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“Real Inspector Hound” opens UNCW alumna displays
Amanda Combs
Staff Writer
The act and theatre department’s
first play of the year offers murder,
mystery and suspense mixed with
flirtatious infidelity in Tom
Stoppard's “The Real Inspector
Hound,” a comedy with an unex
pected twist. It opens tonight in
Kenan Hall’s Standing Room Only
(SRO) Theatre and will run through
Sunday, and then reopen Sept. 27
and run until Sept. 30
Senior Richard White directs the
play. It is the second White has di
rected. The first was “Average Fri
day Night,” which appeared last
spring. White found “The Real In
spector Hound” a challenge to di
rect.
“The theatre department suffered
budget cuts and we only had three
weeks of rehearsal,” White said.
“Plus, I’m working with a mostly
young cast.”
The play’s cast consists of Joey
Galloway as Inspector Hound; Aerin
Koch as Lady Muldune; Collin Beck
as Major; Justin Geer as Simon
Gascoyne, Shawn Paul as Birdboot;
Andrea Miralia as Ms. Drudge; Max
Darby as Moon and Marissa Clapp
as Felicity.
Koch, who plays Lady Muldune,
described the play as “Monty Python
meets ‘All My Children.’” Lady
Muldune is waiting the return of her
husband who is supposedly missing.
Her efforts to remain faithful are less
than perfect and her character adds
a flirtatious feel to the play.
Koch said she enjoyed her role.
“The spontaneous spirit inside of
me is released on stage through Lady
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Aerin Koch plays Lady Muldune in
‘The Real Inspecter Hound,’’which
opens in the SRO Theatre tonight.
Muldune,” she said.
Paul plays Birdboot, whose role
is somewhat mysterious until the
end of the play.
“One of my biggest challenges
was forming the appropriate accent
for my character,” Paul said. “He is
boisterous, cocky and flirty.”
One character to watch is Ms.
Drudge, Lady Muldune’s maid, the
servant who reveals too much. Her
performance adds sarcastic comedy.
“The Real Inspector Hound” is a
comedy with an unexpected ending.
Playwright Stoppard has also writ
ten “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
Are Dead” and co-wrote Oscar-win-
ning “Shakespeare in Love.” All
performances begin at 8p.m., with
the exception of Sunday matinees,
which begin at 2p.m. Tickets are
available at Kenan Auditorium and
are free for students. Faculty, staff
and public must pay $5.
MEC3AN O’Brien
A&E Editor
University graduate Hannah Craven put
together her first solo exhibit “Visual
Scherzo,” at the Art Council of the Lower
Cape Fear building this month. She has 21
collages that have been on display since Aug.
17 and wiU remain until Sept. 25.
Volunteer Curator Jane Baldridge did give
Craven advice and assistance when it came
to putting the show together.
“My job is to go out into the community
and find artists and groups who are willing
to show and have enough work to show and
help them put it together,” Baldridge said. “I
help them determine how many pieces are
needed, what kind of publicity to do, how to
make up a press kit and how to send it out.
It’s kind of flin to see somebody put together
their first art show.”
The arts council gave Craven what wall
space they had available, but no monetary
assistance. She had to put together and send
out her own press kits and announcements,
and to have a reception. Craven would have
had to oiganized and paid for it on her own.
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“Under the Porch” is one of
Hannah Craven’s collages in her
exhibit at the arts council building.
under-funded, they couldn’t have a proper
reception for her, but I still think it has been a
very popular exhibit,” Baldridge said.
So far. Craven has sold one of her pieces.
Most of her work is priced between $100
and $400.
The pieces on display grew out of the first
collage class Craven ever had.
“I took a class at UNCW under Margie
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