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ILLINOIS WESLEYAN DEVOTED "Little things affect little minds." -Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfi el WE Sybil T CIUONIVOER STYY TLIIBFRWAREISESREYA TO THE CONCEPT OF FREE PRESS I %04 £ 8 1983 Volume 90 Bloomington, Illinois 61701, Friday, November 18, 1983 Nur Mainstage McPherson Theatre 'Working' opens By Deanna Jent Studs Terkel spent three years holding interviews which would appear in his book Working. Dur-ing those years, he was "con-stantly astonished by the extraor-dinary dreams of ordinary peo-ple." The dreams, the work, the or-dinary people: these are the elements of the musical "Work-ing," which opens in McPherson Theatre Thursday, Nov. 17, and plays Nov. 18, 9, 30 and Dec. 1-3. Adapted from the book, the musical "Working," by Stephen Schwartz and Nina Faso, com-bines the straight-forward nar-ratives of Terkel's book with music which shows the emotions and dreams of the characters. Through song, dance and lan-guage, many elements of work and the worker come into view. DIRECTED BY Jason Dunn, with choreography by Sara Romersberger and vocal direc-tion by Catherine McNeela, "Working" uses a 24-member cast to play the many roles re-quired by the script. Cast mem-bers come from many different majors and classes (from sopho-mores to seniors), and also in-clude a 12-year old boy. The show itself is a series of scenes in which we meet various workers. With the show's clock (a part of the set) at 7 a.m. the show begins. From an opening number where everyone is seen, the show moves on to introduce us to the individual workers. We meet a steelworker (John Neis-ler), a parking lot attendant (James Fouther, Jr.), a cor-porate executive (Jon Aimone), an editor (Marilyn Berdick), a secretary (Lisa Williamson), a newsboy (Tommy Griffith) and a teacher (Melinda MacDonald). In a grocery store scene we meet a checker (Susan Boddy) and a boxboy (George Smyros), as well as a migrant worker (John Corker) who is boycotting the store. Next we see the antics of a gas meter reader (Bryan Jung), fol-lowed by a housewife (Janet Wurst), singing about her place in the work force. We meet a call girl (Sara Thomas), a factory worker (Nancy Weeks) and a stone mason (Tom Kearns) be-fore the show's clock reaches 5 p.m. When the work day is over, the workers relax and become reflec-tive. Act one's finale, "What I Could've Been," sung by Robin Taylor, talks about the dreams and realities of the average worker. THE SECOND SHIFT workers come into view in Act Two. First we meet a waitress (Sara Thomas), followed by truckers (Jon Aimone and John Corker), who sing James Taylor's "Broth-er Trucker" as they ride down the highways. A telephone opera-tor (Anastasia Heuvelman), a hotel switchboard operator (Tari Fitch) and a receptionist (Elizabeth Grohne) talk about the joys and pains of their jobs, and then we meet a sailor (Douglas Ladendorf) and a retired man (Bryan Jung). A fireman (William Hood), a clean-ing woman (Cheryl Williams), a salesman (George Smyros), and a copyboy (Jeff Sumner) who also relate feelings about their jobs. Mike, the steelworker, comes back at the end of Act Two to talk about why he works, which Thursday leads into the show's finale, "Something to Point to," which talks about the need to have something to be proud of. The set for "Working," design-ed by John Stark (who also de-signed the lights) is a series of levels and backdrops which fly in and out for the various scenes. Costumes, which are contem-porary and mostly realistic, were designed by Nicholas Mozak. Stark was assisted by Jay Stou-tenborough. The orchestra for "Working" includes Troy Sapp on piano, Dave Hucke on electric key-board, Jay Stoutenbough on guitar, John Konya on bass guitar, Paul Rudolph on drums and Jim Parsons on percussion. Songs in the show come from various artists, including Craig Carnella, Micki Grant, Mary Rodgers, Susan Birkenhead, Stephen Schwartz and James Taylor. Tickets for "Working" are sell-ing very well, according to the Student Box Office Manager Scott Karnuth. Tickets may be reserved by calling the theatre box office at 556-3232, or by com-ing to the box office between 12:30 and 5:30 Monday through Saturday. THE PRODUCTION staff