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UNIVERSITY PRESS
The State of the Arts
April 11, 1990
Page 3
Opera displays negatives
* By Karen Gilman
v UP entertainment editor
It’s about how people are, how
* they like to believe what is bad about
others. It’s the story of “Susannah.”
* “Susannah,” Lamar University
. Opera Theater’s 42nd production,
was performed last Thursday
1 through Sunday and was director
, Joseph Truncale’s final opera at
Lamar as he is retiring.
Review
The story of the opera traces the
transformation of a young woman,
* Susannah, from young and innocent
„ to lonely and embittered because of
lies and lust.
< The transformation of Susannah
was noticeable in many ways, in-
’ eluding her laughter. As played by
, Christie McLain, Nederland junior,
on Thursday and Saturday, Susan-
* nah’s laughter in the beginning of
K the opera was lighthearted and full
of glee. By the time of the closing
* scene, Susannah’s laughter was
more maniacal, calculated, showing
the change from an innocent to a
seducer.
McLain’s voice rang clear and
true and was projected to the au-
dience quite well. Even in the scene
where she was lying on the ground,
head buried in her arms, crying, her
sobs were heard.
The role of Olin Blitch, the
evangelist who ended up seducing
Susannah, was played by Neal Mar-
tinez, Orange junior, on Thursday
and Saturday. He looked the part,
almost as if he was able to step out of
the theater and begin a crusade.
Vytautas Baltutis, Orange
freshman, as Sam Polk, was a con-
vincing protective brother who
wanted no harm to come to his
sister.
On Friday and Sunday, Susannah
was played by Pamela Austin, Buna
senior, and Blitch was played by
Don Miller, Beaumont senior. Austin
and Miller’s performances helped
the audience travel to the valley
through witnessing the pair’s strug-
gle with each other and within
themselves.
One of the highlights of the opera
was the set and lighting.
In between the scene changes,
four per act, trees or a church,
depending on where the next scene
was to take place, was silhouetted on
the curtain.
The lighting during the scenes was
well executed also. A sun was visible
glowing over the mountain, and
stars shone in the dear mountain air
during the night scenes.
A community contribution was the
children’s chorus. Students from
Lumberton Elementary, Silsbee
High, Central High, West Brook
Ninth Grade, Silsbee pre-school and
All Saints participated in the produc-
tion.
During the standing ovation at the
end of the opera, after the bows,
Truncale was presented two pla-
ques. One of the plaques was from
the cast and crew of “Susannah.”
The other was given by the students
of his studio.
Members of the I-amar Opera Theater perform “Susannah.”
Photo by Gerald ViDella
Art Studio moves to White House
> By David Spence
UP contributing writer
The Art Studio, Inc. has moved.
. As of this month, the studio, which
is a multi-ethnic multi-
’ organizational center for the visual
, and performing arts, is now occupy-
ing the old White House building in
downtown Beaumont.
t Greg Busceme, executive direc-
tor, decided to move the studio from
its former location to the White
House because he wanted to buy the
building that he was leasing, but the
. owner did not want to sell.
The Art Studio was started in 1984
by Busceme.
“There was a need for artists to be
showcased,” Busceme said, “and if
1 we were going to live in Beaumont,
we were going to have a permanent
place where artists could work in the
community inexpensively.”
Many of the artists in Beaumont
and Southeast Texas were leaving
the area because there was no per-
manent place to work, Busceme
said.
“Most of the studios in the United
States own their own building,” Kate
Dessommes, senior apprentice at
the studio, said.
She said that this was very impor-
tant to the survival of a studio.
Another reason for the decision to
have a studio in Beaumont centered
around the issue of censorship.
Busceme said that he wanted to
give the artists a place to show their
work without being censored.
Many organizations around the
United States are being intimidated
into censorship by the prospect of
losing their funding. Artists are be-
ing told that if their work were not as
controversial as it is, it would be
shown, he said.
Busceme said that he did not want
his studio to be like that.
“We’re really interested in people
doing controversial work and for
them to push the issues.”
He and his staff have almost com-
pleted the move into their new loca-
tion, 700 Orleans at Forsythe in
downtown Beaumont.
The studio houses many different
types of equipment for working on
various types of art, including pain-
ting, ceramics and photography.
Anyone who wishes to use the
facilities of the studio can rent space
on a monthly basis.
Apprenticeship programs, in
which the use of the studio and all of
its equipment is free, are also
available.
Anyone desiring to become an ap-
prentice must be a high school or
college student and have a portfolio
of work to submit.
In addition, apprentices must
volunteer two years of work to the
studio. This can include helping to
teach classes and setting up and run-
ning some of the art openings at the
studio throughout the year.
There will be summer classes,
which will start in June. Registra-
tion materials are expected to be
available before the end of the
school year.
Busceme feels that the classes at
the studio are important, especially
to children and teenagers.
He says that he wants to show kids
that “arts are an everyday thing,
just like eating and drinking.”
But Busceme wants to focus a lit-
tle more on teenagers.
“That’s important right now
because there are a lot of programs
for younger children, but not many
for teenagers,” Busceme said, “and
the teens have the most trouble
because they don’t have anything to
focus on.”
Busceme said that the studio is
also looking lor teachers to help with
the summer classes.
A strong interest in teaching
teenagers is the major requirement
for working at the studio, as well as
an understanding of the equipment.
Education students who are look-
ing for a student teaching position
should also apply.
“It would be a great place for
them to try out some of their ideas
for teaching,” said Busceme.
An informal grand opening of the
studio is scheduled for 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
May 5. This coincides with the ex-
hibition of work by Stephen Herron.
Busceme said all are welcome to
attend.
Vaudevillians to perform
at Lutcher Theatre April 20
ORANGE — The good old days
are back again, thanks to new
vaudeville, a kind of theater that
combines old-fashioned fun with
avant-garde humor. Among the
best new vaudevillians are
clown/mime artist Bob Berky and
juggler Michael Moschen.
Berky and Moschen together
form the Alchemedians, a zany
pair working their magic that in-
cludes a mix of physical skills and
spontaneous invention.
The Alchemedians are set to per-
form at the Lutcher Theater in
Orange at 8 p.m. April 20.
Moschen’s tactic is to dazzle the
audience with dexterity and con-
trol — making his juggling look
easy, but not too easy.
Berky’s buffoonery alternates
with Moschen’s bravura. The two
men never speak, though Berky
can deliver an entire vocabulary
through his kazoo.
The pair work together like two
people who have been together for
a generation or so. Each actor mir-
rors the other, or complements
him, and much of the time they
move as one.
These two veterans of New
York’s “Big Apple Circus,”
theater and dance festivals, one-
man shows and collaborations can
evoke from tubes, pipes, balls and
bowls invisible creatures to fill the
auditorium.
Tickets are $15, $12.50 and $10,
available at the Lutcher box office,
1-800-828-5535 or 886-5535.
Students, faculty and staff of
Lamar may purchase tickets in
advance in 200 Setzer Student
Center for $4.50. Tickets are
limited to two per ID, two IDs per
person and must be purchased by
April 18 to be picked up April 19
and 20.
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