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Show SlramYrouR(wraS Updated version o? IXtolieire'o p!ay makes ;successftflO comedy M PTC SSSSwRKiSf BY SANDER SHARP Juno LGAT classes start April 9 Juno classes stcrt Chronicle Entertainment Writer Usually about this time of year Pioneer Theatre Company puts together their funniest show of the season. Two years ago it was the hilarious British comedy Lettuce and Lavage. Last year it was the hit Lend Me a Tenor. This year PTC has outdone both shows with an even a ' April 23 JuneGMAT classes start u:x reserve your space! 3534444 (Sarftgp of , . , humor. ng . the appeared with the company in Private Lives. Other credits at PTC include Noises Off and A Midsummer Night's Dream. If you saw any of these shows you know Robinson is a first class master , of farce and comedy. As Scapino he The plot is simple and easy to understand." Two young lovers des- -' perately need help to avoid their arranged marriages, run off with the - demonstrates extraordinary perfection of the humorous situation. He makes the production a PTC master- piece or. in not so many words, he will make you laugh so hard your belly hurts. Part of Scapino! 's appeal isrits many references to local problems see "Scapino" on page sixteen girls they love and duck their ' . side-splitti- You may recognize Scapino as PTC veteran Max Robinson. He last long-runnin- (remember Tartuffe). Originally called Les Fourberies de Scapin, the play was adapted for English audi- - classes start Call now to ,. runnier, more zany comedy. Scapino! is a smash hit which was first produced in 1671 by Moliere T.!ay7 August r.CAT lV!ay7 ences in 1970 by Frank Dunlop and Jim Dale. They updated the French text and left room for plenty of improvisation and local humor. After premiering in London in 1973. the play opened on Broadway where it quickly became a g success. . popular and wealthy fathers' wrath. No problem. right? They call on the clever Scapino and his roguish servant for assistance. With his wit, Scapino turns the play not only into a show of humorous deception, but a frenzied delight her to be in a wheelchair. "A few Goldman, founder of the library, years ago they made a ramp for her said.'-r Volunteers have assisted in creat-- " to get into the house," said Mark, ' who now invites volunteers to stay at ing a library back when it was still a from page twelve ; ; that they do a good job with the ' their home and is comfortable speak- condemned vacant jailhouse, accord-- " " .V : V work they perform. with them. ing to Goldman. "They have laid car- ing ' Mark In volunteers have done American Yolanda Native addition, peting. padding, shelved books, was also Very reserved when the vol-- ; yard work and repair for the Marks. ; made shelves, helped restore the unteers began coming to the reserva-- , "My dad and mom are divorced and interior, made windows, just all the tion, but now she is comfortable and my brother is gone. I feel like. I am . big, hard dirty stuff," Goldman said. ' The library enables residents' of nostalgic about her experiences with running this whole place," Yolanda ' Bluff and surrounding, areas to have them. Mark trusted the key to her Mark said. Mark is very appreciative of the a nice selection of books to choose ' house with a Bennion volunteer, something that would have never work 'and the people she has met from without having to travel long ' been expected to happen a few years through the project. "It is great to distances, Goldman said. "The travel . know people, especially so far used to be a minimum of 25 miles to ago, according to Mazaheri. V ' : v"We have had College kids sleep away." . . ) borrow and return a book." Kee Jones received assistance with - The library is now mostly restored all around the house and by the trees ; on the patio," Mark said. "We've had' a crop field which he has to weed ' ana nas quite a gooa selection oi a lot of fun with a lot of volunteers." and hoe by hand. Bennibn volunbooks, some of. the which were Along with the play comes work. teers were able to clear weeds from ,' donated through Bennion volun-- :' - Volunteers :..:-.;lperform duties which the yard making planting possible. teers. ' ' sometimes require hard labor. This "There's a lot of work to be done. I r- This year volunteers assisted at the library on the interior by shelv-- : work acts as a median between vol- - ,have a garden that needs to be plant' unteers and Native Americans as a " ed. They help," Jones said. ing books.1 They also helped the exte--; basis for a relationship, according to ' One of the primary areas that volrior by creating a place that will help , unteers work at is the Bluff Library. people understand the Navajo peo-- ; ; f Nelson. . Mark's mother Allie suffers from - "We wouldn't have a library without v pie and culture better which is the : rheumatoid which causes Rosalie Center Bennion the to .center of volunteers,,". arthritis, project, according ' ; : Goldman.. U. volunteers accompanied by two' Navajo ' : , 4 . , . : Ttoftnrn m - ii ii . '. ': '.'- - . . - - ! - . 1 : Native-America- carpenters erected n ' a shadehouse directly outside trie . library.XThis is a destined abode of V Navajo seniors to come and use their Navajo language and hope that they will tell tales to children," Goldman said.. . - Receiving the most tourist traffic, the library is also the information V'C':-Vv-;o- J-.r:.' .v center for the Bluff area, and Goldman feels that it will be benefi- cial for those traveling through to stop and listen! Residents and visitors will then have a convenient and comfortable place to learn the Navajo language and customs, according to vt Goldman. : - -- ,!- . Building the shadehouse offered an opportunity for the Bennion volunteers to become more acquainted . with some of the Bluff residents. When carpenters Patrick Begay and Julius Stash began working with the" - volunteers, the two Navajos were reclusive and spoke mostly in their native .tongue, according to John Bernsten. U. student and volunteer. : As the work progressed the volun- -. teers and the carpenters became more at ease and began teasing, in BUflfl . . 1 r i J r ii gooa run, oemsien saia. eventually, the workers were able share ideas ' iqpamfltirlEl3raf8i9afflgffiqi.ili!iiR " : wltlZ.l : ; beautiful," Goldman added. i Painting the interior and exterior ; of some Navajo residents houses was another undertaking. "There are a lot of houses that need to be painted and ' , i Tj andtools. Working together to form the design every step of the way we came to a consensus," Bemsten said, This created a "rapport that was . people can't afford it," Nelson Rockwell said. "They are helping these people who can't afford to do-i- t " 1 , on their own,'' Elsie Rockwell said. , Students are not only volunteering to help, they pay to become a part of the project." A $45 fee was paid by each volunteer for the trip. , It was worth it, says volunteer Chris Council. "It was just a blob on the map before I came here, now I have a lot more understanding and knowledge of this culture," he said. ' |