1982_11 The Daily Collegian November 1982

              Bales makes the best of 'Lovers'
Paul Bales is only a freshman at CSUF.
But judging from his performance as Joe
in "Lovers," the University Theatre's lat¬
est production, Bales has a promising
future ahead of him at CSUF.
Bales' dramatic, intense and comical
performance in the first act of Brian Friel's
Review
Irish comedy is far and away the best in
"Lovers " combined with a strong per
formance by Beth Mercer as Joe's lover
Mag, the first act of "Lovers," entitled
"Winners.'' far outstrips the second act.
titled "Losers"
This is not to say that the performances
of David George and Toni Conway were
bad as Andy and Hanna in the second act
Both actors played their roles effectively,
but some of the props were distracting in
the second act, most notably a partition
screen that had to be moved by the actors
several times.
The first act of "Lovers" is presented
on a simple, two level stage with no props.
The upper part is tilted slightly upward to
give the audience the impression of a hil¬
lside, where Joe and Mag spend one
afternoon studying and discussing their
impending marriage.
While Mag was exuberant and free-
spirited, Joe was more studious and res
trained. Mercer's Mag had the audience
on her side throughout the first act, even
when Joe would yell at her and Mag would
slink off to the edge of the stage and sulk.
Although he lost his temper several
times at Mag, Joe was always forgiving,
and his transformation from studious lad
to angry frustrated lover was made believ¬
able by Bales' realistic performance
The audience only spent an hour on the
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hillside with the young couple, but occa¬
sional monologues by a pair of narrators
frU in the history of the couple and their
respective families, and abo tell the aud¬
ience what happened to Joe and Mag
after their afternoon on the hill.
For the second act, the stage is slightly
altered, with prop* added to the formerly
bare stage, including a couch on the lower
level and a bed, nightstand and the pre¬
viously mentioned partition on the upper
level.
Act two deals with the story of Andy
and Hanna, two middle-aged lovers who
marry and live in the same home as Maria¬
na's invalid mother, played wA by Judy
While the story of Joe and Mag in the
first act was mostly serious with several
humorous scenes, Andy and Hanna's
story is very funny and satirical.
There are no narrators for the second
act, although Andy does have two or
three short monologues where he ex¬
plains what is happening. Other than
Andy's time alone on the stage, much of
the rest of the acting deals with Andy and
Hanna making out on the couch.
What makes the second act funny fe
the continual interruptions by Hanna's
mother while Andy and Hanna passion¬
ately thrash about on the couch Several
times Hanna springs up and shouts "That
bitchl" as her mother's service bell tinkles
away.
The passionate and then angry and
frustrated expressions on Hanna'a face
are made believable by Conway, but I
can't sympathize with Andy because
George's performance wasn't convincing
enough.
Director Charles Randall did a good job
. overall with the casting of the pfey, espe¬
cially with the selection of Bales and
Mercer as Joe and Mag in act one.
. Randall also went to the trouble of cal¬
ling in the services of three Irishmen as
"cohsj^ants to make sure the actors'
"Lovers" continues its run tonight
through Saturday, with performances at
8:15 p.m. each evening in the Arena
Theater. Tickets to all remaining shows
have reportedly been sold out, but some
tickets may be available at the box office
in the event of cancellations.
CSUF today
The  Division of Extended Education     rnent   ol   obstructed  airway,  and  CPR
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University Downtown: Roger La-
Jeunesse (Archaeology) and RaphaelJFtei
chert (Art) will present a slide and lecture,
program on a new CSUF spring semester
course on art and archaelogy in Italy.
Wine Press Room of the De! Webb Build-
in the Child Drama Center located in Lab
School 101. Two presentations today at
1:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $1 for
children and $1.50 for children over 12
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of Sociology at the University of California
Medical center, San Francisco, he has also
served with the faculty of harvard university
Fisk University, and the University of Calif,
Irvine. He has served with the editorial
boards of The Black Scholar, Western Journal
of Black Studies and the Journal of Marriage
and the Family, D*. Staples is widely publi¬
cized with his latest book "The World of
Black Singles", published in 1981.
NOON LECTURE:
8:00 P.M.:
"BLACKS IN POLITICS"
"THE BLACK FAMILY"
Lecture: Robert Staples, a sociol
from UC. San Francisco will mak«
presentations. He talks about "Repn
tation of Blacks in Politics" at noon, and
"The Black Family" at8 p.m. Both lectues
will be held in the College Union Lounge.
Lecture: "Reducing Back Injuries in
Materials Handling," a lecture by Prakash
Mahajan (Engineenng). East Engineering
120. 1:10 p.m Coffee is served at 1 p.m.
