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VOLUME X, NUMBER 2 JI\NUARY 1994

SUBSCRIBER CALENDAR AT A GLANCE Please call (312)663- 9465 for reservations to Main Season productions and to confirm performance times for workshop productions. All workshop productions and directing projects are free.

OEDIPUS TYRANNOS Preview Feb. 23 at 7 : 30 (New studio) Feb. 24 at 2 : 00 Open i ng Feb. 25 at 7 : 00 Pe rformance Feb. 26 at 7 : 30 Feb. 27at 3 : 00 March 2 at 4: oo March 3 at 7:30 March 4 at 10 : 00 March 5 at 4:00 March 6 at 3:00

OEDIPUS AT ~OLONUS Preview March 2 at 7:30 (Classic Studi o) March 3 at 4 : 00 opening March 4 at 7 : 00 Performance March 5 at 7 : 30 March 6 at 7 : 30 March 9 at 4 : 00 March 10at4:00 March llat 7 : 30 March 12at 5 : 00 March 13 a t 3 : 00

ANTIGONE Previ ew March 9 at 2 : 00 (Getz Theater) March 12at7: 30 Opening March 13at7: 00 Performance March 18at7: 30 March 19at 7 : 30 March 20 a t 3 : 00 Winner of the 8th Annual Theodore ward Pri ze NORTH STAR April 13- 24 (New Studio)

WORKSHOP PRODUCTIONS

Piece of My Heart Ma r ch 14-17 directed by Susan Padveen A true story of six women involved in the Vi e t nam War and the effect the war had on their lives while there and back home.

The Poppy Garden Ma r ch 20-23 d irected by Chuck Smith A look at i l lness f r om the view of a woman battling breast cancer and the attempts at a cur e . ' Sophocle' s Theban Tril ogy, adapted and translated by contemporary British playwright, Timberlake Wertenbaker, is being pr esented by the Columbia College Theater/Music center 1n three seperate productions with three different approaches .

