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F FTH 75TJI DIAMOND ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY

DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE AND DANCE

fACULTY

"- Dr. Norman A. Bert, Chair Prof. Polly Boersig

\~Prof. Frederick B. Christqffel . 'v Dr. Linda Donahue ~ Dr. Elizabeth Homan ~Dr. Jonathan Marks

Ms. Sara Martwig ""'Dr. George Sorensen, Emeritus

Dr. Louise Stinespring Dr. David Williams Prof. Peggy Willis-Aarnio

GRADUATE TEACHING AssiSTANTS AND

PART-TIME INSTRUCTORS Sally Allen Jennifer Barker Robby Burt Ruth Charnay Jia-hua Chin •• Scott Crew Cris L Edwards Janeve Ellison Brian Griffin Kris Harrison Tiffany Howard Shannon Kirgan ••

David McGinnis Michael Moore • Priscilla Newman Freddy Owens Catrin Parker Katherine B. Perrault* Eric Skiles Brittney Venable Judd Vermillion Keith West */** Patrick White

U NIVERSITY THEATRE PRODUCTION STAFF

Director of Theatre Frederick B. Christoffel Director of Front-of-House Operations Linda Donahue

Audience Relations Specialist~ Cec~lia Cart:r Business Manager Mehssa "Doenges

Department Secretary~ Mary Cervantes Technical Director Robert Gandfup

Costume Shop Supervisor Master Electrician Properties Master

Charge Painter Scene Shop Staff

Costume Shop Staff

Elizabeth Zumfelde Jia-hua Chin** Laura Polcer•• Shannon Kirgan Nate Beckman••, Robby Burt, Zach Elms••, Carmen Gomez, Brian Griffin, J eremy Lunsford**, David McGinnis, William Roby, Judd Vermillion B.J . Ballard, Lee Elaine Bates, Lori Bivens, Jeffery Blatt, Lisa Comer, Amanda Dulin, Jan eve Ellison, Rose Fox, Tiffany Howard, J odi Ingersoll, Shannon Kirgan, Tracy Stover, Traci Screws & 3305 class members

Lab Theatre Produce~ Keith West • ; •• Promotion Team "Ciis L. ~wards, Jennifer Barker, Freddy Owens

Box Office Staff

House Assistant House

House

Supervisor Supervisor

Managers

Scott Crew, Ruth Charnay, Priscilla Newman, Brittney Venable, Jennifer Barker, Scott Crew, Eric Skiles, Joseph Ginnane, Chrissy Johnston, Freddy Owens Michael Moore++ Jennifer Barker, Sarah Bray, Matt Chauncey, Amanda Dulin, Jeremy Lunsford, Danielle Peacock

• Member: Alpha Psi Omega, national honorary theatre fraternity - Member: United States Institute for Technical Theatre (USITI), TIU Student Chapter + Member: Chi Tau Epsilon, national honorary dance fraternity ++ Member: Dramatists Guild, Inc.

The DE:partment of Theatre and Dance is a member of the Association for Theatre in Higher Education, the Texas EducationaiTheatre Association, Texas Nonprofit Theatres, Southwest Theatre Association, Lubbock Arts Alliance, UMed States Institute for Technical Theatre (USITI), and the American College Dance Festival Association.

Texas Tech University Department of Theatre and Dance

Presents

A Funny Thing lfappene~n theVVay

to therorum Book by Burt Shevelove & Larry Gelbart

Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Produced by special arrangement with MTI

CAST Hysterium

Senex Domina

Pseudolus Hero Philia Lycus Miles

Erronius Tintinabula/Protean

Gemini 1 /Protean Gemini 2/Protean

Panacea/Protean Vibrata/Protean

Gymnasium/Protean Protean

Eric C. Skiles** Scott Crew Rachel Frye Christina Hernandez* Caleb Frerich Amanda Johnson Billy Joe Chmielewski Greg Nelsen Brian Griffin Kimberly Grubb Kendra Kelley+ Brad Ballard Stephanie Laughter Nikki Richards Chris Edwards Sarah Cunningham

DIRECTOR

Elizabeth Homan

Music DIRECTOR

Steve Paxton COSTUME DESIGNER ScENIC DESIGNER

Frederik B. Christoffel Polly Boersig

LIGHTING DESIGNER

Frederik B. Christoffel SouND DESIGNER

Keith West**/* There Will Be 15-Minute Intermission During This Production

The taking of photographs, with or without flash, and the use of video or audio recording equipment are a violation of copyright law and are strictly prohibited. Food and drink are not allowed in the theatre or lobby. Smoking is prohibited throughout the building. Late-comers

will be seated by the ushers at the earliest appropriate interval in the play. Please turn off cellular phones, paging devices and wristwatch alarms.

CHARLES E. MAEDGEN, JR. THEATRE

On November 21, 1999, the Texas Tech University Theatre celebrated the beginning of a new era. The building was renamed for Charles E. Maedgen, Jr., a bank president and longtime civic leader who made significant contribu­tions to the city of Lubbock and to the arts of West Texas.

Charles E. Maedgen, Jr. possessed an encompassing vision, lived with tireless energy, loved to accomplish things, and never shrank from taking charge. His closest associates knew him as a "doer." A quiet, unassuming man, he made immense contributions to Texas Tech, Lubbock, and this entire region.

After Charles's birth in Temple, Texas, his family moved to Lubbock where his father started Security Bank and Trust in 1917. After graduating from Texas Tech and earning an MBA from Harvard, Charles returned to Lubbock and learned banking from the ground up. He became president of the Lubbock National Bank in 1951 and became its CEO in 1972, shortly before his unexpected death.

Although Charles had a passion for all the arts, he loved theatre best. Only his family's need for service in the bank prevented him from pursuing his secret longing to become an actor. But nothing kept him from supporting the theatre - both at Texas Tech and also in the community - with his influence, his philanthropy, and his presence at performances. As season ticket holders, Charles and his wife Louise attended Tech productions with relish. We invite you to share the spirit of this visionary businessman, this patron of the arts, as you attend this performance in the Charles E. Maedgen, Jr. Theatre.

~1~ WHAT'S IN A NAME ...

While the Theatre has been renamed, our patrons will still see the Texas Tech University Theatre logo in printed materials. As a symbol of excellence, the logo will continue to identify the producing arm of the Depart­ment of Theatre and Dance.

OuR MISSION

• To foster the arts of theatre and dance by nurturing, educating, and training students and by cultivating an audience. • To develop - equally through academic instruction and through theatri­cal productions - our students' knowledge and skills and to instill in our students a commitment to collaboration, ethics, excellence, scholarchip, professionalism, and growth.

• To provide cultural leadership to the university, the community, the state, the region, the nation, and beyond.

DIRECTOR's NoTES

Playgoers, Tonight we bring you a comedy, the roots of which reach back to the

farces of Roman playwright Titus Maccius Plautus. While these roots have blossomed over the centuries into traditions like the Commedia dell'arte, the Comedie of Moliere, the slapstick of Vaudeville, and the striking novelty of Ameri­can Musical Theatre, they burst to life in this theatre tonight through the ef­forts of a committed and energetic ensemble whose comedic heritage runs more along the lines of Frasier, Seinfeld, and The Simpsons. Yes, they have borrowed a great deal from their elders - stolen schtick, if you will - but in the great spirit of successive generations, they have tried, tested, tweaked, and twisted the Great Traditions in order to bring you their own vision.