for "Working" includes Steve White as technical director, assisted by Jody Loffelmacher; Deanna Jent as production stage manager, assisted by Chris Kawolsky; and Cindy Gendrich as assistant director. Daniel Cunningham is the Master Electrician, Scott Pannier designed the sound, Fred Rubeck is the publicity director and Edith Hook is the props mistress. Student speaks on women's rights By Sean Fetter Laurie Hoover, secretary of the Bloomington-Normal chapter of the National Organization for Women, appeared at the David-son Room as the featured speaker of a meeting co-sponsored by the Women's The Office of Residential Pro-grams would like to remind those students who are desiring to live off-campus for second semester, and will be 21 years of age before the first day of classes, to pick up and fill out a request form by the deadline of December 1, 1983 at 5:00 p.m. The request form may be pick- Caucus and the Women's Affairs Committee of Student Senate on Nov. 9. Hoover, a freshman English major, reviewed the history of NOW and discussed its 1983 Na-tional Conference, held in Wash-ington, D.C., Sept. 30-Oct. 2. She attended the conference as a ed up in the Office of Residen-tial Programs during regular business hours (8 a.m.-12 p.m., 1 p.m.-5 p.m., Monday through Friday). Students who fail to return the request form by the deadline of Dec. 1, 1983 will be held to their housing contract and billed for second semester room and board. delegate from Peoria, and has worked extensively for women's rights. Her previous activities have included participation in state and regional conferences, involvement in fund-raising pro-jects, and lobbying efforts in Springfield for such legislation as House Bill 606. The bill, the Criminal Sexual Assault Act, was signed into law this year. It redefines and ex-tends the concept of sexual assault and seeks a higher con-viction rate in cases involving sex offenses. NOW, FOUNDED IN 1967, is a not-for-profit organization whose goal is to aid women in achieving Turn to page 2 nber 12 William Hoods, Sara Thomas, John Neisler and Cheryl Williams caught in the act of working. Photo by Jerry Bidle Aids Catholic interaction By Kathy Greenholdt The Catholic Collegiate Organi-zation (CCO) is a new alternative for spiritual activity among Wes-leyan's many Catholic students. After a survey of the campus last spring to determine the degree of interest in a Catholic organization at Wesleyan, a meeting took place to begin lay-ing the groundwork for such a group. Four students, Tim Brophy, Anne Egger, Jose Elizondo and Barb Richter, became the leadership team for the new organization. Ealier this semester, Brophy met with Father Gerald T. Ward of Holy Trinity Church to decide how to get the group off the ground. Brophy said the main issue was "what we could do for each other," meaning an interac-tion between CCO and Trinity. A meeting of students in-terested in CCO was held at Trini-ty on Oct. 25. The purpose was to find out how students would like CCO to function. Brophy said the purpose of the group is to accommodate those students who want to or need to participate in the Catholic com-munity, but have not done so because they are away from home. "The parish is a big part of this group," he said. The goals of the group are left up to the individual. Brophy said the members are there to help each other discover what oppor-tunities are available within the parish. Brophy stressed that CCO members need only be involved to the extent that they wish to participate, even if it involves just being on the mailing list. "But CCO is only for those who are interested," said Brophy. "We're not trying to corral Catholic students into joining." He stressed that CCO is "not try-ing to flaunt" itself over Catholic students who are not part of the group. As of yet, there are not set meeting times for CCO. The next meeting date will be publicized. Interested Catholics should fill out the form in this week's Argus. Questions can be addressed to Tim Brophy, Anne Egger, Jose Elizondo or Barb Richter. Inside: Speak Easy ................. p. 3 Echo Chamber .............. p. 3 Greek Peer Counselors ........ p. 4 Nursing Faculty ............. p. 5 I , -
