University of Arkansas Fort Smith - Numa Yearbook (Fort Smith, AR)

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'Flirft That .Just Lil-IE Life . . . . . . was one of the saner state- ments uttered in the midst of total chaos in WCC's produc- tion of A Flea in Her Ear. Set in the early 1900's, hilarity reigned supreme in this French farce of mistaken identities. Raymonde suspects her hus- band Victor Emmanuel of being unfaithful to her. Having made up her mind about this, she sets out to trap him. Ray- monde gets her best friend Lu- cienne to write Victor a pas- sionate love letter arranging a meeting at the Hotel Pussycat. Only Victor is loyal and when he receives the letter he gives it to his friend Tournel, the lover, thinking it was for him. This charade continues throughout the play involving a jealous Spaniard with a lisp who tried to kill everyone, a posh bordello that caters to only the fattest wallets, a youth who speaks only in vowels, a drunk invalid moaning about his rhumatism, a madame, a revolving bed, a German in need of loving attention, and of course, the lookalike of Victor Emmanuel.

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Fl Flea ln Camille .,. .... Lance Thompson Antoinette ... ..,. Lataua Shelton Etienne .. ... Walt Stouffer Ill Finache ,.. ..... Ken Pevehouse Lucienne .,...,. Melinda L. Hermani Raymonde ......,.. Beth A. Revelle Victor Emmanuel ,.,...... Jeff Vire Tournel ...t.... ....., J eff Rogoff Homenides .... .... M ark Covey! Nick Keeter Eugenie ..., ... Wanda Wilson Augustin .. ...,. Johnny Green Olympe ., ,,. Wendy E. Quick Baptistin . ...., Coy L, Deer Schwarz .. ... John Dunn Poche ..,.....,.........., Jeff Vire Cast and director Dan Rogers were pleased with the results. This produc- tion was also performed the first week of December at the American College Theatre Festival in competition with other colleges and universities in Ar- kansas. The play was performed at Westark on November 5 and 6, with a matinee on November 7. Act l-Beth Revelle and Melinda Her- mani. Act ll-Ken Pevehouse and Wanda Wil- son. Act lll-Nick Keeter, Melinda Hermani, and Lance Thompson. Curtain Call, Act ll-Jeff Vire, Coy Deer, Jeff Rogoff, and Beth Revelle. Act lll-Johnny Green, Beth Revelle, Jeff Rogoff, and Jeff Vire. Her Ear it W , YJ l W J lllijslfty T if M5 T ,af I it 7 ' ,l.,, , 'V WH!

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I1.'EFt UH mir .C The first choir concert of the season was held on Sunday, October 17, at 2:30 p.m. in the Breedlove Auditorium. Some of the numbers performed were three Bach folk songs, 'Plan- ets, Stars, and Airs of Space' a Bach chorale, 'Mercy on Us, Oh Lord' a Russian tune, a med- ley from 'My Fair Lady,' and 'Follow the Drink- ing Gourdf Two selections were presented by the WCC Ensemble in addition to the choir pro- gram. G CD CD CD CD Eusi Fan TLITTE GCDCDCDCD Q 4 9 4 QQOAOA Cosi Fan Tutte, CSchool for Loversj was per- formed by the National Opera Company Mon- day, November 8, at 8:00 p.m. As the operetta opens a cynical old bachelor, whose long experience with women had con- vinced him that none are to be trusted, is try- ing to convince two young lovers that their sweethearts will prove disloyal to them. Then, feeling sorry for what he has done, Don Alfonso tries to untangle the mess he has gotten the young lovers into. The National Opera Company was founded in 1948 as Grass Roots Opera with three principal aims: C15 To introduce opera as an art form to school students in North Carolina, C23 To give experience to young artists, and C33 Io per- form in the language of the audience.