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However, Eller is also quick to note that
despite the fact that it is a contemporary
work, “The real classical die-hards are going
to be surprised and pleased. It’s very lyrical,
almost neo-ro*' antic. It w r on’t disappoint the
purists or the avant-garde.”
For balance, the first performance will be
Donizetti’s 18th-century classic comic opera
“The Elixir of Love.” This opera, like all of
the company’s performances, will be staged
at the Morton Theatre. “Elixir” will be per
formed April 30 and May 2. The dates for
“Dybbuk” have lot yet been finalized.
The list of local talent assembled to make
it all happen is impressive. Eller will con
duct. August Staub, the former head of the
UGA drama department, will be stage direc
tor. Dale Grogan, the chorusmaster, is a vet
eran of the Atlanta Symphony Chorale.
Board members include Albert Ligotti. con
ductor of the Athens Symphony and Art
Jackson, head of the Downtown
Development Authority.
The company will hold open auditions for
the cast. Brewer predicts that many singers
will be recent graduates of prestigious music
programs. “When singers come out of
school, they don’t go straight to the Met,” he
says. “You’d be surprised at the talent pool
that represents." (RF)
VOTER
REGISTRATION
FAQ
A’s to the Q’s you were too
embarrassed to ask.
Q: When exactly is the next election?
A: November 3.
Q: What offices are being decided?
A: A number of offices, including U.S.
Congress seats, state offices (including gov
ernor and lieutenant governor) and, locally,
mayor of Athens-Clarke County, as well as
county commission and school board seats.
Q: How do 1 register?
A: By filling out a voter registration card.
Locally, cards are available at UGA’s Tate
Student Center, at Athens Regional Library
on Baxter Street, at the tag office on
Lexington Road, and at the county’s Board of
Elections office, located in Room 260 of the
courthouse building on
Washington Street
downtown.
Q: How long does it
take?
A: About 30 sec
onds.
Q: What is the
absolute latest date I
can register?
A: Voter registration
cards (which require
no postage to send)
must be postmarked
no later than October
5.
Q: How do I find
out if they got the card?
Upon receiving your registration card, the
office will send you written acknowledgment
within a couple of weeks. If you haven’t
received written notice by late September,
you might consider calling the Board of
Elections at 613-3150 to confirm that you are
on the voter rolls.
Q: How do I find out where my polling
place is?
A: The verification mailing will clue you
in.
Q: Do I need to contact my previous
place of registration if I decide to register
in Clarke County?
A: No. They’ll take care of it for you.
Q: Should 1 register with an Athens
address if I’m a student and my parents
live elsewhere?
A: It’s up to you. You should register in
that place you choose as your legal, official
place of residence.
Q: What should I do if I need to vote
absentee?
A: Absentee ballot applications are avail
able at the Board of Elections office in the
courthouse building, office. They’ll mail you
one if you can’t pick it up. Absentee ballots
are sent by mail.
Q: Should I stay home in disgust on
November 3 just because the president had
sex with a 21-year-old inside the Oval
Office?
A: You’ve been watching too much televi
sion.
Doug Eller and Michael Brewer of Opera Athens.
PUBLISHER’S NOTES
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University Theatre Season
of The University of Georgia
ARCADIA by Tom Stoppard
October 7'9, 14'16 at 8pm
and October 11 £7 18 at 2:30pm
ALL IN THE TIMING by David Ives
November 11-14, 17'20 £7 December 1-5 at 8pm
and November 15 £7 22 at 2:30pm
THE GOSPEL AT COLONUS by Lee Breuer
February ll'l 3, 18^20 at 8pm
and February 14 £7 21 at 2:30pm
WHO RUNS GEORGIA?
Have you ever wondered who runs
Georgia? Now you can find out in a highly
readable little paperback entitled Who Runs
Georgia? (University of Georgia Press, 1998)
You probably won’t be too surprised to learn
that big corporations, utilities and banks run
the state and control elections with the money
they make available to candidates. You may
be surprised to find out that things haven’t
changed all that much in the last 50 years.
Who Runs Georgia? is actually a manu
script written in 1947 by two young men just
home from World War II, who were commis
sioned to travel the state and interview peo
ple experienced in Georgia politics. What
they found out reads as if it were written
during this summer’s elections instead of a
half-century ago, for you’ll find that though
issues and participants have changed, the
underlying themes are the same.
Calvin Kytle was a writer; James A.
Mackay was just out of law school. Georgia
was in turmoil because the race-baiting
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THE GEORGIA REPERTORY
March 25'2 7, 31 £7 April N3 at 8pm
and March 28 at 2pm
KASPAR by Peter Handke
April 15'17, 20'24 at 8pm
and April 18 £7 25 at 2:30pm
For more information, or to become a University Theatre
subscriber, please contact the Department of Drama
at (706) 542*2836
AUGUST 26, 1998 lULAGPOLS 9
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