PAGE TWO Players' Production to Open Tonight By DONNAN BEESON Mattresses, inexperienced danc ers and royal costumes have made the last seven ■weeks ol rehearsal for the Players’ production of “Once Upon a Mattress" exciting, Ellis Grove; instructor of theater arts and director of the play, said last night, i The show will open at 8 pm. tonight in Schwab and run tomor row and Saturday nights. Tickets may be purchased at the Hetxel Union desit , “We’ve got a wild mixture of ,people working on the show/’ (Grove said, ‘‘and some of them have never been in a show be fore.*' , MUCH OP THE original script has also been cut out, making the play mostly satire, with some slapstick included, he said. ; The story, based on the fairy tale, "The Princess and the Pea." revolves around the rigors which a young princess must go through] to prove herself royal in the eyes] of her future mother-in-la'w, Queen Agravain. ! Grove said that all the lead characters are parodies on old Student Art Display To Begin Today < In HUB Gallery, Temporary, Home Ec The annual exhibition of stu-jments of Art, Art Education, and dent art will \>e held starting to- ; Home Arts. Heller said. All phases ■!r y - an fK co w u ?u‘ n * Tl t^rou^.^ y 't« , ?^h^&£rwS^i 31 jn the Hetxel Union gallery,' na j prints—will be exhibited. Temporary Building, and the. The exhibition is the one op- 1 -home arts area of Horn/Econom- pQriunity that students in these ics, ..Jules Heller, director of the,departments have to acquaint the School of Arts, said recently. {public with the work accom • The display represents the bestlplished in- their courses during' work of students in the Depart-'the year, Heller said. It's Mother's Day ps* v Tea Time Time to enjoy delicious Spudnuts / _ Order Them TODAY I !- Cell The Spudnut Shop • AD 8-6184 once^oti a mattress A «ys»cA L •.< ti . ■asps' f V HERIOCHER'S / SUPPER SPECIAL , NOW SERVED TUESDAY. THURSDAY. AND SATURDAY 1 4:30 -7 PN./ ]4 ig. Bar-B-Qued Chicken Choice of onei/ \ Potato Salsa (t|C i Cole Slaw ¥|*«* Bakodßeans Jk ’Peppered Cabbage . Macaroni Salad / _ - /Choice of 'one: ■ ' / Apple Pie / New York Cheese Cake Choice of Soft Drink CALL AD 8-0518 FREE DELIVERY AFTER 4:30 THE DAILY (COLLEGIAN, UNIVERSITY; PARK, 'PENNSYLVANIA cliches, especially the Queen. 1 Louisa Marshall, senior in secon dary education will play this role. COMMENTING ON some ofl the problems which the group has; faced. Grove mentioned that one of the lead character?, Prince Dauntless, dropped out and had to be replaced. Now taking the part is David Armbruster, junior in arts and letters from Pitts- j burgh. A soft shoe dance routine also had to be learned by the Jester, Grove said. Marilyn Richardson, graduate student in theater, arts and choreographer for the show, explained how this was taught to! the jester, who is played by James! Marvel, graduate student in Eng lish from Laurel Springs, jNJ. "WE FIRST HAD the jester try out the steps most comfortable for him, then put them in order, and finally had the chorus copy {them,” Mrs. Richardson, said. i Nancy Alinkoff, senior in secon dary education from Kingston, who will play the part pf Lady ,Larkin, said they also had trou ble making the transition from EVERYTHING But The Kitchen Sink/ (AND WE DIDN’T HAVE ROOM FOR^fHAT) . * — ; OPENS TONIGHT /* - - rehearsal props to the set and costumes- which will used in the production. j i One of the girls w.jts used to practicing her routine on nine mattresses and found there would only be two on the actual set, she said. She also said that the fe male members of- the cast have had a hard-time getting used to the long skirts of their costumes. Speaking of. the Dhow as a whole, Grove said, _“;|t’s-been a new experience for everyone.”- j 17^71 TONITE & FRI. Ton my ; PeU Noon as HUrthall SWINGIN' ALONG clnemairopft »k color FRIDAY V. 12:30 Cool Temperatj A killing frost and freezing temperatures were forecast for roost sections of Pennsylvania early today. 1 j Early morning readings ware expected to range from the tipper teens and low 2u's in northern and central counties of the state jto the. low 30’s In the. southeastern sections. j 1 The Canadian air mass that brought mostly clear skies, cool temperatures and excellent visi | bility to tiie Commonwealth yes terday is expected to continuejin / I i“ ■ BJiAfcLiij—i— i .. •TONITE at 7:30 and 9:20 PJd.t S' “AS MUCH FUN AS a, • A BARRELFUL OF MONKEYS.” I W»» Aftw Yorker f ‘Sfi VSifn JEAN RENO'R’S "***~* I I "A HAPPY, SENSUOUS, GOOFY MOVIEl" I——: ! i '1 EST HALLS' W fi 6 LOUNGE RECORD HOP.'' THURSDAY. MAY] 10.19& *• . • | * i . 'res to Continue control of the state's .weather to day. ‘ \ ' Increasing and thickening clou diness and cool temperatures a?a forecast for today, and a high of 60 4 expected. j i Mostly cloudy skies 'and, occa sional rain are indicated for to night and tomorrow, j ~ _ A low of 45 degrees is predicted for tonight, and a high of 58 j 4 expected tomorrow, j > 1 Saturday should, be ' partly cloudy and continued cooL j “Doctor. .. Tell Laura I | love her . .!. I i and tell her L i zvon V be able to make it to i this week's
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