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Show U students prepare two pa for performance at Babcock performances Wl ba'anced biendin ';; and the tragic li associated with t, dra and SP Members of thenb Waiter co1- h i assistant director Cast for the roles in -i-Jan Cutler, Roger Dock assistant director 5 Performances will U,, P.m. on both evening 6 'n the Babcock i mission is $,50 for ' students and $1.00 fon( public. "Interview," by Jean Claude van taNie, and "Line," by Israe Horowitz, two recent oft-ott Broadway successes, are current y in rehearsal at the Univers.ty scheduled for performance on May 5th and 6th in the Babcock Theater under the direction of Robert Knotts. The plays are being presented as a student production by the University Department of Theater. "Interview" explores the dehumanization of the individual in today's complex society. Scenes are alternately humorous, serious, and ironic. Eight per-sonseight per-sonseight interviews and four applicants-are gradually drained of personality and identity, eventually evolving into machines. The play requires a great amount of movement, most of which Mr. Knotts has choreographed and stylized. Characters frequently change image, or reveal a new image existing beneath an old one. The interplay of dialogue, dia-logue, movement and rhythm builds to a dramatic climax which leaves the viewer wanting more. "Line" concerns a group of five people who arrive at some unspecified un-specified place to wait in line for some unspecified event upon which none agree. Eventually a struggle for first place develops, and gradually the true nature of each person is exposed. While the overlying mood is light and humorous, the subtext reveals a strange sense of potential tragedy. Again the humor is underscored with irony. Both plays will be presented at the same performance as party of Mr. Knott's creative thesis production exploring the elements of realism in absurdism. The director contends that the kind of drama represented by these two plays is essentially tragi-comedy . He hopes the |