LIGHTS UP ON THE STUDIOS Maggi o , the Costume Sh op Foreman . The set will be Oedipus Tyrannos, the first minimal, composed of some play of the trilogy, is being platforms a nd a doorway . The d irected by Faculty Member sets are being designed by Terry McCabe i n the New Studio student Thomas Scheffel . Theater . All this will help the focus The story introduces us to remain o n the tale of Oedipus, Oedipus, the king of Thebes, a while keeping i t simple and city which is under siege by a '' straightforward.'' Original plague . In order to save his music is being composed by city, Oedipus must find the alumnus E. Rawlings Thurman, murderer of the former king, who is also the Muscial Laius . In his quest, however, Director. Some of the c horus the truth he discovers destroys pieces will be sung, but music the life he has known. will be i ncorporated in other ways as well. The music itself Oedipus consults the prophet, will be played on all modern Teiresias. In a r age over what acoustic instruments that have Teiresias tells him, Oedipus evolved from Greek concepts . accuses Kreon a nd Teiresias of The production is bei ng stage trying to discredit him. Only ma naged by Shane Oman . h is wife, Jocasta, saves him from acting too r ecklessly. "The Gree k plays, i n general, Oedipus struggles wi th the will are a great thing for students of the gods and his own belief to work on- they' re so complete in fate and prophecies. and fundamental ." Terry also Oedipus' world quickl y c rumbles agrees with Anna Shapiro that around him when the truth i s it' s a n opportunity that hardly made known . exists outside of school . "Doing the whole trilogy 1 ike The play will be s t aged i n the this is one of the best things r ound, with the audi ence spread a college theater program can out "so the play t akes up the dO , II whole space ." Terry wa nts the audience completely separated : Oedipus Tyrannos starts ''at no poi nt will there be o ne pr eviews Feb. 23 at 7 : 30 a nd big c l ump of a udience, there Feb. 24 at 2 : 00 . It opens will be little clumps all the Friday , Feb. 25 at 7 : 00 and way around," he says . runs Feb. 26 and March 3 at 7 : 30 , Feb. 27 a t 3 : 00, March 2 Terry, 1 i ke Susan Osborne-Mott, and 5 at 4: 00, March 4 at 10:00 who is directing. Oedipus at a . m. and c loses March 6 at Kolonus, and Anna Shap i ro, who 3 : 00. For more information or is directing Antjgone, is also reservations, p lease call trying not t o be "authentically (312)663-9465 . Greek- whatever that means­ because that' s not really the Oedipus at Kolonus, the middle point.'' He wants the play to part of the Theban t rilogy, is focus on telling the story, not bei ng directed by Facult y the '' style.'' The costumes will Member Susan Osborne-Mott, i n be modern, "by a nd large," and the Classic Studio from March 2 are being designed by Frances through March 13 . , LIGHTS UP ON THE STUDIOS people." The spring is the only green spot on the entire In Oedipus at Kolonus, the set . exiled, blind Oedipus is a ttended by his daughter, Susan wants to focus heavi ly on Antigone. He stops to rest at the human factors of the story . the edge of a sacred spring We see traces of Oedipus, the near the town of Kolonus and King, who, over the peri od of alarms the inhabitants, who wandering, has come to terms send for their king, Theseus . with his fate . " He ' s concluded Kreon, who replaced Oedipus as that it' s not his fault , it was king, comes to take Oedipus the fates. He is ready to back to Thebes, having l earned leave this plane now ; you can't that the spot on which Oedipus regret someth i ng that isn' t dies is t o be forever your fault . " sanctified . When Oedipus refuses to accompany him, Kreon Oedipus at Kolonus sets the seizes his two daughters as groundwork for the characters hostages. Theseus comes to we see in Antigone . "They are Oedipus' aid and sends his the same people, essentially. soldiers to retrieve the Kreon i s the same pol itician, daughters . However, Oedipus' the groundwork is lai d for sons, Polyneikes and Eteokles, Antigone' s stoicism a nd sense have started a war to determine of duty. " who will be king. A great storm comes, at the height of The sets are being designed by which Oedipus is escorted by alumnus Randall Keller, who Theseus into t he sacred spring. designed Richard II at Columbia this fa ll and also did the " I want to work as though we scenic painting for Road Song. are working and speaking of a The lights wi ll be designed by generalized primitive culture," student Brian Fisher a nd says Susan Osborne- Mott, '' I costumes by Patricia Roeder, don't want people to associate who also designed the costumes the show with a ny particular for Rh i noceros in November, and culture. " She is using images student Anne Bernadette Weiner from stone age cave paintings is stage ma naging . that were found in t he South of France, Ireland and England as Previews for Oedipus a t Ko l onus inspiration for the set. She begin March 2 a t 7 : 30 and March is a l so usi ng the art of the 3 at 4 : 00 . I t opens Friday, Anasazi Indians, which are pre­ March 4 at 7 : 00 and runs March Navajo, of the Southwest. The 5 , 6, and 11 at 7 : 30 , March 9 symbolism is similar in the and 10 at 4: 00, March 12 at different art forms, they all 5 : 00 and closes March 13 at use spiral patterns, for 3 : 00 . For information and i nstance. "The style of the reservations, please call art is cross-cultural.'' It is (312)663-9465 . also inspired by the Michael Cacoyannis film of "Iphigenia," which was filmed in Greece . The image is very desert- like, the only things that grow there CURTAINS RISING ON THE are the things that don ' t need MAINSTAGE much . "The spring at Ko lonus is like an oasis in the middle Sophocles' s Antigone will be of a dry, arid place . " The in the Getz Theater from March people are very protective of 9 through March 20 . The show this space, it is revered, "the is directed by alumna, Anna D: wa t er nourishes a commun ity of Shapiro. In Oedipus at Ko lonus, Oed i pus' Ya l e grad, Todd Rosenthal, sons, Polyneikes and Eteokles, designi ng the set s , and Max go to war against each other to Shapiro composing a n original decide who will rule Thebes . score (all the choruses will be I n this war, they die by each s ung), the show will definitely other' s hand . At the beginn ing have a personalized appearance. of Antigone, we learn that Costumes are being designed by Kreon, who became king when Kristie M. Jodlowski, the Oedipus was exiled, decrees winner of the Michael Merrit that Eteokles, who defended the Award Scholarship for Design, city successfully, will have an who has designed the costumes honorable burial, wh ile for Road Song, Man Equals Man , Polyne ikes, who led the and Hay Fever this fal l alone. invading a r my of Argives The lights are being designed against the city, will be left . by David Gipson, who also unburied, " prey to the dogs. " designed Richard II i n the New Studio this past September. Antigone tells the story of Student Amy Rowell is stage Oedipus' daughter who, moved by managing . her beliefs, defies Kreon's decree by scattering dust over "I think it' s great, " says the uncovered body a nd tries to An na , "It' s a play not only honor some of the sacred burial about an individual, but a rites . To punish her, Kreon woman . There are very few has her entombed alive. plays, let a lone great ones, about women." Anna feels that Antigone is betrothed to worki ng on a play with "a Kreon's son, Hairnon, who heroic woman character" with struggles with his own beliefs s tude nts is very important. when caught between h is I t's a r a re opportunity: " it' s f ather' s will and what he feels not some thing they' re going to to be right . Tei resias warns experience out of school much . " Kreon that he is making a grave I t' s a great opportuni ty for mistake and that he should free audiences also. Anti gone and bury the boy's body. Kr eon cannot, however, Antigone previews March 9 a t accept that he may be wrong. 2:00 and Ma r c h 12 a t 7 : 30. It When he eventually does opens March 13 at 7 : 00 a nd runs compromise, he is too late. In Marc h 18 and 19 a t 7 : 30 and the final words of the chorus : c l oses March 20 at 3 : 00. There " On ly good judgme nt secures will be four student matinees good fort une . One must never offered to high school groups . be i rreverent to the gods . Please call (312) 663-9465 for Those who puffed themselves up informa t ion a nd reservat ions . with great words have been dealt great blows. "

