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i X. Friday, January 27, 1984The Daily Tar Heel5 'Agnes of God' comes to UNC campus UNC lab theatre to present 'L11V By JEFF GROVE Arts Editor Carmichael Auditorium held no monopoly on excitement in Chapel Hill Wednesday night. While the Tar Heels busied themselves with pummeling Wake Forest, the North Carolina Symphony occupied its time by bowling over a very , large audience. Review Guest conductor Peter Perret, music director and conductor of the Winston Salem Symphony, opened the concert with a crisp but understated reading of Antonin Dvorak's concert overture Car nival. Perret conducted with rhythmic drive. The performance merely lacked the bristl ing energy that can make Carnival truly exciting. Johannes Brahms' Violin Concerto in D Major the featured attraction of the con cert, followed Carnival. Renowned American violinist Eugene Fodor, the vic tim of a fogged-in New York airport, ar rived in the area too late to have a rehear sal with the orchestra. Still, Fodor gave a respectable performance of the concerto. Fodor's pitch was suspect in the con certo's first movement, and he took some questionable liberties with the rhythms of the third movement. His introspective performances of the placid second move ment, however, captivated the audience with its thoughtfulness. Demonstrating a generally solid com mand of his instrument, Fodor acquitted himself well. The orchestra went on to achieve true greatness in the post-intermission works, Maurice Ravel's Ma Mere L'Oye ( Mother Goose )and Zoltan Kodaly's Hary Janos Suite. Perret's careful preparation of the or chestra was evident in the Ravel work. . Any piece by the French composer must be performed with an acute knowledge of his utterly Gallic style. The orchestra delivered style in abundance. The final movement, called The Fairy Garden, took on a special sheen of its own. Kolady's suite, drawn from the com poser's comic opera of the same title, received a witty performance. Both con ductor and orchestra carefully delineated every musical joke in the suite, one of the most outstanding examples of humor in 20th-century music. In the middle of all the fun, the Sym phony's principal violist, Hugh Par tridge, played the quiet solo, opening the work's third movement with intense feel ing. The final march was especially rous ing and resulted in a loud expression of the audience's approval. The most amazing and perhaps the most encouraging element of the con cert, though, was not excellent perfor mance, but the almost-capacity turnout in Memorial Hall on the night of a home basketball game. Die-hard Tar Heels fans need not be appalled, however. At intermission, the question of many in the lobby was, "What's the game score?" Symphony turnout near-capacity By SHERYL THOMAS Staff Writer The next production Broadway on Tour will bring to Chapel Hill is John Pielmeir's Agnes of God, which will be performed Saturday and Sunday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 4 p.m. in Memorial Hall. Agnes of God is a psychological play, focusing on the pro blems of the nun Agnes (played by Lynn Chausow), her Mother Superior (played by Peggy Cass) and her psychiatrist (played by Susan Strasberg). All of these problems meet and reveal themselves as the psychiatrist, Dr. Livingstone, andthe Mother Superior, Miriam Ruth, try to help Agnes work out her pro blems. In the end, each finds her own particular solution. Lynn Chausow, who began playing Agnes a mere five weeks ago, has the task of constructing a multifaceted character for an underdeveloped supporting role. But she seems to have things well in hand. The psychiatrist and the Mother Superior often refer to Agnes as "an innocent." But Chausow interprets Agnes in a different light. "I don't see her as an adjective " ;" telephone interview Wednesday. "I perceive her as a person. I deal with facts. She had a very disturbed childhood. That gives me a lot to use." As the play's title implies, Agnes is a special person. She has been given special gifts and special problems. When Agnes was a child, her mother would talk at her, not to her. "Agnes hasn't communicated often," Chausow said, "and when she did, it was bad. She doesn't know how to com municate, except with God. She feels safe with God." But the psychiatrist needs her to talk, to communicate, so she decides to hypnotize Agnes. Chausow said the hypnotism was a good thing for Agnes. "She wants to get it out, she's afraid to get it out," Chausow said. "The hypnotism is like permission granted. She's coming from an honest place. Her vulnerability was taken advantage of." . Chausow is also excited about touring with Agnes JjGod. "I really enjoy touring," . she said. 