pictures and information for an
article for After Dark magazine. Al
though he will leave Winston-Salem
Wednesday evening, he will return on
Friday to see Mother Courage and to
renew acquaintance with Irene Dailey,
star of the play and an old friend.
PREVIEWS nPEM TOMORROW NIGKT
Bertolt Brecht's play, Mother
Courage will open next week at the
North Carolina School of the Arts
with Broadway actress Irene Dailey
in the title role.
Preview performances will b e
given without charge on Tuesday ,
Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 25, 26
and 27. Opening night will be Fri-
day, Feb. 28. Other performances
will be March 1, 2, r, 5, 6, 7, 8
and 9. The play will be presented
in the drama theater at the School
of the Arts. All performances will
be at 8:15 p.m. except on Sundays
when the play will begin at 7 P.M.
Brecht's epic masterpiece takes
place in Germany, Poland and Bavaria
from 1624 to 1636, toward the end
of the 30-Years-War. Mother Courage
is an itinerant trader who follows
the Swedish and Imperial armies with
her covered wagon.
The play is a drama, yet-.much
comedy is included as well as music
and songs. The score is by Paul
Dessau. A seven-piece orchestra of
music students from the School of
the Arts will play.
"Mother Courage" was written in
1938 during Brecht's 15-year period
of exile from Germany. It was first
produced in 1941 in Zurich, Switzer
land. Anne Bancroft appeared in the
Broadway production in 1963.
Director of the School of the
Arts' production is Ira Zuckerman
Dean of the School of Drama.
Charles Evans, head of design in the
Department of Design and Production
and student Richard Graham of Lenoir
have designed the sets. Costumes
were designed by student Kristin
Lindquist of Pleasantville, Pa. and
faculty designer Agnes Lattak.
Lighting has been designed by stu
dent Margie Perkins of Goldsboro.
Music directors are students Michael
Colina of Charlotte and Glenn Stall-
cop of Seattle, Wash. Scenery, cos
tumes and properties have been con
structed in the Department of Design
and Technical Production studios.
In addition to Miss Dailey, the
cast includes:
Cynthia Darlow of Hampton, Va.;
Gordon Minard of Greensboro, David
Sutor of Lynchburg, Va.; Roger Grif
fin of Richmond, Va.; Robert Murray,
faculty artist in residencej David
Wood of Raleigh, Douglas McCorkin- ,
dale of Winston-Salem, Christine Ro-
sania of South Holland, 111.; Fred
Avery of Greensboro, Terrell Bennett