'Party' tension mounts
Opinion by Lucy Lien
It's been said before, but it
should be emphasized. The besi
theatre in Nebraska is at
Howeil. Harold Pinter's ''Birth
day Party", one of the four
productions of the summer
repertory company is a sus
pensful psychological drama
with startling performances by
the entire cast. J.W. Sudik as
Stanley, Alan Nielsen as
McCann and Jen Saunders as
Meg are particularly believable
in this play.
Although Pinter writes such
intricate plays that the audience
must follow closely in order to
understand the plot, it is never
dull. "Birthday Party", parti
cularly as performed by the
summer repertory company, is
very exciting.
Audiences watching this play
become involved in the per
formance because the terror of
insanity and the consequences
of living in the adult world, two
of the piay's themes, threaten
most people, even if only
occasionally. Audience involve
ment is further enhanced
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because of the imtimate atmos
phere of the smaller studio
theater where it is performed.
But even more than this, the
audience is involved in the
tension of the play because of
the excellent job of directing by
William Morgan and because of
very fine performances by the
entire cast.
"Birthday Party" is being
performed in alternate reper
tory in the studio theater at
Howell.
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In "Birthday Party" Lulu, Jann Simpson, ties the blindfold around
Meg, Jen Saunders, in an ominous game of blindman's bluff.
Student fees allotted
Members of the Student Fees
Allocation Board have released
their recommendations for the
distribution of student fees for
the 1974-75 fiscal year.
Board members met last
spring in order to determine
the best ways to distribute the
fees. Members included: Pro
fessor Larry Andrews, Kelley
Baker, Marguerite Boslaugh,
Larry Hendrix, Dan Hoyt,
Professor Earl Jenkins, Dr.
Gary Martin, Jane Stenburg,
Dan Steller, Jane Tinstman, .
Chris Zenk and Dave Morrison.
A total of $185,839.64 was
recommended to various
student organizations out of a
requested total of $304,176.56.
A listing of the organizations,
the amount of money requested
Bluegrass -music
featured on ETV
Bluegrass music fans, young
and old, travel hundreds of
miles, live in campers and
tents, eat out of cans and sit on
hard wooden benches to hear
the great musical sounds of Bill
Monroe and the Bluegrass
Boys, the Country Gazette and
many, many others. This
musical attraction is explored
this summer on the "Music of
the People" series on the
Nebraska ETV Network.
"Pickin and Singin'," airing
Wednesday, July 17, at 9 p.m.,
spotlights amateur bluegrass
musicians who go to "pick and
sing" at as many bluegrass
festivals as they can. Most have
learned to play bluegrass in
their spare time on instruments
that belonged to their ancestors.
"An Ear for Bluegrass" takes
a look at the bluegrass audience
and why more and more people
each year attend bluegrass
festivals. Who these people are
and whv they come is investi
gated Wednesday, July 21, at 9
p.m.
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and the amount recommended
by the board includes:
The Afro-American Colle
giate Society, $3,890 (re
quested), $1,400 (recom
mended); A.S.U.N., $43,703.08,
$36,998.63; Black United
sisters, $630, $100; Block and
Bridle Club, $635, no money
recommended;
The Chinese Student Associ
ation, $700, $350; Club Ibero
Americano, $150 requested, no
money recommended; Con
sumer Aid Group, $850, no
money recommended; Corn
Cobs, $910, no money recom
mended; Cornhusker Water Polo Club,
$938.95, $425; Council for
Exceptional Children, $550, no
money recommended; Council
The Nebraska ETV Network
offers two additional programs
in July that feature the sound
of bluegrass music. "Sundown
Shindig," a Nebraska ETV
cultural affairs production first
aired last fall, is a westefn-style
hoedown. It will be seen
Tuesday, July 30, at 2 p.m.
On Wednesday, July 31, at 9
p.m., Nebraska ETV viewers
can participate in a bluegrass
get-together featuring Dub
Crouch, Norman Ford and the
Bluegrass Rounders, on "The
Session." These musicians were
winners of both the National
and International Bluegrass
Band Festival,' which was held
in Oklahoma in 1971. "Foggy
Mountain Breakdown" is just
one of the songs they will
perform.
"Music of the People,"
'Sundown Shindig" and "The
Session" offer . listening and
viewing for long-time bluegrass
fans as well as those who are
just becoming acquainted with
the bluegrass sound.
Comic opera
opens July 30
Light summer entertainment
for opera lovers is on tap July
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at the University of Nebraska
Lincoln. The School of Music currently
has in rehearsal Gioacchino
Rossini's comic opera "The
Turk in Italy", newly, revised
and adapted by Boris Goldovsky.
Roger Stephens is director of
the opera and Dr. Richard
Grace is musical director of the
annual production which is a
part of the NU Summer
Sessions program.
Curtain time will be 8 p.m. on
July 30, Aug. 1 and Aug. 3. The
performance on Aug. 4 will
begin at 3 p.m. All perform
ances will be in Kimball Recital
Hall.
of American Indian Students,
$14,633, $1,000; Cultural
Affairs Committee-1974-75,
$17,700, $8,000; Cultural
Affairs Committee-1975-76,
$37,600, $9,700;
Daily Nebraskan, $48,639.17,
$48,639,17; E-Week, $860, $100;
Engineering Toastmasters,
$48.77, no money recom
mended; Gay Action Club,
$1,818, $400; Harper Hall
Social Fund, $3,550, no money
recommended; International
Club, $490, $200; .
International House, $305,
$65; Judo Club, $1,127, $50;
Joyce Johnson Angel Flight,
$135, no money recommended;
Mexican American Student
Association, $5,000, $2,500;
Minority Affairs Cultural Pro
gramming (Black students),
$4,300, $1,100; Nebraska
Masquers, $438, $100;
Pi.Mu Epsilon-Math Honor
ary, $700, no money recom
mended; Scarlet Berets,
$506.75, no money recom
mended; School of Music Opera
Program, $5,200, no money
recommended; Student Bar
Association, $1,500, no money
recommended; Student Vet
erans, $2,064, $400;
Tonic, $500, no money
recommended; Towne Club,
$240, no money recommended;
Union Program Council,
$70,026, $50,000; University
Child Care Project, $4,350,
$4,350; University of Nebraska
Fencing Club, $410, no money
recommended; University of
Nebraska Hockey Club, $2,600,
$500; University YWCA, $600,
$400; University of Nebraska
Rodeo Association, $914.84,
$558.84; University of Neb
raska Rowing Team, $7,767,
$2,475; University of Nebraska
Soccer Team, $675, $230;
University of Nebraska Stu
dent Chapter of the American
Institute of Architects, $127, no
money recommended; Women's
Resource Center and Women's
Action Group, $1,395, $800.
$15,000 was recommended
for the contingency fund, as
had been requested.
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tuesday, July 18, 1974
