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PAGE 4 THE DECREE TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1970 Wesleyan Presents Intimate Theatre Convocations Airs Last Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights Miss Ann Bland, Miss Sheila Glover, and Mr. Bob Bronaugh, students of Wes leyan College Theatre, present ed in the experimental theater the final products of many hours of directing efforts in a set en titled “Three Contemporary Comedies.” In doing so, they gave Wesleyan three of the most enjoyable evenings of entertain ment of the year. Miss Bland’s direction of the anonymous “A Morning After the Fig Tree Bloomed” tack led the very rough problem of an extremely abstract script, one which was perliaps a lit tle ambitious, needing an acute ly mature and completely am bient approach from curtain to curtain. The set was strik ing, as were all of the others, effectively contrasting a stark, almost completely black-and- white stage against the vivid ness of the coverings on the actors, glare of the opening alarm clock case, and the mut ed tones of the furniture. Add to this careful lighting and piped-in music, and an attentive audience was assured from the onset of action. Barbara Koehnlein (She) opened rather stiffly, and seem ed to be ready to snap into lull character at any moment. Unfortunately, she only rarely made it through this snap and she had trouble carrying the full character beyond a few beats at a time. Both she and Jim Van Laan (He) seemed hampered by the disjunct lin es, although when the timing did synchronize, they provid ed a stimulating effect. Jim Van Laan also seemed to hold back until the very end, when he opened completely and struck the audience, perhaps a little strongly, with the punctuated “WAIT!!!” This closing, how- MEBANE SHOE CO. Make Your Feet Campus News When You Wear Mebane Shoes Downiown Rocky Mount THE RAINBOW CLUB “THE RETREAT” "Go Where The Good Times Are" ever, strengthened the play considerably. John Crumpler (Messenger), while having a minor speaking role, most definitely carried a major acting role, coming across witha reserved strength which was quite unexpected, but very powerful. Each of his words were filled with meaning, and he made very good use of his body with practically no waste of movement. Kenneth Cameron’s “The Hundred and First” was at its satirical best under Bob Bronaugh’s direction. The blocking, both director’s and actors’, was well worked out and appropriate. Sam Morris (Francis Stock still) came across immediate ly in his association with the audience and held up this con tact rather well throughout the play. Judy Johns on (Ethel Stock still) and Nancy Phillips (Miss Icenogle) should both be con gratulated for their harshly contrasting portrayals. Two more radical and dissimilar characters could hardly be im agined, especially on the same stage. Both parts were inter preted with taste and convic tion. Undoubtedly, the unsung her oes, as usual in any show, were the supporting players, especially Barbara Epps (Grandma Stockstill), Ed Hardy (Thomas Stockstill, the son), and Ronnie Dean (The Blind Man). Barbara Epps, who was all technique and “love” in the feeble Grandma, was a con stant source of amusement. Ed Hardy’s legs were so con vincingly paralyzed that it drew attention easily, enabling him to then show the real character of a broken boy. Ronnie Dean turned in a surprise as the blind man, creating with seeming ease a tremendous audience appeal with the pleas for “right” and his “living.” As usual, Dave Siple (Judge Lacrima) was superb in his character, using just the right touch of real dash with fan tasy in creating a delightfully ridiculous and inebriated judge. Sean Moran turned in yet ano ther type of characterization, one which, while not as strong as his previous almost brilliant examples, for the most part held up and carried throughout his onstage involvement. Edward Albee once againwas able to slap an audience and make them enjoy it in his “The Sandbox” but only through the workings of Sheila Glover, whose directions for stage placement, blocking, and move ment were almost spartan and, as such, enabled the actors to so easily put across the meanings in their lines. Robert Thomspon (Young Man) and John Hornaday (Mu sician) both became integral parts of the set between the moments when attention was fo cused on them. Their presence was constantly felt, yet they never distracted from the main movement, The honors for the night must be given to Maria Gargano as Grandma in “The Sandbox.” Although often seen in Wesley an Theatre productions. Miss Gargano had never given a hint as to her true potentials. 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