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

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By Allison Sta CjiAMilSii SCENES. Tlir fall prixliirliDn loiisislcd of Ihl ' t ' iiiii ' -aci plays which required many sot i-hanje ' l y I he Sft 1 ' ropcrlles Crew. Photo by I lihsu phfr K ' dlihiiK Other Places takes its audience through a series of pla OTHER PLACES CAST LIST ' ict(ii ' ia Station Controller Chan Darbv Driver 247 Michael F. Reynolds Family oie( s bice 1 John Paul Lawhead Voice 2 Kimberly A. Fuller Voiced Rick R. Suarez A Kind ol ' Alaska Deborah Heather M. Carter Hornby B.I). Peace i ' auline Colleen McNabb The i ' roduction Company Director Dr. John E. O ' Connor Scene and Lighting Design Dr. David Ruebhau.sen Com|)o.ser Conductor Dr. Robert E. Piowse Stagi .Manager LeAnne Smith Auditorium Technical .-Vivi.sor Alice Gross Light Master Daniel Wright Norton Technical Crew John Thomas Gross. Julie Mogal). Coop. .Michael F Reynolds. Jeremie Kinney Musicians . . .Angle Knight, Carol Lawrence. Rodney Brown. Kenneth Ragland. Nathan Kilgo. David Raney Brad . lsup Running Crew Cortney ( ' ompton. Julie Kennedy, Anna Lee, Todd Mailliews. Julia Nel.son, Ethan Richardson A VOICE FROM THE PAST. Kinil.,-rly l- ' ullci was .a.sl a.s 111,. imoIIut In the ,.n..-a(l pi: t ' aul Lawhead and Uiik Snarez were (lie other ineinber.s of the laniily InchidinK llu • hristopherRohling. 26 Fall Play (Toil Photo): NICE ( ' AR. During the fall performance of ()lh( Place.s. Michael Reynolds stiirs in the one-acl play ( Victoria Station as the driver of a taxi cab. Photo I (hri.stopher Kohhnj;.

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il WE GO TOGETHER. Alpha Canima Deltas per- form to the nuisic of (irease at Step Sing. Tliey received second place in the women ' s divLsion. Photo l)y Sliannon Wells. FUNNY MAN. Brent Collins was the opening act with liis .stan l-np comedy routine for the Step Sing per- formers. Photo l)V Shannon Wells. iiiSi ' iR dwarfs, (laiiciiig iiiiiis, ami Hollywood starlets reborn were all an ■ essential part of Step Sing on Fc ' brnary , 10 at Norton Auditorium. Each year, ' P Sing ' s parti(i|)ants become more creative 1 entcMlaining in their performances. These rformances were not only amusing for the Hence to watch, but they also raised money the United Way. Step Sing is sponsored each Februaiy by the A and the Universily Program Council, idenl groups competed with each other in •ee divisions-nten ' s, women ' s, and co-ed. fore the (competition got underway, the aiidi- t;e was entertained by the opening act per- med by student comedian Brent Collins, llins made the crowd laugh with his c(miedic nd-up performance. Collins was not making rust appearance on stage because he has per- med at Zany ' s in Nashville, the ( ' omedy Zone Charleston, S.( ' ., and the Huntsville Comedy lb. Michelle fiupe, president of SUA ( ' 95-9()), I Miss UNA 199(j biiira Leigh Parker served as ic( es for Step Sing. ■ilv as the selves to reinvent Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Members of the audience found them- selves in a twisted, hilarious versioit of this ' las- sie children ' s tale which fealur( d Fl.Il member Larry Craves as Snow White. Phi (Janmia Delta was rewarded for the attempt at closing the gen- der gap with first place in the men ' s division and they were the ov( rail winners of the evening. Sigma Chi found a way to charm the ladies by telling the audience a story of love about the Sweetheart of Signut Chi. The brothers of Sigma (-hi received second place in the men ' s division for this sweet tribute. The other participant in the men ' s division was Sigma Al|)lia lOpsilon. They gave the audi- ence a trip back in lime by singing and dancing to the songs by the Beach Boys. First place in the women ' s division went to the ladies of Zeta Tail Alpha who provided a look at Hollywood by singing selections from Annie and The Wizard of Oz. The use of popular musicals contiiuied as the Alpha (iamma Delta TO THE SWEETHEART. Sigma Chi fraternity per- fonns their trit)ute The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi at Step Sing. Sigma Chi won second place in the men ' s division. Photo by Shaimon Wells. took the audience back to the 195()s with the non-stop fun of music from Grease. Alpha (iamma Delta miMiibeis showed off their moves while w( aring poodk- skirls and leather jackets. The Alpha Cams n-ccMved second place for their efforts. Alpha Delta Pi gave a performance which included songs from the bygone era of Big Bands which included Don ' t Sit Under the Api)le Tree and In the Mood. The sisters of Phi Mu bor- rowed songs from the musical Newsies, which gave the audience an entertaining look at the life of the press. The Baptist Campus Ministries competed in the co-ed division and won for the second y( ar in a row. The group chose music from the musical Sister Act 11 which was well-received by the audience. Members of the Residence Hall Association also competed in the co-ed division with their program King of the .Iiingle which was in honor of the cham|)ions of this university. The evening was a definite siicc( ss for th( SCA and I ' PC because ovi r .S:5,( 00 was raised for the United Way through ticket sales and over 1,100 people got to see a great show. Step Sing 25

