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4The Daily Tar HeelWednesday, March 3, 'Mobile Hymn good despite By JEFF GROVE Assistant Arts Editor Mobile Hymn, the current offering of the Playmakers Repertory Company, is a big event for UNC. Unlike most PRC productions, which are of plays con sidered to be "classics" of the theatre, this play is making its world premiere at the Paul Green Theatre on campus. Review The playwright, Robert Litz, has been in residence during rehearsals to make necessary changes in the script. Though there are still a few rough edges, the opening night performance indicated that Mobile Hymn will probably establish itself as an important new work. The play chronicles the disintegration of an old-fashioned American family, but, surprisingly, the message of the play is one of hope rather than despair. Litz uses the break-up of the family to il lustrate the problems each member faces later when he has no close family ties. Central to the plot is a blue-collar fami ly consisting of Marge, played by Carole Lockwood, her husband John, a role taken by Pirie MacDonald, and their children Moll and Julie, performed by Richard Pait and Tricia Strauss. There are twelve other roles, all played by the four principals. The double casting aids in creating a part of the symbolic message of the play. Area drama groups get grants Gov. Jim Hunt and Sara Hodgkins, secretary of the State Department of Cultural Resources, recently announc ed that three local performing groups have been awarded state theater arts grants. Playmakers Repertory Company re ceived $12,000; the Carolina Regional Theatre was awarded $10,000; and (Step 1982 ' debuts; rough edges There is only a thread of a plot to Mobile Hymn, but this is entirely accep table in a play which focuses mainly on people and ideas. Moll, thrown out of the house because he does not want to abide by the same social code as his father, moves in with a woman twelve years his senior. Julie goes off to college. John and Marge sell their house, but a motor home and head West. But the parents are unable to contact Julie with the news because she has secretly left school. After these events transpire, Litz shows the family members individually trying to re establish contact with each other. The show takes a while to engage the viewer because the relationships between the many characters purposefull are blur red, but the second act compensates for any prior confusion. In fact, the play is, in part, about confusion the, confusion caused by a lack of communication. Litz includes an attempt, ultimately beaten to death, to convey this idea by having all the other characters act as telephone operators creating a barrier when Marge tries to call Julie at school. A more subtle, refined touch in this direction is a telephone pole in one corner of the set, a subliminal reminder of what is, or is not, going on. Carole Lockwood is a superb come dienne in her small roles, effectively con trasting her reserved performance as Marge. Pirie MacDonald also excels in his smaller roles, especially in a hilarious Touch, a Carrboro-based mime group, was given $5,000. The grants were re commended by N.C. Theatre Arts, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources concerned with non-profit professional theater groups. Hodgkins cited the innovative pro jects of the three groups as key factors in their selection. W4. 1 M U mm J 1 w-, Y )) fi at - - 7 Playmakers Rcpsrtcry Comps ...the world-premier play spoof of college professors presiding over huge lecture classes and in a touching ap pearance as a bum. But his portrayal of John is largely superficial, and he often seems to be yelling merely for the sake of yelling. . Richard Pait, an LDA candidate in the Department of Dramatic Art, gives a balanced performance of Moll, never let ting him slip into stereotype. He creates a particularly charming moment where Moll is a small boy. Tricia Strauss, a UNC senior, is im pressive as both Julie and as a park ranger. Although Mobile Hymn marks her professional debut, she matches the other performers and, at times, sur passes them in quality. Director David Rotenberg has tem porarily altered the Paul Green Theatre Gallery exhibit features 'Yack9 photos By SHARON RAWLINGS Special to the DTH The Yackety Yack staff is showing a selection of black and white photographs this week in the Carolina Union gallery. The exhibit features 20 photographs portraying people, landscapes and the changing seasons at UNC in an attempt to provide a varied insight into campus life. Peter Krogh, a Yack photographer, said, "We're trying to show a picture of campus life as aesthetically pleasing." The Yack staTf reviewed several thou sand photographs before making their selection. "These pictures are some of the Our SPECIAL FAST Lunch includes your choice of 16 dinner menu entrees plus fried rice, steamed rice, or lo mein & a choice of 3 soups all for only $2.64 Lunch M-F, 11-2:30 pm Sat. & Sun. Dinner Sun.