While Forum was an innovation in its own time, nearly forty years later it still fuels the fire of innovation in the present. As the authors suggest, the play is a "scenario for vaudevillians ... many details have been omitted from the script (that) are part of the comedian's bag of tricks: the double take, the mad walks, the sighs, the smirks, the stammerings." This evening, we bring you our version of vaudeville, created from a highly eclectic, Twenty-First Century bag of tricks that, as always, holds "something familiar, something peculiar, some­thing for everyone .... "

DRAMATURG's NoTES

Forum opened at the Alvin Theatre on May 8, 1962 and ran for 964 performances . The first show to feature both Sondheim's music and lyrics, it has spawned two Broadway revivals, numerous overseas and national touring productions, and countless regional, community and educational performances . Of the three Broadway productions (1962, 1972 and 1996), it has garnered 14 Tony nominations and 9 awards, including one for each of Forum's leading men: Zero Mostel, Phil Silvers, and Nathan Lane.

However, Forum was the musical that almost wasn't. Gelbart and Shevelove decided to create a musical based on the writings of Plautus, a comic Roman playwright, from his plays Miles Gloriosus, Pseudolus and Mostellaria. It took the team 11 complete and distinct separate drafts to produce the script you are about to see. Gelbart claims Sondheim threw out more songs from the score than in any of his subsequent works (7 in the first production, with numbers added and taken away in subsequent reviv­als). One of the stumbling blocks for the show was its opening. Forum had a disastrous out-of-town tryout in New Haven and Washington. Many au­dience members came to the theatre expecting a light comedy or an intellec­tual Roman play, and were never told that "it was okay to laugh." Jerome Robbins, who was originally slated to direct Forum, was hired as a "play doctor" (or consultant). He immediately told the creative team to change the opening number; to tell the audience what the show's about (low com­edy). Sondheim wrote Comedy Tonight over a weekend and Robbins staged the production number in a week. With its new opening ready for the first New York previews, the show became an instant success.

HISTORY OF TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY THEATRE

by Peter Harris, B.A. 1995, M.A. 1997

Within a month after Texas Tech began classes, the Sock and Buskin society began producing short plays, and by April 1926 Tech was the home of a chapter of tile theatre honors society Alpha Psi Omega. Since its first major production, The Youngest, in May 1928, Texas Tech University Theatre has pro­duced over 500 plays for the Texas Tech and Lubbock communi­ties: 250 Mainstage productions, 183 Laboratory Theatre presen­tations, and 108 Summer Rep shows. More than 1,000 informal and developmental productions have been presented by stu­dents, including many original scripts.

Established to serve as an educational resource for Texas Tech University and a cultural resource for the Lubbock community, Tech Theatre offered courses as early as 1930. In 1966, the Department of Speech and Theatre Arts developed a theatre specialization; it began offering theatre Bachelor and Master of Arts degrees in 1969. That year, Theatre enrolled 29 undergraduate majors and 4 Master of Arts students. In 1972, Theatre helped develop the Ph.D. in Fine Arts degree, and imple­mented courses for die program in 1973 for three students. The Fine Arts Doctoral program has since graduated 81 students.

Theatre Arts became an independent department in 1977 and implemented the Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Fine Arts degree programs in 1982. Texas Tech Theatre is one of only two theatre aepartments in the state to offer all the traditional degrees in Theatre Arts, and only one of three in the Southwest to offer the Ph.D. In 1992, Tech's dance program moved from the Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation to form the Department of Theatre and Dance.

In April 1964, the University Theatre Building was inau­gurated with a production of Romeo and Juliet in a state-of-the­art, 400-seat proscenium auditorium. This building, now known as the Charles E. Maedgen, Jr. Theatre, has hosted over 170 Texas Tech University Theatre productions and many theatrical competitions. In 1986, the building was expanded to its present size with the addition of offices and a 1 00-seat, thrust-stage lab theatre. In 1998, the Mainstage Theatre installed a computerized, ultramodern lighting system.

The teaching staff of the department consists of ten faculty and 23 teaching assistants who are assisted by five p_rofessional sta~f members. Enrollment in the department con­sists of approx1mately 100 undergraduate majors and 55 gradu­ate students. The Department produces tree seasons of plays annually: a faculty-directed season in the main-stage theatre, a season of student-directed plays in the lab theatre, and the Lubbock Summer Rep season. The Texas Tech University The­atre also presents selected Summer Rep shows in Angel Fire, New Mex1co.

SEASON TICKET SPECIAL Dear Theatre Lover:

If you purchased single tickets to Fo­rum, it's not too late to subscribe to the entire season--and save $18 off the single ticket price!

For just $24, you'll see all the Mainstage plays of the season, including You Can't Take It With You, After the Fall, and The D ay Room. Plus, you'll receive compli­mentary tickets to your choice of either the ballet Giselle or a Lab production.

We look forward to having you with us for a full year of laughter, excitement, and drama.

SUBSCRIBING IS EASY.

•CALL (806) 742-3603

or

•MAIL form with payment to:

Department of Theatre and Dance

Box 42061

Lubbock, TX 79409-2061

or

•DELIVER your form with payment to the Maedgen Theatre box office (Mon.-Sat. 12-5:30 PM) .

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A brilliant black comedy and intellectual mystery.

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GISELLE C LA SS I C BA L LET

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FAMILY CIRCLE MEMBERS

The Texas Tech University Theatre gratefully acknowledges the generous contributions of its Family Circle members .

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Honorary Member

Mrs. Louise Maedgen

Designer's Circle • $500

Herb Armstrong

William D. Armstrong

Director's Circle • $250

Dr. and Mrs. William J. Carter

Charles and Virginia Neil

Russell E. Womack

Robert J. Waugh

Kathleen Webb Weiss

Star's Circle • $100

Andersons Bros. Jewelers, Inc.

Robert and Carol Bell

Norman and Deb Bert

Philip and Sara Bogel, II

Walter and Zwanetta Borst

Scott Crew*

Dan and Linda Donahue

Star's Circle cont.

Emil and Sara Gadeken

Dr. and Mrs. Donald R. Haragan

Tim Jones

Rev. and Mrs. Bill M. Kent

Don and Marian MacNair

Carroll and Basil Melnyk

Barbara Morgan*

Otto and Mary Nelson

Bryan Rudy

Actor's Circle • $85

Ralph R. Bravoco

Gayle Burnis

Cris Edwards and Sandra Payne*

Dr. Gurdev and Savita Gill

John and Sara McLarty

Dr. Jerry D. Ramsey

Peter Syapin

*Students in the Department of Theatre and Dance

If you would like to join the Family Circle, please contact Cecilia Carter, audience re­lations specialist at (806) 742-9796.

EXPERIENCE THE BEST OF BROADWAY

Enjoy a five-day theatre tour of New York City!

March 14-1~ 2001

Organized by the Department of Theatre and Dance and Field Studies of New York. Hosted by Drs. George Sorensen and Linda Donahue.

Program includes:

•Ticket to two Broadway musicals, one Broadway non­musical, one off-Broadway show

•Airfare and transfers from the airport

• Hotel accomodations

•Tours! Metropolitan Museum of Art, Radio City Music Hall, Lincoln Center, Statue of Liberty, and Ellis Island!

•Walking tours of Greenwich Village, Chinatown, Little Italy, Theatre District, 5th Avenue, and Central Park!

•Theatrical Seminars with leading Broadway professionals.

