Sam Houston State University - Alcalde Yearbook (Huntsville, TX)

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i i| it i] | | 26 Drama Productions Entertainment (continued) Charles Anderson received a Best Actor award for The Importance of Being Earnest, another comedy directed by Dr. Richard Butler. This play portrayed two women who thought they were engaged to the same man, but really were not and the complications that followed. Dr. Tom Soare directed Brother to Dragons, Companion to Owls, which ran March 24-27. Drama students char- acterized the true story of an Indian tribe in New Mex- ico that has annual crucifixions at Easter. This religious sect selected a member of the tribe to be crucified, a desired honor, for the sins of the tribe. The closing production of the season was A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, directed by Dean Charles Schmidt. The scenes reflected the Roman period. A slave and his hysterical sidekick, a buyer and seller of courtesans, an old man and his bossy wife, two lovers, a flamboyant captain and his soldiers, and an old man in search of his long lost children made Forum a hit. A) Anatou (Crystal Bennett) gives Tarto (Harry Nuzzo) her good luck charm to seal their friendship in The Ice Wolf. B) The Wood God (John Aubrey) pronounces Anatou to be a wolf. C) Kurt (Christopher Cormier) and Alice (Rachel Woods) in Play Strindberg look down at Edgar (Jody San- ders) with disgust as he passes out from dancing. Photos by REVELLE’S.

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Entertainment (continued) Senior drama major, Ron Haake, directed Play Strindberg, a serious comedy that took an amusing look at marriage. A man, his wife, and her ex-lover were the only characters of this powerful love triangle. Terry Conder and Robin Bradley won Best Actor and Actress for their outstanding performances in Ham- let. The Shakespearean drama was directed by Dr. James Miller in November. Ice Wolf was a children’s play directed by Maureen McIntyre Jan. 30-Feb. 2. The play was a tale in which an Eskimo girl was born with pale skin and blonde hair. She received so much teasing from her village that she ran off to the woods. There, the feared Wood God turned her into a white wolf, but she faced a fatal ending. Se oY A) The courtesans in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum await on the steps of the House of Senex to be sold. B) Philia (Julia Figueroa) expresses her love to Hero (Bill Powell) in “That'll Show Him.” C) Senex (Charles Anderson) collapses from exhaustion while Marcus Lycus (Gary Powell) and Pseudolus (Bobby Stelter) sing the last stanza of “Every- body Ought to Have a Maid.” Photos by REVELLE’S. Drama Productions 25

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Leisure, Frolic Depict Renaissance Era Twentieth century persons donned fourteenth century styles every October weekend in Magnolia to recreate the atmos- phere of a fair during the Renaissance. Over 200 wooded acres were crowded with dancers, comics, jugglers, musi- cians, and actors performing for the entertainment of their audience. No modern-day technology, such as radios, televi- sions or cars, was allowed on the grounds. The first Texas Renaissance Festival was founded in 1975 by environmental designer George Coulam and his brother, David. At the end of a long weekend, Sam Houston festival participants returned to Huntsville and resumed their 1979 way Of life. A) Mock fencing provides entertainment for by-standers. B) Mingling with spectators, kings and queens are seen roaming the grounds. C) Sam Houston students watch and participate in the drama and dance. Renaissance 27