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^Butterflies nemorable Are Free’ offers theater, food I MAMA'S PIZZA I A DELIVERS 11 A.M.-11 P.M. DAILY I THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1978 Page 3 By FLA VIA KRONE Buttiilion Campus Editor S. good play is more than a well- tten script. Performers, director ,, 1 stagecraft crew must combine ( | u *nt. energy and imagination to “nsform the written word into ‘ r to M r morable 'theater. 'he group of students now re- i 1 irsing Leonard Gershe’s play, " ittcrflies Are Free, promise to iver good theater to audiences at- ding the production from tonight * ough Saturday. Butterflies Are Free” is the first ft public two dinner theater productions Plan ng sponsored by the MSC Sum- se mei ■H W B ills put rs of tj Wrdnt °ll': r Dinner Theater this year. V. special non-dinner performance 1 I be presented tonight at 8. Tick- for the non-dinner performance t $2 for students and $3 for the p alii Butterflies Are Free” is a light nedy dealing with a young, weal- ■ blind man’s escape from the tches of a domineering mother a the independence of a shabby, ?-room. New York City apart- t. He becomes involved with a ty 19-year-old divorcee much to iprror of his mother. )on Baker, the blind boy finds ndependence through his rela- hip with the flighty Jill Tan- i said Ghristi Bin/., who plays 'And she discovers her identity igh him.” aj wright Leonard Gershe got idea for his comedy from the life story of a blind man who asked to report to his draft d for induction. Unconvinced he was blind, the draft board 1 him 1-A, and the story re- ■irjcke ikers a k seat i •rs. U •re unii ceived wide-spread media atten tion. The play was tried out at a sum mer theater in 1969 with such suc cess that two months later it opened in New York where it ran for 1,133 performances. “Butterflies Are Free” received high acclaim from critics who called the play humorous and warm hearted without being overly senti mental. It has taken the students about five weeks to produce the play under the direction of Lawrence Leach, assistant professor of English. Working with a $250 budget, the students have im provised most of the costumes and set decorations. “The copyright fee cost us $150,” said costume coordinator Keith Brooks. “That means we had about $100 to work with. So far the cos tumes have cost us only $5 and most of the set furniture belongs to the Theater Arts Department or profes sors. ” The cast of characters for “But terflies Are Free in addition to Bin/ as Tanner includes Steve King as the blind Don Baker, Trisha Cox as the domineering mother and Phillip Hafer as Ralph Austin. Rhonda Reger of the MSC Sum mer Dinner Theater Committee said beef stroganoff will be the main course served at every dinner per formance. The buffet also will in clude a second entree of either Polynesian chicken, sweet and sour pork or seafood creole plus four salads, a variety of vegetables and dessert. Dinner performances of “But- Indka- ent rise 1 rp their in of the xjrtkf. ipntion. andtoM gecotn- aintaim urty-two students, averaging <tly higher than the national i academically, have been ac- ?d into the College of Medicine :Xas A&M University, hen classes begin this fall, they Se the second class to enroll in ea scientists 9 test effects f oil drilling Biologists and veterinary re archers from Texas A&M Univer- \Iiur Y s Pe n d this summer fish- , g —Tor science. J! 11 The scientists will collect fish, I nmp, crabs and microscopic or- n’s 11 nisms from two dozen sites in the ulf of Mexico, most around shore oil platforms, to see how illing and oil production affect arine life. Studies will be made on the num- rs and types of animals found to auoltnpord any changes in population Mindaik 5 may have caused. Other tests j (l 11 look for indications of parasites im disease due to the stress of pollu- . \| a rio' ,n • Biologist Jerry Neff and verteri- j |stllI ry anatomy researcher Raymond ; have been named principal in stigators on the project, the 70,000 Texas A&M phase of a .9 million contract let by the ireau of Land Management to uthwest Research Institute of San tonio. the state’s newest medical school. The Texas A&M medical school, emphasizing family and internal medicine, allows students to enter as undergraduates and complete their formal instruction up to two years sooner than traditional pro grams. Average age of the group is 21.7 years. The new medical students stand a notch above their national counter parts academically. Their mean grade point ratio is 3.69 and average MCAT (Medical College Admission Test) score is 9.3, compared to the national average of 8. “The scholarship of the students applying here was extremely high,” said associate dean William Ward. “But grades alone do not automati cally qualify a student. “We also look closely at the indi vidual. In this subjective aspect, we are interested in extracurricular ac tivities and community service, for example.” Texas A&M conducts its medical education program in cooperation with Scott and White Hospital in Temple and Veterans Administra tion facilities in Waco, Temple and Marlin, where clinical phases of the curriculum are carried out. Due in part to an increasing number of applications to the Texas A&M College of Medicine, officials have set a Dec. 15 deadline on ap plications for the 1979 program. Forms are available from Ward’s of fice in the Doherty Building. 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