Program fee:

•$1200 for Texas Tech faculty, staff, and students.

•$1500 for community members, based on quad occupancy at the ho tel.

•Single and double o ccupancy also available. P ayment plan available .

You MUST reserve by November 1st!

Call Linda Donahue, 742-3599 for more information.

ARTISTIC AND TECHNICAL STAFF

Stage Manager Dramaturg

Choreographer Assistant Stage Manager

Associate Choreographers Assistant Costume Designer Assistant Lighting Designer

Assistant Scenic Designer Assistant Sound Designer

Lights and Sound

Costume and Wardrobe Run Crew

Set & Properties Crew

Laura Poker** Keith West**/* Elizabeth Homan Katie Bean**, Lee Elaine Bates** Kendra Kelley+, Stephanie Laughter Amanda Dulin** Jia-hua Chin** Nate Beckman** Chris Leffel** Jessica Crabb, Zach Elms, Antoinette Lewis, Elizabeth Philips, Mark Van Fleet Kim Herd, Jeremy Lundsford, Rhineheart Pierce, Mandy Springer Grant Carroll, Matt Chauncey, Zach Elms, Rose Fox, Joseph Ginnane, Joanna Morton

THE FoRUM ORCHESTRA

Steven Paxton, Conductor Jan Walser, Rehearsal Accompanist & Assistant Musical Director

Flute & Piccolo Flute, Clarinet & Saxophones

Trumpet Horn

Violin Keyboards

Keyboards and Accordian Percussion

Kim Gandrup Don Turner (David Dees on Oct. 14th) Joseph Vandiver Christopher Shelbourne Sue Baer Jan Walser Steven Paxton Steve Schultz

The orchestra for Forum is a joint project of the Department of Theatre and Dance and School of Music, which invites you to attend one of its many great

musical performances this year.

October 24 - Honor's Recital 25 - Jazz Ensemble II & III, David Dees, director 27 - University Singers Concert, Michael Marcades, conductor 28 - University Symphony Orchestra, Gary Lewis, conductor 29 - Univeristy Choir Concert, John Dickson, director

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SPECIAL THANKS

To patrons whose participation and support made our 75th Anniversary Celebration a success.

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Dr. Marijane Wernsman & Robert Wernsman

Dr. David Williams

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Dr. Robert Woodson

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75th Anniversary Celebration Planning Committee

Kim Ansolabehere

Dr. Norman A. Bert

Deborah Bigness

Cecilia Carter Fred Christoffel Louise Cummins

Melissa Doenges

Linda Donahue

Lynn Elms

Gail Farguson

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Marcie Johnston

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Students

PLEASE RESPOND BY JUNE 15, 2001

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Event Schedule THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 2001

• • • • • • • • • 5:00 - 7:30 PM OPENING NIGHT RECEPTION

The 75th Anniversary Alumni Reunion of the Dept.

of Theatre and Dance features a number of

entertaining events that encourage participants to

gather and interact.

Faculty and staff are encouraged to participate at

whatever level they are able to in order to meet

alumni who include such members as Barry

Corbin, G.W. Bailey, and Jaston Williams. Many .

alumni are educators from all over the U.S. (and

some international) and range from professors to

chairs of departments. We also have a number

of technicians who have "made the big time" and

many more who continue to work regularly

through craft and contacts.

We feel this is an invaluable opportunity to get to

know each other and that this has potential to

connect our current students to the real life world

of theatre and its many facets.

The Alumni Registration fee of $15 per person for

students includes five events: the Opening Night

Reception, the Lubbock Arts Centers and

Wineries Bus Tour, the Alumni Picnic, the Kabuki

Kabaret, and Sunday Brunch.

Two events are priced separately: the Golf

Scramble ($35 per person) and the Firecracker

Feast ($17 per person).

CROSLIN ROOM, nu LIBRARY (LOBBY)

7:30- 10:00 PM Lily, The Felon 's Daughter

nu LAB THEATRE

FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 2001

9:00-12:00 PM GOLF SCRAMBLE

STONE GATE GOLF COURSE

10:30-12:00 PM THEATRE MEMORABILIA

1 :00 - 3:00 PM

1:00 - 4:00 PM

SOUTHWEST COLLECTION

KABUKI KABARET REHEARSAL

ALLEN THEATRE, UNIVERSrrY CENTER

LUBBOCK ARTS CENTERS AND

WINERIES BUS TOUR

5:00 -12:00 AM FIRECRACKER FEAST

COUNTY LINE BARBECUE

7:30- 10:00 PM Talley's Folly

TIU LAB THEATRE

SATURDAY, JUNE 30,2001

10:00 - 11:30 AM ALUMNI BUSINESS MEETING

LOCATION TO BE ANNOUNCED

11:30- 2:00 PM ALUMNI PICNIC

TIU RECREATIONAL SPORTS GAZEBO

2:00 -4:30 PM You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown

nu LAB THEATRE

2:00 - 5:00 PM KABUKI KABARET REHEARSAL

ALLEN THEATRE, UNIVERSrrY CENTER

8:00 - 11 :00 PM KABUKI KABARET

ALLEN THEATRE, UNIVERSrrY CENTER

SUNDAY, JULY 1, 2001

9:00 - 11 :00 AM BRUNCH WITH KIM AND BEN

3309 60"" STREET

Sign-up Form No. Sign up for:

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Opening Night Reception

ArtsNVineries Bus Tour

Alumni Business Meeting

Alumni Picnic

Kabuki Kabaret

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Firecracker Feast

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:· ~l11day, October 15, 2000 COMMENTARY Lubbock Avalanche-Journal 7A

jfTTU Theater celebrating 7 5 years of excellence By CECILIA CARTER

[tis one of America's pastimes - live "thtater. Some people act. Some people prtdtce or direct and others attend the

},..thtater simply for pleasure. Along its ~~5·yEar journey, the Texas Tech ~~-Pri~rsity Theatre has provided the ~ peopl! of the university and West Texas ~ connunities with a unique opportunity i to e1perience live theater, whatever ~~ theirinterest might be. :! Tlroughout the years, many theaters :: have popped up across the West Texas _; hcrizm. Today, some of those theaters :: an !till around and others have closed ; tmirdoors. It is the University Theatre ~ at Tecas Tech that has endu~ed the test ~ of'tine. ~ Tle list of productions is long, 541 to ~ be emct, but throughout the years, the ~ Ll!btock community has enjoyed pro­·• dtct:ons like "Our Town," "The Taming :: ofUe Shrew," "Death of a Salesman," .: "Pnrie" and "Macbeth." The stage also ;: h~s )een home to "Oklahoma!", "Annie : G!t Your Gun," "Grease," "Guys and : D>lh" and "Cabaret." And in addition to

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those familiar shows, more than 1,000 informal and developmental produc­tions, many of which include original scripts, have been presented as well.

And as each of those shows has opened, the Shakespearean flags in front of the theater have been raised signaling the night's performance.

Just one month after classes began at Texas Tech in 1925, the Sock and Buskin Society began producing short plays. A year later, Alpha Psi Omega, an honors society, was organized. And by 1928, Lubbock enjoyed Texas Tech's first major production, "The Youngest."

And as the saying goes, the rest is history. From its humble beginnings, the University Theatre's growth and stabili­ty show all the more reason to celebrate 75 years of theater.

