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4 The Gamecock Friday, April 6, 1990
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By LAURA ANDREWS
Staff Writer
A. J. Antoon says when he unveils
his play Genesis on the University
of South Carolina stage, it
will be hardly another Sunday
school lesson.
Presented against a backdrop of
sophisticated special effects and
new-age music, Genesis will transcend
the boundaries of time to
heal a troubled mankind, according
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Antoon, a visiting professor at
USC, is an award-winning director
from New York City who wrote
Genesis for the stage. The show
originally opened at Joseph Papp's
Public Theatre in New York.
Antoon said he received inspiration
for Genesis from the mystery
plays of the medieval era. In those
days, actors would be set up in
stalls in an area to tell parts of a
continuing story. Often the stories
had religious themes.
Genesis opens with the creation.
Adam and Eve are followed from
their joyous days in the Garden of
Eden through their fall from grace
into the hands of Satan.
The story of mankind continues
as Cain kills his brother Abel, and
it ends with the tale of love and
sacrifice ? the story of Abraham
and his only son Issac.
The play shows that these individual
stories have a healing effect
that transcends the boundaries of
time. The show tells the story of
mankind, and the struggle to survive,
Antoon said.
"This is a real family show,"
Antoon said. "It appeals to several
different levels, children and
adults, as well as churches of all
denominations. The play is a story
of miracles, magic and music."
Mary Clare Hill, a USC School
of Music graduate, and Sandy
Smith, a School of Music undergraduate
student, are working with
Antoon to score the music for
Genesis, originally written by Michael
Ward of New York.
The show relies heavily on synthesizers,
with the exception of
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and Abraham.
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Abel, are two graduate students
seeking their master's degree in
fine arts, Thomas Becker and Michael
Stiver.
The youngest member of the
cast is 9-year-old Johnathan Whitton
of Columbia, a fourth-grade
student at Heathwood Hall. Whitton
is a veteran performer, having
appeared in numerous productions
throughout the Columbia area, and
in several national and regional TV
commericals.
Lee Shepherd, a USC graduate
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