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

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WI10(X)ES T HERE? Performers Kelly Eck- lund and Rick Rich- ey, as Blair and Fellows, offer their audience an amusing moment. H ow exciting, deadly and delightful is theater? Well, according to Dr. David Ruebhausen, director of the fall produc- t ion Noises Off, it can at least be very delightful. This production is about the- ater itself and how crazy, contusing and silly putting on a play can be. Noises OJf IS about a group of actors and the trials and tribulations they endure in order to put together a produc- tion. Portraying the duality ot the lives of actors, it shows how personal issues can become involved in one ' s performance. 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- sively 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 axes swing- ing and people killing each other, said actor Rick Richey. 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 tor the opening performance. In Act II, after being on the road for a month, the actors are becoming more involved in the personal dramas taking place backstage as the actors try 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 play as it was intended. The fmal 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 fijn and I look forward to every per- formance, said actor Brian D. Peace. Noises OJf, presented by the Department of Communications and Theatre, was performed in Norton Auditorium for students and guests on November 12-14 and 19-21. by Kevin Whisenant 17

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NOIfiES OFF... wkai 18 tdeate t? CAUGHT RED-HANDED. Actor Rick Richey caught by tcllow perform- ers in NoiiCi Off. DRAMATIS PERSONAE. bottom of page) The cast of Nokca O portrays the cast of 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 Raggett 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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CHALK ARTIST. A careful eye and a skill- ful hand add up to Brian Peace ' s formula for sidewalk chalk art for Kappa Sigma. SPIN, SPIN! Ashley Mansell competes for Alpha Delta Pi in the Dizzy Izzy race at the Spring Fling games. f f f f tm