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Wednesday, May 4, 1994; Wednesday, May
“Bigger Than Us” The O
Student One-Acts Are More Than Just Entertainmen ^aee
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By Michael S. Roten
Hilltop Editor
What people get to see on a stage is just
the tip of the iceberg. Just ask advanced
directing students Mollie Freeman, James
McGraw and Wendy Heater; they will
certainly tell you a play is much more.
Owen Theatre will be host to
student-directed One-Act plays tonight and
tomorrow night (May 4,5) at 8 p.m. The
exciting shows fall under an lunbrella theme,
“Bigger Than Us.”
“Tradition being the way it has always
been done,” is wliere The Framing ofAfftes
D. falls under the umbrella, explained
director Wendy Heater. The first of the three
is a serio-comedy about Agnes D. going to
heaven. The 60 year-old housewife dies, and
finds out that the angels in heaven get to
decide what’s important in Agnes life. But,
Agnes decides to fight the “holy” system.
The production has been a fight as well.
Heater said she never realized how much
there was to be done. She has even had to
take pictures for a slide show in the movie.
“One thing I definitely learned is that you
can’t take a pictme during the day in a room
in front of windows,” she said.
‘This show has been stressful. Iflhadnot
had other classes, I could have enjoyed it a lot
more,” Heater said. “I thrive on the stress of
the theatre, but combined with the stress of
classes, it was a little much.’'
Heater is a senior Theatre Arts
Education major firom Charlotte, N.C.
Well-known on campus as a big Mickey
Mouse fan, she remembered her first acting
was done in second grade. “We were doing
the Christmas play, and I vaguely remember
brining Santa a bag of candy canes,” she
said. “Also, Mom took me to see a lot of plays
before I was old enough to go to school. I
remember being very scared of the Beast in
Beauty and the Beast. Mom kept telling me it
was alright.” Since coming to Mars Hill,
Heater has performed in several shows,
including The Dining Room.
The next show for the evening will be
James McGraw’s production of The Maker of
Dreams. The happily-ever-after story is about
love and its power to make us look in the stars
for perfection.
“One of the quotes in the play is
something like,’While you’re looking at stars,
you may be treading on a glow-worm,”’
McGraw said.
McGraw is also a veteran of acting,
well-known as the fiendish Cassius Carstairs
in therecent,AFcte Worse Than Death. From
a start as a troll jumping around a cauldron
in a hometown library production many years
ago, McGraw is preparing to graduate with a
Theatre Arts degree. “I didn’t even know if
I was going'to college. I came from a tough
SART and MHC
Present Lion In Winter
The Southern
Appalachian Repertory
Theatre and the Mars Hill
College Department of
Theatre Arts presented
James Goldman’s comedy.
The Lion In Winter, April 27
through May 1 in Owen
Theatre.
SARTs managing
director, John Oertling
played King Henry II of
England, while MHC
professor Liz Michel played
his queen, Eleanor of
Aquitaine, who was
imprisoned for her nasty
habit of leading civil wars
against Henry. Richtud I,
the Uonheart (of the Robin
Hood tales), was played by
SART veteran Mark Moore,
last seen as the sleazy funeral
home director in Raney.
The story took place
Christmas Eve in the year
1183. Though King Henry
had released his queen from
her prison for the holiday,
their truce remained
uncertain. The two were
battling over the heir to the
throne, either Richard I or
Johnny. Geoffrey, the
middle son of the two, hoped
to play both sides against one
another to become heir.
Southern Appalachian
IS
Repertory Theatre
non-profit, professional
theatre in Mars Hill, N.C.,
whose mission is to bring
quality theatre to the rural
region; to present plays that
represent the cultural
heritage of the region; and to
promote ori^al works.
SART is supported in part
by a grant from the North
Carolina Arts Council.
background.” He said he realized the best
way to get a good job was to stay in school
Now he dreams of directing film.
The best way to describe the present work
of directing is, “it’s never the same twice,”
said McGraw. Working with two
unexperienced actors is also a hard thing to
do.
“It’s just really hard to communicate with
people you know, maybe worse than with
people you don’t know,” McGraw said.
Someone who never has problems
communicating is the final student director,
Mollie Freeman. “Joe’s Friendly” is the tale
of a good ole boy fighting progress, as big
business tries to take over the last “service”
station.
“I changed the time to fit today, with all
the construction and demolition that is going
on with the road construction,” expired
Freeman. To get her cast into their roles, she
took them to see different gas stations, “hang
around,” and then ended atop Texaco hill to
see the destruction.
Freeman will be certified K-12 in Theatre
Arts Education when she graduates. The
eternal student of Mars Hill said she eiij®
writing poetry (which has been publish®**
The Cadenza), making ftmny faces,
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like the others, Mollie’s start was hJ/^We would always have
childhood. Mollie’s mom inspired Molh®' keir sacrifice, but I hav
her acting. “She always made us perfof® |he democratic system
seventies music and compete in talent shO" levant whether the sysi
Onedayshetoldme,’You’resoneat,yoa*^Sequential as electing
make yourself cry.’ Right then, I 1®®"^ >®thing as picayime as
wanted to be a director and actor.” ''®nt government.
The one acts will be performed at 8 uie vote in question o
on Wed. and Thurs. nights in Owen Th®^ Mars Hill College SC
Admission is free and there is no re:"
seating.
Advanced Directing is taught hy
Robert Jones. Students learn diff®^'
directing styles, including Shakesp®^^®? ^ per year continge
and pre-modem. The one-acts ar®
culmination of all the studies an*J
full-blown productions of each of the t
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