Thursday, June 23, 1983/The Battalion/Page 3
Rich is Better” evokes
aughs, sit-com quality
by Robert McGlohon
Battalion Staff
Rctor Robert Wenck de-
bes his play as a sit-com, sort
e nothingItH “Laverne and Shirley.”
an apt description.
ual supponjn the Wednesday night pre-
iperiorit)iit;:rof “Rich Is Better,” he and
>erpetuatetRt of four conveyed that
and are sltipi essence that has kept sit-
s and ifwoJtj 11 t * ie Nielson’s for so long.
’i fn mPn Kxieption: unlike “Laverne '
HI fShirley” and other such
uoa ( , ■ nesS| laughter was not
were j t was authentic, infec-
mderlul (!::^; an( i frequent.
and some* , T „ „. , ,
, eYfpIl ci lf ®ch Is Better is produced
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IC 111 1 D‘ nner Theater and
re weak it* playing nightly through
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tually,there« e p i ot is
one of misunder-
t belie! than* n gj the vehicle is the one-
probably' ;r .
through hThe play turns on a year old
Ri< h Gino, wary of gold dig-
persistinoij*| told trusting Nona, his
c h as a M :e ’ diat h e t s P° or — a lowly
nl nmlnnf 11 worker for the corporation
h as thaiiB ctua ^ owns. I welve
nd actions a
in a coni,
reality.
r e’ll even gel
|ilths into their marriage, that
lie comes home to roost, cackling
and howling all the way.
The catalyst is Pam, Gino’s
executive secretary. She’s not
privy to the deception. Pam,
however, comes to Gino’s cheap
apartment in a poor neighbor
hood to deliver the “Dallas Pap
ers” for signature. Gino isn’t
home. Nona is.
They’re off.
What follows is a comedy of
errors.
“This man is a saint,” Nona
tells Pam, who is now in on —
and doesn’t approve of — the
deception. “Honesty ... that’s
what makes all relationships
work.”
As Gino tries to preserve his
deception, in the face of the ever
increasing contradictions, lie
builds upon lie. Eventually, even
Pam’s foot doctor is snared by
the cover-up.
Gino tells his wife that Pam is
ashamed of her job as a forklift
operator.
What’s wrong with that,
Nona asks.
“It’s very dusty in the ware
house,” he replies, “so all the
forklift drivers have to chew
tabacco.”
Lines such as these brought
guffaw after guffaw from the
audience.
Four Texas A&M students
make up the cast. Brenda Dolan
is Nona. Peck Phillips plays
Nino. Dave Polakowski is the
foot doctor. And Susan Ander
son, fresh from New York Uni
versity’s Theater Arts Depart
ment, does an excellent job as
Pam.
Behind the scenes were Don
na Gough, Randy Lemmon,
Fran Tindall, Carla Proctor and
Jennifer Perry.
“Rich Is Better” was by no
means perfect. There were the
dry spells inherent in a sit-com;
there were three Italians in the
play but not one Italian accent;
and there were the other small
problems inevitable with an
amateur production. ;
But it was a definite success.
The audience never stopped
laughing, at least not for long.
And that, after all, is what com
edy is all about.
Susan Anderson as Pam and Peck Phillips as Gino
in the Memorial Student Center Dinner Theater’s
production of “Rich
through June 25.
staff photo by Eric Evan Lee
Is Better.” The play will run
S Council hears
reports
by Scott Griffin
1 /Battalion Staff
1/ fTjhe College Station City
* heard the final report
Hesday on the Hotel/Motel
budget allocations for 1983-
^ n 1 !! H pd is expected to vote on the
ner sail; ra(e at j ts meeting Thursday
ire 300111%
twice as n]*e largest allocation in the
ects the iiilglt is approximately
idiansbei !5|)00, which will go to the
ge and inlet*unity center for operating
Ilses, parking, lighting and
e always bT enL
vare of trikT
The second largest alloca
tion, $79,000, will go to the debt
service fund.
The Chamber of Commerce
will receive about $75,000 from
the tax, which is $25,000 less
than its share last year.
Responding to reports that
the chamber wasn’t pleased with
the allocation, Mayor Gary Hal
ter said, “I can assure them that
it was not our intention to cut
back on the chamber’s funding.”
The College Station Indust
rial Foundation is next in line
with a $65,000 allocation, while
the Brazos Valley Arts Council
will receive $30,000.
The Stage Center Project
allotment is $20,000. The
money will go to the construc
tion of a theater.
The rest of the allotments are
as follows:
•$5,000 to the Athletic Feder
ation
•$5,000 for the city’s history
project
•$2,500 for fireworks
•$2,067 for emergency funds
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ties against Texas A&M Univer
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An EPA complaint charges
Texas A&M’s College Station
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