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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.
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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
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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
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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
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Attendee John Bukowski. 41.
Huntington. said Schwab
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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.
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public relations) said she attend
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needs extra motivation.
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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
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recommended that she attend
because she's thinking about
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