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Spotlight ^ Wednesday, July 2, 1986 GAMECOCKMMJlilWBmmirHBriMnMllMiMBBWWIMIIIBaiBBSSMBIIBBSI^^ Summer By PAULA WETMINGTON Spotlight nditor I here is no c u i t a in at l.oiiKSticel Ihealre, instead (lie si ago looks more like a circular hoxinu arena with emerald colored plush seals. Spotlif<hls appear not from the front of I he actor, hut from above, f he actors cannot present a front to the audience, they must act convincingly to all sides. And the IJS( Summer Kcper lory I heat re company is taking advantage ol these special qualities of I ongstrect Ihcatreto bring lour different plays to I !('/ I J.TV . USC summer theatre lor some of the east and crew members Kives class credits. Others joined Irnnn Rnxter portrays ? mother in Ihvw ii Elvis Brothers By ART BOFRKE Snnior reporter I lie l.lvis Midi her s are not a ham 10 bringing the music of 1 he King lunalc enough to have witnessed h I hey are no bare-bones, rocka 11 j a I pi iinor dial iotk foiinalion h influence. Noi ate lliey a mid ei] May ( 11y Kolleis, as one might I glance at the sleeve ol "Adven band's second I I' A definition of the I Ivis MioiIm dilliciilt to nail down I hi1, past we Uockafellas'in I ive Points with a powet pop, mi 's laced rot k and, t ;i I winge ol psy< hc*<Icli;i. Newly formed local trio No l.ai Iiij/Ii mi flic support position. ( on ilistromental ;nt lock and fusion i docket was ex? epiionally fluid am I lie hand's one or lymal, " 11 featuring dual lead vo< als fioin Stokes and bass placet Kehin Alii pouil of llieii sel I lie hiollieis l lvis wasted little tiling < lanked up and poinj/., with song "We Run Wild," as the kin " Ihir 1111r I > .ii r,'' I he hai d p< "Adventure I line," followed, wi inv the vocal I' liis. I he tockahill Speed Stiaighl Ahead" I? <I into "< basing I he Spat V I IS I HN I () wcjsc-fm 90.5 j nil-. Al l l-.KNA'I IVh nock AII Summer. hriornntc* mi I?M^- -w -w \ Why Rent An Apartment? Lease A Condominium. SwiifjII i/ij' I*')'11 A Tcrmix < "our f < A Voll?-yh;ill k (.lull 11'>Ii .< I '/() In i>r'o;i<l Kivw IM Ifi XX;> M<-nl'? I >riv<* at 1(803) 7!)8-1 396 ' i tAC - I i i I'l i * / /r * / theatre s lor fun, or to further their professional careers. They work around a seven-week performance schedule, producing cach show at least eleven times. I he plays have their own directors, crews and casts. Sometimes rehearsals can run up to thirteen hours in one day for those involved in two or more productions. Donna McKenna, one of the theatre company members, portrays Margaret Brennan in "The Marriage of Bcttc and Boo" and Kate in "Brighton Beach Memoirs." McKcnna is a drama teacher lor the Talented and (lilted students in District I and has acted in professional theatres. "I enjoy it, I love to act," IP* fit i "Thn Marriage of Batta and Boo." add 'adventu The center ( 1-lvis and his I solely dedicated reinforced shel to those not for perch for the n is highness alive. Balancing a hilly act, though heads with its ;is certainly rieiu man possessed i/hties, American there somehow Innk I>y a casual The best son; lure lime," the prornptu spclli were invited on - is is much more certainly t ekencl, they filled "macrozoospo Jinny mixture of new paisley ei^ mi good measure, It was, how* lysergic "I've ly ( losure scored and Rob ?-11 vis ipiised mostly ol ings of The He o'.'.is, the hand's Nearly as po I iij/ht sung Big Star mo< cut Youth," true to the ori, yuiiansi Ashby recording, the ens v.;is the high At once dis omission ol t I line t/rl lint; llwir A m/'m/ tp f'rsttn ( .....v r . . ii.f, I MVII I % (4 J t / I \/lll . I Ik* powerful new in t lie audience dling hand ignore it* )|) lead cut Iroin For an enco ih Hob I I vis lak old (line. Conil y flavoured "l ull a half do/en l.< another new one, an intense inst lor (heir Octol Do You Have Thes LiHten to Do/en Dan 11'h your early w Komt'thin^'H I frequent - ? tiea<liulien / 2 I .OHM of nU*i-J? / 4 3 .'1 N?'< k HI I f f lit- HH / 1 I'ain bttlwrrn j //A hllOlllllerM \ /AxjL U. Stiffnen* or pain \ Jsft, hi I he lower ha<-k \ \/ ItfJ <i Painful jointn >Ss^-L Am of iln'w minor nymptornM can ! |ii'ili!?'fo A ili-lay in rwniviiiK tr?Hti lit??