Missouri State University - Ozarko Yearbook (Springfield, MO)

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STUDENT LIFE: Branching Out In Student life at SMSU brought a little bit of country and city into each day. Students from all areas of the country, but especially Missouri, made up the 15,000 plus enrolled this year. A strong sense of campus unity was seen in social and political events throughout the year. Both Greeks and indepen- dents participated in such activities as the campus homecoming and Jubilee celebrations and the national registra- tion and election. SMSU student life was a world of it's own within the third largest city in the state. V EVERYONE VIEWS LIFE from a different angle. nt Lifefll

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Colorful tent Colorful season Tent Theater The audience was seated and the box office was closed. All was still, as patrons waited for the stage lights to come up. After eighteen years of summer Tent Theater, it was a well-rehearsed scene. Beginning in 1963 summer Tent Theater was in Carrington Hall, but the hot weather led to the shows being moved to an outside tent. After years of hard use, the old tent was retired and a new colorful one took its place in 1980. Tent Theater 1980 consisted of three shows. A Funny Thing Hap- pened On the Way to the Forum was directed by Leslie lrene Coger. The play, based on a book by Larry Gelbart and Burt Shevelove, was a love story, a musical, and a comedy all superbly intertwined. How the Other Half Loves , written by Alan Ayckbourn and directed by Howard Orms, is the story of three couples caught up in a very complicated but amusing affair. Jo- seph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoatn was directed by Bob Dillard. The musical, written by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber, retells the biblical story of Joseph who saved the life of his family after being sold into slavery by his brothers. The summer Tent Theater com- pany consisted of approximately sixty actors performing before audiences of about 375 a night. The shows were sold out most of the summer, said Byrne Blackwood, managing director. HThere was a waiting list for tickets three-fourths of the summer. lt makes us proud. ERRONIUS, AN OLD MAN played by George Preston Cron, pokes around the city in search of his children. THE HUMOROUS PLOT thickens as characters suspect each others' affairs in How the Other Half Loves. HYSTERIUM fMauny Mesecherl, disguised as a woman, revolts against Pseudolous' iMichael Berman! plan for him to marry Miles Gloriosus blames Jacksonj. Tent Theaterfl 3