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Matchbox Players
prepare for season
"Talk Radio" to begin theater season
Talk Radio
by Joe Williams
The Behrend Studio Theater
will be a radio station on
November Bth.
That's when The Matchbox
Players' production of "Talk
Radio" opens.
"We have a very ambitious set
and sound design," says director
Steve Buckwald. "We're
atempting to create a radio station
and make the voices (of the
characters) sound as if they're
coming over the phone.
"We are going for a non
traditional design," says
Buckwald, "Events of the play
will happen in spaces all around
the theater. The eyes and ears of
the audience will have to keep
moving."
Buckwaid's purpose in doing
this is to stir the audiences
imaginations.
"The first purpose (of theater)
is to entertain," Buckwald said,
"but I believe that it shouldn't be
the end-all purpose."
Buckwald wants to give the
audience something to think
about. He said "the audience
should - walk away asking
questi6ris."
"Talk Radio" is based on the
true story of Allen Berg, the host
of a radio talk show in the early
1980's::
Berg was gunned down in his
driveway the day his show was to
go on national radio. Although
there were suspects, the case was
never solved.
"He was a cross between
Robin Williams and Morton
Downey Jr.," said Buckwald, "he
was loved but hated. He had great
ratings"
The play , written by Eric
Bogosian, takes place on the
night of the of the show's last
local broadcast before going
national.
"The play shows how pressure
brings out the - true man," said
Buckwald.
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The central character, Barry
Champlain, has the pressure of
going national, and "all the
people in his life come to a
vortex on this night," said
Buckwald
Buckwald picked the play
because it "is very visceral and
alive," he said.
"The play is very
contemporary in consideration of
tabloid TV," said Buckwald.
It deals with very deep
prejudices, and it poses the
question "are we willing to
sacrifice our moral code for
success?"
The play started as a one man
show off-Broadway and evolved
into the film directed by Oliver
Stone, and released last year,
"This experience is
particularly exciting," Buckwald
said, "there will be a lot of hard
work."
Buckwald hopes some special
things will come out of this. "If
we do our work, it (the play) will
knock the audience's socks off,"
said Buckwald.
He hopes to enter the play
into the American College
Theater Competition this fall.
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Buck in charge.
That's where the comedy
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Buck, an unemployed slob
who enjoys his freedom to drink,
smoke and gamble to excess, has
no experience with children and
can't even remember the names of
his nieces and neph - ews. He
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decides to move in with the
children, however, because it
gives him an exit froth the
otherwise unescapable pressures
of future marriage and imminent
parenthood with his girlfriend of
eight years. Amy Madigan
proves her comic ability
throughout her portrayal of
Buck's beloved.
The younger children adore
their carefree and fun-loving
- uncle, while the oldest girl,
played to rebellious perfection by
newcomer Jean Kelly, ' gives
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with the handling of Buck's
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utilizes Candy's comic genius to
produce scenes of pure hilarity.
This respectable talent allows
"Uncle Buck" to become such a
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