Anna Shapiro, who recently FACULTY SPOTLIGHT completed her MFA in directing at Yale, is very excited to be After growing up in working o n this project. She Co nnecticut, Bradley Mott is trying to " re- animate" the decided to go to college in the s t ory. When we think of Greek mid- west, ''it was a radical d r ama , especially a larger than move to go west of the Hudson life tragedy l i ke Antigone, we River.'' He fell i n love with don't usually think of the word Chicago and knew this was a ''a n imated,'' but the whole good place to be . approach to this production is not what you would expect of a Brad went to Northwestern Greek tragedy . With her fellow university, "I was on the e xtended plan there, i t took me Body Poli tic. He was also in 5 and a hal f years to This Lady's Not for Burning and graduate . " In his " first a re-mount of The Birthday senior year," Brad was cast as Party. wh ich Susan Osborne Tony in She Stoops to Conquer directed, both at the Court at the Court Theatre. He spent Theater. a summer there doing a rotating repertory of three shows; ~ I n August of 1985, B~adley and Stoops to Conquer, Macbeth, and Susan were married. He became The Winter's Tale. He a n Artist- in- Residence at graduated the following year Columbia in the 86- 87 school and continued to work in year. From 1979 to 1989 , Brad Chicago theater. and Susan spent their summers working with the National High He began working on Lake Shore School Institute program at Live, a lunchtime soap opera Northwestern. They got to act that was performed at the in a show together for t he Carnegie Theatre, directed by first time in Red Noses at the Michael Maggio. They had six Goodman Theater in the fall of regular characters and ' 87. performed weekly episodes. Unfort unately, it was canceled At Columbia, Brad was in The when the theater came under the Man who Came to Dinner in '84, jurisdiction of Actor's Equity, Beggar on Horseback i n ' 85 and because the producer couldn't Kiss Me Kate in '87. In April afford the salaries. of '88 , Brad got a part in "The Accidental Tourist" a nd left He went back to do more shows the show he was doing, The Ne rd at the Court Theatre . He was at the Royal George, to go to in The Birthday Party by Harold L.A. At the same t i me, he was Pinter, and was then cast in d irecting The Good Person of The curse of The Starving Class Setzuan at Columbia . In the at the Goodman Theatre's Stage spring of '88 he became a Two . member of the I mmediat e Theatre Company, where Brad directed Brad began teaching full-time Exact Change and performed in at Columbia in the fal l of ~pocalyptic Butterflies . 1984, after substituting for Susan Osborne in the 83-84 In the fall of '89, the couple school year. Columbia was not decided that it was time to Brad's first experience with move on, and they moved to teachi ng. He. taught at the Ca l ifornia. While there, Brad Latin School for three and a also appeared in several T . V . quarter years, everything from shows and films . He h ad a shop to drama for 6th to 12th recurring part on " Partners for grades . Duri ng this period, Life, 11 '' Life Goes On, 11 and ''Get Brad only performed in one a Life.'' ''I like to call that show, Cyrano de Bergerac at the my 'life' period. " He was also Goodman Theatre. in the pilot for ''Turner and Hooch. " They r ealized, The next few years, however, however, that the y missed being were extremely busy . Wh ile here too much . "Coming from continuing to work at Chicago, we have a really Columbia, Brad also kept very strong work ethic and there active in Chicago theater. He just isn't enough work in L . A. performed i n The Madwoman of On sitcoms you work 5 days, as Chaillot at the Body Politic, opposed to 5 months at the directed by Sheldon Patinkin Goodman . 11 and James O'Reilly, as a joint project between Columbia and Faculty member Pauline

