The Daily Tar Heel Monday, October 3, 19887
Actresses develop friendships, comedy in 'Vanities'
! "Vanities" is a good, solid comedy
which never allows two of its three
actors to develop into three
dimensional people.
The story begins in 1963 with the
girls as high school seniors and
cheerleaders preparing for the big
game. The second act, five years later,
sees them as college seniors preparing
rush activities for their sorority and
facing graduation. The final act has
them in the real world after being
apart for some years. Friends at the
beginning of the play, by the end they
are at each others' throats.
The play is often hilarious in its
depiction of the girls through time,
particularly showing cheerleader and
sorority life. A typical example of the
comedy is the announcement in 1963
that "The President" has been shot.
The girls scream and one says, "But
I just saw him in study hall!"
' Of course, they soon realize that
it is Kennedy not the student
council president who has been
killed. Even better, the football game
will go on. Moments like this abound.
The most frustrating' thing about
this play, for both the audience and
the actresses, is that two of the
Andrew Lawler
Theater
characters are written as very one
dimensional. This is most true in the case of
Joanne, played by Stacy Evans. This
character has only two drives: she
loves her friends and she wants to
be a homemaker. Being given the
impossible task of trying to bring this
stereotypical and flat character to life,
Evans is to be commended for the
moments of life she manages to pump
into this extremely difficult character.
'Angela Coin is also saddled with
the limiting character of Mary, but
she is allowed more space for growth.
She makes the most of it turning in
by far the most energetic performance
in the play. She is at her best in the
first and second acts, as she shows
obvious and real growth between the
acts, a chance denied Evans
character.
However, in the third act, Coin's
character is merely refined. Her role
becomes merely that of shock value,
especially against Joanne. This comes
across as somewhat artificial, again
not apparently due to the perfor
mance but to the frustrating nature
of the script. In spite of this disap
pointing development, Coin turns in
an enjoyable performance.
Laurie Dhue has been given the
most flexible and three-dimensional
character of all of them, and she is
excellent. She changes visibly with
each act. She gives us some touching
and realistic moments especially
at the end of the second act. In
perhaps the most genuinely touching
moment of the play, Dhue shows real
fear as her character contemplates life
beyond college. This is all the more
effective because many in the
audience will be worrying about the
same thing. She shows what the play
could have been if all the characters
been written so well. Dhue gives a
subtle, touching performance.
In spite of the drawbacks of the
play, the three actresses manage to
create an excellent relationship
together. We never doubt the sincer
ity of their love for each other in the
first and second acts. They undeni-
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The women of "Vanities" contemplate life-after-college in John Bland's production
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Institute.
UVa's provost office adopted the
federal minimum wage of $3.35 per
hour, but the College of Arts and
Sciences established its own min
imum of $9.90 per hour, said Carol
Davis, administrative assistant to the
dean of the faculty of arts and sciences
at UVa.
"We don't want our departments
to take advantage of the students by
paying them too low," she said. "If
they dont want to pay the minimum
we suggest, we require a justification."
Denni said UNC stipends are so
low that outside financial support is
essential, especially for married
students and those with children.
"Teaching is great," he said. "It's
good experience in the classroom. But
it's getting harder and harder."
Sweeney agreed. "If you teach five
sections if you can survive that
you can almost eat," she said.
"People over 30 are hard-pressed to
go to Mama."
Dearman said the ability to draw
graduate students to UNC affected
the quality of education.
"It's a matter of attracting the best
students and the best teachers," he
said. "The number and quality of
graduate students is determined by
the academic reputation of the
departments and by the number and
quality of the graduate positions."
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ably seem to be best friends. This
makes the third act all the more
poignant as the three, apart for years,
try to bridge the gaps. Their failure
and the fireworks that result create
an almost uncomfortably painful
conclusion.
Director John Bland is to be
credited, as well as the actresses, for
the seemingly real friendship that
appears to exist between the charac
ters. Obviously, a great deal of work
was spent on this. This, over and
above individual performances, is the
best achievement of the play.
The staging of the play is for the
most part good, although the block
ing has its static and unimaginative
moments. One particularly frustrat
ing moment has a character with her
back to three-fourths of the audience
for almost half of an act. Bland uses
make-up tables at the back to good
effect as punctuation to the scenes.
