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Vol. LI, No. 4, October 13, 1977
((
The Boys From Syracuse” Premiers October 27
Jbe Boys From Syracuse,” Rodgers
m'* Hart’s lively musical based on
nspeare's “Comedy of Errors,”
ul open Mars Hill College’s 1977-78
cama season Thursday, October 27.
Richard Rogers comments that he
no Hart had long thought of adapting
, a of Shakespeare’s plays to song and
g nee. They chose “Comedy of Errors.”
sically the plot arises from a case of
intaken identity in ancient Greece.
Enh thickens with the arrival in
jjj esus of Antipholus of Syracuse and
fo* Dromio, and are mistaken
,‘nnal residents also named Anti-
nlus and Dromio. When the wives
1^® deceived, this bit of theatrical
g®®^ain becomes as zany as a Marx
^ ° |6rs movie. The identities are ulti-
yg I y straightened out when it is re-
that the men are two sets of
befo* another many years
play first opened on Broadway on
ember 23, 1938. It starred Edie
Albert and Ronald Graham in the lead
roles of the Antipholus twins: with
comic Jimmy Savo and Larry Hart’s
brother Teddy as the Dromio twins. The
play was revived in 1963 with Clifford
David and Stuart Damon in the lead
roles.
The play also gave birth to musical
standards such as “Falling in Love With
Love,” and “Sing For Your Supper.”
Other originals in the 1938 cast included
Burl Ives and playwright Samuel Taylor.
The play will open Thursday evening,
October 27 at 8:15 p.m. in the college’s
Owen Theatre. There will be evening
performances Friday and Saturday
nights, and a matinee at 2:30 p.m. Sun
day afternoon. The production will
reopen Thursday, November 3, with
evening performances through Saturday,
Nov. 5 and a matinee Sunday, October 6.
The Mars Hill production will be di
rected and designed by Dr. Virgil R.
Gray, Professor of Theatre Arts at the
Area Counties Announce
financial Aid Plan
5ng .5:
•vi®'
st^°®3matic new financial plan to aid
from Mitchell and Yancey
who will commute to Mars
Cnli.^°bege was unveiled recently by
officials.
Assi^ Mitchell-Yancey Educational
Plan guarantees that any
between the ages of 17 and 22
ate whose parents or guardians
Mil residents of either county
pgj, P^y no more than $400 for tuition
Heg.^'^^'lsniic year (fall and spring se
if lig®’’® plus the January short termj
®be enrolls as a full time student
“w°*^mutes to class.
1850^*^® Hill College was founded in
Vog w meet the needs of our region’s
oppo^ People for Christian educational
Presj^'^*^bies,” commented college
Plgjj Dr. Fred B. Bentley. “This new
"'^y reaffirming this in-
121-year committment to
people and their parents.”
•he 197^®"' P^3®* will go into effect for
®*®alr school year, but applications
®^dy being accepted from interest-
Co0p V'^^nts in Mitchell and Yancey
leg program s $400 per year guaran-
bojp ®P*'esents a savings of $1,700
®E,jQ.*be school’s current (1977-78J
bavg . ^tiition fee. The students will
° pay the regular fees - $55 per
^fOeste
•bay L ' but additional financial aid
fg ® Available to pay all or part of
Ig ®.^nd the remaining $400 if the
is eligible for such aid.
“Our purpose in having this program,”
noted Dr. Richard Hoffman, academic
vice-president, “is to graduate students
from these counties who understand and
appreciate the history and culture of
the region and who possess the motiv
ation and skills to provide leadership
within this region.”
In return for the financial aid the
student will receive, the college will
require each recipient to take special
courses which will enhance leadership
capabilities through the nurturing of
self-esteem, group solidarity, and the
development of an understanding an
appreciation for his or her heritage.
"The students will take a Personal
Development Seminar during their
freshman year which will develop their
self-esteem and group awareness. They
will also be required to take two courses
in Appalachian Studies before graduation.
Hoffman noted that the college would
draw from existing federal and state
government programs and scholarships
for which the student is eligible or the
college will absorb the loss of normal
revenue expected from the student. An
award letter will be sent to the student
informing him of the sources being used
to his or her account. The Mitchell-
Yancey program follows guidelines
similar to a program started in 1975 for
Madison County students.
Additional information on either
program may be obtained from the
Admissions Office, Mars Hill College,
Mars Hill, N. C. 28754.
college and veteran of Mars Hill pro
ductions such as “You’re a Good Man
Charlie Brown,” “The Taming of the
Shrew,” and “Man of LaMancha.”
The cast includes Weaverville native
David Edwards as one Antipholus and
Richard Ryan of Baltimore, Md. as the
other. Hannah Buckner, also from
Weaverville, and Charlotte Tiencken,
a Mt. Pleasant, S. C., native, portray the
female leads of Luce and Luciana, Susan
Hensley, Assistant Professor of Music
at the college, will have the role of
Adriana, the nagging wife.
Other performers from the area in
clude Dwight Bradley from Asheville;
Jamie Hoffman of Weaverville: Mark
Moore from Mars Hill; Keith Smith of
Waynesville; and Martha Anne Westall
from Burnsville.
The cast also includes Kasandra Jack-
son of Fairmont, Pat Carpenter from Bes
semer City, Mark Pelton from Durham,
Ben Vogler and Kim Blackwell of Reids-
ville, Mike Buckner and Larry Moore of
Gastonia, Wales Whitehead from Dune
din, Fla., Mitchell Beal of Albemarle,
Anne Robertson from Taylors, S. C.,
Kandie Olsen of Houston, Tx., Suzanne
Seawell from Germantown, Jane Mc
Kinney of Tulsa, Okla., Amy Flack from
Winston-Salem, David Sizemore of
Gaffney, S. C., and Bryan Stewart from
Liberty, S. C..
All seats for “The Boys From Syracuse”
are on a reserved basis and reservations
can be made starting Monday, October
24, by calling the box office at 689-1239
from 1 to 5 p.m. daily.
Other Mars Hill College drama pro
ductions will include “The Dancing
Donkey,” a children’s musical in No
vember, a 14th century French farce
“Pierre Patelin” and the moving James
Barrie script “The Old Lady Shows Her
Medals” in early spring and the award
winning “Lion in Winter’” will close the
season.
A rehearsal scene from the upcoming Theatre Arts production of “The Boys From
Syracuse” (Photo hy John H. Camphell, Jr.)