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1/The Daily Tar Heel/Friday, March 5, 1993
UNC themes reflected in Play Makers show
Staff Reports
While UNC is on Spring Break,
Play Makers Repertory Company will
launch its latest performance, “Some
Americans Abroad,” by Richard Nelson.
Previews of the performance will run
Wednesday through Friday, and open
ing night is March 13.
Written in 1989, “Some Americans
Abroad” is a character study of a group
of American academics as it travels on
a theater tour through England. The
contemporary circumstances of profes
sors and their students may hit close to
home on this college campus.
In the play, a group of American
professors and students takes an annual
theater tour in England, taking in doz
ens of plays and museums in a few
weeks. Playwright Nelson uses the tour
Wheels
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as a backdrop to explore the politics of
a college English department and the
problems in the characters’ lives back
home.
The characters’ wry humor fields
issues such as denial of tenure, sexual
harassment charges and marital infidel
ity in the lives of these New England
college professors in temporary “ex
ile.” Again, the circumstances parallel
many of those at UNC.
Guest director Evan Yionoulis, a
Raleigh native who has directed pro
ductions both in New York and at re
gional theaters, guides this Play Makers
production.
The characters in “Some Americans
Abroad” are fraught with shortcom
ings, Yionoulis said.
“These are faculty people who love
times it remains at 10 or 12 feet, requir
ing the players to use an impressive
amount of upper-body strength.
Of course, team members also set
aside time at practices to goof off. Chris
Mackey, 14, said he was trying to leant
how to do a wheelie.
Beth Huber, a former member of the
UNC women’s soccer team, coaches
the 12-years-and-youngerteam. “These
parents and kids appreciate my coach
truth, beauty and culture and want to
soak up as much as possible in a short
time,” she said. “But although they de
vour all this culture, nothing is digested.
They can’t glean anything that will be
useftil in their own lives.”
The cast features three guest artists
making their first appearances with
Play Makers: Derin Altay as Frankie
Lewis, one of the faculty members on
the tour; John Wylie as Orson Baldwin,
former chairman of the English depart
ment; and Helen Harrelson as his wife,
Harriet. Also appearing are Ray Dooley,
Kristine Watt, Charles Mclver, Donna
Peters, Barbara Ellingson, Carol Ander
son and Andrew Sellon.
Although the characters believe they
are familiar with England through visit
ing the country and reading about it,
ing and just being able to be there,” she
said. “These kids don’t take anything
for granted.”
Shawn, a self-proclaimed Duke bas
ketball fan, said many people didn’t
realize how difficult it was for children
in wheelchairs with others teasing them.
“When I first heard about this team, I
was really excited that I’d be able to
show off my basketball skills.”
In recent months, the team has shown
off its skills at tournaments in Minne
apolis and in Baltimore and is preparing
for a national competition in Chicago.
Because the team is the only one of
its kind in the state, its closest competi
tion requires long-distance traveling,
which can cost about $350 per player.
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the necessary funds for its Chicago trip.
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they are ultimately outsiders.
“Because the characters in the play
are ‘exiles,’ the distance from their ev
eryday lives forces them to face the
differences among the group they may
have felt, but not dealt with, at home,”
Wylie said.
All performances are in the Paul
Green Theatre. Performances will con
tinue through April 4 and are at 8 p.m.
Tuesday through Saturday with a mati
nee at 2 p.m. Sunday.
Admission is $8 for Tuesday Com
munity Nights (general admission).
Other ticket prices are $13.50 for pre
views; $16.50 for Wednesdays, Thurs
days and Sundays; $19.50 for Fridays
and Saturdays; and $25 for opening
night. For more information, call the
box office at 962-PLAY.
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we’ve traveled around,” said Joanne
Mackey, president of the Wheels of
Steel board of directors and coordinator
of the Duke Myelodysplasia Clinic.
“The kids are very competitive and
athletic andjust like other kids,” Mackey
said. She hopes Wheels of Steel will
hold an East Coast regional tournament
in Chapel Hill next spring, then the
national tournament in 1995.
“Every game I play, I learn some
thing about the game of basketball and
how to be a better player,” Chris said.
“As our team gets bigger, we have to
learn to function on the court as a team.”
Learning the game can be intimidat
ing, especially for someone who has
never participated in team play.
“When I first started, I was scared,”
Jonathan said. “But then I started to
play, and I’ve just gotten better and
better.”
Shawn said learning to play had given
him a lot of confidence. “I enjoy doing
something I’ve never done before. (Play
ing on the team) gets better every year.”
For the players, Wheels of Steel is a
chance to defy the stereotype that being
in a wheelchair makes one inactive.
“I like proving that I can do some
thing when people say I can’t,” Shawn
said. “Keep trying and never give up.
