'Monday, October 28, 1985
Student's tragic play
captivates audience
Daily Nebraskan
By Use Olsen
Senior Reporter
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theater production, is a disconcerting,
vet riveting, original play.
, The prouuciion siars junior wieaier
major Jay Thornton as Dillion, the
young boy whose love for his sister and
fearful respect for others rules and
nearly ruins his life.
Thornton, the youngest member of
the cast, is very convincing as the love
struck, innocent Dillion. His efforts, as
unimaginable and surrealistic as the
character, makes Dillion the most
appealing of the play's tragic figures.
Theater Review
Nancy Marcyas Elfreda, Dillion's
beloved sister, also turns in an impres
sive performance. Elfreda's middle-aged,
youthful innocence coupled with her
tragic deterioration and loss of hope
are convincingly interpreted by Marcy,
an MFA candidate.
The set design for the play, a junk
filled old house on the outskirts of Any
town, brilliantly sets the stage for the
play. Designer Thomas Umfrid, assist
ant professor of theater arts, deserves
special commendation.
; The chaotic clutteredness of the
house lends itself well to the strange
goings-on inside.
The total of all the cast and crew
'efforts make the play effective. The
bizarre events, and strange and philo
sophical dialogue fascinated me and
seemed to captivate the rest of the
audience. . "
Although the play's subject matter
could be considered controversial, no
one in the audience left' the perfor
mance during the on-stage operation
called a "cleansing" or during any of
the discussions or suggestions of an
implied incestuous, yet not necessarily
immoral love affair.
Instead, many theater goers seemed
determined from the very first scene to
find out just how this play could get any
stranger.
It always did. Just when the weird-
ness reached a seeming climax, some
other undercurrent would lift its sur
prising head.
The play is full of surprises, difficult
thoughts and strange scenes. It com
mands attention and respect, and it
entertains. There are some good laughs,
not entirely eclipsed by the play's
tragedy.
An example is the bizarre explana
tion of why Tully, the family's appointed
"saintly" older brother, left the univer
sity after 17 years.
This production seems to foreshadow
future greatness for its playwright David
Boles, a junior UNL English major.
There were only a few difficulties on
the opening night performance.
Cynthia Totten, a doctoral candidate
was convincing as Mamma Love, a role
which borders perilously on hysterical
disgust and melodrama. She and Mis
ter Nettles, played by MFA student
Brent Shawl, seemed to stumble a little
with lines and character definition.
But, I suppose the lack of identity
could have been intentional.
Trouble-making older brother Tully,
played Kevin Hofeditz, an assistant
professor of theater arts and dance, is
convincingly obnoxious.
Yet Thornton and Marcy's excellent
performances seemed to overshadow
theater cast members' efforts.
Overall, however, the cast does a
good job in bringing to life the bizarre
outcasts created by Boles.
As Boles said in a recent interview,
his play can be interpreted on many
different levels. It can be interpreted
intellectually, emotionally or philoso
phically. But it cannot easily be ignored.
The play, as Boles says, is about indi
vidual rights and what happens when
those rights are violated when too
many stones shatter too many dreams.
The play is effective, thought-provoking
and interesting on many different
levels. "Stones Throw" audiences should
expect almost anything to happen be
cause it often does.
The production performances con
tinue Monday through Saturday at 8
p.m. in the third floor studio theater at
the Temple Building.
Tickets are available from the theater
box office.
Jaycees run haunted house
CHAMBER from Page 11
"It depends on how people perceive
it how they were brought up and
what kind of imagination they have,"
he said.
Shuster said even he has been
spooked by strange noises and co
workers while he was repairing scenes
alone.
Yet, Shuster said, his 4-year-old
daughter isn't afraid of the chamber.
"She knows it's just play-acting...she's
grown up with the haunted house," he
said.
Chamber of Terror will be open
Wednesday through Saturday from 7 to
11 p.m. weeknights, and to midnight
weekends. Admission is $2.50.
Pet show tonight
Responsibilities of pet owners and
the costs involved in purchasing and
caring for house pets will be some of
the topics discussed during "Nebras
kans ask: the pet advisor," which airs
tonight at 9 p.m. on the Nebraska ETV
Network.
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