With each decade that has passed, more productions have graced the stage and more students have walked away with experience as an actor. The audi­ence, too, has walked away with some­thing - an exposure to the arts not only of West Texas, but also of the world.

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It is likely that as the audience has taken their seats during a show, a young actor has made his or her first appear­ance on stage. The brightness of the stage lights, the response from the audi­ence and the comments from the critics, whether good or bad, are all part of this public classroom exercise. And unlike any other class, the actors depend on the public to participate.

It is not only about the actors on stage. The design team, the costumers, the production staff. Each of them has a specific role and a specific responsibility to the success of the production. Each spends hour after hour working to get the show on stage.

And many times those hours come late at night, after class, on the week­ends and always in addition to other class assignments. All of the hard work goes hand-in-hand with the University Theatre's mission of serving the univer­sity and the Lubbock community.

On the mainstage, faculty-directed shows highlight the season from October through April.

But during the summer months, it is the laboratory theater that is home to the summer repertory season.

Each summer night, the stage is lit with an ever-changing series of produc­tions. Completely directed by students, these productions are often original works set in the smaller, more intimate theater.

Following the shows' run in Lubbock, the students pack up the scenes, the props and the costumes and head for Angel Fire, N.M., where the shows are performed in an outdoor theater festival. The reach of the University Theatre stretches even further with more people enjoying a Texas Tech production.

Last week, the University Theatre celebrated its Diamond Anniversary. It was a celebration of much more than just an anniversary.

It was a celebration of Lubbock's old­est continuing theater tradition. And it was an opportunity to support Texas Tech's endowment for theater excel­lence.

This year, the tradition will continue

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with a variety of productions. The main­stage will feature "A Funny Thing Happened · on the Way to the Forum," "You Can't Take It With You," "After the Fall" and "The Day Room." "Giselle," a classic ballet, and four productions in the laboratory theater will be presented as well.

And if that is not enough, four shows will be presented during the summer repertory program. The year will be full of laughter, excitement and drama. It is also full of opportunity.

And so, as sure as the flags will rise in front of the newly renamed Maedgen Theatre this year, the Lubbock commu­nity is invited to join the celebration of 75 years of continuous theater excel­lence.

Cecilia Carter is the director of mar­keting for the Texas Tech University Theatre. After working for 11 years at the Huntington Art Gallery, the fine arts museum of the University of Thxas, Ms. Carter joined the Theatre's staff one year ago .

Jenn~er Galvan!The UnM!rsity Daily

TheTexasTechTheatre department will perform the second stretch of 'A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum' Oct. 20-22. All performances begin at 8 p.m.

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The University Daily 7 Thursday, October 19, 2000

Tech Theatre steals the show .fl Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum' nothing short of fantastic

By Amy Aldridge Staff Writer

T he Texas Tech theater depart­ment kicked off its main stage theater productions with a

75th Diamond Anniversary celebra­tion last week with the musical "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum."

Last Thursday, a special preview of the musical was shown at the 75th Gala Celebration. The evening in­cluded a party at Chancellor John Montford's house and the special showing of the musical for about 200 people. The proceeds benefited the Endowment for Theater Excellence.

The program started out with a

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great musical number entitled "Comedy Tonight," which sets up the play and lets audience members know what is in store. The musical

Review is set in Ancient Rome and involves three very different families and a young slave's dreams of being free.

The slave, Pseudolus, is played by Christina Hernandez. A young man named Hero, played by Caleb Frerich, owns her. Hero falls in love with a young harlot named Philia, portrayed by Amanda Johnson. The

only problem is that Philia is prom­ised to a captain that everyone fears.

One day, Hero is talking with Pseudolus, and he tells her of his love for Philia. Hero makes a deal with Pseudolus. If Pseudo Ius can get Hero and Philia together, Pseudolus vlill be free.

So, Pseudolus takes Hero's offer and gets right to work. Things don't go exactly as planned, but what does happen will leave you laugh­ing so hard, you might fall out of your seat.

"Forum" can only be described by one word - fantastic. The acting, costumes, the bright vibrant sets and the singing are all fantastic.

The musical is a mixture of Will-

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iam Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and the story, "The Little Engine that Could." The one th ing that really stuck out in the per­formance was Pseudolus's drive to persevere.

One thing to keep in mind while watching the musical is that the ac­tors change the musical around and add or delete things to make it the way they want it to be - it's been improved.

So if you have seen it before, it might not be the same version as the previous performance. However, it still has the same great songs and creative story line.

Tickets are $5 for students with an ID and $12 for general admission.

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ech production varies needlessly from original By Wll..LIAM KERNS A.J Entertainment Editor

Funny things happen in Tex­as Tech's production of the musical comedy "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum."

But a lot of boring, unneces­sary scenes aiTive as well. · Indeed, there's a reason that Thursday's gala premiere found some supporters leaving the Charles E. Maedgen Jr. Thea­tre at intermission, and I don't really believe that one can blame the show's running time.

Rather, wrong directorial de­cisions were made in an at­tempt to enhance the show for contemporary audiences and several actors forgot that the audience, not the cast, should

laughing at the characters stage. Inconsistent is not a strong

enough word to describe the opening night presentation, but I hesitate to go further because the· leading actress delivers a wonderful performance and there are many hilarious mo­ments, That said, ballyhooing only moments cannot be mis­taken for a critical show of sup­port.

Those desiring a full theatri­cal experience are thus advised to look elsewhere.

The · somewhat bawdy play - the Tech production's minor characters overemphasize the naughty jokes, with even a cod piece used as a prop gag - is based loosely on the plays of Plautus.

It is lowbrow comedy, to be sure; laughs are expected as the slave Pseudolus hopes to earn her freedom by arranging for her master, Hero, to wed the virginal concubine Philia, who, despite her many near-sighted

moments," already has sold to a ship captain. ·

(And yes, though one has to wait a bit, the "Oh-Philia" joke of course appears.)

Things become more compli­cated via the decision by play-

Curtain up Play: The musical comedy "A

Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum," written by Burt Shevelove and .Larry Gelbart, with music by Stephen Sondheim.

When: 8 p.m. today, Friday and Oct. 21, and 2 p.m. Sunday and Oct. 22.

Where: Charles E. Maedgen Jr. Theatre on the Texas Tech campus.

Director: Elizabeth Homan. Tickets: Reserved-seat tick·

ets, priced at $12 for the general public and $5 for Tech students, can be purchased in advance by calling 742·3603.

wrights Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart to introduce mis­taken conclusions, suspicious wives, faked· · identities, Psuedolus' many · embellish­ments and wrong potions being downed.

As written, this is a funny play and, even without the ef­forts of the incomparable Zero Mostel, has held up just fme in successful Broadway revivals.

But director Elizabeth Homan, perhaps in attempting to give the film a fresh identity, does not respect the material.

So what once may have passed for Marx Brothers' hu­mor now appears closer to bare­ly-controlled Three Stooges. There are Clinton, Monica Lewinsky, Heidi Fleiss, John Montford and Viagra jokes tossed in, along with spit takes, professional wrestling gags and other contemporarY references.

OK, I admit it, I laughed at the "Brick House" musical gag. Well, the first time anyway.

Still, Homan at times could earn more laughs (and better pacing) with simpler staging. Just one example: Erronius -played by Brian Griffin, whose return to a local stage brings a smile - can inspire laughs simply by announcing each loop around the seven hills of Rome.