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Full Text | ILLINOIS WESLEYAN DEVOTED "Little things affect little minds." -Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfi el WE Sybil T CIUONIVOER STYY TLIIBFRWAREISESREYA TO THE CONCEPT OF FREE PRESS I %04 £ 8 1983 Volume 90 Bloomington, Illinois 61701, Friday, November 18, 1983 Nur Mainstage McPherson Theatre 'Working' opens By Deanna Jent Studs Terkel spent three years holding interviews which would appear in his book Working. Dur-ing those years, he was "con-stantly astonished by the extraor-dinary dreams of ordinary peo-ple." The dreams, the work, the or-dinary people: these are the elements of the musical "Work-ing," which opens in McPherson Theatre Thursday, Nov. 17, and plays Nov. 18, 9, 30 and Dec. 1-3. Adapted from the book, the musical "Working," by Stephen Schwartz and Nina Faso, com-bines the straight-forward nar-ratives of Terkel's book with music which shows the emotions and dreams of the characters. Through song, dance and lan-guage, many elements of work and the worker come into view. DIRECTED BY Jason Dunn, with choreography by Sara Romersberger and vocal direc-tion by Catherine McNeela, "Working" uses a 24-member cast to play the many roles re-quired by the script. Cast mem-bers come from many different majors and classes (from sopho-mores to seniors), and also in-clude a 12-year old boy. The show itself is a series of scenes in which we meet various workers. With the show's clock (a part of the set) at 7 a.m. the show begins. From an opening number where everyone is seen, the show moves on to introduce us to the individual workers. We meet a steelworker (John Neis-ler), a parking lot attendant (James Fouther, Jr.), a cor-porate executive (Jon Aimone), an editor (Marilyn Berdick), a secretary (Lisa Williamson), a newsboy (Tommy Griffith) and a teacher (Melinda MacDonald). In a grocery store scene we meet a checker (Susan Boddy) and a boxboy (George Smyros), as well as a migrant worker (John Corker) who is boycotting the store. Next we see the antics of a gas meter reader (Bryan Jung), fol-lowed by a housewife (Janet Wurst), singing about her place in the work force. We meet a call girl (Sara Thomas), a factory worker (Nancy Weeks) and a stone mason (Tom Kearns) be-fore the show's clock reaches 5 p.m. When the work day is over, the workers relax and become reflec-tive. Act one's finale, "What I Could've Been," sung by Robin Taylor, talks about the dreams and realities of the average worker. THE SECOND SHIFT workers come into view in Act Two. First we meet a waitress (Sara Thomas), followed by truckers (Jon Aimone and John Corker), who sing James Taylor's "Broth-er Trucker" as they ride down the highways. A telephone opera-tor (Anastasia Heuvelman), a hotel switchboard operator (Tari Fitch) and a receptionist (Elizabeth Grohne) talk about the joys and pains of their jobs, and then we meet a sailor (Douglas Ladendorf) and a retired man (Bryan Jung). A fireman (William Hood), a clean-ing woman (Cheryl Williams), a salesman (George Smyros), and a copyboy (Jeff Sumner) who also relate feelings about their jobs. Mike, the steelworker, comes back at the end of Act Two to talk about why he works, which Thursday leads into the show's finale, "Something to Point to," which talks about the need to have something to be proud of. The set for "Working," design-ed by John Stark (who also de-signed the lights) is a series of levels and backdrops which fly in and out for the various scenes. Costumes, which are contem-porary and mostly realistic, were designed by Nicholas Mozak. Stark was assisted by Jay Stou-tenborough. The orchestra for "Working" includes Troy Sapp on piano, Dave Hucke on electric key-board, Jay Stoutenbough on guitar, John Konya on bass guitar, Paul Rudolph on drums and Jim Parsons on percussion. Songs in the show come from various artists, including Craig Carnella, Micki Grant, Mary Rodgers, Susan Birkenhead, Stephen Schwartz and James Taylor. Tickets for "Working" are sell-ing very well, according to the Student Box Office Manager Scott Karnuth. Tickets may be reserved by calling the theatre box office at 556-3232, or by com-ing to the box office between 12:30 and 5:30 Monday through Saturday. THE PRODUCTION staff for "Working" includes Steve White