Senior Thesis Play Puts Concordia Student Director on the Theatre
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Arts and Entertainment MARCH 10, Senior thesis play puts Concordia student director on the theatre map Christina Myers The Concordian • Also in the world of In the program notes there is a music, the Fargo-Moorhead quote from Henry David Symphony will present its Thoreau: "If a man does not keep annual Family Concert pace with his companions, per- "WaterWorld," a concert fea- haps it is because he hears a dif- turing great classical music ferent drummer." with themes of storms, This philosophy, though rivers, and oceans, at North meant to comment upon the Dakota State University's action of the play, also indirectly Reineke Fine Arts Center on addresses the appeal of student- Friday, March 10 at 7 p.m. directed productions. This week- The concert will include end, the Concordia Theatre will excerpts from Handel's present its final senior thesis pro- "Water Music" and duction of the year with Joan Debussy's "La Mer," and Ackermann's "Off the Map," will include a performance directed by Nicolle Bettcher. by pianist Lacey Oar, winner The play's action is conveyed of this year's Young Artist through a series of flashbacks of Solo Competition. Tickets Bo Groden, a woman whose past are $6 for students and are lies in rural New Mexico. available at all Ticketmaster Through Bo's memories, we are outlets. For more informa- transported to a summer in her tion, call 233-8397. adolescence. That summer, her father was dealing with depres- • The CEC Campus movie sion, her mother was trying to Photo by Matt S. Anderson this weekend is "For the help her father, and they were Love of the Game," starring visited by "God's messenger," Senior thesis director Nicolle Bettcher (center) shares notes with her cast of Joan Kevin Costner. The baseball- William Gibbs. By the end of the Ackerman's "Off the Map." Bettcher wants the acting to reflect a realistic style. romance film hybrid will be play, we can clearly see the playing at Olin 124 this impact that Willjam made on the female playwrights equal bal- workshop reading at the Mark acts directed by students in the Friday and Saturday at 7 and family as well as Bo, and in turn ance," Bettcher said. "It's impor- Taper Forum in Los Angeles. Advanced Directing class, dealt 9:15 p.m., and on Sunday at we see the impact that the family tant to have a mixed cast, and I Working with her peers has with mental illness and the insti- think that female playwrights proven a challenge for Bettcher. tutions which deal with them, 3 p,nL*:";:;-:»£•" '* '• .'• .*,.'\?-• ;- made on William. give us a perspective not often The cast includes first-year stu- Aside from directing, Bettcher Bettcher selected this produc- expressed on the stage." dents Daci Overby and Amanda has also appeared onstage play- • The next installment of tion for her thesis for many rea- Joan Ackerman, the female Reichel, junior Ted Hansen, and ing numerous and diversified CEC's Live @ the Norm sons. "It contains serious issues, series will be Stuart Davis. but it also has _____ playwright that seniors Laura Haug, Rich roles at Concordia. Earlier this The "Post-Apocalyptic Punk humor," Bettcher Bettcher chose, is Sommer, and Matt Peterson, year she appeared as the promis- Folk" musician will be per- said. "I wanted to I feel bad being one of the more Despite the sometimes difficult cuous Sissy in "Come Back to the nature of directing her peers, 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy forming at the Normandy give my actors well known writ- Bettcher said the process was Dean." Last year she was the mainstage on Thursday, the chance to use stern." ers of our time. March 16 at 8 p.m..^.^^ a very realistic She was one of much better than she thought it catatonic Beth in "A Lie of the the co-founders would be. "I feel bad being Mind." She has also appeared in acting style, and I Nicolle Bettcher f Fargo-Moorhead Director of "Off the Map of Mixed stern," said Bettcher, who hails "Moby Dick! The Musical," wanted a show Company, a year- from Braham, MN. "Godspell" and "Into the Community Theatre will be written by a presenting Tom Griffin's round theater which she contin- This is not Bettcher's first Woods." female playwright." ues to co-direct in Great experience directing for She has also had much profes- "The Boys Next Door." Bertcher's choice of a play by Recently made into a Barrington, Massachusetts. She Concordia stages. Last spring, sional work, including Frostfire a female playwright was not has also written articles that have she directed the one-act "The Theatre's production of "The Hallmark Hall of Fame hastily made. "The last show I appeared in Time, Esquire, and Black Branch." The show, which movie, the play is a touching did was by a male playwright, SEE THESIS ON PAGE 13 story of four developmental- and I wanted to give male and "Off the Map" was given a was part of an evening of one- ly disabled men living under the supervision of a burned out young social worker. Performances will be on Virtuoso violinist to perform concert March 9-12 and 16-19, with shows Thursday through Saturday at 8 p.m. and in Concordia Cultural Events Series Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. For tickets and information, The Cultural Events Series will continue this Tuesday evening call the box office at 235- with guest violinist Erika Raum. 6778. Raum was born into a heavily musical family, and was imme- diately immersed in musical instruction. One of her favorite moti- • The Concordia Choir vational tactics as a burgeoning virtuoso was to practice her will be capping off their 16- music in front of her stuffed animals. day Spring Tour to, among She attended the University of Toronto, where she studied other places, Florida with a under the famous Hungarian violinist Lorand Fenyves, who she home concert at Memorial claims was one of her strongest mentors. Auditorium on Sunday, Then, in 1993, her many years of study paid off when she March 12 at 7:30 p.m. The walked away from the Joseph Szigeti violin competition in concert is free and open to Budapest, Hungary with a first place prize. the public and may include She has since performed solo concerts in France, Portugal, Renaissance and Baroque Hungary, Austria. The Toronto Star has hailed her as one of Motets by Bach and Handel, "Canada's most talented young string players." Russian Orthodox anthems The concert will be held at the Centrum this Tuesday at 8 p.m. by Rachamaninoff and • Tickets for the concert will be $10 general admission and $7 for Ginastera's Lamentations of students. Jeremiah..