Show Thursday Febuary 1 1990 The Eagle - Page 5 Comical chaos is a success in "Noises Off" debut Ragnn Larkin staff writer "Are you in?" or Brooke's favorite "What7Soriy7" Are you on stage or off? In Lee Johnson's tendi- tion oL Michael Frayn's "Noises Off running Feb you were never quite sure Amazingly the actors had everything straight and under control They jumped in and out of their characters flipping forward and back again in each scene The first act opened with a tired band of misfitted actors making a pitiful attempt to get through dress rehearsal "Nothing On" was their play that seemed as if it would 1- -3 fic-tio- us scrambled to keep the fictional per formance going The third act was absolutely hilari-lin- e ous The set bung reversed once igiin faced outward By this time the crew had lost their patience and wanted to kill one another The fighting continued backstage while the real audience witnessed a whole new script as the actors improvised their lines to vent their frustrations and hostility This was also a very physical play Physical in the sense that there was constant movement With all the running the actors and actresses did up and down two flights of stairs they could have run a 24-mi- le CEU Theatre Review never get off the ground Actually there was no hope for that bolchery For example the characters were arguing in the middle of a scene about some trivial thing Lloyd played by Jim Dillion is the characterized director who exploded at his troupe of actors as he downed his valium with "Oh no problem we can discuss this now We still have several minutes before we open!" This production is described as the "technical show from hell" The entire set swiveled 180 degrees for the second act which focused'on the action backstage The only words that were spoken were those of the rehearsed to the 'upstage' audience The Veal audience saw the chaos behind the curtain as the actors marathon by the end of the third act "Noises Off" is definatdy the show to see A completely entertaining production that will leave your sides aching for hours The production had excellent performances by Traci Lynn Jeffs who portrayed the innocent but seductive Brooke Gary Howe a blundering beat-nerd and Julie h d a cockney Taylor Kristie Rodgers and housekeeper Dan Hall also added memorable performances for the character portrayals of Belinda and the stage manaround-lhe-bus- absent-minde- Traci Jaffa and Bob Gilbert act out of frustration In a acana from "Noises Off" the Photo by S Marvidikis newest CEU Theater Department production which opens tonight Arizona poet joins Readers' Series ager The next reader in the College of Eastern Utah's colleges such as Boston University John Hopkins Curtain time is 7:30 pjn and tick- Readers' Series is a from Arizona who University and the Fine Am Work Center of Province-tow- n has poet pubets are $330 for adults $250 for lished several books of poetry and magazine articles as students and $2 for CEU students and well as He is currently a professor at the University ct taught creative writing for over 24 yean senior citizens Arizona where he has taught several courses from Steve Orlcn has won several awards for his poEnglish 9 to English 609 etry including three separate National Endowment for In addition to teaching he has judged poetry and the Arts awards a 1984 Summer Fellow from FoundThe state Vocational Industrial seeking faculty members who would ation Karolyi in Voice France an international reshort story contests edited books of poetry as well as Gubs of America representatives were like to be advisors for the many dif- sidency for writer and artists and the Arizona Comnovels and raised money for fellowships He also ferent areas on campus Jan 18 to help organize served as the Arizona consultant for the Western Stales mission for the Arts Award in 1989 Students who are Interested in comthe college of Eastern Utah's VICA His books include Separate Creatures Permission Am foundation Denver Colo which brings symclub and answer any questions regardpeting in this yean Slate and Nato Speak and A Place at the Table His work has been phony orchestras ballet companies distinguished tional VICA clothSkill and must in several Olympics ing registration procedures published anthologies including Sew Ameri- writers and other artists to small towns in the submit their dues Bohl to Feb ‘SB’s 9 can Poets the The Face of Poetry and The Best Southwest ing requirements by of For more information Contact Bohl American Poetry Dean Bohl has agreed to be the Orlcn will read in the Little Theatre on Feb 8 at 8 in room 103 of the Career Center He has given over SO readings at universities and pjn A reception will follow the reading VICA coordinator and is currently VICA club needs advisors "Roger & Me"- - a comical release rJk ’ I J! Michael Moore's wryly humorous "Roger & Me" released by Warner d and controversial hit of the 1989 New York Toronto Vancouver and Telluride Him Festivals view point-o- f praised for its originality insight and Deemed by The New York Times "an irrepressible new humorist in the ' tradition of Mark Twain" Moore makes his filmmaker debut with "Roger Me" after 13 years as a bold muckraking journalist radio commentator and political activist Described as "an hilarious but comedy" by Roger Ebert in the and "enormously engaginggutsy populist outraged Chicago and outrageous" by J Hoberman in llie Village Voice "Roger & Me" probes the highs and lows of the American Spirit with surgical precision all the while driving home a true story that is told in a highly personal way In "Roger & Me" Moore presents an impertinent allegorical view of corporate America by relating what happened in his hometown of Hint Michigan the birthplace of General Motors When GM decided to close several plants in Flint and move them south of the border to Mexico 33000 of the 130000 residents of Hint lost their jobs Moore decided to lay down his journalistic quill ami pick up the camera Quixote-lik- e instead embarking on a quest to meet with GM Chairman Roger Smith and convince him to visit Hint Roger Smith however-track- ed by Moore and his little camera crew to company headquarters in Detroit Grasse Pointe yacht clubs meeting halls New York City hotels and Christmas parties-prov- ed to be more elu- live to Moore than Godot was to Samuel Beckett But the pursuit of p percep-lion- s "Roger" gave Moore the opportunity to explore with life in that comer of the US called Hint Utilizing a entertaining combination of contemporary and interviews with the fa- vintage film footage popular music nrt-hmo l nd oflbcu cornncnury Moore the rood of windmf ldm to the hnw oty miay ?" fun2'md American Dream F' Bros is the eagerly anticipated widely-acclaime- -- ) V 3 A yv ftP4 ’"j vA-- 3 i hard-edge- d Sun-Tim- S80P fi ' I' iA: serio-com- ?y ? 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