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B Orchestr^sea. By KATHY HEBERGER Carolina Life Editor This past spring the 1 Vivaldi's "The Fou Center. This season it will perfor "Requiem." "It's going to shake the where. It will be something thing," assistant conductor J The performance of "Re 120 orchestra members. Sin to fit on the stage. The USC Symphony Orel players. There will be 12 tii ers will be playing on the c area. The musicians on the direction on closed-circuit u "You can't see them, but Portnoy said. The Requiem, or death IV Play en By ERIC GLENN Staff Writer Six Characters in Search < Author, the final main stage of the year, opened ThurscL Drayton Hall and will run thi next Sunday. The story centers around hearsal for a university dranu duction. Six characters from a finished play enter the set ai quest that their play be fini These characters, left incomj by their playwright, are trapp the physical manifestations of roles. 'The play really deals wit illusion of life and the reali MWOfl h wi li? A-.11 IP 1U.11 1U1 |j packag !{ swimm IJ* sleepirt 14 NOW PR Mi M-F 9:30-5:3 211 MAIN SI E R son ends with bang i work t< [JSC Symphony Ochestra's performance of r Seasons" swelled the walls of the Koger m an even bigger work ? Hector Berlioz's building. There will be sounds from every you don't hear often ? a once in a lifetime ohn Ricarte said. quiem" will include about 300 singers and gers will have to stand shoulder to shoulder hestra's sound will be enhanced by 20 extra mpanis on stage, and at least 12 brass playatwalks of the Koger Center's main seating catwalks will watch Dr. Donald Portnoy's Revision. ; you'll hear them. I can promise you that," lass, "runs the gamut of emotions," he said. ds Drayton' the theater." said Timna Guerchon. the production manager of the play 0f an and a second-year Master of Fine show Arts student "It's a very intense ay in play ? a thinking play." rough One of the interesting twists to the play is its director, Richard Jennings, who is also head of the a re- acting program in the USC Departi pro- merit of Theatre and Speech. He tn un- also portrays the role of the direck! rc- tor in the play, ished. The cast of the play is quite dirieted verse, ranging from second-year ted in graduate students to a high school their senior and two elementary school children. h the Jason Tromsness, a first-year ity of MFA student and Joanne Fayan, a FilP! COME SEE HAT WE'VE FOR YOU! T y facilities niture ;e Na ^Fa^E| lllg pUUI ^ g & studying lofl E-LEASING FOR SUMML 30-60-90 Day Leases for Si (June 1 - July 31,199\ A NEW LEASE ON UNIVERSITY LIFE ?S: ^-1 254-7801 L I ( it] [Tap J J f?* |pl k'd ') ' ^ ' ' ' ' %* k>^> ^ cVinlro "It goes from being very solemn and massive sound." The singers performing the piece groups: the Mastersingers, the Sing< phony Orchestra, the Philharmonic C nor Gregory Cross from the New guest soloist. Planning for this concert began t planning a spring performance. All th in performing the Requiem, Portnoj hearsing on their own and will con rehearsal. "People are going to just be taken 1 piece of gigantic proportions," Ricarti If 1,800 people attend the perform; me KOger center win oe me largest n The USC Symphony Orchestra's quiem will begin at 8 p.m. Saturdaj $10 for adults. s season second-year MFA student, play the father and stepdaughter. Micheal Donlan, a first-year MFA student and Lisa Norman, who teaches acting and make-up in the theater department, appear as the son and mother. The set design is contemporary, even though the six characters are in the period dress of the '20s and '30s. Lee Shepherd, a second-year MFA student, designed the set to look like a half-finished set of a university production. The play will run tonight and Saturday and next week Wednesday through Sunday. Shows start at 8 p.m., and tickets are $5 for students and $9 for adults. - I jm Mti * GOT || bs j AyVZ) FALL!! immer! I To Do r | I v ' ' .;::i::::: ........ ,,,iv,v,v,v ** \ j f f' This is a listing of the event open to the public in the Columbi / area for this weekend. Crackerjacks ? 1325 Long creek Dr. On Friday, open from p.m. until 4 a.m. On Saturday, liv< DJ.s from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. Oi Sunday, open 6 p.m. to 2 a.m 1 Happy Hour on Friday is from ; p.m. to 8 p.m. On Saturday am J j Sunday, Happy Hour is from i Koger Center ? Assembl; " j . * V * Street. On Saturday, USC Sym v?t *' b I phony Orchetra perform's Bei \X lioz's "Requiem" at 8 p.m. Ticket jf j-w mm. are $6 f?r students, $10 for th / Mp C WCl public. On Sunday, Oil City Sym -L V/J- phony, a musical comedy, will be gin at 8 p.m. Tickets are $5 fc ethereal to having a giant, strong, students, $10 for public. Greenstreet's ? 1101 will be from the following choral Harden St. Featured tonight, Jc ?rs Guild of the Charleston Sym- nathan Butler. Cover is $13. O horus and The ChoialSocietyTe- Saturd The Dead Mllkmer York Metropolitan Opera will be Cover .J $g Qn Sunday Gen Dykes and big band jazz. Cover i $3. Persons 18 and older admitted his past April, the usual time for # Nickelodeon Theatre ? ie groups had expressed an interest Main Street. Through Sundaj / said. The groups have been re- shows at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Ticket ie together today for a combined are $3 for members, $4 for nor members. Featured tonight throug by the grandeur of the piece. It's a ?? 5 said. mce, the total number of people in n the building's history. Go OUt V performance of the Berlioz Re- ^^k each Oth r. Tickets are $6 for students and ^ m^Fm name, ac JKL |H others. ?. it n ?n a fh k%} NETl United Way ? ~ of the Midlands sum IT'S REUNION me uaronna program union uurrurai Arr; Symphony A fun, little musical that will back to your good old high s Sun., April 21, 1991 < $10 public, $5 USC stud Koger Center for tl For more information call 77 I I AI//\4A AM/N /M rAil AUI/\ /S 4 iU A O /N llUIWUj dm dVdlldUld dl II Id ou office and all SCAT outlets. To chargi This program is paid for, in part, by Stuc || Sunday, The Unbelievable Truth, an offbeat comedy with an aura of 'Twin Peaks." Pug's ? 634 Harden St. Come party at Pug's this weekend. $2 cover charge. Persons age 21 ? and over admitted. s The Punchline ? 634 a Harden St. Tonight and Saturday, headliner is ventriloquist Willie Tyler and Lester. Opening act is \ Kenny Miller. Cover is $8. Shows e are at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. Persons n age 21 and over admitted. , Rockafella's ? 2112 Devine 4 St. Featured tonight, The Groove 0,4 j ? d lnangs. un oaiuruay, ncuxaiu 6 Hour begins at 6 p.m., following by The Groove Thangs. Cover for y both nights is $5. On Sunday, _ Earth Day Benefit starting at 6 p.m. on the deck. Acoustic music s by Danielle Howie, Jerry Hayes e and more. Inside at 10 p.m., music t- of the Dead, Allman Brothers and more. Donations can be given at ,r the door. Persons age 18 and over admitted. I The Township ? 1703 Tay? lor St On Saturday at 10 a.m., the n AME Youth for Christ Turn-on. ' Admission is free. On Sunday, the e play Beauty Shop at 3 p.m. Tickets 5 are $16.50. The Cockpit ? Main Street ~ On Friday, The Cockpit will teler? vise the George Foreman and s Evander Holyfield fight No cover. l_ On Saturday, Mind's Eye. Cover is h vpj. vith friends and keep track of er. Don't broadcast your Idress or plans in front of rst date, plan to meet in a ce. Let people know where o be and let your date know ? know. Stick to your plans. Telephone Mil 111# 252-8393 mflill 24 Hours TIME! : Pnmmit+AA ProQontc 9 Wl I II I 11 I W W I VWI I I W I take you ichool days! at 8 p.m. lents with ID hie Arts 7-7130. liseum box s, call 777-SCAT. tent Activities Fees. CU-09 5