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Renovi Longst theatre By PATTY SI1AUG1 Gamecock Staff Wrii A stage elevator ri board, and a new ac< special features in the THE PUBLIC will ? USC Department c production of "Waitii thoafrn HoHioofiAn nr UIVUVK V. VtV/UACUVIVII V* The renovation pn three years, and v renovation of buildinf vice president of opt "It is probably tl frustrating renovatii university," Brunton few unforseen delavs Some problems in because of the acoust as a theatre for som "Part of the probh echo was literally director of the USC D TO CORRECT THI hung across the ceili closed in. "Wo hnno u/hat urn B run ton said. "Until but of course we hoj Other constructor pletely new ceiling, < the steel supports. T months over the qua Street, Gillespie saic "One after anothei modified," Brunton : the same time the res THE STAGE is a t are sloped around it allpvuinvt that loaH Because the audien are usually not possil Si ated reel features : in the rouiu INESSY ter Lin by hydraulic lifts, a new lighting Dustical system are just a few of the ; newly renovated Longstreet Theatre. ;et its first look at the theatre when the >f Theatre and Speech opens its ng for Godot" on May 2. The official ill be next fall. aject has been underway for almost vas done in conjunction with the ?s in the Horseshoe, said Hal Brunton, :rations for USC. iv musi complicated ana me most on project ever attempted by the said. He said there had been quite a 5. the theatre were with acoustics, and ical problem the building was not used ie time. ?m was such an enormous space, the resounding," said Patti Gillespie, epartment of Theatre and Speech. S SOUND, an architectural drape was ng, and the shape of the theatre has KlQYTA /^Ana mill nMAklAM* H ItUTV UVIIV VT IMA Wlicvi U1C |/1 UUIC1I1, the play we don't know if it will work, >e it will." i delays including building a com:hanging the entrance, and adjusting here was also a delay of about seven 5tion of whether or nnt tn Hasp I - we ran into problems that had to be said. "While it's been frustrating, at ults are going to be superb." heatre in the round, and the 375 seats . The actors will enter and exit from back to the dressing rooms, ice surrounds the stage, scene changes ale in a theater in the round, but one oi JOREWIDE SA Ml IDC _ CAT A~~:l 1 i iwaw* ~ uii I ll Mm r ALL REGUl ALBUMS, i ,r CAS 933 Mc Behind th [_ 799-A sssstamassBssBsmsBummMamBoi the special features of Longstreet is a stage elevator. The elevator is run by hydrai lower the stage to the desired heig a scene is built on can be rolled o and another wagon with a differe: Liiaugra |A?aiUlC, A NEW SOUND SYSTEM near ; lighting board with automatic coi i the theater. i The new dressing rooms have lx with hot and cold running wal ! showers. The new dressing roon (an actor's union) Code. This actors who are members of th Longstreet without special coi > working conditions meet the spe i Access to the theatre by the han elevator which runs to the thii i theater, and wide doors in the the* f to accommodate wheelchairs. [le^^AYTONI 8, 29, 30 >0 OFF LARLY PRICED 8 TRACKS, & ETTES % on of Cut-Oufs Mng at $1.29 THINGS I e Cap'itol 1 >j BK i?M| NHflSSffipk* I : III ] j-jPwir I *' ** C ^ / that adds to its versatility TH Sumt ilic lifts which raise and the fi ;hts. The stage wagon that the s ff the elevator to one side Th< at scene rolled on to make peopl balcc O UJ 111 ing completion and a new area ntrols are also features in pool. een completely remodeled "O ter and some will have squai is conform to the Equity have means that professional Gille: te guild can perform at iipensation because the Th< fifip cfanrlarHc dicapped is possible by an area rd floor entrance of the whicl iter with extra floor space carri' m fiBl send res BE Country | y?iyi hp p I Every 01 full of good Winning C and mouth and bevera DINNER R 29^ ?iin i mmmmm, E ENTRANCE TO THE THE ATI er Street, not Green Street. The box < rst floor with stairs and an elevator econd and third floors. jre is a refreshment counter on the s e can buy something to drink, and < ny which overlooks a courtyard j er Street. From the balcony there is of camous inrlllHint* th#? lihrar\> ? ne of the problems with putting a r re building is we have a lot of was solved that problem by making exti spie said. ? area u/horo tha rw\l nnn/i ".no ^ ^ v miv pwi miilc wad held he area underneath is now used for around the surface is used in set con: i once had to be sent to Drayton Ha ed into Longstreet. Se? LONG! rKTLE BE A =ULL TIME PA> KRI TIME HOU k public relatic aL _ in me sun 200. plus.a wee V ume & picture to: Club Villas P.O. Bo each, S.C. 29577 iRNATIONAL HOUS] PANCAKES imKUVUC'J?> THE iTIONAL HOUSE 01 1031 ASSEMBLY SI le of our full-course crep food: Chilled Tomato Ji repes, Crisp Green i choice of dressing i-watering dessert tge. JOIN OUR CREPE EVOLUTION! - ssss i ? 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