University of North Alabama - Diorama Yearbook (Florence, AL)

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NOISES OFF... wkai i2 ikmkti} CAUGHT RED-HANDED. Actor Rick Richc caught by fclltnv perform- ers in Noises Off. DRAMATIS PERSON AE. bottom of page) The cast of Noises O portrays the cast ot Nothing On, while bringing all of their personal lives to the stage. Cast List Dotty Otley Kim Fuller Lloyd Dallas Steven Gross Garry Lejeune B.D. Peace Brooke Ashton Ashley Miles Poppy Norton Taylor Macey Baggett Jenny C. Simpson Frederick Fellows Rick Richey Belinda Blair Kelly Ecklund Tim Allgood Mark Spencer Hampton Selsdon Mowbray Collin Martin Understudy Brian D ' Herde

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CELEBRATION. Turkish students com- memonite their home countr ' ' s independence day on campus. PAR, ' DE OF FLAGS. Deborah Gussoni, born in Italy, carries the the Stars and Stripes, the tlag of her mother ' s homeland, in the annual Homecoming parade. PHONE HOME. Banu Elibol calls family in her home countn ' of Turkey.

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H o v exciting, dciidly and dclighttul is theater? Well, according to Dr. David Ruebhausen, director of the fall produc- tion Noisi ' s Off, it can at least be very delightful. This production is about the- ater itself and how crazv, confusing and silh ' putting on a pla ' can he. Noises Off is about a group of actors and the trials and tribulations thev endure in order to put together a produc- tion. Portra ing the dualirv of the lives ot actors, it shows how personal issues can become in ' ol -ed in one ' s pertormancc. Throughout the production, the actors are performing a play called Nothing On, a British farce. During each performance the actors tend to allow their personal lives to become progres- siveh ' more involved in the show. This is the hardest play I ' ve ever done. Part of it is because it is backstage and there is not much dialogue. There are props flying around and a-xes swing- ing and people killing each other, said actor Rick Richev. In Act 1, the actors are struggling late in the night to the early morning before opening night. They are furiously trying to get themselves together for the opening performance. In .Act II, after being on the road tor a month, the actors are becoming more in ()l ed in the personal dramas takimj; place backstatrc as the actors trv to keep the production going. In Act III, the actors are so con- cerned about their personal issues that there is little attempt to perform the plaz- as it was intended. The final act sees the actors performing Nothing On in such a poor way that it becomes in reality a farce. This show has been a whole lot of tun and 1 look forward to every per- formance, said actor Brian D. Peace. Noisi ' s Off, presented by the Department of Communications and Theatre, was performed in Norton Auditorium tor students and guests on November 12-14 and 19-21. h - Kevin W ' hisenant