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' I was a iiniqiK evening for students who attended the Department of Coninmnieatioits and Theatre ' s pro- idiiction of Other Places. Audience ambers were seated on the stage so at the performance could be as inti- ite as possible. The up-close view of e players gave audience members a ling of actually being a part of some- e else ' s thought processes and con- rsations. The performance consisted a series of three one-act plays which jre written by Harold Pinter, an iglish playwright. The first play was entitled Victoria xtian, and it featured Chan Darby as : Controller and Michael F . Reynolds Driver 247. Darby played a dis- tcher who needs someone to drive to ttoria Station in London, England. It Driver 247 who answers the call, but stead of immediately driving to ctoria Station he talks with the ntroller about his life. Although the iver claims not to know where :toria Station is, he is able to keep the introUer on the radio. The Controller ids himself unable to find another dri- ver to take tlu call, but in the middle of a deep conversation with Driver 247. The odd part is the Controller finds himself under the control of Ww driver. It was a vcny ironic part because I was the Cont roller but I never really had any power over the driver, said l)arl)y about his part . Control was the theme which ran through all of the one-act plays. In the next play, Fanrilij Voices, the son had control over his mother ' s happiness, and the dead father of this family still had a great influence over their actions. The characters in this story never speak directly to each other, but speak in solil- oquies. John Paul Lawhead played the son who left his family home to live on his own in the city. His mother (played by Kimberly A. Fuller) complains that her son never visits her, and she is very lonely. It is not until the end of the play that the audience learns the reason for the mother and son ' s unhappiness is that the family ' s dead father haunts them and still holds control over them. Rick Suarez appeared as the father whose presence still lingered. The final act was the play A Kind of Alaska, which took place in a hospital where the patient Deborah (played by Heather M. ( ' arter) had been asleep for over twenty-five years. B. D. Peace played Doctor llonii)y who cared for Deborah from the beginning and is cap- tivated by her. It is he who is there when she awakens to a very different world, and he tries to explain to her what has hapi)en(Hl. Deborah is very disturbed when she learns she is no longer a teenager. Deborah ' s sister Pauline (Colleen McNabb) arrives to find her sister awakened, and her hus- band Hornby is smitten with her. Pauline feels frustrated because of the control that D( borah has had over her husband throughout, their marriage. Other Places was directed by Dr. John O ' C ' onnor, and the musical score of the play was composed by the Department of Music ' s Dr. Robert Prowse. The production was very suc- cessful, and it ran from Wednesday, November 6, until Satui ' day, November 9, in Norton Auditorium. OOD MEMORIES. John Paul Lawhead, as CALLING ALL CARS. Chan Darby, the controller, searches for a suitable driver to ome to Victoria StaUon ui , in Family Voices, reflects on his life as a Other Places. Photo by Christopher Rohling. jng child. Photo by Christopher Rohling. Fall Play 27