• -- - ... " "-'.&. J. uea i:re . Brailsford was offered the E to perform wi th her in a role she had originated in the scene from Who's Afraid of movie version of " League of Virqinia Woo l f for the State Their Own" on the sitcom Duet Acting competition, which version. Susan came back to they won . Columbia to substitute for Pauline's classes and to sell He then attended John A. Logan their townhouse. Now that College in Carterville for two Pauline's stay in L. A. has been years, where he studied music. e xtended, both Brad and Susan HE had also become interested are back in Chicago, staying in in poetry, so he began reading Pauline' s home while Pauline and competing in poetry stays in theirs, with their competitions, and was also children, Andy and Emily, and asked to direct a few plays. teaching at Columbia again. This is their ''year of Judith was attending Illinois adventure." State University and told H E that he had to go there. He Brad enjoys teaching, "It makes went to visit and ended up me question, focus on and tak ing some music classes over clearly define what acting is the summer. Judy was in Our for me as well as for the Town at the time, with Rick student. I have fun working Snyder, who would later be a with the students, I learn more part of the Steppenwolf about my acting by teachi ng it. ensemble, and Ralph Lane, a I missed it much more than I former Columbia faculty member, thought I would. '' directing. H E got permission to sit in on rehearsal s and became fascinated, so fascinated in fact that he changed his major to Theater . FACULTY SPOTLIGHT HE was singing in local bars and clubs with a jazz/rock band HE Baccus, Assistant Director at night to pay the rent and of the Contemporary American tuition. ISU had started a new Music Program at Columbia, grew program called '' Theatre up in Southern Illinois and Module," where participation spent most of his childhood in the class was by invitation moving around a lot, living and students were allowed to with his mother, father and create whatever kinds of grandmother at different times . approved projects they wanted. He started playi ng the piano at It was through this program age 5 by imitating his sister. that H E met John Malkovich, He ended up not getting along while directing Great Jones with his first piano teacher, Street, as well as Terry who had a penchant for h itting Kinney, Jeff Perry and Rondi her students' knuckles with a Reed. They were nearing ruier, and he stopped going graduation and thinking about after 2 lesso ns . how difficult it was to get good jobs in theater, HE developed his i nterest in compounded by the fact that music in high school with the they didn't necessarily like aid of the c h orus teacher. His what was being produced, in senior year, he entered a general, and weren't c horus talent competition with particularly interested in his own compositions and his immediately moving to Los teacher offered him free Angeles or New York. lessons to help him develop his skills . lvh ile i n Marion, IL, That summer , Terry Kinney and h i s friend Judith Ivey asked H Jeff Perry did a play i n Highland Park to help some high road to and f rom New York. He school friends out. The group also felt that the company did one play, and disbanded; needed a change. " I believe t he n ame was st il l there needs to be drastic incorporated, though . H E, changes in lea dership, or in Gary Sinise, Lau rie Metcalf, operations, at least e ve ry ten Jeff Perry and Terry Ki nney years ." discussed t aking over the Steppenwolf name and starti ng In the 1982-83 school year, the i r own company. They HE wa s hired to co- t each the i nvited some friends to Joi n Solo Singing c l ass and was the company with the intentions asked to direct a production of of doing a few shows, that A Shepherd's Christmas, a n summer . So H E moved to ori ginal ope ra by William Chicago, sight unseen, with Ru sso. He was made the almost no money . They were Assistant Director of the Mu sic fortunate to get s upporters Program in November of 1992. H early on. Once they had E enjoys teaching as much as received good reviews from getting back to mu sic, " I feel Richard Christiansen of the I have a mission to accompli sh Tribune, audiences followed . he lping s inge r s be i ntelligent a bout their work . Mos t singers H E b ecame the Artistic are attracted to some single Director, a nd the growing feature in the song, usually company moved to the Hu 11 its melody . I teach them to House, a larg er and more thi nk about the message of the recognizable s pace for song- what they're saying . '' audiences. Lanford Wi l son H E a l so likes to help singers happe ned to be working in Lake learn to move wel l - and Forest when they were properly. He i s also c urrently rehearsing a production of his writing a textbook. ''I've play, Balm in Gilead, and John never been able to f ind a Malkovich contacted him and textbook that is truly complete asked h i m to attend a and addresses all of these rehearsal. HE got a hold of issues. " the producers of Say Goodn ight, Graci e in New York, who wer e impressed with the reviews Steppenwolf was receiving and set them up with a production company i n Ch icago, Travelight WHAT'S NEWS Theatre. This was the first premier s h o w for the Facul ty member Bette Coulson Steppenwolf Company . Lanford will be performing with the Wilson then became interested Binz- Coulson Piano Duo Marc h 27 in seeing them do h is play . at 3 : 00 at the North Lakeside They made an arrangement with Cu l tural Center. Wi l son to take their production of Balm in Gilead to New York, Artist-in-Reside nce Torn Mula a nd that is what f irst put just completed his third season Steppenwol f on the map in New as Scrooge i n the Goodman York. Theatre' s A Christmas Carol . He also designed the Quasimodo It was at this point that HE makeup for Drury Lane Oak Brook came to a persona l crossroads. Terrace's world premiere of ~ He and his wife, Jan Elas, had Hunchback of Notre Dame . This wanted to ha ve a family for summer, h e will be co- directing several years, and were A Midsummer Night' s Dream with considering adopt ing, but not Dale Ca landra at the Oak Park if he was going t o be on the Festival Theatre . Faculty member Barbara Thea ter which runs through Robertson will be appearing in February 13 . The Brutality of Fact, a new play by Keith Reddin, directed Current student Jackie Katzman by Michael Maggio at the performed in Underground at the Goodman Studio from Feb . 11 National Jewish Theater this through March 13. winter.