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Christina Hernandez, left, shines as Pseudolus In the musical comedy "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum." The above scene finds her check­ing out the merchandise (Chris Edwards) offered by· flesh peddler Lycus (Billy Joe Chmielewski).

Making his scenes into photo­cps just wastes time.

Mind you, he also finds hi­larity in just three words: "Those fllthy pirates."

Eric C. Skiles and . Scott Crew, as slave Hysterium and hen-pecked owner Senex, re­spectively, are skilled comic ac­tors. Each scores in comedic moments, but both also . are asked to go over the top in search of bigger laughs that just aren't there.

Amanda Johnson has fun with the tune "Lovely." (Anoth­er question: Why are the songs not listed in the program?)

If there is one reason to in­vest in the ticket price and an evening in "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum," it is the sterling per­formance by Christina Hernan­dez as Pseudolus.

She is not the first woman to play the role that was written for a male actor. Yet she quick­ly bonds with the audience and possesses the energy, talent and charisma to earn laughs -and she is on stage for most of the play's running time.

Again, · direction . needs tweaking. Some of Pseudolus' dialogue still seems to be writ­ten for a · man, and clumsy jug­gling of a swiped ring dilutes the impact of a brother-sister revelation.

As a whole, this ,production disappoints. It certainly does not meet the bar set by so many prior Texas Tech productions, something to keep in mind as the ·campus' theater depart­ment celebrates its 75th anni­versary.

William Kerns can be contacted at wkems@lubbockonline.com or 766-8712.

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October's theatre offerings arc varied and in­teres ting: classic drama. classic comedy, a bit o f melo­drama and musicals. old and new. This is a time of yea r in which eve r ything seems to happen a t once ... and. around mid-month, that is certainly true as four venues open s imultaneou sly. But having the dilemma of choices is a good thing and certainly en­li vens the cultural· s·~cnc for <tu<iicnccs·· of many dif- : fcrcnt tastes.

Th is year marks the 75 year anniversary o f the beginnings of theatre at Texas Tech University. In this relat ively short time. the Texas Tech Univer­sity Department of Theatre and Dance has come a long way, baby. October 12 commemorates this mile­sto ne with a special celebration and fundraiser plant)Cd by the Department. Al so, p lans arc afoot to bring together alumni from those past years to Lub­bock ~n 200 I as a fitting tribute to its long and con­tinued growth. I'm expecting great thi ngs for the next 75.

Now that there arc no excuses such as "There 's nothing to do in Lubbock," get out there and enjoy the many theatre events that October offers . ..

A FrfJNY 'fj;"f~JtfiAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM

Texas Tech Uni versity Theatre takes the high road to art via the low road of comedy in the 75th anniversary season opener A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, October 13-15 and 20-22 at the Charles E. Macdgen, Jr. Theatre. Time Magazine remarked. 'This is a good clean dirty show:· "What Forum brings back ... is good for high, low, middle and knitted brows- tho:: hd ly laugh." This Tony Award-winning musical features an outstanding cast directed by Dr. Beth Homan and such Stephen Sondhcim classics as "E verybody Ought To Ha,·c A Maid"" and "Comedy Tonigh t." With laugh-a-mi nut.: dialogue hy Burt Shevclove and Larry Gel bart (M* A *S*H*). Fonun is bound to he a crowd plcaser.

A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Fomm reached its New York prcmio::re in 1962 after 2100 years of rewriting. Not, to be sun:, at the hands of the previously mentioned authors. They only rewrote fi fteen versions over the course of five years hcfore they got their show on Broadway. But many of their belly-busting laughs in Forum are derived from situat ions in half a dozen of tho:: plays of Plautus, a Roman playwright who lived from 284 B.C.E. to 184 B.C.E. -si tuations that others ha·•e been rewriting ever since, such funny men as Boccaccio, Rabelais, Moliere, Shakespeare, Congrevc, Mack Sennett and untold modern vaudevillians and burlesque comedians.

Always a Broadway favorite, Forrtm has enjoyed numerous revivals including recent runs with Nathan Lane and Whoopi Goldberg playing the role of Pseudo! us. The idea of cross-gender casting has not escaped the eyes of director Homan who has cast the very talented Christina Hernandez in this crazy comic role. Tickets arc now avai lable for A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum through the Texas.

Tech University Theatre Box Office located in the Charles E. Maedgen, ·:fr. Theater on 18th between Boston ~nd Flint. Sea5on Tickets are $34, Single tickets $12, Tech students $5, and$8 for groups of 10 or more. Ca11742-3603 for more· information and to purchase your tickets to the show that put comedy back into musical comedy. ·

LIF'E COULD BE A DREAM IN IONESCO'S ''VICTIMS OF DUTY''

October's theatre offerings arc varied and in­teresting: classic drama, classic comedy, a bit of melo­d rama and musicals, old and new. This is a time of year in which everything see ms to happen at once ... and. around mid-month, that is certainly true as .four .venues Dpcn simultaneously. But having the dilemma of ct10iccs is a good thing. and ccrt~inly:_en­li vens the cultura l' s"cene for audienc~s of man"y"dlr- : ferent tastes.

This year marks the 75 year anniversary of the beginnings of theatre at Texas Tech University. In this relatively short time. the Texas Tech Univer­sity Department of Theatre and Dance has come a long way, baby. October 12 commemorates this mile­stone with a special celeb rat ion and fundraiscr plant~ed by the Department. Also, plans arc afoot to bring together alumni from those past years to Lub­bock Y, 200 I as a fitting tribute to its long and con­tinued growth. I'm expecting great things for the next 75.

Now tha t there a rc no excuses such as "There's nothing to do in Lubbock ," get out there and enjoy the many theatre events that October offers.

the low road of comedy in the 75th anniversary season opener A Funny Thing Hap. On The \Vay To Tire Fomm, October 13-15 and 2 at the Charles E. Maedgen, Jr. Theatre. Time Magazine remarked. "This is a good clean dirty show." "What Fomm brings hack ... is good for high, low, middle and knitted brows- the belly laugh." This Tony 1\wart!-winning musical features an outstanding cast directed by Dr. lkth Homan and such Stcphcn Sondheim classics as "Everybody Ought To HaYe A Maid" and "Comedy Tonight.'' With laugh-a-minute t!ialoguc by Burt Shevclove and Larry Gelbart (M*A*S*H*). Fonm1 is bound to be a crowd pleaser. .

A Funny Thing Happened On The \Vay To The Forw11 reached its New York premiere in 1962 after 2100 years of rewriting .. Not, to be sure, at the hands of the previously mentioned authors. They only rewrote fifteen versions over the course Of five years before they got their show on Broadway. But many of their belly-busting _laughs in Forum arc derived from situations in half a dozen of the plays of Plautus, a Roman playwright who lived from 284 B.C.E. to I 84 B.C.E.- situations that others ha·;e been rewriting ever since, such funny men as Boccaecio, Rabelais, Moliere, Shakespeare, Congrevc, Mack Sennett and untold modern vaudevillians and burlesque comedians.

Always a Broadway favorite, Fomm has enjoyed numerous revivals including recent runs with Nathan Lane and Whoopi Goldberg playing the role of Pseudolus. The idea of cross-gender casting has not escaped the eyes of director Homan who has cast the very talented Christina Hernandez in this crazy comic role. Tickets arc now avai lable for A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Tire Forum through the Texas.

