1982_02 The Daily Collegian February 1982

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'Grease' auditions
exhaust director
Record number of students tries tor
18 roles In 19S0s-style musical
By Diane Drury
Daily Cotkfiaa SutT Writer
Decisions, decisions, decisions.
The life of a director is never an easy
one, especially during audition week, but
for CSU F Professor Charles Randall, this
past week was a monster.
The play is Grease and the swarm of
hopeful actors and actresses descended on
Monday and Tuesday of last week, sing¬
ing, dancing and reading their hearts out.
Randall had only 18 character roles to
dispence along with a few extra dancers,
and what made decisions difficult was the
85 men and women who tried out for the
roles.
"It was just about the most exciting and
exhausting audition process I've been in¬
volved in," smiled a tired Randall.
While he isnt positive a new record has
been set at CSUF. Randall is sure the
mark comes close. The only auditions he
remembers as being larger were for "Bye,
Bye Birdie," presented at CSU F almost 20
years ago. While the number trying out
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was probably the same, there were more
roles to be cast.
The fact that 'most of the auditions
were quite uniformly good* made this past
week's process fluctute between being a
director's dream and a nightmare.
"Usually when you go into an audition,
the director has at least some strong pos¬
sibilities. This was a 'from scratch opera¬
tion."* said Randall.
The cast was announced Friday at 2
p.m. after a long week of deliberations
and discussion between Randall. Musical
Director Sandy Schaefer and Correograph-
er Melanie Snyder.
"I kept getting signals that everybody in
the world was going to try out," he said.
But Randall had no idea of the magnitude
of number or talent.
'1 personally spent most of my waking
hours with things going through my
head," he said.
While the first three days of the week
were spent with first tries, Thursday was
set aside for callbacks. Almost half of the
83 who auditioned were called back. And
from that number, 17 roles were chosen.
The added dancers have not yet been
announced.
The large number of those who tried
out affected more than just the director.
"It created an electric atmosphere through
the whole process." Randall said. It was
both the cause and effect of the large tur¬
nout. It's grassroots of what kids call
'good vibes."
The lead roles of Danny and Sandy
went to Larry Star rh and Jackie Antaram-
ian respectively. Kenickie will be played
by Darryl Simonian and the role of Rizzo
went to Kelly Rippetoe. Marie Chceck
will play the role of Frenchy.
The rest of the cast is as follows: Doody:
Mike Mendonsa; Roger: Paul Klien; Jan:
Julie Andrews: Sonny: Myles Mayfick);
Marty: Vicki Campbell; Miss Lynch: Tina
Atchley; Eugene: Wally Wilhoit; Patty:
Sally Dudley; Vinee: Larry Rubinow; Cha
Cha: Ruth Eskin; Johhny Casino: Robert
Butler, Teen Angel: Efren Rubio.
The play is tentatively scheduled to
open at the end of April and play the first
two weeks of May. Rehearsals will begin
on March I
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Students interested in studying abroad
during the 1982-83 academic year should
now apply in order to meet the on-campus
deadline of February 9, 1982.
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Singer, TV writer to speak
Maya Angelou, whose autobiography,
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sins*; also
became a television special, will ipeak at
noon Thursday, February 4, in the Col¬
lege Union.
Her appearance at CSUF is part of the
Pan Afrikan Union's February observ¬
ance of Afrikan People's History Month,
which is featuring a variety of education¬
al, cultural and entertainment events.
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Ml. Ange¬
lou it recognized as an accomplished
singer, educator, dancer, author, histor¬
ian, actress, producer, editor, song writer
and playwright.
In 1977 she received the Golden Eagle
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served on President Carter > Commission
for International Women's Year.
She served as associate editor of Th*
Arab Observer in Cairo, was a freelance'
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Accra, and was assistant administrator of
the School of Mask and Drama at the
University of Ghana.
- Presently a writer-producer for 20th
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five-part mini-series, "Three Way Choice,"
for CBS. She also was host for a PBS
study course on "Humanities Through the
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pus. receive resident credit, and continue
progress toward their degree.
The primary object of the programs is
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knowledge- and understanding of other
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necessary or desirable qualification.
Contrary to common perception, the
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•Cumulative grade point average of
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Students interested in obtaining more
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State Fellows are selected by the Cali¬
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