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Show THE THUNDERBIRD MONDAY MAY 4, 1987 PACE 9 'Noises Off!' to prove Murphy's law ' Farce about a farce' opens here for Mother's Day weekend "Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong," law philosopher Murphy once said. His also an appropriate synopsis for the upcoming SUSC mainsatge production. is one-senten- Directed by Fred C. Adams, Noises Off! promises to be a disaster a disaster for those on stage, not for the audience which is expected to be rolling with laughter. Written by British playwright Michael Frayn, Noises Off! is a play within a play about a bunch of second rate actors preparing for a second rate production. "Every conceivable thing that can go wrong, goes wrong," Adams says in regards to the May 8 and 9, 14-1- 6 production. "Phones don't ring, shoelaces get tied together, cast members hate each other and there are enough subplots and cases of mistaken identity to create an absolutely bald-face- d farce." Rebecca White and Sandra Stiglinski, theatredance instructors, are designing the set and costumes. Mike Heather is the assistant scenic director, and Peter Tagg is the dialect coach. d The lighting designer is senior Kathryn Larsen with stage management by James Loder, a junior from Salt Lake City. Loder's assistants are Alan Neves and S. Todd Adams. One of the major difficulties for the cast members is that they must be very good actors to play such awful Provo-originate- actors in Nothing On, the play within a play, says Adams. Senior Elizabeth Leisek is Dottie. She's a rich actress, and her company is producing Nothing On. Tobin Atkinson, a junior from Salt Lake City, is Director Lloyd who knows her play is a bomb. Jeff Ingman is Fredrick, a matinee idol and a rather dimwitted actor prone to nosebleeds. Karen Quisenberry, junior from Amarillo, Tex., is a stereotypical blond airhead named Brooke who's always losing her contact lens, and Todd Gibson is Garry, an energetic young actor incapable of speaking in complete sentences. Julianne Crofts, graduating this spring, adds to the confusion as Belinda, a leading lady and the backstage gossip channel. Michael Stasinos, a sophomore from Orem, further complicates matters as Selsdon, a retired and alcoholic actor aged around 60 and very near deaf; and Glynis Adams, a local at SUSC, is caught in the middle of everything as Poppy, the assistant stage manager. Kwin Peterson portrays Tim who hasn't slept for 48 hours and resembles death." "warmed-ove- r Tickets are available by calling the SUSC Box Curtain is at 8 p.m. in the SUSC Office, 586-787Auditorium. 6. Belinda Blair (julianne Crofts) comforts Fredrick Fellowes (Jeff Ingman), who's nursing a bloody nose after a threat of violence from Carry Lejeune (Todd Gibson). Author to discuss and sign book, 'Bombs in the Backyard' BY DAWN DEBUSK Dina Titus, the author of the politically book, Bombs in the Backyard: Atomic Testing and American Politics, will be a guest at SUSC for an informal autograph signing party by request of Diana Graff, Library director. "After her Convocation appearance last year, suggested to her that she come back because she's such a dynamic speaker," Graff said. Titus' reception is scheduled for May 8 in the Library Special Collections room from 2 to 4 p.m. Her titles and experience could cover pages. She is an associate professor of political science at UNLV. Her book covers the historical aspect of nuclear ear-perki- testing and America's attitude: the phase of testing from the Manhattan Project of 1942 to the Limited Test Ban Treaty of 1963 which ended atmospheric testing; and the phase from 1976 to the present in which the consequences of atmospheric testing have been proven and are seeking judicial decisions and legislative support. "Most importantly," Graff said, "I want to convey to the students to attend the reception just to ask questions about the research and talk to Dina. This issue is so timely. Students don't realize that coming to southern Utah to go to school could have adverse effects on them in years to come from radiation exposure. Negative implications can be derived from Coeds, moms to share weekend Accenting the mood of Mother's Day which falls on May 10 Weekend this year, SUSC will host its annual Mother-DaughtMay 8 and 9 with a full agenda of activities including a Renaissance Feaste, a Shakespearean Costume show, workshops y and the production Noises Off!. This ASSUSC-sponsore- d event will give coeds and their mothers chance to spend quality time together and enjoy the Utah spring. The program, "Much Ado About Something", starts with registration from 6 p.m., May 8; but kicks off vibrantly with a welcome featuring Opus V and an activity sponsored by Lamba Delta Sigma. Noises Off!, the mainstage production that takes a farcical pot shot at the theatrical world, will be presented both evenings at 8 in the Auditorium. May 9 festivities continue with workshops, including makeovers from the Hair Lab and a Shakespearean costume tour, from 9 a.m. to noon. Late registration will begin at 8:30 that morning. Mothers and daughters will get a taste of Elizabethan England from noon to 2 at an authenic Renaissance Feaste. Reservations for the Mother-DaughtWeekend, including the English luncheon, are $25 per couple. Additional tickets are $12.50 each. RSVPs are in order for the feaste and should be made as soon as possible by contacting Lenore Johnson at 7797. er campus-communit- 4-- er the underground water we drink. You don't have to buy a book," she said. Graff understands the consequences of nuclear testing and remembers the early attitude of Americans toward national defense. Americans held Miss clouds contests, watched the mushroom-shape- d rise out of the Nevada desert and judged that their country was doing the right thing. During the aboveground testing era, Graff's husband herded sheep on the border. Their son, who is now 14, entered the world with leukemia. Shortly after the hearings, during which time Graff was told that her case would be of interest to the government if her son died, her daughter, 27, discovered thyroid cancer. Utah-Neva- Students given chance to show art The Annual SUSC Art Students Exhibition will be presented May 7- - 29 at the Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery. An informal reception is planned this Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Gallery to mark the opening of the year-en- d show. The public is invited to attend the opening, to meet the student artists and their faculty instructors. Music for the opening, a Brahms quintet tor clarinet and strings, will feature Sara Solberg on clarinet, violist Mary MacDonald, cellist Carol Ann Nyman, and violinists June Laren and LuAnn Brown. The senior portfolio of ceramist Rhonda Bagley is planned concurrently with the student exhibit. Bagley's pottery and sculture will be shown in the smaller gallery adjacent to the larger exhibition area. Certificates of Excellence will be awarded outstanding student works in drawing, printmaking, photography, jewelry, graphics, fiber arts, sculpture, ceramics, painting (opaque media), watercolor and illustrations. Gift certificates for the winning artists are being donated by the SUSC Bookstore, Mountain West Office Supply and Art Gallery, Rainbow Crafts, Richard A. and Georgia Beth Thompson, Max's Portraits and the Braithwaite Gallery matting and framing department. Another award, a piece of alabaster, is being donated by Cedar Memorials. "The student show is especially exciting this year because of the presentation of the certificates of excellence and because the works in the show have been created in art facilities in the beautiful new Centrum," Gallery Curator LaRae King said. The annual show is juried by members of the SUSC art faculty. Works must be professionally displayed, under glass or in appropriate mats and frames, she said. |