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TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2007
CUAB seeks recognition
Board leader tries to appeal to students
BY ALEXANDRIA SHEALY
ARTS EDITOR
Carolina Union Activities Board
President Robert Gurdian said one
of his biggest hopes is that the orga
nization will be more recognized by
students this school year.
Considering the big names
CUAB helped bring to UNC last
year Ben Folds, Lewis Black, The
Roots and Spike Lee —one might
wonder how this group could go
unnoticed.
“I want people to be as excited as
I am about what we do,” Gurdian
said.
“What we do is great and most of
the time, people don’t know it’s us.”
The student-run organization
is composed of 16 committees that
come together to put on more than
100 events each year.
Several times a year, CUAB col
laborates with other University
organizations, Cat’s Cradle in
Carrboro and others to arrange
events for students and the gen
eral public.
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Shows like Sufjan Stevens, Wilco
and Ben Folds sold a vast majority
of tickets to students before they
became available to others.
But Gurdian hopes to give equal
attention to smaller activities the
group offers this year.
“I hope student-led shows are
more successful this year,” he said.
“The individual committees are
ultimately in charge, but I think
some of the most important things
we do are the student-focused fea
tures.”
Film Committee Chairman
Devin Conroy is hoping to appeal
to more students this year by offer
ing two different free movie show
ings each weekend.
“I like having more than one
because people with different tastes
can go out and see a free movie
each week,” Conroy said.
“We’re starting out with an
award-winning film from Germany
and a big summer blockbuster.”
In addition to showing films,
Conroy also organizes the Student
Documentary Shorts Competition,
which earned winners’ films a spot
at the Full Frame Documentary
Film Festival in Durham last year.
But being a student organization
does have its pitfalls.
CUAB, which draws its funding
completely from student fees, had
booked British rock band Kaiser
Chiefs for a September show in
Memorial Hall, but the group with
drew their booking for a better offer
elsewhere, Gurdian said.
‘lt takes so much prepping to do
a show like that,” he said.
“We probably won’t be able to fill
a September spot now, and the ear
liest we’ll be able to do is October
or November.”
But with Homecoming festivities
—another CUAB project— (dose by,
Gurdian said his committees are
already working on new events.
“We’re putting anew focus on
marketing this year,” he said.
“This year we’re hoping to do a
better job of making people know
what it is we’re doing.”
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Play Makers series makes debut
BY KELLY YANG
STAFF WRITER
From “Romeo and Juliet” to “The
Little Prince,” UNC’s Play Makers
Repertory Company’s new season
is one of its largest yet.
Play Makers, the oldest the
ater company in the Carolinas,
expects an exciting upcoming
year with the addition of a second
stage series in the Elizabeth Price
Kenan Theatre, PRC 2 , alongside
its main-stage shows in the Paul
Green Theatre.
According to Jeffrey Meanza,
PlayMakers’ education and out
reach director, the focus of PRC 2 is
to bring “powerful and challenging
works of theater to the audience.”
Each show will be followed by
post-show discussions led by facili
tators with relevant backgrounds,
in which the audience will be given
the chance to discuss themes from
the play in relation to current
issues.
Dee Reid, spokeswoman for the
College of Arts and Sciences, said
she hopes for diverse and open dis
cussion.
“We want to have different views
and all perspectives considered as
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pate,” Reid said.
PRC 2 will feature three solo per
formance productions, including
the season’s opener Sept. 12, “When
the Bulbul Stopped Singing,” a per
sonal story of a Palestinian man liv
ing in Ramallah.
“When the Bulbul Stopped
Singing’ is selling very well and our
patrons have responded resound
ingly well to the introduction of
PRC 2 ,” Meanza said. “There has
been a lot of buzz surrounding this
play and the entire season.”
Joseph Haj, PlayMakers’ pro
ducing artistic director, will star in
the one-man show, which follows
his character day-by-day through
experiences in Palestine during the
Israeli occupation.
The second solo, “2.5 Minute
Ride,” will be performed by Lisa
Kron from Jan. 9 to Jan. 13.
In April UNC alumnus Mike
Wiley will conclude the solos
with his new play, “Witness to an
Execution.”
Meanza said Wiley’s play will be
part of the campuswide arts initiative
surrounding capital punishment
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“There has been a lot
of buzz surrounding
this play and the
entire season.”
JEFFREY MEANZA, PLAYMAKERS
REPERTORY COMPANY DIRECTOR OF
EDUCATION AND OUTREACH
will include the classic “Romeo and
Juliet,” “Crimes of the Heart,” “The
Little Prince” and “Amadeus.”
UNC students can purchase the
“Incredible Student Pass” for all
PRC main-stage shows for $54.
Prices for individual shows
range from $lO to $27 for students.
General admission is upwards of
S2O depending on the night of the
show.
“The expansion of the season,
both on the main stage and with
PRC 2 , allows us to do more work
to do a broader range of work and
to provide a more inclusive artistic
space that reflects the diversity of
this community,” Meanza said.
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