University of Central Missouri - Rhetor Yearbook (Warrensburg, MO)

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Planned seating arrangement in auditorium accommodates an audience of 441 people. DFFW ,- S. X. IZ , ' ,A J, i ' Wllw V 'ial sound effects are controlled by lechnim-ian Spet ge lighting from console. 25

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The lobby of Martin Theatre projects a warm atmosphere' odern facilities provide drama students a theatrical workshop The CMS theatre department opened the doors of the new Martin theatre for the first time on November 8, at 8:00 p.m. with William Shakespeareis i'Hamlet.,' A spacious carpeted lobby area provides the theatre audience with facilities before a play and during intermissions. The auditorium provides 441 comfortable seats, each row of seats raised one foot above the row directly in front allowing every patron an uninterrupted view of the stage. The entire floor surface is carpeted enhancing a feeling of warmth and elegance and also adding to the accoustical perfection of the house. At the rear of the auditorium is the lighting control area which houses a large console with 30 five-kilowatt dimmers. A make-up room with 240 incandescent lights and 24 individual make-up stations is available backstage. Adjacent to the make-up room are dressing spaces for men and women, complete with shower and lavatory facilities. 24 giifli lil ,A

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CMS theatre presents THE GLASS M NAGERIE This is one of my favorites. by Tennessee Williams directed by Dr. James L. Highlander The Class Menagerie is one of the most famous plays ,ti of the modern theater. A drama of great tenderness, it iit K charm, and beauty, is about the lives of a poverty I 1, -' stricken mother, Amanda Wingfield, and her two I , ',i'i 'f gi E , children. The daughter, Laura, is a cripple and lives gi i 1' in illusions which are intensified by her mother's J, .gf anxiety to see her married. The son, Tom, is driven to A lf?-, distraction by his mother's nagging, and he seeks 'n P escape in alcohol and the unrealistic world of the jj-3, ' L ' movies. The crux of the action comes when Tom ' f I. invites a young man of his acquaintance to take 03 dinner with the family. The setting for the drama is Li: g evil E the family's dingy apartment in St. Louis during the K t . .- I , 1930's. ---f' ,iifgsv - -N, .,.v Blow out your candle H? H Y? 32 V06 Q. .. House, House, who pays the rent on this house--. f N,