-Th, 5-10 pm Fri. & Sat. 132 W. Franklin St. across from Univ. vmmmmmm'iimmmiimmmmmmm CO " 1(7 V ' - i t "T-'i 1 I I fj I - - mit . N x ny members In 'Moblte Hymn' portrays a family in turmoil to present Mobile Hymn on an arena stage (the audience is seated on all four sides of the playing area), an effective move which enhances the intimacy of the performance. He has managed to visually assist the poetic qualities of Litz' script without being heavy-handed. The stark white set, designed by Lin wood Taylor, and the well-planned lighting, by Norman Coates, add tremen dously to the play, especially in the mov ing final scene. Mobile Hymn runs through Sunday at 8 p.m. There is also a 2 p.m. Sunday matinee. Admission is $9 on Friday and Saturday and $7 at all other times. UNC students with IDs may obtain a discount at the door. For information or reserva tions call the PRC box office at 962-1 121 . better photographs the staff has taken," Krogh said. The exhibit includes only one sports photograph, a portrait of basketball player James Worthy. Similarily, only one concert photograph is on display, a backstage photograph of 86-year-old Preservation Hall Jazz Band leader, Kid Thomas Valentine. Most Yack photographers are repre sented in the exhibit including: Scott Sharpe, Kim Snooks, Joe Turner, Jim Burgin, Peter Krogn, Joe Morris, Sandy Steacy, Page Dula and Greg Dinkins. All of the photographs on exhibit will be included in the 1982 Yackety Yack yearbook, which will be available next fall. HUNAM CHINESE RESTAURANT n66n-2:30 pm 5-10:30 pm Square Take-Out-Service . 967-6133 o Public service announcements must be turned Into noon if they are to run the next day. Each item will TODAY'S ACTIVITIES Dr. Jesse White, executive director of the Growth Policies Board, will present "Views on Planning" in the shorMalk series sponsored by the Department of City and Regional Plan ning at 1 p.m. in 102 NewEast Building. Everyone is invited. The UNC Guitar Ensemble concert will be at 8:15 p.m. at the Horace Williams House. Seating is limited so please call 942-7818 for a reservation. The concert is free. The Society .of Janus meeting planned for March 3 has been canceled. Naacy Sokeby, M.S. Speech-Language Pathologist at NCMH will speak 12:30-1:45 p.m. in Room 83 of Wing D of the Medical School. Her topic will be "Practical Application: Central Auditory Processing Deficits." Coffee will be provid ed. Bring your own lunch. The Fantasy and Science Fictioa Club, Chimera, will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the South Gallery meeting room in the Union. Everyone is invited. AIESEC wiH ateet for conpktioa of ekctious and geaeral busiaess at 5 p.m. in South Gallery Meeting Room. Only PAID members may vote. Proxy votes accepted in office, however. Artendence is important. A Lecture Series oa Medical Literature will be held 7-8 p.m. at the second floor conference room Health Sciences Library. Topics include reference tools; Drug information sources; vital and health statistics sources; specialty directories, etc. COMING EVENTS Campus Christian FeUowship win continue studying Romans at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Carolina Union. All are welcome. Check Union information desk for room number. Great Decisiom '82 Panel and Discussion: "Protecting the . World's Resources: Is Time Running Out?" with Robert Smythe, former staff member of President's Council on En vironmental Quality; Martha Joiner, Executive Director of N.C. Academy of Science; and Frances Seymour, B.S. in Zoology from UNC, at 4 p.m. Thursday in Carolina Union Auditorium. Discussion booklets are available at International Center in the Carolina Union. Feiowship of Christian Athletes win meet "at 8:30 p.m. Thursday in the Carolina Union. Dr. Danny Lotz will speak. Bring a friend and a smile. The GranvillcOff Campus Chapter of later-Varsity Chris tain Feiowship will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Chapel of the Cross for informal singing and sharing. All are welcome. North Campus