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Women Glorified In Interim Production
by jeannie denman
Waylinda Royal was featured in the
Methodist College Non-traditional Cof
fee House production of The Year of the
Woman, held in the Alumni Dining
Room from January 18-21,1993.
The show was composed of selecr
lions from Lysistrata, Saint Joan, A
Doll's House, and The Heidi Chronicles.
In the first piece, Lysistrata and her fe
male comrades banded together in ab
staining from sex in order to stop war.
In the next selection, Joan of Arc denied
then reaffirms her faith in God and "her
voices". In the scene after intermission,
Nora realized her marriage to Torvald
Helmer wasn't what she wanted as a per
son. To top off the evening, Heidi and
her friend Peter discussed lost love and
his newly open homosexuality. Former
Vice-President J. Danforth Quayle and
T.V. personality Murphy Brown made
special guest appearances and discussed
"Family Values".
The coffee house production was
conceived by Head of the Theatre De
partment Dr. Jack Peyrouse, and was di
rected by senior Communications major
Caroline Kearns. Student performers in
cluded Camisha Bell, Rachel Juren,
Shannon Rygalski, Michael Thrash, and
Lane Wray, as well as former student Ni
cole DeKoning and December graduate
Michael Richardson. Community per
formers and technicians included Angela
and Agi Pascuali, William Keller, and Ja
mie Whimey. On-campus techies includ
ed Sarah "Sam" Tutt, Jay Ohlmacher,
Brian Drake, and David Teague.
Scenes
From The
’’Year Of
The
Woman”
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Coffee
European Revelers
Invade Reeves Auditorium
by jeannie denman
On March 4-7, 1993, the Methodist
College Theatre Department will present
Carnival, a musical based on the movie
UU, with music and lyrics by Bob Mer
rill and book by Michael Stewart. The
original production was directed by
Gower Champion and produced by Da
vid Merrick.
The Methodist College production
of Carnival will be directed and de
signed by Theatre Professor Paul F. Wil
son, with musical direction by Music
Professor Alan Porter and Choreogr^hy
by B. J. Mines and features Lane Wray
as a disgruntled puppeteer, Michael
Thrash as his assistant, and Bethany Sur-
ridge as the young woman whose inno
cence makes the company remember
what it is to have fun again. Other stu
dent, faculty, staff, and community per
formers who are part of the Carnival in
clude Michael Cookson, Theresa
Carlevaro, Rebecca Wilson, Alice Sim
mons, William Keller, Gesa WeUenstein,
Brian Drake, Leslie B. Craig, Heather
Lani, Holly Butler, David Teague, Tony
Butler, Scotti McDougal, Susan Pulsi
pher (Head Librarian), Dr. Tony DeLapa
(Head of Education Department), and
Gayle Anderson.
The show opens Thursday, March 4,
at 10:(X) a.m., with shows Friday, March
5, at 10:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., Saturday,
March 6, at 8:00 p.m., and Sunday,
March 7, at 3:00 p.m. Come and cele
brate life at Methodist College's Carni
val.
'93 Playwrights
Announced
by jeannie denman
On Thursday night, January 21, the
wirmers of the third annual Methodist
College Playwriting Contest were an
nounced. Winners were selected from
seven one-act plays submitted by five
student playwrights. The wiimers were,
in alphabetical order, jeaiuiie denman for
Ever a Trooper : a story of Harriet Tub
man, Caroline Kearns for The Trial of
Thomas Morton, and Chris Lamng for
Look Who's Here.
Playwrights were to choose student
directors for their works, which will be
presented On-Stage Backstage on April
14 and 15. As of this writing, each play
wright is directing his/her own work.
The award for the best written play will
be announced on Friday, April 23,1993,
at the Methodist College Award Ceremo
ny.