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orman ime. Campbell utilizes bit and a telephone cord not u props but as a real part of ba bling stage personality. H"11 ti act and last act appearances like book eaG.s for this play. In a mere walk, Richard makes the audience understan what a task is to climb six fli&hls of stairs just to deliver some piCk ages. Luke's facial expressions excellent As a college theater production, East Central's presentaLion of "Barefoot in the Park" is f · ~, climax to an evening wha ·o,. eluded a gourmet dinner, and a fashion review by the East Central Fashion SQuad.

play. Craig Slawson, in the role of Paul Brauer, played the young la– wyer who is atttempting to get ahead in the world and at the same time pay proper attention to his wife, with great understanding of the role. Slawson appearentl y liked being on the stage and was ilS much at home on the set as he would have been in his own living room. He played this haried hus– band in a most convincing way. Dianne Douglas in the role of Mrs. Banks, Corrie Bratter ·s mother, was everything the role demanded. Douglas, who is not without some previous experience on the stage, delighted the audi· ence with her portrayal of this w – ing but somewhat scatter bra· mother-in-Jaw. Douglas lights a stage, but at the same time abe understands the imponance of eo semble acting. In the role of Mr. Velasco, a man who lives in the attic above the Brauer apartment, J.C. Howell made the transition from a young actor to a man in his 50s with great ease. Howell does the role of an elderly "letch" with just the right amount of sophistication and charm. David Campbell in the cameo role of theTelepbone Man gets in some delightful b.tts o f pantom-

East Centra Commun tyCollege 7he East Central Communily Co:...ege Players opened lheir lhea– ter season wilh a rollicking perfor– mance of Neil Simon's contem- porary comedy, "Barefoot in the Park." ~ East Central production, presented as a dinner theater per– fonn , moved with quick pac– mg and rapid tempo from lhe first tines until the final curtain. If the plays of GeorgeS. Kauf– an and Moss Heart dominated we.bOards of community and col– lege~teaters during the 1940s and ' 50s, the works of Neil Simon have certainly filled the same S}ages during the last three de– c&des. "Barefoot in the Park" is as fresh today as it was in 1967 when with three other Simon plays it played to sell-out audiences on Broadway. Lori Rogers as Cori Brauer, the wife of a young lawyer, moved about the stage with just the right amount of newly-wed giddiness and abandonment that one might expect from a girl who chose to live in a flat six flights up without an elevator. Rogers brought an animated and exciting interpreta– tion to Corii Brauer that is seldom seen in college productions of the

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