Inter-Vanity Christian Feiowship will be having a chapter meeting at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the base ment of the University Methodist Church. Gail Merrick will be speaking on Matthew 5:17-48. Everyone is welcome. A Prayer Breakfast will be held at 7 a.m. Friday at the Cam pus Christian FeUowship house. The house is located at 204 Glenburnie St. For information or a ride, call 942-8952. ITEMS OF INTEREST Intramurals: Final meeting for IM Softball team captain's at 7 p.m. in 109 Fetzer Gym and for officials from 5 to 6 p.m. in 304 Wollen Gym tonight. Captains must attend one of the two organizational meetings to receive entry forms... Officials clinics are mandatory. The Carolina Disc Club and Slug's Restaurant present the . Ultimate First Class Dinner for two. A raffle to benefit the Carolina Ultimate Frisbee Tournament will feature a candlelight dinner to be served by two personal formal waiters in front of South Builing. Tickets are SI and on sale through Sunday. Senior Class Committee will not meet Sunday or March 14. Next meeting will be at 7 p.m., March 16 in the Carolina Union. Make your last Spring Break one worth remembering. Nonimadoa forms for the Robert White Linker Award, given to a freshman or sophomore with the most outstanding contribution to residence life based on leadership critieria, are available at the RHA office, Union desk and Carr building. Deadline is March 5. Applications for Senior Class tarshals are now available at the Union Desk. All rising seniors are encouraged to apply. Deadline is Friday. - Noouaatiofis for Distinguished Teaching Awards are due at the end of this week. Ballots at the Carolina Union, libraries, Y court and around campus. - "The Rainbow in Black," is a photography competition for students co-sponsored by African Afro-American studies and Black Ink. Entry forms are available in 401 Alumni Building or call 966-54 for details. Deadline for entries is March 19. Student Health Service is offering a four-week "Holistic Weight Management Workshop" emphasizing positive lifestyle behaviors in a supportive group setting. Enrollment is limited to UNC students less than 25 pounds overweight. This group will meet four consecutive weeks beginning 2-3:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 16 in the Student Health Service. To pre register, call 966-2281, ext. 275, to arrange for a pre-screening interview (mandatory). Anyone wishing to sponsor a Moodmobile next year should contact APO at 962-3996 or 962-1044. This is a good service project for fraternities, sororities and other campus groups. Pre-vet Students: Summer ,1982 N.C. Agriculture and IZLL BARGAIN MATINEES $2.09 I 'TILL ft PM MON.-FRI. ALL SCREENS 3:00 5:10 7:20 3:30 Valerie Perrine ' Warren Oates JACK NICHOLSON a. , BARGAIN MATINEE II I I 1 ft 1w.-.vfr: n nn!Lm4 Mon.-Fri., Matinee Shows only $2.00 Hurry Ends .1 TIMEBANDITS Michael Palin Sean Connery 1 "ilUUilMajnji AROLiNA Matinees - c.uie . - ,nn I r "f- 4 5:10 Directed by Howard Hawks . . . . Diane Keaton Albert Finney SHT1MN GOLD PRICES ARE DOWN ! Dear Customer, You can now purchase your 10 karat gold College Ring for much less money than you would have paid last year at this time. For more good news, all UStrium Rings will be offered at $10.00 off the regular retail price during this promotion. TO ORDER: nat March 3 Piar- Student Stores the box outside DTH offices in the Carolina Union by be run at least twice. Technical University in Greensboro will offer the required animal science courses for admission to NCSU School of Veterninary Medicine June 7-July 16. NCSU in Raleigh will of- fer the required animals science courses July 6-Aug. 1 1. Come by Pre-MedPre-Dent Advising Office in 201-D Steele Building or 106 Nash Hall for additional information. Summer School is the best time to get these courses. Anyone interested in International Affairs on the UNC cam pus? If so, please call Susan Ladd at 933-1736. Offering 1 Red Croat Water Safety Instruction CertificatioB Course Tuesday and Thursday 8-11 p.m. from March 30 to April 29 to certify instructors to teach swimming. Participants must be at least 17 years old and hold a current Advanced Life Saving certification. Register now. Can YMCA 942-5156 for more information. ' Applications now available at Union Desk for Transfer Are Coordinators, Freshmen and Transfer Orientation Counselors and Pre-Orientatioa poskiont. Applications should be return ed to 01 Steele Bidding by March 5. MED and SAAP applications are due at