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Qlljp Daily ®ar Hppl -Hay Fever' Treats Audience to a Dose of Laughter By Matt Mansfield Staff Writer A few actors and actresses put on humorous performances, but otherwise, Haymakers’ production of “Hay Fever” is nothing to sneeze at. Eric Woodall directed the play, writ ten by Noel Coward in 1925, as a com edy of bad manners. The four members of the Bliss family, each hosting a potential liaison for the Graduate Students Display Art By Matt Mansfield Staff Writer The annual exhibit “New Currents in Contemporary Art” is the visual culm ination of two years of hard work by stu dents pursuing master’s degrees in fine art. The exhibit, which opened Sunday at the Ackland Art Museum, features the work of those in the two-year program. - ; Mathias Sias, one of the artists whose works are on display, said considering the small size of the graduate program, he was surprised at the exhibit’s all encompassing tastes. “I’m proud of it,” he said. “It’s a diverse range of inter ests.” In the foyer, Susan D’Amato’s char coal drawings of different navels draw viewers into the exhibit. “I was looking for a symbol for some thing to synthesize my ideas of the uni verse on a microscopic and macroscop ic level,” D’Amato said. Some of her drawings, taken from photographs, feature navels that remind the viewer of birth. Others, such as Mich. Gunman Kills 2, Wounds 1 LINCOLN PARK, Mich. - A tenant at a senior-citizen apartment house opened fire with a rifle Tuesday after he was summoned to a meeting because of neighbors’ complaints about his vulgar language, authorities said. Two women were killed and a third woman was crit ically wounded. The man was taken into custody about 3:20 p.m. when police stormed his room, said* police Lt. Donald Gentner. The man was not injured but was on narcotics and taken to the hos pital for observation, he said. The sus pect’s name was not released, and no immediate charges were filed. ; Police had spent several hours The Dept. Of Dramatic Art and the Professional Actor Training Program Present: * WwEm PLAYS AND STORIES BY z_ nr-rnrcr-r^/- TRANSLATED AND ADAPTED BY MICHAEL FRAYN OLD PLAYMAKERS THEATRE - April 19th-25th Wednesday, April 19 B:lspm Sunday, April 23 B:lspm Thursday, April 20 B:lspm Monday, April 24 4:oopm Friday, April 21 B:lspm Monday, April 24 B:lspm Saturday, April 22 B:lspm Tuesday, April 25 s:oopm TICKETS: $3 at the door Thr Heel Temps oqo. 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Franklin St, Chapel Hill • 942-0251 ■ M-TH 10-6; FlO-4. |H Theater Review Playmakers "Hay Fever" iff weekend, swap their guests around like swingers, show ing how unconventional and superficial the family appears to society at large. Ray Dooley leads the cast with impeccable comedic ability. When his character, Richard Greatham, encoun “Descent,” portray the navel as some vast cosmic black hole from which noth ing can escape except lint. “I’d like diem to be contemplative,” she said, explaining that it took weeks to pile layers of charcoal on each drawing. In the painting realm, Sias’ five can vases coalesce to form a giant mono chromatic statement, gobbed in paint to emphasize texture. “I attempt to create paintings that are ‘weighty’ objects, emphasizing the use of paint as a tangi ble material,” Sias’ mission statement reads. “They’re not preconceived. They arrive at a certain quality.” The displays simultaneously entertain and philosophically intrigue viewers. A viewer might reminisce about the ’Bos with the exhibit depicting a typical teenager’s bedroom from 1984. Posters of Duran Duran and Boy George cover the wall, and a mirror and brash sit atop a desk intended for studying. This room emphasizes an important dme in pop-culture, with the dawning of the androgenous look. Laena Wilder photographed four searching the 14-story building for the gunman after the noon shooting. Other tenants were told to stay in their apart ments during the search of the high-rise, and youngsters on the playground of a nearby elementary school were hurried inside and kept there until parents arrived to pick them up. One of the avictims was Marilyn Higgins, a'former city council member and 4' longtML Lincoln Park Housing Commission member, Fire Chief Ernie