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Review
Theatre UNCA’s Ring
Round the Moon
By Amy Beddingfield
Staff Writer
Theatre UNG\’s performance of
"Ring Round the Moon" last
Wednesday night twisted around
the audience much like the ring in
its title circled around the moon.
Set in Paris in the 1930s, this
play twists through the story of
one brother who uses a somewhat
naive ballet dance to break up the
wedding of his twin brother.
Billy Paulk, who played both
Hugo and his brother Frederick,
seemed believable, if not a little
schizophrenic, in both roles.
Paulk would spend a few minutes
playing the scheming Hugo with a
red handkerchief in his pocket.
After Hugo’s scene finished, he
would go offstage and circle back
as Frederick with a white
handkerchief.
The red and white handkerchiefs,
along with Paulk’s ability to
change his attitude with each
character, helped the audience
keep up with which brother was
on stage.
Although Paulk played both roles
nicely, Sarah Miller’s portrayal of
Madame Desmortes truly held the
audience’s attention.
Each lime Miller exited the
stage, the audience seemed to sit
waiting for her to re-enter.
Miller amused the audience
because her lines usually seemed
to go in circles.
She would start talking with one
idea and end up back to the same
point before she finished.
However, Miller’s dialogue alone
did not make the character funny.
She combined her lines with many
old-lady mannerisms which
brought out the true comical
nature of Madame Desmortes.
Also, Miller’s sense of rhythm
helped her lines hit the audience
at the right moments.
Just as much of this play’s
dialogue turned in circles, so did
the actors’ movements on stage.
Most of the props, including a
rocking-couch and several chairs,
were arranged so the actors never
moved in straight lines.
These movements, along with the
circular dialogue, created an
overall feeling that the lives of
these characters were constantly
changing.
The dance scene at the play’s
beginning also moved in circles.
Many of the characters waltzed
around the stage before the actual
story began. This dance did a nice
job of setting the t^ne for the rest
of the play. After seeing the dance,
the audience had an idea that the
rest of the play would twist and
turn like the dancer’s movements.
In addition to the acting and set,
many small touches helped this
play keep the audience’s attention.
For instance, the butler did a
good job of playing an
emotionless, robot-like character.
He gave the audience many funny
moments by just standing silently
while the world seemed to fall
down around him.
Also, the cat-fight between
Isabelle and Diana looked almost
real. They pulled each other’s hair
and rolled around on the floor like
two people in a real fight.
The dance scene with Patrice
and Lady India was also
choreographed nicely. They
danced the Tango while discussing
their affair. This scene worked so
well because Patrice and India’s
humorous lines kept almost
Entertainment News
Commimc With Nature
The University Botanical
Gardens invites you to participate
in Asheville’s 18th Annual Spring
Wildflower and Bird Pilgrimage,
co-sponsored by the UNCA
department of biology.
A series of area field trips will be
held, as well as "The Days in the
Gardens," a celebration and tour
of the Botanical Gardens. All
events will be scheduled for the
weekend of May 4 through 6.
For more information, contact
Dr. Jim Perry in the biology
department at UNCA, 251-6444.
Concert Update
Aerosmith will be in concert at
the Dean Smith Center in Chapel
Hill on Friday, April 27 at 8 p.m.
Tickets may be purchased for
$22.50 at the Smith Center box
office and all Ticketron Outlets or
by calling Ticketron Phone Charge
at 1-800-543-3041.
The Smith Center will also
present David Bowie on Weds.,
May 9 at 8 p.m. as part of his
"Sound + Vision" tour. Tickets are
on sale now at the Smith Center
box office or through Ticketron.
Spring Jazz Concert
Music from Duke Ellington, ,
Count Basie and Thelonius Monk
will be featured at 4 p.m. Sunday,
April 29 during the annual spring
concert by the UNCA Community
Jazz Band. The band will by joined
by the 20-member JazzAlive choir
ensemble, formerly known as the
UNCA Jazz Choir.
Admission to the concert in
Lipinsky Auditorium concert is $3
for adults and $2 for students and
children. For more information
about the UNCA Community Jazz
Band or JazzAlive, call the UNCA
music office at 251-6432.
...Trains and Automobiles
The Western Carolina Model
Train, Model Car and Hobby
Meet will be held in the exhibition
level of the Asheville Civic Center
on Saturday, May 5, from 9 a.m.
to 3 p.m. Admission is $2.50, but
free to children under ten.
The meet is sponsored by
Piedmont Carolina Model Train
and Hobby Meet and the
Charlotte Electric Train Center.
For more information, contact
David Summerford at 527-0392 or
the Civic Center at 259-5736.
Theatre UNCA
Theatre UNCA will present two
student-directed one-act plays in
its forum Theatre series.
Performances will begin Thursday,
April 26 with an adaptation of
Shakespeare’s "The Merry Wives
of Windsor" and continue on
Thursday, May 3 with Murray
Schisgal’s "The Pushcart Peddlers."
Senior drama major Mary
Hoover will direct "The Merry
Wives of Windsor," while senior
creative writing and drama major
Bill Ashton will direct "The
Pushcart Peddlers." Both
productions are at 7:30 p.m. in the
Carol Belk Theatre. Admission is
N.C. Symphony
Pianist Panayis Lyras will
perform with The North Carolina
symphony on Wednesday, May 23,
at 8 p.m. in the Thomas Wolfe
Auditorium in Asheville. Gerhardt
Zimmermann, N.C. Symphony
Music Director and Conductor,
will conduct the concert.