the UNC-School of Medicine and at the N.C. Health Manpower Development respectively on March 1 . For information about these two sum mer session programs here at UNC for disadvantaged students come to Pre-MedPre-Dent Advising Office in 201-D or 106 Nash Hall. . . The Carolina Union Human Relations Committee is in the process of selecting students, faculty and administrators to par ticipate as observers in a four-hour Personal Racial Awareness Seminar, conducted by Dr. Charles H. King Jr. It will be from 1-5 p.m. Wednesday in Great Hall Union. Applications must be returned by March 5. Campus Y Big Buddies: remember ice skating from 10 a.m. until 12 noon at Daniel Boone Rink. Little Brothers are admit ted free. Please show up. Abo, applications for next year's co chairs are available at the Y. Deadline is March 5. Win a Honda CMc and help fight hemophilia. Raffle tickets only $3 from Arnold Air Society, Air Force ROTC, 960-7587. John Kelvin Bryant and Cadets in support of the Hemophilia Foundation. Airborne Veterans please contact Bob Pace at 967-8492. Anyone interested in co-chairing the Campus Y Dinner Discussion Comnsittee please stop by the Campus Y before spring break. Ballots to nominate professors for Distinguished Teaching Awards are available through March 5 at the Union, libraries, Y-Court and around Campus. Submit to 102 Steele Building by March 5. Any UNC organizauoos or dubs interested m having a booth or doing a demonrtratioa at the New Well Health Fan on April 6 and 7 please call 942-WELL between 3 and 7 p.m. through Thursday. Pregnancy Supports Services (PSS) exists as a non-profit, non-political organization concerned to offer women in crisis pregnancies positive alternatives to abortion. If you would like more information about our program or about how you can help out, we welcome your calls. Evening, 942-8168 or daytime at 929-3728. DAT (Dental Admission Test) applications and "Update" hand-outs for those planning admission to dental schools for fan '83 are now available in 201-D Steele Building and 101 Nash Han. Test is April 17; application deadline is March 22. MCAT (Medical CoBege AnmWon Test) applications and "Update" hand-outs for those planning admission to Medical Schools in fall '83 are now available in 201-D Steele Building and 101 Nash Hafl. Test win be given April 24. 1.D. pictures re quired with applications, due March 26. Applications for places at the reception f 01 Tom Wolfe after his Carolina Symposium appearance March 18 are available at the Union desk. Watch for coming symposium events. . Nominations for the Roger A. Davis Award, presented to the student who has given outstanding service to the Universi ty, especially in residence life, are now being accepted. Nomination forms are available at the RHA office, suite B, Union, and are due March 31. t Vietnam veterans interested in Joining a snpport group, call John Kin at 933-7057. The Sherlock Holmes Sdon Society of Chapel HH the Gri nteeu Mira, will hold its next meeting at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the meeting room of the Chapel Hill Public Library. Toronto Exchange and American Express wiU show the Academy Award winning film "The Dearhunter" at 7 and 10:30 p.m. Thursday in 106 Carton Han. Admission is SI. Practice interview sessions with a counselor will be held from 10 a.m. to 12 noon and from 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday. Call or drop-in 211 Hanes Hall to make an appointment for a one hour session, 962-6507. Sessions involve videotaping and criti que of a practice interview. Come to KafTeeUafec every Thursday 3-5 p.m. at the Newman Center. Practice speaking German with students, faculty and community members. There wfll be no Kaf feeklatsch Thursday. Representatives from Wall Disney World in Orlando, Florida win be on campus Thursday and Friday for informa tion and interviews. On Thursday they wfll be in 207 Union 7-10 p.m. with a slide show and wfll do interviews. On Friday they will interview between 8 a.m. and 12 noon in 207 Union. 5:10 ribn nFr-N 9:00 V J IS ABOUT LOVE iHl 355 5:20 7:15 9:15 Sylvia Krlstei Howard Hesseman Private Lessons (R) J 3:15 5:15 7:15 9:15 Dudley Moore Peter Cook The Hoynd of the Baskervillcs Thursday! Nightly at 7:00 9:20 (PG) CLASSICS SERIES (PQ) CARY GRANT RO SI LAND RUSSELL. in thn Classic 19fJ Comedy :'Aini rrirkfii ' 11 r W III -1 w Shows at 2:45 5:00 7:15 9:30 4 (R) 10am-4 pm Time: w &2Q eft .4i I Deposit required $:
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