Informal Recital: The Department of
Music holds an informal music recital
featunng students and faculty. Music Build-
.ing Recital Hall, 1 p.m.
Child Drama Center: Susan Zeder' s
play. "Step on a Crack," will be presented
Co-op Education: Representatives of
the University, business, industry and
CSUF students wilLujk about this highly
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be held fro &45" to 10 p.m.
Physic* Lecture: "Astronomy of the
Incas: Results from Machu Picchu" is the
title of this Physics Open House Lecture.
The lecture will be presented by Ray¬
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astronomer at the University of Arizona's
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He feel* "the people in his rife have kept
him pigeonholed," siad Ryan. "He be¬
comes increasingly unhappy about his
role in life."
Ryan explained that Frank is "probably
the most realistic character in the
show...he has the roost realistic emotions
and feelings."     /T
Frank's wife, Laura, played by Kate
McKnight, serves to bring about a "plot
complication" in the play. She's an inspi¬
ration to Arthur, who lost her to Frank
during their college years. Arthur has
been obsessed with her ever since.
Frank's character reveals the frustra¬
tion, isolation, and anxiety every writer
feels, said. Ryan, which is one of the ideas
that sparked him to write the play.
"Being a writer is frustrating some¬
times," he said. "You want people to know
the hell you go through sitting at that
typewriter."       / I    ■
Ryan's idea for th* play first came to
him about tour years ago, and he ha* been
working on k off and on ever since. Dur¬
ing those years, Ryan ha* revised and
'rewritten the play many times.
"I go to bed thinking about rewrite* and
wake up thinking about rewrites. But you
cant rewrite forever,"
Ryan describes the play as "fun, intelli¬
gent, and agonizing. I want to leave the
audience with a little something to think
about," he said.
Although the play is a comedy, Ryan .
said it has its serious times as well. "There
are moments when it stops being funny,
when it stops and looks at itself. All good
comedy has to do that.
"This isn't a play so much about writ¬
ing; it's about the lack of control we all feel
in day to day fife."   .
The play opens Nov. 18 and runs
through the 20 in the Arena Threatre,
8:15 p.m. each evening.
The Experimental Theatre Company is
is a student run organization in the Thea¬
tre department. The organbtatioh gives its
members the chance to direct, design
sets and costumes and take part in other
tasks not usually open to students in
mainstage productions.
Coop
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part-time in a job closely related to their
part-time study.
Students in the former plan have been
placed in jobs located in Iowa, Alaska and
southern California, Pascal said.
"We're not restricted just to Fresno.
Our area is as broad as to where people
want to travel. These jobs also offer the
s t udents some hope that the job market is
not completely closed," he said.
The program is also a low-risk way for
employers and students to get to know
one another, he said.
"Many businesses will hire a student on
a temporary part-time or full-time basis
i nstead of hiring a full-time employee and
investing thousands of dollars to train
The employers are not obligated to
keep the student at the semester's end,"
Pascal said, "but 80 percent of all students
nationally who were in the co-op program
and are working now, are working with
I he employer who originally hired them
through the program. The whole program
is career-oriented."
The program moved slowly in the be¬
ginning and "kept a low profile," because
there were more students than jobs avail¬
able, Molina said. "But now we're at a
point where we can advertise. Employers
are coming to us now looking for students
to employ."
Faculty and department are also be¬
coming more aware of the program.
"One of our roles is to find out what's
going on in the job market and make that
information available to the students and
faculty.
"We also try to get fadSlty members to
supervise students and help us identify
and work with the employers," Molina
said.
Parsons said that there is "no way" to
educate a student without educating
them for a career. "It's a must when it
comes to servicing students. It's impor¬
tant to plan ahead. • *
"This gives the students a real-life ex¬
perience so that they can evaluate what
they really want to do. Everyone has to
work these days," she said.
Senate
CSUF and the community can be
educated through this program on the
problems in the Middle East to help them
understand the need for a Palestinian
homeland under the principles of self-
deterrrtinatioru"
The request also said that Qbenzinger
is the author of "This Passover or the
Next, I wiD Never be in Jerusalem."
The A.S. also funded $200 to the
University. A Campus Dialogue program.
The money will be used for two
presentations scheduled for this month.
The first will be a talk by Jack
Chambers of the Center for Information
Processing on Nov. 10 in the Upstair*
Cafeteria room 203 at 1 p.m.
A panel discussion m also scheduled to
deal with raisin and wine producion. It is
planned for Nov. 30 in the Upstairs
Cafeteria room 202 at 1 p.m.
Yet another funding request, this one
from the Chicano Business Students
Association, was discussed by the AS.
and sent to its Finance and Budget
Committee for review.
The group has requested the money to
hold a seminar entitled " Hispanics in
Business" on Nov. 23.
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