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WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1978
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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
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ills put
rs of tj
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°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
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ipntion.
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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. Appli
cants must have attained at least the
status of sophomore.
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terflies Are Free’ have tickets
priced at $4.95 for students and $7
for the public. Dinner begins at 6:30
p.m. followed by the play at 8
p.m.each night from Thursday
through Saturday.
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