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Daily Nebrcsksn Friday, August 31, 1834 Pago 10 A "PI y ,y takes candid look at men's emoti0i Review by Lisa Renner Dally Nebr&sk&n tS Writer At times relationships are worse than cliches. The Men's Room," an original drama of the sexes presented by the Nebraska Play wright's Project, takes a candid look at relationships, exploring men's emotions and interactions with women. Written by Thomas Dowell, Marc Gabriel, Chuck Jagoda and Jonathon Ondov, the play is about four men Chuck. Jon. Tom and Mark (sound familiar?) who share their feelings and experi ences in a series of vignettes. The script is clever and mod ern. It confronts issues com munication, sex, expectations and needs which are often over looked. In the play, Chuck, Tom, Marc and Jon are in a bar sharing per sonal experiences that are retold and acted out in another scene to illustrate the emotions of the experiences. At times the play seems scat tered because the fragments are varied and often unusual. But by the end of the play, the charac ters' emotions have been described and their roles come together. Because the play is seen in fragments, the portrayal of char acters had to be clear and strong. Although the acting was good and the play well worth seeing, roles occasionally were over dram atic and exaggerated. Given the context of the vignettes, this was not always a bad thing. However, the play comes off as being slightly unpolished and more like an im promptu skit than a full-scale production. It is easy for the audience to find a bit of themselves acted out on stage. Obviously, this is the intention and perhaps the strength of the play. But often the raw look at human nature is unsettling. In a vignette called "Ravages," a man attempts to please a woman by making himself out to be some thing he's not. He unsuccessfully guesses what role he should take and the result is a bitter realiza tion of unmet expectations and delusions. Amy Thone and Jon Ondov portray the characters and both give good performances. In a delightful vignette called "Joni Mitchell Stole Your What!?," Gigi Guerin and Chuck Jagoda play two people who meet as a result of Chuck's advances. In the sketch the girl thinks that Joni Mitchell has stolen her voice and is now after her life. It is the high light of the play and a welcome comic relief. Other cast members include Ben Miller, Dan Clinard, Steve Johnson, Virginia Ellis, Cynthia Morgan Mungcr, Mary Samson, Ann Segal, K at hyG ruber and Nikki Brink. The Men's Room" plays in the Old City Hall at Uth and u streets Aug. 31 and Sept. 1, 4 and 6 through 8 at 8 p.m. Ticket pri ces are $4 for UNL students with an I.D. and $5 for the general public. r . ?f ' w.v . : I r t t v " - V t i ' . . :v-l: rK hi M i .,. .i, nr ...t,,- -- , ill- I II I II I III Den Dulsr.yDr!!y Nciraskan CymtMa Morgan Monger md Charles Jagoda in The Men's 1 y) miifi .... st-m Due To The Adult Nature Of This Film No Calves Will Be Admitted R IX I! ..,m-n.h-n. i w ' ABANDON ALL HOPE yE WHO ENTER HERE. I !j W y i iwi mm THimessiJ BLC3I.3 CSUIWIf OHMLMf mm mm is S0WW1M vot -mPOfORM. yes. iv me Mil Of ai MYPWOH urn. iwem. A Few BUCKS. I W5 7W5 tlf CM.. OMR HALF MP IPOti'T- MSMRflL i IWUMtPWS OF SMOKtP FteNCH smms anp m f&sipeNce of am. crus WMHT0M. Al?. JACKSON. WITH MS f MP Wl&JR, I TP Mt 10 see a Few seem on most-socks mrme. wtsunecoo&N , FmveomifeMW.' bOf QUICK f SHOWTlffl we mi Fm9.'- PRINK .' MAY YOUR JOCKCY BRieFSFORMR s?fme.'bMMi Be$T TO &R00KB f TT ' 5 MPmSiJRf I (MMYBeslTO BJ YOUR ACCOUNTANT, mweRSt RAHPY, mPLCti, Me, ternim AHP FRIfO : I ' y u X s 3 nil i i