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Tech University Theatre Box Office located in the ~.hll!"les ~- Maedgen, ir. Theater on 18th bet1,11een Boston and Flint. Season Tickets are $34, Single tickets $12, Tech students $5, and $8 for groups of I 0 or more. Call742-3603 for more information and to purchase your tickets to the show that put comedy back into musical comedy.

LIF'E COULD BE A DREAM IN IONESCO'S ''VICTIMS OF DUTY" The Texas Tech University Lab Theatre opens with a journey Season tickets are only $24 for the diverse season into the absurd in Eugene Ionesco's Victims Of Duty, running of plays offered by Texas Tech University Lab Theatre October 2-7 nightly at 8 PM and Sunday, October 8th at 2 during 2000-200 I. Other highlights of the year include PM. Ionesco's journey into the mind uses the form of a an original production written by Tech student Michael detective play, always making audiences wonder if he is Moore entitled "Ellie anti the 3 car Man." the 13uchner

dance with A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. You Can't Take It with You. After The Fall, The Day Room, and as a special bonus. a production of the classic ballet Giselle for only $~4 .

going to answer the riddle. classic "Woyzcck.'' and the fourth annual Raider Red's Texas Tech Unil·ersity Theatre u·elcomes the \\'est Geoffrey Howard and Lisa Comer head the cast as One-A ct Play Spectacular. a yearly favori te inci:Jtling Texas and unil'crsitr C0/111/IItn ities to celebrate

Chou~rt and Madeleine in search of a missing person with original works written. produced. directed and acted by se 1·enty -fi

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Asked what the ir favori te theatre p rojects wen:. ho th ci ted las t fall' s LCT produc tion of rile Lasr Nigilr of 13allyiloo as be ing a peak cxpcril!ncc. "The acting level and the kvel of production values were so high!" Afh:r twclvl! years of hcing away from acting. Jay a lso no ted that Losr in Yonkers (LCT 1997) was a wonderful experience. Past glories fo r hoth inc lude Vier Rock. rile Boys in rhe Uc111d, and Celebrarion. all directed by gratluat\! student C huck Kerr at Texas Tech. Pam s:~ys. "The fact that such controversial, provoc:Jtivc and high level material was allowed to be prod uced during the early seventies at Texas Tech is amazing to me." Jay: "Worki ng with Chuck, Mr. Schulz, Dr. Sorenson, and G.W. Bailey arc still among the most ml!morable and important times of my life . Pippin, directed by George Sorensen, is a favorite experience." Pam remembers a time

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I asked hot h what they s\!c as thl! greatest hop\! for theatre in Lubbock. "The s imple fact that theatre continues-that there arc groups s til l p roducing plays :~nd audiences that s till support them," Jay s tates natty. ''I'm a believer that ' theatre produces thcatrl!': you can't h:~ve too much theatre going on." Pam notes that so many local high schools produci ng students w ith high level skills and interests in theatre contributes to the health o f the Lubbock theatre scene. She also states, ''I'd li ke to see a 'master theatre calendar' that would help offset the problem of so many theatrical events taking place on the same week. You see that happening often and then a dearth o f theatre in between. Something theatrical should always be going on in town." I'd say I have to agree.

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Pseudolus (played by Christina Hernandez) tempts Marcus Lycus (Billy Joe Chmielewski) with a full money bag in the musical comedy " A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum."

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. 6 p.m. Sunday; 2 p.m., 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. Monday-Wednesday: and 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Thursday. $6.50 for adults and $5.50 for seniors age 60 and older and children between the ages of 3 and 12.

• Museum and Omnimax: $9.50 for adults and $7.50 for seniors age 60 and older and children between the ages of 3 and 12.

Texas Air Museum - Slaton Airport on FM 400 north of Slaton. Featuring displays of World War I, World War II, Korean War and Vietnam era displays, as well as static aircraft and other vehicles. 10 a.m. -4 p.m. Saturday. To sched­ule other times by appointment, call (806) 794-0190 after 5 p.m. $3 for adults and $1 for children.

Texas Tech On-Cam pus Observatory - West of the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center on south side of Fourth Street. Observing session hours, weather permitting. are 30 min­utes after sunset until 11 p.m . Free. 742-3774.

Looking Ahead Celebration 2000 Dinner Show,

with Johnny Ray Watson - 7 p.m. Oct. 20, Civic Center ban­quet hall. General admission $20. 791-0898.

'60s Nostalgia Nite - 8 p.m. Oct. 20-21 , Cactus Theater. Reserved seats $12.50. 762-3233.

" A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" - 8 p.m. Oct. 20-21 , and 2 p.m. Oct. 22, Charles E. Maedgen Jr. Theatre on the Texas Tech campus. Reserved seats $12 for the gen­eral public and $5 for Tech stu-

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~The Glass Menagerie" - 8 p.m.. Oct. 20-21 and 27-28. and 2 p.m. Oct. 22 and 29. Lubbock Community Theatre. Reserved seats $10 for adults and S8 for senior citizens and students with proper ID. 741 -1640.

" Monky Business" - 7:30 p.m. Oct. 20-22 and 27-29. CATS Playhouse. Reserved seats $10 for adults and $7.50 for children age 12 and younger, college stu­dents with valid ID and senior cit­izens. 792-0501.

Llano Grape Day Celebration -10 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 21, Llano Estacada Winery. $2.

Jeff D. Nicholson- 2 p.m. Oct. 21, signing copies of his novel "End of the Innocence" at Barnes & Noble Booksellers. Free. 798-8990.

Lubbock Chorale- 8 p.m. Oct. 21 , Texas Tech's Hemmle Recital Hall. General admission $13 for adults, $11 .50 for seniors and $7.50 for students. 742-2270, ext. 284.

Saturday Nig ht Special - 7:30. p.m. Oct. 21 , Tom T. Hall Performance Center at South Plains College in Levelland. General admission $5. 894·9611, ext. 2281.

Lee Ann Womack and Sammy Kershaw - 5 p.m. Oct. 22, Canyon Amphitheater. General admission $27 in the seating area and $20 in the lawn area (includ­ing $2 handling fee). 770-2000.

Cherry Poppin' Daddies - 9:30 p.m. Oct. 22, Liquid 2000 . General

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and where. Mentally and emotionally, there is an infinite amount of room for improvement and growth.

the potential you still have, it's a very liberating

feeling . I'm not going to lie to you. It's a tough pill to

swallow. No one wants to admit they still need to improve. But trust me, once you are able to realize the potential you still have, it's a very liberating feeling. Plus, you'll be saving yourself a great deal of heartache in the future as well.

help others with their homework or class work as much as I could- without cheating, of course.

So there I was, thinking that I was si tting pretty when it came to being a good person. Now, after reflecting during the past several days. I find it was wrong of me to be satisfied with being only a "good" person. I needed to strive for improvement in all areas. I still fee l that I am an overall good person, but I just need to expand on that a little more.

Academically, ethically, morally, emotionally and spiritually- I discovered that I'm only average in all those areas. And, unfortunately, I wasted some golden opportunities to enrich those areas during college. And, unfortunately, those wasted opportunities have cost me valuable memories, experiences and relationships with people who could have made my college years more complete.

That's not to say that my X number of years here were a complete waste. The friend s and experiences I had here cannot

Letters to the Editor

Bravo To the editor: Thanks to you, staff writer Amy Aldridge and staff photographer Jennifer Galvan for the great coverage given to the Universiry Theatre's current production of"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum." The UD coverage of this very entertaining show far outstrips the notice it has received in the local off-campus paper. Furthermore, Aldridge's review is far more in tune with the enthusiastic responses from audience members than were the comments of the local off-campus reviewer. Thanks to The UD for doing such a good job to foster culture and the arts in Lubbock and at Tech! See you in the theatre!