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HARRIS WILL BE INTERVIEWING ON CAMPUS WEDNESDAY (FEBRUARY 1) See your Placement Office for details. We are an equal opportunity employer mfhv HLJRIRDS 5 2 ui i X u S 3) Tifteew Percent off any at (cxctpt teaG- . Cannot fx usel . with otter sftciCM-J C I SJ9UJOO i ifrOi 1 a s m Z c 3 s . off Meat at "hot ivcUdcdJ 5 1 four ' corners 5 CP 0 CP ? Z c 5 By JO ELLEN MEEKINS Staff Writer The UNC Laboratory Theater will present Luv, a comedy written by Toot sie author Murray Schisgal, in four free performances Sunday and Monday at 4 and 9 p.m. in 06 Graham Memorial. Senior Allison Hall, senior Kimball Crossley and sophomore E. Eugene Murray portray the play's three characters, and sophomore Michael Louden directs the show. Louden directed his first show for the Lab Theater, Key Exchange, in the fall of 1982. Before coming to UNC, he acted in three professional shows. One of these was Equus, produced at the Barton Square Playhouse of Boston, where Louden also designed the set for The Elephant Man. Despite his professional experience, Louden said, "I'm still learning as a director and an actor." According to Louden, Luv is a "spoof on absurd comedies." But he. stressed that he wants his actors to do the lines honestly, without preconceived ideas of what is funny. "The old saying is 'Comedy is harder to do,' " Louden added. , In Luv, Harry Berlin, played by Murray, tries to commit suicide by jumping off a .bridge. "Harry is the epitome of a loser," Louden said. Crossley plays Milt Manville and Hall plays Milt's wife, Ellen. Their marriage is not a happy one, so Milt tries to pawn off his wife on the miserable Harry. According to Hall, Luv is not a message play; it makes fun of plays that try to reveal truths about the world. "It's an existentialist play that does not take itself seriously. It's about believing in yourself and being happy with who you are." Hall explained that all three characters have problems but that they realize that they have to make choices. The play says, "Life is rich, even when it's bad," she said. Speaking as the only female in the show, Hall said Luv is a very sexist play. Louden agreed, adding that the sexism in Luv is in opposition with Schisgal's theme in Tootsie, which Louden des cribed as a story about a man who becomes a better man by becoming a woman. The UNC Lab Theater gives under graduate students a chance to produce and direct. According to Louden and Hall, emphasis in the Lab is on rehear sal and work rather than the finished product. Students have directed an in--treasing number of the Lab shows in re cent years. Crossley said working with student directors should not be approached any. differently from working with profes sionals. "You have to trust them and not doubt every move," he said. He ad ded that a student actor and a student director can often "talk things over and compromise more." According to Crossley, "After the show is the time for evaluation." The set of Luv presented a problem for Louden. The play takes place on a bridge in New York City, but faculty members told Louden that the kind of bridge he wanted for the set could not and should not be built. The crew built the bridge anyway, and Hall added that everything used in the building of the bridge was already in the Lab. The bridge was objectionable because, Louden said, the emphasis in the Lab is on "doing," not on the final produc tion. "If you want to get something done in the Lab," he said, "you have to do it yourself no thanks to the faculty." BSM From page 1 United Christian Fellowship and The Black Greek Council) shall reserve Upendo Lounge for its scheduled meetings, programs and par ties during the semester. These dates will be given to the Chase Union staff who will then process all reservations requested for the Chase Union meeting rooms as well as for Upendo Lounge." Appelbaum suggested modifying the recom mendation to delete the phrase "and its allied organizations" so' that all other organizations are given an equal chance to reserve the rooms as they are available. But board member John Murphy, who is a member of a Black Greek organization, disagreed with the suggestion. "I feel that because the Black Greeks along with the United Christian Fellowship have us ed the Lounge over the years, they should be given top priority also," Murphy said. Student Body President Kevin Monroe, also a member of the Board, asked why there are problems with the way reservations for Upen do are handled now through the Lounge supervisor and his staff. Howard Henry, director of the Carolina Union, explained that as it stands now, Upen do Lounge is not being used to its fullest potential. 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