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grown ups.
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try and guess this charade, and
then act it out differently to the
following person. This contin
ues until the last person enters
and tries to guess what the first
clues were, all having been inter
preted three different ways.
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Professor Dail and actors
excited for The Dispute
Bv Amber Williams
contributing w riter
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“They're a really strong mix of
experienced Behrend actors and
new faces." director Chrystyna
Dail said of her ten student cast
for her first directed play at
Behrend, The Dispute.
This play will tell a dark
comedic story of love, which is
full of action and little dialogue,
and responds to who cheats first.
Is it the men or the women'.’
According to Dail. this is a
very physical show and "it will
die without all the physieality.
I'm used to directing musical the
atre where everything is physi
cal." Aside from the very small
studio theatre. Dail said, "the
physieality and figuring out how
to connect the youthfulness and
innocence in the maliciousness of
the play." are going to he the
challenges. The characters will
have to go from being innocent to
being almost conniving.
Another thine that Dail adds is
Local Vermont scene is
what my
By Jeff Kramer
contributing writer
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My name is Jeff and I’m from
the Green Mountain State.
That's to say. Vermont. The
North East. I like things like
slam daneing, incense. Phish.
tie-dye, video games, coffee and
milk. My job writing this col
umn is to share my love of
maple leaves and Ben & Jerry’s
with all of you out-of-staters.
Maybe then you’ll understand
how much we rock up in the
middle of nowhere.
People usually define them
selves by the music they listen
That’s probably why Vermont
is such a different state from the
rest of the world. Music is a dif
ferent scene there. Around here,
when asked about local bands,
most people tell me about the
Clarks from Pittsburgh and
nobody else.
While the Clarks are pretty
good, kids in Vermont high
schools would tell you all about
six or ten new local groups they
just discovered — groups that are
actually pretty good.
with a tombstone at the zoo
The free event served pizza,
soda, and cake halfway through
the performance for participants
and audience members. Though
people meandered in and out of
the audience, at one point there
were over 100 bodies watching
the hilarity.
And if you dared to volunteer
or get on stage, you could have a
reputation by now. The host.
the fact that the east will only
have twenty-three rehearsals
before they get into the technical
work of their show.
At the auditions. Dail had 41
students show up and audition
with a eold reading for the ten
roles. The east is an equal split of
five males and five females. Dail
said working with the actors is
definitely her favorite thing about
being a play director. Dail said
that she likes working with good
ensembles and also with those
who may not have had much
experience with acting and per
forming.
Also. Dail is excited about
pushing the cast's boundaries and
watching them drop their egos
and start working together as a
group. Dail said that she is look
ing forward to the actors activat
ing their characters. This play is
going to "take a cast willing to
experiment and be comfortable
with sexuality."
"I'm a newbie," Dail said
about directing student plays here
at Penn State Behrend. This will
ears want to hear
Around there, people listen to
different music. Popular music
consists of Lil’ Wayne, Ne-Yo.
T-Payne, or anything else like
that. I'm not saying that’s a bad
thing, but I can’t tell the differ
ence between any of them.
And I’m also not saying peo
ple don’t like that kind of stuff in
Vermont —plenty of people do.
Even I’ll admit that “I Feel Like
Dying" by Lil’ Wayne is a pretty
awesome song, but I don’t listen
to that kind of stuff. All my
friends listen to Reel Big Fish,
Grateful Dead, some kind of
country, or any number of
things. It’s a very mixed bag.
Rap and hip-hop just aren’t as
popular. A lot of kids like coun
try, and even the ones who don’t
admit that Johnny Cash is awe-
Most kids seem to be really
into obscure, “undiscovered"
bands —and if not undiscovered,
at least local. But when it comes
to Vermont bands, there’s more
than just Phish; you have Crazy
Hearse, Dirtminers, Orange
Juice... oh the list could go on.
Radio is a pretty old medium,
and most kids these days don’t
listen to it. I myself am guilty of
Friday, September 26, 2008
Ryan, did an outstanding job of
keeping the flow going at all
times, especially when Flipper
entered the scene.
1 only wish I could get more
juicy details on what the arts edi
tors mom was doing with the
sports editor in a hot air balloon,
you can guarantee I will be back
the next time they host Improv
Night.
be her first semester directing a
play for Behrend students. Dail
hopes to tell the audience a story,
educate them on genders in soci
ety, and of course, entertain the
public. Also. Dail said that the
audience should hopefully expect
a good time. Dail said that she is
adding a little twist to the end of
the play: however, she would not
say and/or give away what that
twist was.
"I'm so excited for the show
because it sounds like a play that
college students can relate to." an
anonymous freshman said about
the upcoming play that she
intends on going to see.
If one would like to see The
Dispute, the first of it's seven
public performances will be on
Thursday, November 13. The
shows will be running through
Thursday. November 20, with no
showing on Monday, November
17. Show times have yet to he
announced. Tickets will be only
five dollars for Penn State
Behrend Students and the show is
open to the public.
that—the most I listen to radio is
at work and on Sunday s at 9 for
the Grateful Dead hour. And on
Sundays I stream it through the
internet; I don’t even own a
radio.
Like most students, I have my
iPod, Zune or whatever MP3
player. Back home, though,
every Saturday I'd tune into
National Public Radio and listen
to Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me, I’d
listen to Fresh Air on weekdays
after school, and I’d even listen
to Mountain Stage from time to
time. And most of my friends
would do the same.
When it wasn’t NPR, we’d lis
ten to 106.7 WIZN: The Wizard
(the station with the Grateful
Dead hour) or Champ Classic
Rock (named for the lake mon
ster in Lake Champlain).
For a true taste of Vermont
music, acquire Billy Breathes or
Farmhouse by Phish, or
American Typewriter by
Dirtminers; the other albums I’d
recommend are more difficult to
come by and not on iTunes.
Vermont’s music scene is one
of the defining factors that
makes it such a sweet place to
live.