/? '(fii-n, a xirnplc fliiroprm nj;tI lii-alii>lul life Ih> n'diii-UiiiiK a l<> I'liC'iiiraj/c you i<? have your lie Dr. Williar Columbia Chir in 1/1 rioumo U . w i#i# v iiiu Wa will FREE EX/ Thru Jul (A $35.fJ0 value, i fust, h neurologic ] consultation to schedule 1 McKcnna said. "I don't even get stage fright per sc. The worst you can feel is to wonder if the audience will sec your character the way you want to sec them. "It's nervousness based on anticipation," she s id. Whilr* i aiulu hiirlcliiap " ,,,,v for last Saturday's production of "The Marriage of Ucttc and Boo," McKenna explained what it was like to be acting in two plays at once. "You have a mind set before the show," she said. "When I get ready for the other play (''Brighton Beach Memoirs"), I think Jewish thoughts. This one I think Irish Catholic. This one I have to get dolled up, the other one I look frumpy." "" MB^jy " j JENNIFER STEIB/The Gamecock re' to concert >f the stage and attention was Brad oversized kick drum. Its customII more often than not served as a naniacal stand-up skinsman. stick on his one wrist and hashing counterpart, Brad was not unlike a , as if the late Keith Moon was in trying to take control. K of the night was prefaced by an imng bee. Members of the audience ito the stage to tackle "psychedelic;" lot the challenge of, say re," but not without validity in these ;hties. ever, an effective transition into the Got Skies l or Her," with Graham effectively purloining the vocal styl2itlrk' "Mmiiral Mv^lrrv T<?nr " tent was the band's cover of the un classic, "September (juris." More final's leel than the recent Mangles HI vis Brothers' version was brilliant, appointing and admirable was the he single "Don't lake My (inns Saturday night's show. I hough most were expecting it, it was nice to see a ? "greatest hit" for a change. re, the Id vis' brought new life to an fining the introductions of more than ;d Zeppelin classics, the band created rumental which left the crowd ready icr return. e Health Problems? I your foody'H i^er Si^nalH. aming HyHtein that going wrong. - ? 7. I'aln In HrrriN ^ \ K. NumbiieNH in /)! \ huii(Iit or f?*ft ]k ?foi \ \ H. ('old hand** or i I 'ret j J 10. Ij?k or foot / cramp* 11. Nervou?n?N? 12. Tennion !>< an ?'??rly warning Hif^rial of a major writ, can cautw- a wor(W;niri? of th<? con tic a'ljtiHtrru'nt ran return you to a nor liout it Unlay. alth proMorrm looked aftvr, n D. Worrell opractic Center St. 252 0676 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmA give you a . Bu... . .. I infllNA 8 SUW I I y JO, 1980 5 ncludinfj an orthopedic al test, and a private i j discuss the results.) ; ! hectic/ ps In "The Marriage of Dettc and Boo," a play by Christopher Durang, McKenna watches her daughter and son-in-law, portrayed by Jcancttc Cooper and Richard Jennings, through thirty years 01 ineir lives, including arguments about drinking and the birth of her five grandchildren. Only one child, Matt, portrayed by Allyn Points, lives to see the eventual divorce of Bcttc and Boo. A' _ . _ 1 .... A - .?...! A i cooper is a grauuaie siuuem in directing at USC who not only lias the lead female role in "The Marriage of Bcttc and Boo," but is the stage manager for "That Championship Season" and assistant stage manager for the children's show, "Androcles and am the Lion. "Starting next week, I'll be do- ? ing a thirteen-hour day," Cooper said before the Saturday pcrfor- ^ mance. In comparing her acting role to her crew positions on the gu other plays, she said, "They're both real different. I'm studying directing, so both arc good experience, but I really don't think I like one better than the other." One crew member described f the atmosphere of the summer ^ theatre as "hectic." Michelle j Hickman, a graduate student in costume design on costume crew for the plays, said, "You just u.w., .iiuy uu.ty. i)wiiiwuiiii;i ywu i v. in the process of doing two or three J* shows at once. 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