California Lutheran University - Kairos Yearbook (Thousand Oaks, CA)

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DRAMA PRODUCTIONS The Cat Princess, is a prize win- rung children ' s play about the greedy princess, Elaine, who wants the witch ' s cat because she believes it is magic. Elaine captures the cat but she is turned into a cat princess. With help from Morton, Twirl, and the jester, Elaine is saved. Through the experi- ence, Elaine realizing her greed becomes a much better person. The performance was in March. The Crucible, performed in May, is an exciting drama about the Puritan purge of witchcraft in old Salem. The story tells how small lies build and build until the town is aroused and many people are sent to the gallows, for being possessed of the Devil. This his- torical drama by Arthur Miller was directed by Dr. Richard Adams. •posite page; Top Left: Mark Rodin and Rob Koon in a scene from Brecht on Rrecht. Top Right: Doug Ram- ' clutches a pillow as he wonders how Humphrey Bogart would respond after his wife left him. Bottom: Mark din, Stan Galperson, and Lois Larimore in Brecht. is page; Top: Monica Bielke as Toto, Darcy DuRant and Peggy Lloyd as munchkins entertained youngsters oughout the Conejo Valley in The Wizard of Oz. Bottom: Doug Ramsey is receiving advice from Humphrey gart (Ken Bahn) as Kelly Long is oblivious to the whole thing. 21

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Every other year, the Drama department offers a special dinner theatre performance. This year. Woody Allen ' s romantic comedy, Play It Again, Sam was directed by senior drama major, Rob Koon. The play revolved around a homely hero with a fascination for Humphrey Bogart; a hero who lacks Bogart ' s technique with women. With the help of his friends he tries to overcome this deficiency which provides the comic entertainment in this story. Brecht On Brecht directed by Dr. Richard Adams used German author Bertolt Brecht as subject for a series of improvisations. The children ' s classic, The Wizard of Oz was performed three times during the month of November in the Little Theatre before touring the area ' s elementary schools. During interim, the Drama department hosted a musical revue of the life and music of Irving Berlin, a repeat per- formance of last year ' s successful pres- entation. 20

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ARTIST LECTURE Tom Hayden headlined Artist Lecture ' s slate of speakers in September when he challenged us to Make the Future Ours. With activism as a way of life, and several books to his name. Hayden expressed his concern with the growth of cor- porate power and its influence on American life. In the Spotlight was a series instigated by the Artist Lec- ture Commission this year in an effort to recognize CLC ' s hid- den talent. The first concert debuted Keith Butenshon and Lindrew Johnson, both seniors, performing to a capacity crowd. They each are in the process of launching professional music careers and took the opportunity to spotlight a few of their original melodies on the CLC stage. Fans packed into the SUB for a standing room only crowd awaiting the talent of CLC freshman, Jim Stone. Stone encouraged audience participation with rowdy enthusiasm for Neil Young, Rolling Stones, and more. 22