Norman Bert chairman

Department ofTheatre and Dance

To the editor: Texas Tech Universiry Theatre

This is the kind of attitude that will separate Techsans from the rest of the crowd. Let's not be like A&M and think we're the center of the universe because we can sway in unison at football games.

We won't be like UT and think that since we have the largest campus in the nation that we're the best.

If the attitude catches o·n that Tech will constantly strive to improve itself, the rest of the state and nation will take note of that. Then, Tech can begin to establish itself as not only one of the best in the nation, but as one that will continually improve so it will remain that way.

Greg Okuhara is a senior journalism major from The Woodlands. He can be reached at gokuhara@yahoo.com.

gratefully acknowledges the enlightened UD staff and the universiry communiry for their tremendous support of'~ Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum." And now a word to uninitiated: It's not too late to drop the remote, wipe the Doritos from your mouth and explore the cultural opportunities on campus! Ahh, life is grand!

Cecilia Carter audience relations specialist

Texas Tech University Theatre

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List of funniest American films sparks serious debate on comedy By WILLIAM KERNS A.J Entertainment Editor

The American Film Institute revealed its list o£. the 100 best American film comedies, and Lubbock moviegoers ha ve begun offering their own picks.

• Deborah Bigness calls her­self a "black-and-white film kind of girl" and said her favorites include Buster Keaton's "The General," "It Happened One Night," "Bringing Up Baby" and "His Girl Friday."

She concluded, "I admire the witty, lightning-fast dialogue and incredible pacing. Who says things move faster in the Internet world? Or maybe it is just shoulder pads .on women, and men in double-breasted suits and. fedoras."

• Robert Cameron wonders .how anyone could, fail to honor "It's A Mad, Mad, Mad Mad World." He saw the 1963 film when he was 13 and now states, "I have never seen anything that even approaches it."

He also likes "The Princess Bride" and "The 'Burbs."

• Diana Gallagher found no humor whatsoever in "The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension" and so

wondered whether this critic had been dropped on his head as a child.

Instead, she laughs hardest at the Patrick Dempsey vehicle "Coupe De Ville," with honorable mentions given "Three Fugitives," "Ruthless People," "The Witches of Eastwick," "Uncle Buck," ~Back to the Future" and "The War of the Roses."

She refused to honor "the moronic ('Dumb and Dumber') and the boring (any Woody Allen movie) that everyone else just seems to love."

Ouch. • Kirk Hea.id wonders how

a nyone of sound mind could for­get to cite the hilarity of "Raising Arizona."

He also likes "The In-Laws," "The Goodbye Girl," "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," "Bottle Rocket" and Woody Allen's "Bullets over Broadway."

(Excellent choices, all.) • Sammie Prather voted for

"Monty Pyt hon & The Holy Grail," "A Fish Called Wanda" and "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum."

• Mike Thomas pointed out that the hilarious 1974 Monty Python film would not be eligible,

though, as the AFI honored only America n comedies.

He said that the biggest over­sight on the list of comedies was Disney's animated "Aladdin," which, he added, "was probably Robin Williams' best performance to date."

Thomas also cracks up laugh­ing when watching "The Court Jester," starring Danny Kaye.

Several mentioned "It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World," which I recall my dad taking me to see at a drive-in when I was about 10 or 11. It was funny then and it'~> funny now.

So, after heading to your favorite video store to rent the movie, make a mental note to remember ... the theater!

The musical comedy "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" - written by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart, with music by Stephen Sondheim - will be staged at 8 p.m. Oct. 13-14 and 20-21, and also at 2 p.m. Oct. 15 and 22, at the Charles E. Maedgen Jr. on the Texas Tech campus.

William Kerns can be contacted at 766-8712 or wkerns@lubbockon­line.com

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TEXAS TECH THEATRE SEASON

• 2000-2001 MAJNSTAGE SEASON:

October 13-15, 20-22, 2000: A Funny Tiaing Happened on the Way to the Forum by Bert Shevclove and Larry Gel bart; mu­sic and lyrics by Stephen Sondhe im. Win­ncr of six Tony Awards, "Forum" is a comic masterpiece. Set in ancient Rome, it tells the s tory of a crafty servant who plans to ga in his freedom by hel ping his young maste r marry the g irl he loves. November 17-19, 24-26: You Can' t Take It With You by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman. This Pul itzer Prit.e-wi nning 1930s comedy pits the zany. offbeat Sycamore family with the s tu ffy Kirhys in this timeless Ameri­can classic must-sec comedy. February 16-18,23-25: Afte r the Fall by Arthur Miller. This powerful. hard-hi t­ting drama is about a contemporary man struggling to come to lcm1s with himself and his world by probing back into the re­vealing a nd often painful events of his past. April6-8, l3-15, 2001: The Day Room by Don DeLillo, one of A merica's most highly accla imed novelists'· first play. a hrillianl hlack comedy and intcllcctualmys­lcry that m ixes laughte r and fear as it un­covers a li the layers of s anity and identi ty hidden in each of us. April27-29:

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sents the Willis Balle t at the Maedgcn The­atre. The romantic ballet Giselle is one of the class ic masterpieces of all time. Enjoy the intimate selling and creativity that have hccomc hallmarks of Lab Theatre produc­tions.

2000-2001 LABTHEATRESEASON:

October 2 • 8, 2000: Victims of Duty by Eucgnc lonesco. An absurd venture into the confo rmity of modern life. O ne of Jonesco's classic masterworks, Victims of Duty brings brilliant insight into the coer­cive m indsel of our mundane society. Novcmbea·6-12,2000: Ellie and the Bea rman by Michael Moore. T his romantic comedy, set in Sweetwater, Texas, is about overcom­ing all those things in li fe that s tand in our way. February 5 • II , 200 I : Woy:r.cck by Georg Buchner. Based on a real medical and m urder case, Woyzeck continues to in­trigue theatre lovers for its powerful depic­tion of hu man nature and its sophis ticated art istry in blendi ng different dramatic styles. March 26- April I , 200 I: The 4th Annual Ra ider Rt:d 's One-Act Play Spectacula r Designed ns a forum to help develop new

scripts, the festival enables audiences to sec works by huddi ng playwrights. All original plays are wriuen, d irected, designed, pro­duced. and performed by university stu­de nts.

The Maedgen Theatre and Box Office a re located on 18th bet ween Boston and Flint on the Texas Tech Univers ity cam­pus. For information and reservations, please call (806) 742-3603. Ticket prices for Mainstage productions are: Season Tickets: $34; General Admission: $ 10 I $ 12 Musicals: Texas Tech s tude nts: $5 ; Group Rates: $8 .for I 0 or more. T icket prices fo r Lab Theatre productions arc: Lab Season Tickets : $24: General Ad­m ission: $8; Texas Tech s tudents: $5; Group Rates: $6 for I 0 or more.

Hello? Is Anybody out there?