Technically, the show is excellent.
The lighting is superb and approp
riate. The costumes are well-chosen,
and Bland's use of music between the
scenes is very effective in highlighting .
the change of times.
Vanities will be performed at 4 p.m.
and 8 p.m. on Monday and at 5 p.m
on Tuesday. Performances are in 06
Graham Memorial, the Lab Theatre.
As performances can fill up quickly,
people are encouraged to sign up for
reservations in Graham Memorial as
soon as possible.
Campus Calendar
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listing of University-related activities
sponsored by academic departments,
student services and student organizations
officially recognized by the Division of
Student Affairs. To appear in Campus
Calendar, announcements must be submit- ,
ted oh the Campus Calendar form by
NOON one business day before the
announcement is to run. Saturday and
Sunday events are printed in Friday's
calendar and must be submitted on the
Wednesday before the announcement is.
to run. Forms and a drop box are located
outside the DTH office, 104 Union, hems
of Interest lists ongoing events from the
same campus organizations and follows the
same deadline schedule as Campus
Calendar. Please use the same form.
Monday
Noon Dept. of Medical
Allied Health Pro
fessions will present
Dr. David Yoder and
David Koppenhauer on
"Literacy and the
- Multihandicapped Aug
mentative Communica
tions User." The lec
ture, part of the
DMAHP Research Col
loquium Series, will be
held in 106 Berryhill.
2 p.m. University Career
. Planning and .
Placement Servi
ces will hold Career
Action Plan, to help
develop a personalized
action plan to map out
skills needed to pre
pare for a career, in
306Hanes.
3 p.m. UCPPS will have a
basic informational
meeting for seniors and
graduate students on
how to use the UCPPS
office in 210 Hanes.
3:30 p.m. Lab Theater will
hold auditions until 11
p.m. for its second set ,
of shows in 208 Gra
ham Memorial. Audi
tion forms can be
picked up in Graham
Memorial.
4 p.m. Lab Theater will
present Jack Heifner's
"Vanities' in 06 Gra
ham Memorial. Reser
vations may be made in
, Graham Memorial on .
the sign up sheet; a
second performance
will follow at 8 p.m..
4:30 p.m. Rape Action Pro
ject will have an
organizational meeting
in the Union, for all
those interested in the
. issues and education
concerning date and
acquaintance rape.
Check the Union desk
, for room number.
Women's Studies
Program will have a
reception to meet femi
nist scholars Dr. Lois
Hombold, Dr. Karla
' Holloway, and Dr.
Wendy Luttrell in Toy
Lounge, Dey Hall.
6 p.m. Women's Lacrosse
Club will practice at
Finley Fields.
7 p.m. Campus Y Nursing
Home Committee
will meet in Campus Y
lounge.
UNC MUG, Macin
7 1 . ' tosh Users' Group, will
meet in 014 Sitterson.
Presentation Technolo
gies, Inc. will demon
strate their new Mon
tage film recorder, and
Michael Freedberg will
discuss System 6.0. No
UNC affiliation is
required to attend.
UNC Circle K will
meet in 210 Union.
Global Issues
GA1A will have Dr.
Stephen Mumford,
head of the Center for
Research on Popula
tion and Security,
speak on The Holy
War Against Family
Planning,'' in the Cam
pus Y lounge.
7:30 p.m. UNC Equestrian .
Club will meet in 213
Union. Those who
want to show on Oct.
14 must attend to com
plete entry forms.
Students for the
Ethical Treatment
of Animals will spon
sor John Robbins,
author of "Diet for a
New America," in a lec
ture in 100 Hamilton.
8 p.m. Amnesty Interna
tional will meet at the
Newman Center, at
218 Pittsboro St. This
month's agenda
includes plans for
Human Rights Week,
Children's Campaign,
Urgent Actions,
Colombia and Brazil
country campaigns,
and our Syrian pri
soner of conscience.
All are welcome.
8:30 p.m. Fellowship of
- Christian Athletes
will meet in 208-209,
Union. Gary Newell
will speak on sex and
dating. Everyone is
welcome.
11 p.m. WXYC FM 89.3 will
play the new album
from Billy Bragg,
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interruptions.
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