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2The Daily Tar HeelFriday, October 23, 1992 Manbites Dog follows difficulty and beauty of 'the OUTf ield "In the OUTfield" is a touching ex group that supports homosexual youtji. Alex McMillan the world around her. The audience empathized with the character's struggle to understand her self. Wolf adds poignancy with songs which, while Wolf is certainly no singer, added a vulnerable and naive aspect to the play. The play was full of touching and comic moments, including Wolfs ex ploration of her body as a child, lying on a bean bag in front of "I Love Lucy." Wolf also acted out painful memo ries, including family squabbles and rejections of flowers she tried to give her girlfriends. The staging techniques intensified the audience's feelings for the charac way her family was portrayed only by giant disembodied shoes, and her frus tration was evident in the plastic wrapped furniture. Wolf drew the audience even further into the story by addressing them di rectly, making them feel like confi dants. The play was marred only by Wolfs occasional muffed line and the extreme, didactic end. Having built up an endearing and understandable character, the play ended with a venting, in rap and song, of the frustration Wolfs character felt at a heterosexual society that rejected her. This jolted audience members and was not in keeping with the character. They had felt for Wolfs character as she bravely put the best face on things, and they sympathized and agreed as Wolf asked them, "Is she a lesbian? I'm not sure you can tell by the way she dresses or moves." But the final song was delivered in such a strident manner that all audience-character rapport, so careful ly con structed, was undone. Nevertheless, the play successfully captured the difficulty and the beauty of coming out as a lesbian. After receiving a spirited reaction when it debuted in the spring, "In the OUTfield" returned for another run, including a special performance Sun day to raise money for OUTRight, a ploration and celebration of coming out as a lesbian. The one-woman play opened its en core presentation Oct. 14 at Manbites Dog Theater in Durham. The play runs through Sunday. Written by and starring Laurie Wolf, the biographical play leads us into the life of a woman as she moves from childhood to learning how to adjust as a lesbian adult in a hostile society. The play opens with Wolf struggling her way out of a white comforter, a symbol of the struggle she will have to face all her life. Slides of a young girl expressing The production is part of Manbites Dog 's "Other Voices" series, a serieipf guest productions by other performance groups and artists. ; "In the OUTfield" is presented. Jy TOUCH.aTri angle-based performance group. Its dramatics and song martra departure for TOUCH, which normally specializes in mime. ; Manbites Dog Theater is a non-prpfjt theater company that aims to bring hew and exciting theater to the Triangle ; The play shows at 8:13 p.m. today and Saturday and at 3: IS p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $9. Reservations are strongly recommended. For details call 220 6779. I Theatre from the life of Wolfs character, from her happy memories of watching the Brooklyn Dodgers and beating the neighborhood boys at baseball to the series of crushes she has on older girls. Wolf captured the repression and alienation of her character admirably. The set reflected her repression, too, with its starkness of lines (like those of a baseball diamond) and the metal frames scattered across the stage, which ambiguously serve as doors but also, all happiness and surprise lead on to slices too often, as walls between Wolf and ter. Her isolation was made clear by the r I r " STV moves By Casella Foster Staff Writer Space restrictions, safety concerns and the possibility of cable hookup in campus dormitories have led Student Television to move from its former fa cilities on the top floor of the Student Union to the old band storage room in the basement. Vote YES for Education Support the Public School Bond on November 3rd Chapel HillCarrboro Public Schools 1992-93 Enrollment Sept. 4th.... 6,763 Septal .6,784 Oct. 20 th.... .6,836 School Capacity ............... 6,286 550 Students over capacity and growing! Paid for by the Committee to Support the School Bond on i A new ju-ju JM 111(1 fiAROO) 1 J vra iaj "Uiu Win VVII I VI I CIIU jwiiiwu . iiiuuv ViVUI U J II IV WW Mt IIVI 111 IVVVflllg Willi II IV VI ICU UV 1VI for more space, increased security Clfnff Nowman QTV ctntinn man- mpnl Pnlir nffirprfilllV Rnulr CfliH hnH Geoff Newman, STV station man ager, said STV's previous facilities did not provide enough space for editing and coordinating programs. Most STV shows which are shown on local public access stations are produced in staff members' apartments, he said. Newman said that among other ad vantages, the larger space would allow STV to keep better track of its equip mm mm mik , . . . I prescription for terror. I ...w,M...HaV 1!iMIIl ?