4 I Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010 Alison Morooney, playing the role of Wendy, and Audrey Cardwell, as Peter Pan, perform Wednesday night in a performance of “Peter Pan." ‘Peter Pan’ delights a packed audience By Hannah Rishel COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER All children grow up The School of Theatre held a free preview performance of its production of 'Peter Pan" on Tuesday evening to a packed audience in the Playhouse Theatre in the Theatre Building. The preview was a dress rehearsal for Wednesday's open ing night. Other performances will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday, as well as Nov. 9 through Nov. 13 and at 2 p.m. on Nov. 13. "Peter Pan" is the first play to be performed in the renovated Playhouse Theatre and featured an elaborate set and acrobatic fly- Thc musical adaptation of the play by .1. M. Barrie was directed and choreographed by Michael ’achieield and starred Audrey ( ardwell (junior-musical theatre) as the title role and New Zealand actor Hayden Tee as Captain Hook and Mr. Darling. The production followed the classic plot of "Peter Pan" a boy who refuses to grow up and lives in a magical land called Neverland with a group of aban doned children called the Lost Boys. One night he comes into the nursery room of the Darling house after the children have gone to sleep, in search of his shadow He teaches Wendy Darling and her brothers to fly and takes them to Neverland at then request. Sarah Baumgarten attended the performance because she's a theater fan and hadn't seen "Peter Pan" in a while. She said this version was more animated than the productions she'd seen in the past. ! felt like I was in Disnev. Cuban culture comes to PSU through hip-hop, film event By Sarah Becks LfGIAN Penn State students want to pique their peers' interest in Cuban culture through hip-hop. At the Cuban Hip-Hop event, the film “East Of Havana” will be screened at 4 p.m. today in the Pattee Library in Foster Auditorium. There will also be a showcase and “open mic” night Friday at 8 p.m. in the Pollock Commons lounge. The events are sponsored by many groups at Penn State, including the Vice Provost for Educational Equity the Women’s Studies Department and the featuring ••• /s strawberries / \ BLUEBERRIES / \ MUSHROOMS / \ BROCCOLI X SUMACH CHOCOLATE CHIPS MARSHMALLOWS SAUSAGE BACON PECANS St 4-238-0600 TIU6REfNBOMri.COM 131 If. BEAVER AVE. STATE COLLEGE, M World," Baumgartner (sopho more-vocal performance) said. She said she was very impressed with Cardwell's per formance as Peter Pan because she didn't know what to expect coming into the show. “She portrayed the part of a boy well," Baumgartner said. Kayla Ritenour said she attended the show to support her roommate Elizabeth Stone, (sen ior-musical theatre) who played Mrs. Darling. "The flying was amazing." Ritenour (senior-psychology) said. "It literally took my breath away when Peter Pan flew in the ydndow the first time.” except She was not alone. Most of the audience gasped and applauded when Cardwell made her entrance through the nursery window. Byron Fay said he enjoyed the different types of dances Hook's pirate crew performed, which included a tango, a tarantella and a waltz. Fay said he had seen a ballet production of "Peter Pan” before, but it was very different from the musical. "This one was colorful, ener getic and well-executed,” he said. Ritenour's favorite musical number was the reprise of "I Gotta Crow" that Peter Pan sang with the Lost Boys. She said hav ing child actors play the Lost Boys made the production more authentic. "It’s an amazing perform ance,” Ritenour said. “Everyone should come out to see it." Tickets are available for $25 at the Bryce Jordan Center, Einsenhower Auditorium and the Penn State Downtown Theatre Cebter for the remaining per formances. To e-mail reporter: hmrso27@psu.edu Dominican Students Association. "East of Havana" is a documen tary about how three under ground rap artists make it in the music industry while dealing with government sanctions. It also cov ers the artists' family, gender and race issues. Alyssa Garcia, assistant profes sor of women's studies, is hosting the Cuban Hip-Hop event. "Culture can be a way for their voice to be heard," Garcia said. "It is important to take an active role." The documentary can also give students a different perspective on Cuba', Garcia said who added there is much more to Cuba than BREAKFAST WMfc SATURMf AABSWIHW ARTS ENTERTAIN Classical musicians play Schwab By David Strader COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Young musicians in an age-old genre contemporary-classical at its finest. The Eroica THo performed at Schwab Auditorium Wednesday night, mixing both classical and contemporary chamber music. The all-female trio consisted of pianist Erika Nickrenz, violinist Susie Park and cellist Sara Sant’Ambrogio taking the stage in matching brown dresses. Amy Vashaw, audience and pro gram development director for the Center for the Performing Arts, said the trio was impressive in more ways than one. “They are amazing musicians and personable people in addition to being gorgeous,” she said. The trio was named after Ludwig