Assistant Theater/Music Artist-in-Residence Jeff Department Chair Bri an Shaw Ginsberg is now also teaching will be appearing in Cloud 42 classes at the Actor's Center . Theater' s production of Camille (Charles Ludlum' s Ridi culous Alumni Wendy Tregay and Heather Theater version) at the Body Delker were in the Factory' s Politic Theater. It opens production of Santa Claus March 3rd and will run i n Conquers the Martians, repertory with Camille Deflowered, another version of Alumnas Erin Philyaw will be this time honored tale, adapted appearing in Killer Joe at the by Jim Daly. Brian and his Next Theater. wife, Part- Time Faculty Member, Stephanie are expecting their current students Heather first child this summer. Donaldson and Allison Cain, and former students Matt Gray and Playwright- in- Residence Paul David Bryson performed i n A Carter Harrison recently had a Fathomless TV Christmas : With new book published, Black Remote Control, by Greg Nagan, Light: The African American with the Marry Arrchie Company Contemporary Hero. He will a t the Angel Island Theater. also be directing food For the Gods, by Songodina Ifatunji at Faculty member Doug Lofstrom the ETA Creative Arts will premiere his "Concerto for Foundation. String Orchestra" with the Symphony of the Shores at Pick­ Faculty Member David Woolley Staiger Hall of Northwestern recently staged the v iolence university Sunday, Feb. 27 at and a stair fall for 7:00 p.m. He is currently Steppenwol f's production of ~ recording an album with bassist Rise and Fall of Little voice. and singer Eldee Young, to be He is currently organizing the released this Spring. members of the Society of American Fight Directors as the Regional Representative. He is preparing for the 199 4 Swordsmen tour and enjoying some time at home with his wife, JoAnn. S t aff Department Chair Sheldon Patinkin is directing a Edi tor: Pam Klier workshop produc t ion of I Didn't Contributors: HE Baccus Know What Time it Was at the Terry McCabe National Jewish Theater. The Bradley Mott show is an evening of Richard Susan Osborne- Mott Rodgers songs that he has put Susan Padveen together. Sheldon Patinkin William Russo Art ist- i n-Residence Terry Anna D. Shapiro McCabe directed Edward Albee's Bill Underwood A Delicate Ba lance a t the Court Bill Williams