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Bill Weldon looks as if he’s lost patience with
Ellen Dowling, as they perform a scene from
“A Streetcar Named Desire.” In “Desire”
Weldon and Dowling play Mr. and Mrs. Stan
ley Kowalski. They are also married in
reality. The play will be presented Thursday
through Saturday and next Wednesday
through March 4. Battalion photo by Chris Piccione
Couple acts together
By CHRIS PICCIONE
Bill Weldon ran in and threw a
package of raw meat at his wife El
len. “I’m going howling, he
shouted.
It s not a domestic quarrel, it s a
scene from Tennessee Williams
play “A Streetcar named Desire,
[he Aggie Players latest production.
Stella and Stanley Kowalski are
being portrayed by a married
(jouple, Ellen Dowling and Bill
Weldon.
Dowling 'and Weldon are not
Texas A&M University students.
Because the Aggie players have
open auditions, any interested per
son may try out for a part.
Dowling is an English and drama
instructor at Texas A&M. She re
ceived her doctorate at the Univer
sity of New Mexico.in.dramatic lit
erature.
While in school at New Mexico,
Dowling said she was involved in
experimental theater and a few
avant-garde, one-act plays. These
are plays with unusual themes not
usually 'performed for the general
public. „
Dowling alsq directed a play
entitled, "The Birds, and wrote a
satirical version of a Greek classic.
I Dowling,said being a wife plac ing
a role opposite her husband is not
difficult at all. "Bill and 1 work well
together because we know each
other so well, she said.
Weldon received his masters de
gree in English literature at the
University of North Dakota. Hemet
his wife at the University of New
Mexico while he was working on his
doctorate., Weldon dropped out of
the doctoral program to write.
“There are more possibilities in
selling my plays than selling myself
as an English professor, he said.
“Besides, (>ne Ph,D. in the family is
enough.
While he was in school, Weldon
directed two acting companies. His
wife 'was a member of one of the
companies called, “The Bugger City
Poverty Players. This company
'peFf'i'Mefl ab(but 5B blays for thej
I^gh^JlV depaffineiit of the Univer
sity of New Mexico.
T did plays as academic
projects, Weldon said. He wrote,
produced and directed play s instead
of writing papers.
Weldon is interested in the thea
ter as a/onri. of education. “I. always
wanted To be a teacher, but now 1
want to teach vyhen I write, he
sajd.
Weldon has written eight plays,
six of which have been produced.
His plays deal with historical
events. Weldon said his plays are
not only entertaining, but have im
portant themes.
Weldon said he likes working on
plays with student actors, and he
hopes to perform his latest play,
"The Legend of Lord Byron, with
the Aggie Play ers.
Weldon said he finds it easy to
work with his wife because he has
no doubts about her ability .
Although Dowling has been in
volved with many acting companies
she said, "The Aggie Players work
well together. I ve never seen such
enthusiasm. It s the nicest atmo
sphere I ve ever experienced.
Weldon said that since he and his
wife have had acting experience, the
sthdentaetbrs'can learn frohi them.
Terry Martin,’ an''Aggie Player
working with Dowling and Weldon,
said, “They ve done a lot of play s
before and Tm learning from them.
In the future, Dowling said she
hopes to continue, acting, directing
and teaching creative dramatics.
But, this weekend^ she and her
husband yvill be busy playing the
part of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Kow
alski.
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1978
Students aiding community
By DEBBIE GOLLA
The number of Texas A&M Uni
versity students who volunteer their
services for different Bryan-College
Station agencies has declined, said
Ross Talbert, chairman of Student
Volunteer Services.
“I think a lot of students don t
know that the SVS is in existence, or
what the SVS is,” Talbert said. “We
are a referral agency, not a club. We
refer the students to different agen
cies who have asked for volunteers.
The SVS was formed a few years
ago by students who were in
terested in community activity. SVS
now has a Board of Directors of 10,
and is geared toward four main
fields: the aged, health, society, and
youth. It is located in Room 216
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Debbie Sulik, in charge of re
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