You learn that the hard way when you’re
disabled.
“I hope to be doing this for a very
long time.”
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Psychic
ing about the candidates, he consis
tently has picked the right winners, in
cluding four victors out of a field of 27
candidates in a school board race.
He also predicted on a radio talk
show that the Minnesota Twins and the
Atlanta Braves would play in the 1991
World Series long before the baseball
season began he took a ribbing for it
from the station’s sports writers after
the show.
In fact, Bliss prefers to know nothing
about the subjects he is predicting. “The
less you know the better,” he said.
Last year, he correctly predicted Os
car wins for actor Anthony Hopkins and
actress Jodie Foster and “The Silence of
the Lambs” as best picture even though
he hadn’t seen the movie.
This year, he sees A1 Pacino winning
the award for best actor, Clint Eastwood
for best director and “A Few Good
Men” for best picture.
Closer to home, Bliss not only sees
Smith succeeding in N.C. politics, he
also predicts the UNC basketball team
will win the NCAA championship next
year and stay on top until Smith retires.
“Next year is UNC’s year,” he said.
“There’s nobody that’s going to touch
them.”
When asked who will win the Duke-
UNC game Sunday, Bliss asked if UNC
fans would “kill the messenger.” He
reluctantly picked the Blue Devils to
upset UNC in the Smith Center and to
win the ACC tournament and the na
tional championship—yes, for a three
peat.
“What is really bad is UNC has a
better team than Duke,” Bliss said sym
pathetically. Some “bad breaks” will
keep UNC from rising to the top until
next year, he said.
As for the Wake Forest game, Bliss
predicted early Wednesday afternoon,
“You’re gonna cream 'em.” (The score
was 83-65, UNC.)
Bliss hesitated to say Duke would
beat UNC because he has a firm rule
against predicting negative news such
as deaths and illnesses. He’s a psychic
with a conscience and warns people
about questionable psychics. “I don’t
want to see (people) end up with Ma
dame Dorothy,” he said.
He also refiises to read the future for
his friends. “I don’t even read for my
self or for my girlfriends,” he said. “I
have such a good rapport with my psy-
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chic ability, I would probably tell me
what I wanted to hear.”
Raised in a metaphysical family,
Bliss, whose mother is also a psychic,
learned his skills from his grandfather.
Bliss insists everyone is psychic.
“They’re just not using their abili
ties,” he said, suggesting people should
go with their instincts unless it’s some
thing stupid. “People go with their
hunches all the time.”
Bliss criticized horoscopes and as
trologers. “You can’t get a good read
ing from an astrologer unless they are
psychic,” he said. “We have the ability
to rise above our planetary influences.
If you know you’re going to have a low
energy day, put more energy in.
“The people you talk to who don’t
want to make predictions don’t have
balls.”
Bliss certainly is not afraid to go out
on a limb. He already has picked the
winners of the 1996 presidential race:
Republicans Jack Kemp, former secre
tary of housing and urban development,
and Texas Sen. Phil Gramm for presi
dent and vice president.
You mean Dan Quayle’s out of it?
“Dan Quayle’s future is like my
Mercedes,” Bliss said. He paused, then
explained, “I don’t have a Mercedes.”
Although Bliss predicted Clinton’s
win last November though he voted
for Bush he said President Clinton
would not win re-election in ’ 96. In fact,
Bill Clinton will not even get the Demo
cratic nomination.
“The guy will be lucky if he’s not
impeached,” said Bliss, who’s placing
his bets on New York Mayor Mario
Cuomo and Nebraska Sen. Bob Kerrey
for the Democratic ticket.
On campus, Bliss sees the free-stand
ing black cultural center built on the
Wilson-Dey site—the decision will be
announced in the fall, he said.
Bliss also predicted that;
■ Chancellor Paul Hardin will retire
in four years and be replaced by current
Provost Richard McCormick;
■ Chapel Hill Town Council mem
ber Joe Herzenberg will not be recalled
and booted out of office;
■ Senior George Lynch will be
picked in the first round of the NBA
draft by the Houston Rockets; and
■ The Phoenix Suns will upset the
two-time defending champion Chicago
Bulls in this year’s NBA finals in six
games.
For those needing to know what the
future has in store for them personally,
Bliss and about 20 psychics he has
screened himself will be available at the
psychic fair in the Carolina Inn from
noon to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
The $5 admission is good for both days,
and personal readings will cost $lO.
May it be a “Blissful” future for all.
Campus Calendar
FRIDAY
9 pan. WXYC 89.3 FM will play “Stany Eyes,"
the U.K. Pop compilation, disc two from the Rhino
D.I . Y. series in its entirety tonight on the Inside Track.
SUNDAY
10 p.m. WXYC 89J FM will feature environ
ments on Broken Music.
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