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Show Arts & Leisure SOUTHERN UTAH STATE COLLEGE, CEDAR CITY THE THUNDERBIRD MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1990 PAGE 11 Bugg joins theatre staff Taming of the Shrew, Macbeth, and George Bernard Shaws Arms and the Man, but they are laurels he does not intend to rest on. He said he is both excited by and frightened of contemporary theatre, since it forces an actor to explore areas close to the self and to become extremely vulnerable. In contrast to contemporary theatre, Bugg said he finds the classics to, be more black and white and to have clearer distinctions between the good and bad parts of a character, and added that the classics are valuable in that they force people to look at life in less complex terms. Education through humiliation will be the focus of Buggs beginning acting classes. He said that learning to trust class members is the crucial in performing in front of a group. Several physical exercises, such as running with ones eyes closed and allowing others to be your guide, are helpful in becoming vulnerable, according to Bugg. Bugg said that often occupying an actors hands with a familiar task will take away stage jitters, and added that usually if students are able to summon the courage to sign up for the course they will do fine. BY TRACY MCNEIL Allowing oneself to become vulnerable the first step to acting, according to new theatre faculty member Rick Bugg. is Bugg, who was hired to replace Doug Baker, said he believes that adults lose the ability to vocalize emotional responses spontaneously. According to Bugg, babies intuitively react vocally, but adults check their responses first before reacting. Bugg said that restrictions are learned because of social demands, and added that he believes relearning spontaneous reaction is one of the most important skills for actors. The former Brigham Young University professor will teach beginning acting and voice classes his first quarter at SUSC. In addition, Bugg is in charge of a medieval traveling feast which raises money for scholarships, the first of which will take place in Las Vegas, Nev. Bugg said he considers himself an actor first, teacher second. He said that he fell into teaching, but believes that it is important for acting teachers to stay in touch with acting. Its hypocritical to try to teach it without doing it, he said. Bugg, who received his masters from the National Theatre Conservatory in Denver, said that the classics are his forte and he hopes to get involved with the Utah Shakespearean Festival next season, either in the business aspect or in casting. He said that the Festival and its connection with the acting world was what drew him to SUSC. Buggs laurels include productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream, Othello Although early class critiques frequently amount to liked it, Bugg said he forces the class to analyze a fellow actors performance and to find the good and bad in their work. Bugg, his wife and two children have been in Cedar City only three weeks, but he said they like the peace and quiet of small towns. It keeps you on your toes. You cant hide in small towns, he said. f New beginning acting class instructor Rick Bugg bel.eves in education through humiliation.' Theatre season set Karges mystifies Starlight Club The Randall L. Jones Theatre will be transformed into Victorian England when actors perform Bernard Pomerances moving drama The Elephant Man, Nov. 8 through 17. Roger Bean will direct this true story about John Merrick, an intelligent and sensitive man trapped in a hideously deformed body. He is befriended and introduced into high society by a young surgeon, only to be used as an incentive to raise money for a London hospital. Merrick becomes dependent on the success his deformity brings him and struggles to exist in a world of loneliness and hypocrisy. n Annie, scheduled for Dec. 6 through 15, is another musical about a little orphan girl who searches for d Miss love and happiness. She escapes from the a with and to Warbucks, Daddy goes Hannigan stay millionaire who thinks he is being kind to let an orphan stay with him. Also coming up later on in the season, Molieres The School for Wives, in February; Agatha Christies Ten Little Indians, in March; Alan Ayckbournss Woman In Mind, in April; and closing the season in May, Michael Stewarts Hello, Dolly!. Both main stage and stage II productions will cost $2 for SUSC students. Others will pay $7 for regular productions and $8 for musicals. well-know- 1 ipu.WM," and a volunteer put their hands on a table and apparently without strings or any sort of adhesive, moved the table mysteriously around the platform and levitated it off the stage. Karges and the Craig Karges, psychic entertainer, amazed the SUSC audience Friday night at the Starlight Club volunteer had to run to keep up with the table. with his ability to read minds and to move and Karges stressed the fact that his demonstrations identify small objects without touching or seeing were not set-u- p and that he did not use people them. that he knew. He even refused the help of one I basically do three types of tricks, he said. student because she had helped set up his stage. Those dealing with psychology, magic, and the I offer a $10,000 amount payable to charity for psychic realm of reading minds. He would not, that can prove that my stunts are setanyone however, disclose which tricks were those dealing he said. There is always someone trying to up, with psychology or the psychic and those that prove that my demonstrations arent real. were magic or illusion. At the conclusion of his performance he gave Karges began the evening by having five SUSC audience something a little more serious to the small their from men put objects pockets into consider. Most people only use 10 to 20 percent bags without Karges watching. Karges then of their brain, he said. Think about what guessed whom the objects belonged to by powers lie in the 80 to 90 percent of the brain that facial of the the when reactions men observing you do not use. Technology is wonderful, but the their object was withdrawn from the bag. most fascinating power you have is your mind, small also somehow to managed identify Karges and it is limited only by your imagination. items when people from the audience put them his close to hand, although not touching his skin. Karges could be used as an example of someone who has not put limits on his mind power, as feel claimed blindfolded and was some to Karges seen by his incredible psychological knowledge sort of vibe coming from the object which and psychic power. I learned everything that I identified the items color, shape and purpose. did here tonight, and anyone else can learn the Karges also moved into the area of mind over same type of thing, Karges said. matter, with perhaps a touch of magic. Karges REVIEW BY CHER1S TUCKER BY ALISHA KERBY .. mi'jiiw I, iii mil" fc.tr. b.iTh Jj |