DePauw University - Mirage Yearbook (Greencastle, IN)

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26 SWEENEY TODD: ' iiAttend the tale of Sweeney Tood. His skin was pale, and his eye was odd. He shaved the faces of gentlemen Who never thereafter were heard of again. He trod a path that few had trod Did Sweeny Todd a The Demon Barber of Fleet Streey. When Fitz first said he was going to do Sweeney Todd for Winter Alice Ripley and Gordon Reinhart pose. Dave G jesvo Id Rod Neiman and Beth Babbitt play Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovette. Milling in the crowd are Beth Axelberg, Jenny lzen- stark, Mike Lueder, Brent Raibley, Beth Babbit. Brad Weatherbie Term 1983, many people had doubts. But just as many were thrilled at the chance to be in this marvelously maddening musical. It was quite an undertaking from the start, unlike any before. This operatic musical written by Hugh Wheeler and the enimitable Stephen Sundheim, Sweeney Todd was not long oft broadway. In fact, after much phone calling and research, publicity Chairman Laura Henderson and Mr. Fitzpatrick discovered that DePauwts production would be the first midwestern fuIl-scale ooliigiate production of Sweeney Todd. The show based on Christopher Bondis revision of the 19th century melodrama, won a 1979 Tony Award as the Best Musical and is considered one of Sundheimis most inspired and inspiring works. A cast of 40 musicianslactors was seiected. The show was double Dave Gjesvold

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Quotes On Winter Term On Campus: Winter term is the only time when you can study whatever you want and at the same time become totally socially decadent. ttltts not like it was easier. Even though you only had one class, it was really intense. A semester worth of Spanish in one month! No way. ItWinter term illness is what we called it a when you got so bored that you felt sick. That's how some of us got at first because we were so used to being real busy. But once we got over that t'The classes were so much more focused. I took a course on female Irish writers. I never knew there were even any female Irish writers before that. Jim Morrison, Barb Harmon. Teresa Dunbar, and Andy Buroker toured the midwest to promote DePauw to prospective students in Project '83 with Dick Lyons. Here the Holiday Inn greets them. Denise Apple finishes the anthropology display that was part of her winter term class on cam- pus. Students slept overnight outside the UCC in or- der to secure spots on the 1984 winter term trips to Latin America and Haiti. The non-credit aerobics class was especially popular on campus during winter term. Lindy Boyer Off Campus: ttThe biggest thing about this yearis winter term was all the damn RED TAPE. e four hour lines to get approved by Catanese! Itl went to Russiata need I say more? Great! ttlt is really the best time to travel. Like you can do a regular interships, home, it is a good time to be with your family. but do it In Florida. Or if you do it at Chicago Politics. That was definately the best thing offered if you were interested in Polysci and especially if you were from Chicago . we went over it first on campus and then went up to Chicago. It you go abroad for a semester, you aren't required to do a winter term. That month was really good for me then to get reaoquainted with America. 25

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The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street cast to ease the strain on your voices and to allow as many talented students to participate in the 0 production as possible. Senior Paul Soper and Freshman ; Rod Nelman portrayed the vengeful barber Sweeney Todd. Senior Beth Babbit and sophomore Alice Ripley were cast as Mrs. Lovett, Todd's cohort and a meat pie shop proprietress. The eerie plot concerns Sweeney Todd's return from London after an unjust prison term in iibloody Australia to find that his wife has committed suicide. He also finds that his daughter is now the ward of the tyrannical judge who sent Todd to Australia and then seduced Todd's wife. And this all happened before the curtain went up! in the course of the play Todd exacts his revenge on the judge. He aims to slit the judges' throat when the judge comes in for a x e shave. When Todd's plan is fouled by an untimely visit of the young saiioriiover Anthony Hope, Sweeney goes mad and takes out his revenge on every throat that enters his iitonsilory parlor on Fleet Streetfi What to do with the bodies? Why, bake them into meat pies and so obtain a warped sense of justice. e Sue Neubacher N Brad Weatherbie Lorilie Ward and Ron Dwenger kiss. Alice Ripley and Paul Soper complete a song. Scott Field and Nile Weber talk things over. Attend the tale of Kermie Frogii The night Rod actually shaved Scott. Will the chair ever arrive? Sweet Polly Plun- ket ala Rod Nelman. To bleed or not to bleed etc etc etc. 27