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By EDWARD BOHAN
Staff writer
Charles Fuller's Zooman <
emotionally inspiring and wel
^ The Benson Theatre produc
on the implications of a comi
and corruption.
The story's main charade
punK. rustiea around all his I
that he has shot and killed a
malice ? the girl was just in
there anyway, he thinks.
Michael Anthony Dixon, a .
portrays the Zooman with teri
dark glasses, he gives the impi
at anyone.
The focus of the play shif
why their little girl was killed
As the mother, Rachel, M
Jfe provides the audience with a
Her reflective soliloquy is su
neighborhood, declining fron
slum. Rachel ponders the wa
broad daylight and then deny
The father, Ruben, is a fori
with his daughter's death. Kn
he would have in his youth, R
of our daughter Jinny are fr<
will not identify them." Exc
words, Ivan Keith Holmes dc
The sign solicits an angry i
family is plagued with violent
pleads that they take the si;
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Dario Ramon Stewart desi
direction of an equally good
Toys for
From staff reports
Students who have grown i
and Barbie dolls can serve as S
would not ordinarily exper
gfc holiday.
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Student Public Health Assc
children a chance to receive g
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md the Sign proves to be a poignant
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nunity's strength in the face of violence
r, the Zooman, is a malevolent stree
life, he asserts his power by announcinj
little girl. He says he hasn't done it ir
i his way. She shouldn't have been ou
member of the Benedict College Players
rifying realism. Peering out from behinc
ession he would just as soon kill as look
ts to the bereaved parents, questioninf
and where they should go from here.
. Soissette Ricks is deeply moving. Sh<
convincing sense of anguish and anger
perb as she describes her deteriorating
i a respectable black community into i
ty her neighbors witness the murder ir
' everything to the police,
mer prizefighter, but at a loss in dealinf
lowing he can't beat up the criminals a;
uoen hangs a sign reading, "The killer;
;e on the streets because our neighbor*
ept for occasionally stumbling over hi!
>es a fine job as Ruben.
response from the community, and th<
threats and brutal attacks. The mothei
gn down, but it has become Ruben*!
crves praise for his excellent theatrica
story.
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collection box will be set up at the
jlic Health in addition to one in Five
tier Columbia locations.
ion Army and the Marine Corp
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ap up the donated gifts and give toys
i low-income families with children.
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A USC media arts professor
lose play won a talent search
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nation performed next year
the theater department.
Franklin Ashley received a
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of the South for the play
wrote, Delta Dancer.
As part of the prize, the play
11 be performed in October
1986.
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ars ago," Ashley said. "It's
iout a man in the South
irolina (Central) Correc>nal
Institution, his last
ght on earth."
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wspaper reporter's desire to
iow the feelings of A.T.
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"Born with the tendency
to write," USC media
arts professor Franklin
Ashley has been "acting
out" plays since the age
of four.
Ashley has written other
plays such as Amber Key hold
and Midnight Ride, performed
in 1972 at Workshop Theatre.
He also wrote Southern Fried
Musical, which was performed
at Town Theatre.
"ACTING OUT" plays since
the age of four, Ashley said he
feels he "was born with the
tendency to write."
He wrote plays in high
school and skits in college, but
he's been best known since
then for articles in magazines
such as TV Guide and, most
recently, for How 'Bout Them
Gamecocks!, his collaboration
with USC Writer-in-Residence
William Price Fox.
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