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Great performances
bring Widow’s Row
to life
LADONNA
LOGUE
News Editor
The Dance on Widow's
Row will be performed at
Raleigh Little Theatre Feb.
5-8 and Feb. 12-15 at 8
p.m. and Feb. 9 and 16 at 3
p.m. The show will be at
the Cantey V. Sutton Main
Stage Theatre on Pogue
Street.
The story follows four
black widows, rich from
insurance pay-ofTs from
their nine deceased hus
bands. The widows, who
have rightfijlly been given
a reputation for being "hus
band killers," decide to
throw a party for four
handsome bachelors in
order to save their reputa
tion while having fun in the
meantime.
The play's writer, Samm-
Art Williams, gives his
play comedic appeal from
cunning one-liners and
characters full of personali
ty. With only seven cast
members, each actor equal
ly shares the spotlight.
Magnolia Ellis, played by
Barbette Hunter, is the
hostess of this dangerous
party. She has outlived two
husbands and one
boyfriend but has no reser
vations about jumping back
in the saddle.
Simone "Simi” Jackson,
played by Andrea R. Smith,
is a confident actress who
believes she has not only
outlived her husband of
many years, but also has
outgrown the small town of
Port Town, N. C.
Annie Talbot, played by
Angela Ray, is a dedicated
churchgoer who treats the
audience to a dramatic
change under the influence
of one handsome deacon.
Unfortunately, men rarely
approach her because th^
know she buried four hus
bands.
Lois Miller, played by
Sherida McMullan, is a
beautiful woman with the
unfortunate reputation of
poisoning her previous two
husbands.
All three women blame
their bad tuck on die neigh>
borhood. Supposedly all
their problems began when
they moved to Widow’s
Row. The street is home to
several widows who have
given up on trying to save
their reputations. But tfiese
four women will not give
up so easily.
The luclty gentlemen
invited to this party include
E)eacon Hudson, portrayed
by LaMark Wright. Deacon
Hudson has no fear of
attending this party and
soon finds that he is
admired by not only his
hostess Miss Magnolia, but
the reserved Annie Talbot
as well.
Newly Benson, played by
C. Delton Streeter, unwill
ingly attends the affair and
is uncomfortable through
out the evening because of
the widows' nonchalant
referrals to their husbands'
untimely deaths.
Kenneth Hinton plays the
handsome and fashionable
Randolph Spears, who will
gladly get to know any of
Ae four beautiful widows
better.
The performers are
incredible and promise two
and a half hours of laughter
and mystery as you wonder
if the gentlemen will sur
vive the night.
For ticket infonnation,
call the Raleigh Little
Theatre box office at 821-
3111 or 821-4579, ext. 230
from 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
ANDRKA
GILI.IKIN
Staff Reporter
• Heavy rains in
Indonesia resulted in dead
ly landslides. The land
slides submerged the island
of Java and blocked a rail
way line that connects Java
to Jakarta. At least 14 peo
ple are dead but as of last
Wednesday, rescue workers
were still looking for sur
vivors.
• Spain, Italy, Portugal,
Hungary, Poland, the Czech
Republic and Denmark
have said they will join
Tony Blair and the UK in
the battle to disarm Saddam
Hussein. Spain is the only
one of these countries,
however, that is a member
of the UN Security
Council. A spokesperson
for Prime Minister Blair
said there was a link
between al-Qaeda and Iraq
supporting Uie claims of die
U.S.
• A United States
Federal Court sentenced
Richard Reid to life in
prison. Reid boarded
American Airlines Flight
63 on Dec. 22, 2001, with
plans to blow the plane up
with shoe bombs. While
Reid did plead guilty to the
charges filed against him,
he said, "I pledge to Osama
bin Laden. I'm an enemy of
yova country." Reid faced
eight charges, including
carrying weapons of mass
destruction and attempted
murder.
• Police in London
arrested a possible terrorist
before he could act. Last
Tuesday, British police offi
cers arrested 27-year-old
Kamel Bourgass. He has
been charged with violating
the Criminal Law Act for
trying to produce a chemi
cal weapon and also for
violating the Terrorism Act
for having articles that
could be used for terrorist
attacks.
• In Sydney, Australia, a
train derailed during the
peak passenger time leav
ing many injured and some
dead. Rescue efforts have
been difficult because the
wreck site is only accessi
ble by foot and because
embankments are present
on both sides of the wreck.
As of last Tuesday, rescue
workers knew of eight dead
and 16 people who were
trapped. It is not yet known
what caused the crash.
• Iraq has invited the UN
inspectors back into
Baghdad. Hans Blix and
Mohamed El Baradei, two
chief UN inspectors, will
be presenting their report to
the UN Security Council on
Feb. 14. The invitation
comes from Iraq following
a briefmg last Monday in
which inspectors said, "Iraq
had not shown 'genuine
acceptance' of the UN's
demands on disbarment."
• In Britain, 4,500 more
reservists are being sent to
the Gulf to prepare for a
possible war with Iraq.
British Prime Minister
Tony Blair said, "There has
been plenty of opportunity
for Saddam to comply with
the weapons inspectors. He
has not done so at the
moment." It is estimated
that Great Britain will ulti
mately have 30,000 troops
in the Gulf.
• Botswana has sent sev
eral illegal immigrants back
home to Zimbabwe,
approximately 1,600 per
month. Citizens leave
Zimbabwe, which is
plagued by political tur
moil, economic hardships
and food shortages hoping
to fmd work in Botswana.
Botswana and South Africa
are the wealthiest countries
in the area. Botswana
accepts about 125,000 legal
immigrants every week.
• Cambodian govern
ment officials have apolo
gized for riots that forced
hundreds of Thais to flee
their country. The attack
was said to be infiltrated by
extremists who were
angered over attacks on
Cambodians in Bangkok.
The Cambodian govern
ment plans to pay for the
rebuilding of the Thai
Embas^ and to protect
those who fled the countiy.
• A U.S. helicopter
crashed in Kabul,
Afghanistan, killing all four
crewmembers. The Black
Hawk helicopter came
down near Bagram Air
Base, but the cause of the
crash is not known.
Military sources did say
that they did not believe it
was caused by an enemy
action. Crew members’
names have not yet been
released.
Black Emphasis Month 2003
Meredith College
“The Fabric of Our Heritage’
Thursday F«bnjary 6tt)
Rhapsody In Black: An Evanlng o/Po«»fry 6:30 pm Chapel Common Room
Poets are welcomed to perfomill flefresA/nents tW//be served
Wednesday, February 12th
Black Emphasis Month Wonhip Servfce 10:00 am Jones Chapet
Sunday. February leiti Goapef F*st ‘UnWng Community Through Song’
3:30 pm. Jones Auditorium
Thursday. February 27th Soul Fooi CInanu Scttool Daze
(Nnnerandamovte) 6:30 pm Chape) Common Room
All events are freelll
Spansond by the Asaodatton of Cultural A waraness
For mora Information contact aca@maradlth. edu or 79MS23