as technical director, assisted by Jody Loffelmacher; Deanna Jent as production stage manager, assisted by Chris Kawolsky; and Cindy Gendrich as assistant director. Daniel Cunningham is the Master Electrician, Scott Pannier designed the sound, Fred Rubeck is the publicity director and Edith Hook is the props mistress. Student speaks on women's rights By Sean Fetter Laurie Hoover, secretary of the Bloomington-Normal chapter of the National Organization for Women, appeared at the David-son Room as the featured speaker of a meeting co-sponsored by the Women's The Office of Residential Pro-grams would like to remind those students who are desiring to live off-campus for second semester, and will be 21 years of age before the first day of classes, to pick up and fill out a request form by the deadline of December 1, 1983 at 5:00 p.m. The request form may be pick- Caucus and the Women's Affairs Committee of Student Senate on Nov. 9. Hoover, a freshman English major, reviewed the history of NOW and discussed its 1983 Na-tional Conference, held in Wash-ington, D.C., Sept. 30-Oct. 2. She attended the conference as a ed up in the Office of Residen-tial Programs during regular business hours (8 a.m.-12 p.m., 1 p.m.-5 p.m., Monday through Friday). Students who fail to return the request form by the deadline of Dec. 1, 1983 will be held to their housing contract and billed for second semester room and board. delegate from Peoria, and has worked extensively for women's rights. Her previous activities have included participation in state and regional conferences, involvement in fund-raising pro-jects, and lobbying efforts in Springfield for such legislation as House Bill 606. The bill, the Criminal Sexual Assault Act, was signed into law this year. It redefines and ex-tends the concept of sexual assault and seeks a higher con-viction rate in cases involving sex offenses. NOW, FOUNDED IN 1967, is a not-for-profit organization whose goal is to aid women in achieving Turn to page 2 nber 12 William Hoods, Sara Thomas, John Neisler and Cheryl Williams caught in the act of working. Photo by Jerry Bidle Aids Catholic interaction By Kathy Greenholdt The Catholic Collegiate Organi-zation (CCO) is a new alternative for spiritual activity among Wes-leyan's many Catholic students. After a survey of the campus last spring to determine the degree of interest in a Catholic organization at Wesleyan, a meeting took place to begin lay-ing the groundwork for such a group. Four students, Tim Brophy, Anne Egger, Jose Elizondo and Barb Richter, became the leadership team for the new organization. Ealier this semester, Brophy met with Father Gerald T. Ward of Holy Trinity Church to decide how to get the group off the ground. Brophy said the main issue was "what we could do for each other," meaning an interac-tion between CCO and Trinity. A meeting of students in-terested in CCO was held at Trini-ty on Oct. 25. The purpose was to find out how students would like CCO to function. Brophy said the purpose of the group is to accommodate those students who want to or need to participate in the Catholic com-munity, but have not done so because they are away from home. "The parish is a big part of this group," he said. The goals of the group are left up to the individual. Brophy said the members are there to help each other discover what oppor-tunities are available within the parish. Brophy stressed that CCO members need only be involved to the extent that they wish to participate, even if it involves just being on the mailing list. "But CCO is only for those who are interested," said Brophy. "We're not trying to corral Catholic students into joining." He stressed that CCO is "not try-ing to flaunt" itself over Catholic students who are not part of the group. As of yet, there are not set meeting times for CCO. The next meeting date will be publicized. Interested Catholics should fill out the form in this week's Argus. Questions can be addressed to Tim Brophy, Anne Egger, Jose Elizondo or Barb Richter. Inside: Speak Easy ................. p. 3 Echo Chamber .............. p. 3 Greek Peer Counselors ........ p. 4 Nursing Faculty ............. p. 5 I , - |
Collection | Student and Alumni News Periodicals (Illinois Wesleyan University) |