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and set and costume design. They
also participate in productions, she
said.
Although she said she wasn’t
certain of the departments’ ranking
in comparison with other schools,
Stauffer said the program offered to
UNL students is unique.
Unlike those found at larger
schools, the program at UNL is “ve. y
personal,” sne said. Because of the
small number of students enrolled
in the program, students are able to
gel independent feedback from
faculty members, she said. At larger
schools, she said, it’s much more
difficult, if not impossible, for fac
ulty to devote personalized atten
tion to students because there arc
so many students to teach.
Both the undergraduate and
graduate programs have increased,
Stauffer said. When asked for exact
figures, she said she wasn’t certain.
Enrollment, especially among
graduate students, changes drasti
cally from year to year, she said.
Ninety percent of undergradu
ate students are from Nebraska,
while most graduate students are
from out-of-state, Stauffer said.
UNL students aren’t usually ac
cepted into the program, she said,
because “after four years we expect
students to gel the full benefit of our
expertise.”
Alter graduation, Mauucr said,
students teach, audition for films
and play productions in larger
metropolitan areas such as New
York and Los Angeles, or try their
hands at play writing or set design
ing. Stauffer said she’s seen alumni
acting in small parts in films, but she
was uncertain of their names.
There’s a good success ratio among
UNL theater department graduates,
she said, but, as yet, no one has
succeeded overnight. -
Students take their work very
seriously in the theater department,
Stauffer said.
"Students following our pro
gram don’t think of their efforts as a
diversion, but as a career,” she said.
Director has plans for ‘big turnaround’ in Scrooge
By Mark Lage
Staff Reporter
“A Christmas Carol," Charles
Dickcns’ChristmascIassic, is a story
that has in many ways become a
tradition as much as it is a piece of
literature As a play its productions
have likely numbered in the mil
lions; it has often made its way onto
the big screen — Bill Murray stars in
“Scrooged" this year; and the story
has even found its way into the
script of many sit-coms.
Almost everyone knows the
story, and words like “scrooge"
have even worked their way into
our vocabulary. And yet huge
numbers of people still go to see it
every year.
So why is this such a popular
play? Is it simply the combination of
one of the most popular writers of
all time with the king of all holidays?
According to Albert Pcrtalion,
Chairman of Theater Arts and
Dance at UNL and director of this
year’s UNL production of "A Christ
mas Carol,” when you ask that
question, what you’re really asking
is “Why is Dickens so popular?"
And, Pcrtalion said, he’s never
seen or heard any arguments that
have adequately explained it to
him, although he docs have some
ideas.
"Everybody in the audience
identifies with someone up on the
stage," he said of productions of “A
Christmas Carol.”
Dickens is a great writer, he said,
because he presents people with
clean, clear characters.
“He had the will to find charac
ters and clear motives, and univer
sal motives,” Pertalion said.
The fact that the story has be
come such a Christmas tradition has
led many people to “play around"
with the character of Scrooge, Per
talion said, 't hey try to make him
funny, or actors take "cheap shots,’’
by commenting on the character as
they are playing it, he said.
Pertalion said that he wants his
Scrooge to be a “curmudgeony,
pain in the ass, stinky bastard.” He
wants his play to show the “big
turnaround” that is part of the origi
nal story, he said.
He also wants to make charac
ters like the ghost of Marlcy very
scary.
“The audience won’t get ahead
of my show,” he said.
This is the third time that Per
talion has directed the play, and
each time he has used an adapta
tion by Barbara Fields, which was
originally commissioned by the
Guthrie Foundation, he said
"There must be 35 to 40 adapta
tions around, and its almost dumb
not to do your own,” Pertalion said.
By the time the play actually runs, it
will have almost as much of his own
stuff as it has Fields’, he said.
"I go back to the novel all the
lime, and 1 try to use Dickens’ words
as much as possible," he said
This proauction will also feature
some music and a dance not found
in Fields’ adaptation, Pertalion said.
Preparations for the play started
November 1, and official rehearsal
lasts four hours per night, Pertalion
said. He said that many outside
hours are also spent by those in
volved with the production.
The cast, made up of predomi
nantly IJNL students, features De
von Schumacher as Scrooge, John
Barber .as Charles Dickens, Jim
Hanna as Bob Cratchit and Matt
Wenzel as Tiny Tim, Pertalion said.
The show opens at 1 Iowell Thea
ter on Dec. 1, and will run through
Dec. 10.
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