Ticket prices are $10 for adults,
senior citizens and students, for
more ticket information call
Western North Carolina Chapter
contact Dorothy Peeke at 253-
9449.
For information about the
concert, call the N.C. Symphony at
(919) 733-2750.
Art Exhibits
An exhibition of art work by
three UNCA senior art majors will
open at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 27
in the second-floor gallery of
Owen Hall. An opening reception
will run until 9 p.m. The works by
Jennifer Moore, Anthony Thomas
and Patricia Grear will be on
display through May 17.
The second-floor Owen gallery is
open Monday through Saturday
from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. For more
information, call 251-6559.
An exhibition featuring emerging
artists from Eastern North
Carolina will be presented at the
Asheville Art Museum through
May 27. The exhibition was
coordinated by local artists in
conjunction with the Museum’s
Executive Director.
Six artists’ works will be on
display, featuring a variety of
media from ceramics and
sculpture to collage and abstract
painting. For more information,
contact Linda Burr at the
museum, 253-3227.
Arts program seeks artists
The Mountain Arts Program is
seeking artists in all disciplines to
participate in a program of
residencies in the public schools in
14 Western North Carolina
Counties. Visual artists, folk
artists, dramatists, dancers,
jugglers, mime artists, musicians,
photographers, craftspeople and
writers will work in schools with
students at all grade levels.
Representatives of all participating
arts councils select artists for the
roster through an application and
interview process. For more
information and an application,
write Mountain Arts Program, Box
603, Waynesville, N.C. 28786 or
call 70^926-0498. Application
deadline is May 4.
Photo courtesy of Theatre UNCA.
Billy Paulk and Lori Beland enact a scene from Ring Round the' Moon.
perfect rhythm with the dance.
The only problem "Ring Round
the Moon" seemed to have was
that most of the actors talked too
fast.
Since Christopher Fry wrote this
play with so many funny lines, it
was a shame the actors sometimes
lost the audience by rushing their
lines.
"Ring Round the Moon" gave
UNCA audiences a different kind
of comedy.
No head-on-collision jokes could
be found in this show. Instead,.'
"Ring Round the Moon" created a"
type of subtle humor by using the
actors as well as the set to twist'
around the audience and make'
them laugh before they totally'
realized why they were laughing. ■ ‘
Schedule fm* Rodemont XVn
Saturday, Aj^ 28
12 p.m. - 6 pm.
t2.*00 - Gates Open at Camp
Rockmont. Admission is $3 for
UNCA students and children
under sixteen, $4 for
faculty/staff, $5 for pests.
Children under 6 will be
admitted free.
12K)0 - Inriide Out plays the
main stage. Volleyball
competition on volleybally
court.
2KX) - Altered States plays the
main stage. Ultimate (frisbee
football) competition starts in
field by volle>i5all court.
2:30 - Ma^c show with Ric
Singleton at small stage.
Afterwards he will tie balloon
animals.
4:00 - Geronimo Rex plays
the main stage.
6K)0 - The party is over at
Camp Rockmont.
9:00 - Sigmn Pi party at
Sonny’s Bistro until 1:00 a.m.
Rockmont!
From staff reports
Underdog Productions has again
planned a day full of activities on
Saturday, April 28 for this year’s
edition of Rockmont. Scheduled
actirities at Camp Rockmont will
run from 12 to 6 p.m. this year. A
party at Sonny’s Bistro sponsored
by the Sigma Pi fraternity will run
from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Musically, Rockmont XVII will
feature the alternative sounds of
Altered States, the punk/funk of
Geronimo Rex and the jazz fusion
of Inside Out, all playing at
various times on the main stage.
Food and free soft drinks will be
available all day on the soccer
field by the main stage.
Volleyball and Ultimate frisbee
competitions will be held
throughout the afternoon.
Canoes and paddle boats will be
ROCKMONT XVII
April 28, 1990 12pm - 6pm
IT'S A CLASSIC
INFORMATION
Maps are availablfe at the yp office, HC #44
Shuttles will ru|!’from 11:30 am and stop at 6:00 pm
Catch them afc>|He crosswalk near the Highsmith Center.
ADMISSION A ' '2
UNCA Studetjts„,,. $3
Faculty / Staff $4 Children undej 16 $3 .
.1 ChildreTt’under 6 FREEL.
musicaTI
Inside Out,„:
Altered States
Geronimo Rex
EVENTS
' Carnival
Children's World
Food!
Produced by Underdog Productions
available by the lake. Carnival;'
booths, putt-putt golf and a
basketball shoot-out by the:i
volleyball court will provide;'
further entertainment.
Activities for young children will ■
include a teddy bear toss, face
painting and various other games.-
Ric Singleton will present his
magic show and will tie balloon
animals afterwards. A dunking- ’
booth will also be featured.
If you choose to drink, you must
bring your own beer for this eveilt
as well as a valid I.D. Legal
drinkers will be tagged. If you
drink, don’t drive.
Shuttle service from UNCA to
Camp Rockmont and back will
begin at noon. Busses will leave
from the Highsmith Center
crosswalk and Camp Rockmont
every half hour throughout the
day.
Students are encouraged to use
this service. For more information,
contact Underdog Productions iu
the Highsmith Center, room #44, •
or caU 251-6244.