University of Evansville - LinC Yearbook (Evansville, IN)

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The University of Evansville’s theatre department began its season with Horton Foote’s “‘Roots in a Parched Ground.’’ The first college production of ‘‘Roots’’ was UET’s entry in the American College Theatre Festival. The play, directed by R. Scott Lank, is about how people cope with adversity. It is seen through the eyes of a twelve-year-old boy who must face death, divorce, and neglect, all of which force him to face life as a man. In November UET and the University of Evansville’s music department brought ““Sweeney Todd’’ to the stage. The 1979 Tony Award winning musical thriller was written by Hugh Wheeler and the music and lyrics were written by Stephen Sondheim. This classic was a hit in Evansville. All of the shows were sold out before opening night. This version of ‘“Sweeney Todd’’ takes us to 19th century England, in the midst of the Industrial Revolution, time of misery, poverty, and desperation for the filthy masses who lived and worked in the industrial centers. The working masses turned to violence because there were no outlets for their pent-up emotions. UET ended the first half of the season with a student-directed studio production. Michael Christofer’s ‘‘The Shadow Bow’’ was directed by a senior theatre student, Sandy Thorne. This play illustrates a delicate subject that touches everyone’s life. It deals with the five stages of death through three different families and touches on every human emotion. Members of the cast in the first college production of ‘‘Roots in a Parched Ground’,’’ which was UET’s entry in the American College Theatre Festival. UE Theatre 19

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UE Theatre Megan Gleeson as Mrs. Lovett and Robert J. Miller as the barber of Fleet Street, Sweeney Todd, act as two of the main characters in the musical thriller “‘Sweeney Todd.” Tobias Ragg, played by Tiff Luckenbill, speaks with Mrs. Lovett, played by Megan Gleeson, as she knits him a scarf in UET’s production ‘‘Sweeney Todd.”’ Carrie Preston portrays Felicity in ‘‘The Shadow Box,”’ a studio theatre play about the different stages of death. 18 UE Theatre

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Student volunteers take pledges over the phone during Tele- rama 1988. The basic necessities of the Telerama volunteer. Women of Phi Mu answer telephones during Greek night of Telerama. Bee 20 Telerama