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Page 4 THE TAR HEEL Thursday, August 18, 1966 Thur. Fri. mm, IE WHALE Rob Lansing Sat. FRANK BINATflA tnEion HOWARD Sun. Of FEfilD EVCRVONElf TUG LoiTCll Mon. U.I.P.'S Elizabeth Taylor Richard Burton Tues. THE TRAIN WILL CARRY YOU TO THE PEAK OF ADVENTURE julcs BHnem BURT LANCASTER ik JOHN FRANKFNHEIMER'S ih UNITED ARTISTS Wed. m mm r ml Anniversary Time For Playmakers As the Golden Anniversary of the founding of the Caro lina Playmakers draws nigh, the University is projecting plans for a second 50 years of growth in its dramatic art program to match that initiat ed by the father of American folk drama, Frederick H. Koch. A pioneering drama program in higher education in the U. S., the Playmakers was founded in 1918 by the late Professor Koch, known for his adeptness at acting, directing and playwriting. The University has receiv ed $100,000 from the late Mrs. William Meade Prince for con struction of a new theatre. Ad ditional funds for expansion of drama facilities will be sought from the 1967 Legis lature. According to Chancellor J. Carlyle Sitterson, a dramatic arts building is one of the top priority proposals in the capi tal improvements program to be submitted to the General Asembly for approval next year. The projected building will include a main theatre with 500 to 600 seats and full stage facilities, plus teaching work shops, costume and scene shops, classrooms and fa culty offices. University planners hope to locate the building in the Fine Arts area of the campus, in the vicinity of the Ackland Art. Center, Music Depart ment, Radio, TV and Motion Pictures buildings. A leading cultural asset to the Research Triangle area, the Playmakers is a prime source of entertainment for students, townsfolk and cam pus visitors. Annually, 20,000 people attend Playmaker pro ductions. With adequate facilities, the University hopes to expand all its dramatic activities, in cluding the Institute for Out door Drama, the Bureau of Community Drama and annual State Dramatic Festivals. The Playmakers hope to ex pand their long tradition of taking plays on tour to the peo ple. A program of classical drama presentations for state high schools is anticipated. "The groundswell of interest locally and nationally in the performing arts, and the trend toward decentralization of the professional theatre by estab lishment of regional centers for performing arts, indicate that a new dramatic arts buil ding would relate directly to the theatrical needs of the Tri angle area," says Drama De partment chairman Harry Da vis. "This area presents tre mendous audience potential for a high - level theatrical cen ter, which logically should be fostered by the University." Long a major resource of drama teachers, playwrights and professional actors, the JUStFHtUVINt piesmls Produutfby Co-slarrmj WCHfl ftWGtt FRIT? PICCOLI-MOLL-LANG A Film by GO0AR0 JEANIUC Bill HOOT Mvci M HE fAs GOHlSlilDl! (A M Short, "THE CRAZIEST THINGS HAPPEN IN THE SUPERMARKET." Directed by Ezra Baker. 1:11, 3:08, 5:05, 7:03 & 9:01 t&l ill- . -I' i :! . S , .. : : T M 'T'll,! ' '-j'iVi ",v,.: . I xl i The late Prof. Frederick II. Koch (Center, founder of the Carolina Playmakers, initiated a dramatic art program at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill that has pro duced leading novelists, playwrights, actors and teachers. Shown clockwise about the his toric Playmakers Theatre are former Play makers: Tom Wolfe appearing in the title role 'of his play, "The Return of Buck Gavin"; Pulitizer Prize-winning playwright Paul Playmakers boasts such early cast members as novelist Tom Wolfe, editor Jonathan Dan iels, playwright Howard Rich ardson and news commenta tor George Denny. Other ear lier Playmakers include histo rical outdoor drama authors Paul Green and Kermit Hun ter. Mellowing playbills bear the names of such professionals as band leader Kay Kyser, stage and screen actors George Grizzard, Shepoard Strudwick, Douglas Watson, Robert Armstrong and Andy Griffith, along with the auth or of "Pajama Game" and "Damn Yankees," Richard Ad ler. Leading Tar Heel authors Arnold Schulman, Betty Smith, Frances Gray Patton and Le gette Blythe are on the ros ter, as well as WALL STREET JOURNAL editor Vermont Royster, NEW YORK HER ALD TRIBUNE dance editor Walter Terry and BOSTON HERALD drama ctrici Sam Hirsch. The Playmakers has furnish ed the state the majority of its high school and college dra ma teachers. William Trott man, for example, established the drama program at the School for the Performing Arts, with Marion Fitz-Sim- Bawd on Ihenowelby il BE RIO IN COLOR - MORAVIA - AN0 FRANSCOPE KmTmm RIALT0, Durham mons and Gerd Young as fa culty members. Among UNC alumni serving as drama di rectors are Edgar Loessin at East Carolina College, Jose fina Niggli of Western Caro lina, Arthur McDonald of St. Andrews and Dan Linney of Campbell. The ability to improvise has long been a mark of the thea tre profession, but the drama department at Chapel Hill has exhausted its capacities to "made do." Limited facilities have forced a curtailment in undergraduate enrollment in drama courses and in the num ber of students accepted as majors. Recent establishment of a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in dramatic art and admit tance of freshmen coeds in the program have led to a sharp rise in drama enrollment re quests. This rise is expected to continue into the next decade, along with increasing demands for programs leading to the Master of Fine Arts and doc toral degrees. Enrollment requests from undergraduate non - majors are mounting too. Additional courses will be added this fall as the department prepares to instruct over 1,000 students in GRAIIAfil hlHlORIAL PRESENTS Summer Cinema THE COW AND I Thursday 18 August Carroll Hall 7:30 P.M. EXAM BREAK Tuesday 23 August Watermelon Cut On Lawn In Front Of G. M. Live Jazz By The Sinfonians. 3:30-4:30 Green; comedian Andy Griffith; editor Jona than Daniels; band leader Kay Kyser; actor Sheppard Strudwick; musical comedy writ er Rihard Adler of "Pajama Game" and "Damn Yankees" fame; Betty Smith, author of "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" and "Joy in 'the Morning"; and Frances Gray Patton, author of "Good Morning, Miss Dove," ap pearing in Paul Green's "Fixius." drama during the year. Two new faculty members are be ing added to the present eight member department. "Future strengthening and enlargement of dramatic art," says chairman Davis, "de pends on establishment of mo dern facilities that will cent ralize in one area of the campus the academic aspects of the program and the close ly related public performances of the Playmakers." At present, drama depart ment classrooms, offices and storage areas are a scattered over the campus in the 116-. year-old Playmakers Theatre, two office buildings, the base ment of a classroom building and in a temporary World War II wooden barracks. One of the oldest buildings on cam pus, the Theatre has a small 19 - foot - wide stage, limited backstage facilities, obsolete lighting, and a seating capa city of 330. Despite limited funds and facilities, the UNC Drama De partment maintains top aca demic and creative ratings from leading professional or ganizations across the nation. It is continuing its long tradi tion of producing top - notch shows, playwrights, teachers and actors.
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