Moon said. The identity of the other woman killed, a resident of the building, was not released. Thomas Baize, president of the Lincoln Park Housing Commission, said ters a dirty plate on top of a stack of clean plates used for a breakfast buffet, he furtively puts the dirty plate on the bottom and looks at the new, clean plate as if impressed by the shine of the china. This joke drew roars from the crowd. Delphi Harrington, who plays the ex actress and mother Judith Bliss, humor ously pulls off a melodramatic pri madonna, fishing for compliments and overreacting to every problem. Other performers, however, struggle racially divergent sororities to convey how people with similarities find iden tity together. “I think it’s interesting how we grav itate to people like us, especially those who look like us,” Wilder said. She showed how similar the women looked by splitting their images in half and combining them with another per son in the sorority. Astoundingly, a con cocted image of two women appears to be one woman, portraying the similari ties between individuals. The chance to display art before get ting a master’s degree lets these students step into the art world before gradua tion. Upon receiving their degrees, some students, like Sias, will head to places like New York as soon as possible, while others plan to take a break this summer in Chapel Hill or in their hometowns. “I’m from San Francisco, so I’ll prob ably go back,” Wilder said. “I’ll rest and caich up on my darkroom work." The Arts & Entertainment Editor can be reached at artsdesk@unc.edu. Higgins was at the building as she was every week to go to the grocery store for some residents. Apartment officials had summoned the man to a meeting after other resi dents complained of inappropriate lan guage, said Phyllis McLenon, deputy director of the Housing Commission in the suburb 10 miles south of Detroit. What does yours do? OMNIPO D“ PERSONAL ONLINE DESKTOP™ Download now. www.omnipod.com 0?OOO OMNI ROD, inc: All right? 'reserved', OMNJPOD. OMNIPOD /y What Opes Yours DcW and Personal Online Desktop, are trademarks ct.OMNIPOD, Inr News through British accents and seem unnat ural. Simon Bliss (Denis Riva) has a whiny accent and personality that grates on the nerves. Though the personality is intentional, it goes overboard. And the sense of timing of Sorrel Bliss (Beth Hylton) is off, making the audi ence miss a few of the comedic moments. Hurried lines prohibit the audience from appreciating the jokes. “Hay Fever’s” set and costumes por tray how different the family is from the Dilbert© fTll MAKE YOUR | (Til. I'M T > JHAT ' 1 ThE WENT To) LIFE MISERABLE! | THE NELJ HAPPENED 5 j SADIST I'LL THWART YOUR | jJO THE f \ PARADISE. , I EVERY MOVE! J f ~V 1 OLD ONE? • \f~=± N v a | !/ (the AUDITING) if 'DEPARTMENT? J THE Daily Crossword By Diane C. 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The guests, represent ing society, are dressed in contemporary viction 4 Leavening agent 5 Next to 6 Worships 7 Schism 8 The 4 Seasons hit of 1964 9 Multitude 10 Over the length of 11 Use a drill 12 Candid 13 Crimson and scarlet 21 Same again 22 Andes beast 25 Stares stupidly 26 Effective use 27 Delectable 29 Iron Mike of boxing 30 Scrooge excla mation 31 Borden bovine 32 Bar seat 33 Easy mark 35 ” Loves You” 37 Tack on 39 Certain tides 40 Nest item 41 Female relative 46 Presbyterian 2 3 4 - Tt I2 pi an H ■■23 taHIHH [29 30 ~32 33 34 ■■K M; —4O tt ■■tt anp 45 ““■■46 ~ [47 48 “““■■46 ■■so ■MH~ 53 54 55 57 58 59 60 61 : t GSm - ! Wednesday, April 19, 2000 clothing, while the Bhsses don tacky clothes clashing from different eras. The boy Simon wears red socks with his tuxedo, and his father wears a suit with a tie straight out of the Mark Twain era. Though Dooley and Harrington lead with comedic talent, other actors cannot equal their performances, leaving room for improvement in “Hay Fever.” The Arts & Entertainment Editor can be reached at artsdesk@unc.edu. (02000 Tnbune Media Services Inc All rights reserved 57 Discomfort 58 Verdi heroine 59 Work gang 60 Sawbucks parsonages 47 Of easy virtue 48 Like wind chimes 50 Proportion 52 English assign ment 53 Applaud 54 Folk tales 55 Immature newts 56 Take apart 9
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