These are The Arts calling. NightLife 2000-IJ/ Season Announced

We arc all gui lty of becoming prisoners of the Global Vill<age in this age of commu­nication convenience. With our beepers and cell phones. our voice mail and email. we have lost sight of the importance of interpersonal communication. It seems all too easy to " leave a message at the lone" or "elller the number you would like me to call." But that's OK because technology today is moving at lightening speed and we all need to keep up or get len behind. But would pulling down the cell or tuming off the beeper he so bad? II would give us

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'Ii:chno-Gods and their Devices of Expedi-ence on hold and get back to the hasics of human interaction.

''llow do I do llais?" you ask. S imple. Ex perience the arts.

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Art. by delinition. is a means of commu­nicating human experience and human emo­tion. Art helps us to find new meanings in our lives <md new spheres of understand­ing the world around us. Art stimulates 1m­man hci ngs to create, express. interpret and negotiate their relationships with each other. Art bridges the gaps he! ween two indi vidual souls . This is what the 2000·0 I NightLife Series has to offer.

Presented by Texas Tech Campus Activi­ties & Involvement. Night Life is an annual presemation of live performances and speak­ers that offers a wide range of the arts stud­ded with thought-provoking ideas and end­less opportunities to build and strengthen relationships. There arc opportunities to cre­ate a relationship between you and the art­ist. To uncover a new relationship with the audience around you. To reinforce the rela­tionship with your date. lo revitalize the re­lationship with yourself. And to discover a new relationship within the world you li ve.

Th(.! upcoming season will include pro

The Wayland Baptist University 71reatre Department presents its theatre season for 2000-2001: September 28, 29, and 30 and O ctober

6 a nd 7: Shorts IV by various 'playwrights and student d irec­

to rs . Enjoy an eveni ng of variety by watching several "10 m inute" plays by

m any of the theatre 's most talented piny­

wrights. Octobe r 10, 11, 16, 17, and 18: The Prisoner of Second Avenue hy Neil S imon. Only Shakespea re is pro­duced more o ften than the comic genius

that is the author of our Homecoming pro­duc tion. Come see this classic Neil S imon

play that pits a ~:ouplc in a New York apart­ment against the entire city. This show has kept audiences laughing for over three decades and is one of M r. Simon's most

perfo rmed plays. January 25, 26, 27:

Molly Sweeney by Brian Friel. This d rama by " Ireland 's

g reatest living playwright. . . confinns that Mr. Friel still writes like a dream." (NY

T imes). From the author of Dancing at Luglmasa comes a play that weaves a

mystery told by three characters unti I the unexpected conclusion to this striking s tory unfo lds. Features theatre d irectory

Mat1i Runnels as Dr. Rit:c in his fi rst stage role since Shadowlands.

grams that wrll expose you to fo rms of en­tertainment that are fresh and unique. You will not find a series like this anywhere else.

The performances run the gamut from a hu sband and wi fe magici an act 10 t he Simpsons do MacBeth ; from two jazz leg­ends perfo rming acoustic, improv jazz to an empowering ensemble of music and dance rete lling Afrikan history: from the pageantry of an Oriental fable with costumes hy Julie Taymor to the physical HYPERdance of a Southern Californian dance troupe; from the story of a blind man's joumcy along the Ap­palachian Trail to the harrowing d iary of a young Jewish girl hid iug from the Nazis. The 2000-01 season will also include a comedy performance by new Monday Night Fool­ball commentator Dennis Miller. engagi ng discussions on contemporary topics such as Food Waste and Age Di scrimination. a s lam poetry reading and Clllting-edge mus i­cal concerts. NightLife 2000-0 I offers some­thing new for everybody.

A partial list of NightLife events include Dennis Miller. The Spencers. Mark Russe ll. Wayne Shorter & Herbie Hancock. Diavolo. Grand Derangement, "The Diary of Anne Frank." Loston Harris. Bang on a Can All­Stars. the International Food Festival. Bill Irwin, MacHomer. "The King Stag," and Giwayen Mala. Additions to the NightLife calendar of events will be made throughout the season. so keep your eye out fo r <Jddcd all ractions.

February 2 and 3: Senio r project one-woman s how. M

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March I, 2, a nd 3: Kindertransport A dram a played out on m<my levels. 1

unique play set bo th in the past of W\ and present explores the lim its to wh fam ily and friends will go fo r e ach o tl This play will a lso he Wayland's entry i

the play festival held on the Wayland e<J

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April 26, 27, and 28:

The Last Night of Ballyhoo by A lfred Uhry. By the sam e au thor

the Pulitze r Pri1.c winner Driving M Daisy. this comedy/d rama w as the w ncr of the 1997 Tony Award for Best P I Set in Atl anta. Georgia in 1939, the o c oncern on t hese c ha rac ters ' mind~

w ho is going to Ballyhoo-the socia l cv of the season. T his will be a d inne r/!

atre event.

Season tickets for all six shows and dinner arc only $38.00. Individual tick­ets o r season tickets arc available for purchase by ca lling (l\06) 291-4385. Performances arc at the Harral T he­atre on the Wayland Baptist Univer­sity campus in Pla inview. Texas.

Some of these names you recognize : know what kind of talent to expect. So you don., recognize. Some of the auditi• will be an opportunity fo r you to voice y opinion. Some will give you the oppot ni ty form new opinions. Let the unfami intrigue you and w mpcl you to come what it's al l about. Let the thri ll of the known guide you to find something ne" yourself anu in the world.

Night Li fe tickets arc available through Texas Tec h Univers ity's University Cer Ticket Booth and all Selccl·A·Scal lo lions. Ind ividual evem tickets arc on s approxi mately two weeks hcforc the en Looking at the names. you might susp that some of these events will sell out. So is crudal that you huy your tickets as s( as you can. Discounted tickets to cert eve nts arc ava i lah lc by purchas in! NightLi fe series package. Call to fi nd which events are available at a d iscou More information about NightLife 2000-· is available through the Texas Tech Uni ' sity Campus Activity & Involvement ofli Call (806)742-36 1 0. vis it our website www.uc.llu.cdu or come by room 228 in TTU Uni versi ty Center. You can joi n • mailing list by cmail ing us at:

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The College of Education honored three disting uished alumni at the Mdnw rff Conference Center May 4. Honorees were (from left) Leslie Huling, Ed.D. '8 1, associate dean of the College of Education at Southwest Texas Sratt University; Karolyn Snyder, Ed.D . '77, professor of educational leadership and di rector of the School Management Inst iwte at the University of South Florida; and Carrol A. Thomas, Ed.D ., superintendent of the Beaumont Independent School D istrict.

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Shelbr Hunt, Ph.D ., professor of marketing in the College of Business Administration, explains his recently developed Resource-Advantage Theory of Competition in a new book, ··A General Theory of Competition: Resources, Competences, Productivity, Economic G rowth ...

T he Texas Tech C niversity Theatre will be p resenting '"A Funny Thing H appened on the \'(fay co t he Forum, .. a comic masterpiece, Oct . 12-1 5 and 20-22. "You Can't Take It W ith You," a Puli tzer Prize-winning 1930s comedy, will be presented on mainscage N ov. 17-1 9 and 24-26. For more informat ion and t ickets , call (806) 742-3603 .

The west w ing of the U niversiry Library reopened for the first t ime since August 1998. The library is undergoing

the final phases of a four- ~·ear reno,·ation project that began in summer 199- .

In J uly, an Ombudsman's Office was established at Texas Tech and is a,·ail-

able co all prospective, current and for­mer students. T he office is located in room 203 of the University Center. For mort information call (806) 742-4791 or visit www.rru.edu/studentaffa irs/. •

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