(l)!it mm w)S 5 ito tild 111 IJ.'I'I . I J 1 'J I MI'i '11 ment. Two weeks ago, $4,000 worth of equipment disappeared from STV fa cilities. Newman said he still did not know how the equipment had disappeared. "Basically, we have to go on and con tinue to produce despite the loss of the equipment," he said. The investigating officer, University HA full- service florist at greenhouse r prices 1"" Long Stem Roses"! I reg. uo.yyuoz 1 Now $13.95 wAD offerjOct. 23-2Sj1992 CARNATIONS $4.9Sdozen 2 dozen $7.95 offer good thru Oct 27, 1992 4 IPansies in ALL COLORS) I Garden Mums I I 8"for3.99or I I 3for7.44 I offer goodthru Oct.7, 1992j EASTGATE 967-8S68or 968-0502 11 408-0239 (CH) V Li II 489-1893 (DUR) Th I mm t.m .of-itm. riltoil i Police officer 01 lie Bowler, said he had no new information in the case. Newman said STV officials were working with their insurance company to try to purchase new equipment. The primary reason STV moved was the possibility of cable wiring in the band storage room. STV broadcasts throughout Chapel Hill but campus dorm rooms aren't wired for cable. "We feel that once cable is in the dorms, we will be much more prevalent on campus," Newman said. Wayne KuncI, director of University housing, said his department and staff members from the telecommunications office and office of information tech nology were working on a way to bring cable to UNC. "It's been a desire for a long time to bring cable to residence halls," KuncI said. He added that the administration was as frustrated as the student body at the lack of cable hookups in the dorms. Ehringhaus, Hinton James and Craige residence halls currently have cable wires in the buildings, but individual dorm rooms are not yet wired, he said. The biggest obstacle is the money needed to provide students with cable, KuncI said. Correction In the Oct. 21 Daily Tar Heel story, "Men try to define their roles," Ken Sawyer's occupation was incorrectly identified. Although Sawyer said he worked for Domino's Pizza, he actu ally is not employed by the corpora tion in any way, owner Dan Shefte said. Sawyer could not be reached for comment. The DTH regrets the error. a year abroad program of studies at the Universite de Montpellier, France Wednesday, October 28, 1992 3:30-5:00pm Toy Lounge 4th floor Dey Hall Video followed by Student Panel AIDS day to promote action By Robert Strader Staff Writer Members of the AIDS Service Agency of Orange County said they hoped to raise awareness of the dis ease and funding for a house for AIDS patients Saturday as part of AIDS Action Day. Joe Herzenberg, aChapel Hill Town Council member and a member of the AIDS Service Agency, said the day would illustrate that AIDS was a dis ease that occurred locally. "(AIDS Action Day) will call at tention to the fact that AIDS is a local disease and not something that hap pens in cities like San Francisco and (also) no something that only celebri ties like Magic Johnson get," he said. Herzenberg added that three people had died from AIDS this week in Orange County. ; The number of cases that have been tracked at UNC Hospitals during the past year is between 750 and 800. Forty of the patients are residents of Orange County, according to Jean Campus Calendar FRIDAY NOON: CHispA will have a talk on the North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement by Professor A Ifonso Gutierrez as part of the Brown Bag Lecture Scries at 2301 McGavem Greenberg. 12:15p.m. Orientation Office will havea meeting for all students interested in an Orientation Leader position in 224 Union. 1 p.m. UNC Juggling Club will meet at the'flag pole between Wilson Library and South Building. The rain location is Carmichael Ballroom. 6:15 p.m. UNC Hillel, 210 W. Cameron, will have Shabbat Services and dinner with Parents Weekend guests, the Clefs. Please call ahead, 942-4057. Bolduc, chairwoman of the AIDS Ser vice Agency. Herzenberg said the AIDS Service Agency was formed to campaign for housing for people with AIDS. The agency is waiting for approval of a federal grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to build an AIDS house on Culbreth Road in Chapel Hill. ;', "AIDS Action Day will bring at tention to the proposed housing project," Herzenberg said. "The ASA has asked the Department of Housing and Urban Development formoney to build a house for poor people with AIDS." Bolduc said homes for AIDS pa tients were needed in the area. "There are no group-home beds in Orange County for people with AIDS, and there are only 11 group-home beds in the entire state," Bolduc said. The agency is continuing an effort to raise outside funds for the project, Bolduc added. . See AIDS, page 4 , 6 p.m. CAA will sponsor the Homecoming Parade on campus. v 7p.m. CAA will sponsor the Pep Rally on Franklin Street. 8 p.m. CAA will sponsor the Franklin Street Ex travaganza. . CUAB will present "The Tempest" .in. the Play Makers Theatre. Tickets: $4 for students and $6 for public. SATURDAY 2:15 p.m. Carolina Fever will distribute tickets for the game in front of Wilson Library. . 7:30 p.m. German House will have a Gentian Volkslicder Abend at Columbia Street Bakery. ' . 0 ltt-i
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