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THE LANCE THURSDAY, MARCH 6,1975 PAGE THREE Chalk Garden Begins Tonight “The Chalk Garden” an English c»medy - tragedy will be presented by the Highland Players of Saint Andrews Presbyterian College March 6-9 in the Liberal Arts Auditorium. The play written by Novelist Enid Bagnold author of ‘National Velvet,” is an allegory of over-civilized society that finds salvation through misfortune. “Chalk Garden” centers around the garden of a manor house owned by a self- indulgent, irresponsible dowager (Helen Halsey) who exerts a Lady MacBeth man ner on triffles. Along with her adolescent granddaughter (Debbie Coffin) who indulges in mischief and fabricates melodrama. Into the setting, as a companion for the grand daughter comes a primly dressed woman (Barbara Parker). She has a good knowledge of gardens, and a gift ingratiating herself with people. It is soon learned however that she has a beclouded past when a judge (Gray Eubank) exposes the controversy. The plot revol ves around activities at lunch in the garden where daugh ters played by Kate Mangum. Jill Howard, Mary Bryan Matney, and Nan Bullock are guests, tiupportmg characters from the household are a manservant (Robert Thames) who cannot bear being critized, and a dying upstairs butler who for 40 years had ruled the household. The Chalk Garden is direc ted by Professor Arthur Mac Donald. Johnny Carson is doing the technical direction. The , designer is by Summer Brock. Danny Haley is the assistant to the director. Tickets and seat reser vations for the Chalk Garden will be available at the box of fice which will be open 9:30-12 noon and 2:30-4:00 Monday thru Friday and 2:00-4:00 Saturday and Sunday or by calling 276-3652 ext 204 bet ween these hours. All seats for Chalk Garden $1.50 and the tickets will be available at the box office the nights of performance. Group Tours State Churches DEBBIE COFFIN as “Laura” and Nan Bullock rehearse for Enid Bagnold’s “The Chalk Garden”. The play will open March 6 at 8:00 p.m. for a four-day run. As part of the Office of Chur ch Relations program to strengthen ties between St. Andrews and North Carolina’s Prerbyterian Churches, Theater professor Arthur Mc Donald is taking a deputation team of drama students on the road this spring. The team, which will be presenting P. W. Turner’s “Christ in the Concrete City,” opens in High Point on March 12, with later appearances scheduled for Greensboro, Charlotte and a number of other locations. Based upon the Bible’s passion story, “Christ in the Concrete Jungle” has both Biblical and contemporary settings to show its relevance to today’s man. It utilizes only a set of steps and two stools for props, with the burden of characterization and presen tation falling principally upon the cast members. Unlike most deputations, the McDonald group will con duct no workshops or seek to recruit new students for St. Andrews, and will entertain requests from any church to perform. Holding roles in the one act play are Bill Allen, Chip Blankenship, John Dodds, Jill Howard, Jane Schwab, and Tom Stuart. Children’s Play To Be Performed The “Patchwork Players,” six St. Andrews students, un der the direction and invention "of Professor John Carson, have put together a series of four short children’s plays t0i be presented to children from various local grade schools. The program will be per formed fronf Tuesday, Mar. 11 to Saturday, Mar. 15, and Monday, Mar. 17, at 1:30 p.m. in the L. A. Auditorium. There will also be a Saturday night show. The program includes “The Musicians of Bremen,” from Grimm’s Fairy Tales, “The Wonderful Tar Baby,” from the Uncle Remus Stories, “The Hurdy-Gurdy Man,” and Italian story, and “The Prin cess who Never Laughed,” in which the bored Princess is won by the court Jester, with the aid of a strange Dwarf and a magical Golden Goose. “Patchwork Players” had its earliest origins at the University of Georgia, where Carson himself played many of the parts at one time or another, including Br’er Rab bit and Pepe, the Hurdy- Gurdy Man’s Monkey. It began at St. Andrews with “drama workshops” meeting informally on weeknights in October. Those who attended worked with various exercises in concentration, sensitivity, mime, vocals, dance and imagination. All this was hopefully leading to the formation of a potential troupe, which would then become the “Patchwork Players.” After January those still interested got together again with Carson. Eventually the group settled down to six - Jackie Brown, Jim Bumgard- ner, Johnny McNair, Beth Rambo, Nancy Watkins and Jan Williams. These six will be portraying animals from bear to rooster, people from queen to robbers, and various trees and ar chitectural details in their roles as “Patchwork Players.” The school children will be bussed in to see the per formances, but children of all ages are invited to come as well. Summer Internships In State Government Application Deadline March 20. See; GEORGE FOUKE L. A. NO. 7 ^and-unoucfit STUART NYE oricinaior of 6/ic c/ocu)oodjcu)cIrY gallery one-eleven Scotland square
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