Van Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony “eroica” being the Italian translation for “heroic." The Eroica Trio performed a number of both classical and con temporary pieces. The third piece performed. “Trio-Sinfonia” by composer Kevin Puts, was a song co-com missioned by the CPA. Vashaw said the CPA was glad to be able to create that connec tion between composers and ensembles. State College resident Barry Kernfeld said he attended the show to see the Eroica Trio's per formance of a song by Astor Piazzolla. “He’s an Argentinean compos er who does tango avant-garde music.” Kernfeld said. Alumnus talks journalism career By Hannah Rishel COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Mister Mann Frisby told a group of communications stu dents Wednesday night that jour nalism is not for the meek and mild. Frisby returned to his alma mater to give a speech in Willard about his days at Penn State and his time working for the Philadelphia Daily News. Frisby, Class of 1997, became the youngest person to ever be hired by the Daily News. He decided he wanted to become a journalist his junior year of high school when he snuck backstage at a Salt-N-Pepa concert and saw that journalists had access back stage. “When you wake up you have no idea what you’ll be doing that day," Frisby told the group of communications students who attended the speech. He told stories about writing articles about everything from a tiger that was loose in downtown Philadelphia to a toddler who fell out a third story window onto eon crete and lived. Jacklyn Reid (junior-broadcast the biases of the culture would suggest, and this documentary tries to remind viewers Cuba's leaders aren’t always the best rep resentatives of its people. Professor John Nichols is a spe cialist on international communi cations and has conducted research exclusively on Cuban communications. "Cuba is only 90 miles away from the United States and yet it is distant in politics,” Nichols said. The night after the documen tary plays, there will be a show case and "open mic" night that will feature hip-hop artists, includ ing special guests OG Tha Arsonist and integrative arts pro TB> X GreatPacificGarbagePatch • - rj r> •**►••••? http://www.tedxgreatpacificgarbagepatch.com/ The Eroica Trio performs contemporary-cdm Auditorium on Wednesday night. Attendee John Bukowski. 41. Huntington. said Schwab Auditorium was a nice venue for the contemporary-classical trio's performance. "I really like the intimate set ting." he said. "No matter where you're sitting, you feel like you're very close to the performers." According to Vashaw. the Schwab Auditorium was not the trio's only performance in the area. Vashaw on behalf of the CPA. helped arrange for the Eroica Tno to perform earlier that day at Foxdale Village, a retirement communitv in State College. "We provided an opportunity for people who would be unable to journalism! enjoyed the time Frisby spent talking about cum passion because she r-'centi interned with NBC and felt !ik evrrvonc Were was a Trfv.m said jo;; them (iesensi keen their coiopa-.-ma Oprau a- ;m example. Ami have to haw --m 1 heart." Reid said. She added that Frisby’> expo, mice- at I’enn State reflects v.:: : she's currently going (hrouan *>• it gives her hope tor her awn isuure that she can be suc-v.-sfu! like him. Catherine Valdez, i sophomore public relations) said she attend ed Frisby's talk because mk needs extra motivation. “My parents arc really strict." Valdez said. "They think you :v only successful if you're a doctor or a lawyer. It's good to hear about someone make somethin oi themselves in a different field. Manouska Jeantus 'junior biobehavioral health l said it was recommended that she attend because she's thinking about changing her major to common: cations. I love how he brought what !u “Culture can be a way for iht-ir voice to be heard ... It is important to take an active role.' lessor Ronnie Burrage with his students Drew Jackson. Kquille Williams and Ugo Onyianta. The showcase will follow both Penn State students and Stale College performers as well. Garcia said. Burrage. a featured guest at the "open mic." teaches a hip-hop class at Penn State that incoipo rates different cultures. "The showcase will have trade The Daily Collegian -- :• Collegian mLisle at the Schwab hen* [vc.- Yashaw said. shoe hi give them that Miriam :it senior commu- h! Russian) said she see classical music in mead m was dad the area If' hr.pnnant tor everyone to :-v'ci it." she said. "It’s ■imud for eenturies. and ■hanging. Ur Mil':.,: student Rhonda Ah ! classical music has !i ' mht lor everyone, •se iermaiiiy to it, but • ;-e: know the struc ■ music. there's always dass46l@psu.edu < to have heart Jaclyn Reid s ' l a!e to his job. : slie also liked icc to the audi tl'icir decrees i dial animalists opportunities than tor- newspapers. Vi-..use ii:' 1 \ ~n adept writers !■> . - :•■■■■■ ■•'•fate press releas ■- ■. -a content for others. Killed. Fnsbycred- I- i:’.- lo' a! a-a journalist to ie a if. as a published rah a wlinen two novels M s;k Si-ii i .ight" and "Wife a -i! a .ell help book or las. i'as tilled "Holla so- Pi low what you do m miserable." 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