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by Mary Voboril
Midterms fit St. Charles School have just
ended, but the students are restless instead
of relieved. And with good reason. A sinister
evil, caused by God only knows what-or
who-is afoot in the school, and the 200 boys
seem possessed by it. They harass and
torture each other to the point of beating up
one boy in the school gym and gouging his
eye out.
What is this evil that lurks within,
threatening all the occupants?
The faculty at the Catholic boys'
boarding school tries to solve the mystery.
But instead, the faculty is split; on one side
the unpopular Jerome Malley, an
authoritarian, no-nonsense Greek and Latin
teacher and on the other a 30-year veteran
teacher Joseph Dobbs, a warm, generous,
loveable Mr. Chips.
Called one of the most satisfying scary
shows in years. Child's Play ran on
Broadway for more than a year, and UNL is
one of the first places outside New York
City to obtain rights to present it. Starting
this Friday and running through March 18,
except on March 12, it will be presented at
Howell Theatre.
The setting is in the 70's in the northern
part of the U.S. All the action, except for a
chiiiing chapel scene, occurs in a murky
school faculty room. There, teachers are
pitted1 against each other, all desperately
trying to put their fingers on the creator of
the trouble.
A cutaway view of a stairway outside the
faculty room provides numerous instances of
the skulking boys violence against fellow
students.
Directing the play is Hal Floyd, an
associate professor of speech and dramatic
arts, who called Child's Play one of the best
suspense dramas written in recent years.."
Floyd, who also directed You Know I Cant
Hear You When the Water's Running and
Man of La Mancha. takes pains to say the
play does not go the message route.
"It's meant mostly for entertainment,''"
he said. But he admits that Robert Marasco,
the author, might be trying to make a
statement in the play about the nature of
evil. Floyd prefers letting the audience draw
its own conclusions concerning what this
statement might be.
But he does offer one interpretation. He
said Child's Play may suggest that the cause
of any kind of evil is not the result of any
one person's actions, but of a variety of
factors.
"And in some cases we are all guilty
through what we do or what we don't do,"
he added.
The characters of Malley and Dobbs are
played by Dana Mills and Or lan Larson,
respectively. A third teacher prominent in
the action is Paul Reese, played by George
Hansen. The all-male cast is completed by
John Kasel, Jim Waechter, Donavon Diez,
Paul Green, Rod Orduna, Michael Lang, Pete
Kirk, Dale Ashmun, Tony Williams. Greg
Wagner, Steve Shelley, Gerald Huber, Dan
Overton and Pat Bossard.
Curtain time is 8 p.m. Ticket prices
weekdays are students $1.50 and adults $2.
For Friday and Saturday, add 50 cents.
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A new, much-needed organization has been formed. The
Friends of Music Theatre.
Consisting of UNL students in arts and humanities,
especially music and theatre, the group's primary function is
encouraging production and creation of musical drama by
providing an interested group of writers, composers,
performers (musclars, actors, directors, designers and
technicians) and, hopefully, audience members.
The Friends first project is the free presentation of a
one-act opera.. Smith Longs teth's adaptation of James
Thurber's The Unicorn in trie Garden on March 21-22. 7:30
p.m. in the Arena Theater, 303 Temple Building.
Directed by Bill Wall is. temporary Chairman of the Friends
of Music Theatre and a staff member of the department of
English, the show's cast and crews are from the music and
theater departments.
There is a following in the University community for this
type of entertainment, as demonstrated by the great success of
the last two operas presented by the music department. Help.
Help, the Globo links and Madame Butterfly.
Since there will be no admission charged at any of the
performances of The Unicom in the Garden, and there are
expenses in production, the Friends could use contributions.
If you can spare any money, send it to Friends of Music
Theatre, 325 North 13th. Apt. 2. Lincoln. Nebr. 68508. It will
be well used. . . for an organization with a worthwhile aoal.
Two laboratory plavs. directed by students, will
be presented Monday. Alice In Wonderland, adapted from
Lewis Carroll's novel and directed by Charol Smith, will be
presented in 201 Temple Building. 7:30 p.m.. immediately
followed by Israel Horowitz's Line, directed by Alan Schuster,
in the Arena Theater. Both productions are free.
The Special Films Committee is bringing Breathing
Together Revolution of the Electric Family to Sheldon
Gallery Tuesday. Show times are 3, 7 and 9 p.m. Admission is
$1.
The Free Theater is active again. This time, Cop-Out.
directed by Candy Ostby. will be presented in the Nebraska
Union South Crib, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday. There is no
admission charge.
At 8 p.m. Saturday, Quicksilver Messenger Service. ,thi
highly talented new group, Malo. and Dust win be at Pershing
Auditorium.
If you missed Zachariah last spring, you can catch it now.
Union Weekend Films is bringing it to the Union Small
Auditorium Friday and Saturday at 6, and 10 p.m. and to
East Campus Sunday at 7 and 9 p.m.
The national touring company of Jesus Christ Superstar is
booked in for a repeat performance at Pershing Auditorium on
Wednesday, March 15, 8 p.m. Tickets are $6.50, $550 and
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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1972