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Show - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - !TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 1999 -- PAc:;E 7 UNIVERSITY JOURNAL ARTS Pfundstein· savors USF experience "I love theatre ," she said. "Everything about it is so poetic, right down to the smell of Melinda Pfundstein's immediate future includes rotes this summer in the Utah the theatre itself. You interact with people in a way you never would in real life. You Shakespearean Festival's Damn Yankees and Troi/us and Cressida and one more beat yourself until you ·are so tired, you don't think you can go one more step, but you year in the theatre arts program at Southern Utah University. The more distant future "for sure" includes graduate school and "hopefully" acting always do.· Melinda's parents reacted •a little shakily'' to her move from psychology to a theatre professionally, but "I want a couple of years to think about things and to find what I major, but now they are very supportive, she says. really want to do," Pfundstein, a senior in the SUU theatre arts program, says. Pfundstein has an added performance The graduate of Las Vegas (Nev.) .High dimension , vocal music. She spent two years · School has already decided that her first as a member of SUU's "Acclamation ," a 12love is the theatre, but just how to act on that member showchoir which has toured love is going to take her a little time to determine. After her upcoming second internationally. . "Our 'Acclamation' performances included summer with the Shakespearean Festival, a lot of interaction with audiences." college graduation next spring, and her sortPfundstein said. "We got to 'know' audiences it.-out time , she will start applying to graduate schools and/or auditioning for regional and feel comfortable with them . In theatre, theatre positions. there. isn't so much interaction, but it still helps to be able to 'feel' them." "I love how much I can learn by working After college, Mel1nda wants to go to the with the Shakespearean Festival. Watching East Coast to further her education/career. the professional acting and directing is "I want to experience live theatre, New York amazingry educational," she said. "I have City, Broadway, touring shows. I do have very small roles in the plays, but the some interest in acting for films, but the experience is very enlightening. I also work interaction with an audience is the real · with the festival's 'Greenshow.' I love the attraction for me," she says. "My long term atmosphere of the festival, and the tourists. Professionally, the festival brings in goal is to create an interest for others in theatre. I am excited to help others build a wonderful people, and a real 'community' passion for theatre,. My dream is to one day exists among the entire company." create a theatre district, complete with indoor, Since changing her major from psychology outdoor, and black box productions." to theatre arts while still a freshman , Pfundstein realizes that realistically theatre Pfundstein has played a variety of roles at students need to be competent in more than SUU including a district attorney in The just acting. She enjoys costuming, crafts, and Night of January 16th, Helena in R.U.R., and Melinda Pfundstein, a senior from Las Vegas, Nev., and Cameron McNary rehearse their part in the USF production of 'Damn Yankees.' makeup , but admits "I am not big into scenic most recently the faithful and naive design/construction." She.isn't about to rule Rosemary in How to Succeed in Business out a career in teaching theatre. Without Really Trying. "I guess my priorities are acting, f!'ont office work, and teaching . . . in that order," she Her love of theatre began when she auditioned and was selected for a role In SUU's The Secret Garden. Later that year, she was .recruited to the chorus for "The Mikado." says .. Melinda is the daughter of Tof!l and Lynne Pfundstein, Las Vegas, Nev. That's ~hen she took up the new major. Ice Cream Social WednesdaY. June 2nd at z P.m. on the lower quad FREE with student I.D. or class·schedule. Join us for music. friends ahd fun! . . . ' \. |