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HALLOWEEN SHADOW PUPPET SHOW See story cn p.
11 (you are powerless to resist). ACC Library on
Friday, Oct. 26 at 3:30 p.m. FREE! 613-3650.
PRESCHOOL STORYT1ME
Eeey Eeey be goo goo
Mickey Mouse. Books-A-
Million every Tuesday at
10:30 a.m. FREE! 354-0663.
CHUGGA-CHUGGA-CHOO-
CHOO STORYTIME Not tales
involving beer-swilling
sneezing fratboys, rather a
delightful afternoon of sto
nes inspired by the trans
portation force simply
known as trains. ACC
Library on Saturday, Oct. 27
at 3 p.m. FREE! 613-3650.
HAUNTED FALL FESTIVAL
See story on p. 11. It's the
witching hour at the
Georgia Museum of Art on
Saturday, Oct. 27 from 10
a.m. to 12 noon. FREE!
542-4662.
POKtMON LEAGUE Weekly
card trading, battling "gym
leaders" Twith cards or
Game Boy) and earning badges. All ages, and much
safer than pet crocodiles! Books-A-Million on
Saturdays from 12 noon to 2 p.m. FREE! 369-3900.
PUMPKIN CARVING What would Halloween be
without pumpkin carving (besides a little less
messy}? A word of advice: Carving a pumpkin to look
like a pumpkin lacks originality. See story on p. 11.
Sandy Creek Park, Visitor's Center on Saturday, Oct.
27 from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. Cost: S5-S6. 613-3631.
SCARY, OOZY, SLIMY DAY Not another descriptive
moniker for Monday, but rather an explorative look at
misrepresented creatures that are downtrodden, dis
liked, misunderstand and always picked last for kick-
ball. Games, crafts, face paintinq and critter touching
for the brave at heart. Read more if you dare on p.
11. Sandy Creek Nature Center on Saturday, Oct. 27
from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Cost: $2-$4. 613-3615 x230.
STORYTIME (noun) 1. The act of fascinating impres
sionable young minds with rich tales and fables
seeping with morals for
better living and giving
them an astute apprecia
tion of literature. 2. Barnes
& Noble on Wednesdays and
Saturdays at 11 a.m. FREE!
354-1195.
MONDAY AFTERNOON THE
ATRE CLASS Everyone hates
Mondays, that is until the
atre classes came along.
Youngster 5 and up can
enjoy Creative Dramatics,
whereas Intermediate
Acting is all the rage for
young un's aged 9 and up.
How can I enroll my pre
cious one, you might ask?
Relax, just call 208-1036 or
email qsct@yahoo.com.
PRESCHOOL STORYTIME
WITH VICKI The heated
preschool storytime circuit
comes alive with stories by
Vicici at Borders every
Monday at 1 p.m. FREE! 583-8647.
ART EVENTS
A MASQUERADE SOIREE The first major fundraising
event for the wonderfully swank Lyndon House Arts
Center. A perfect opportunity to expenment with your
ol' Halloween costume, as attendees are encouraged
to don any festive decorated masks currently in their
possession. Don’t miss the refreshments and musical
entertainment by the Georgia Guitar Quartet and jazz
maestros Mojado. If that isn't enough, valuable door
prizes (which are so fabulous that they will not be
listed due to the excited fits of hysteria they're likely
to produce) award to the lucky few who have never
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Sketches from Joseph Patrick A and Art
Rosenbaum, Lamar Dodd School of Art.
SURE AND THEY’LL BE
WINNING YOUR HEART
The Ptayboy of the Western World, nfe with
scandalous language and nationalist fervor, caused
riots when it opened a century ago. Penned by the
Irish playwright John Millington Synge—when it
was considered controversial to perform a play
mentioning "ladies' shifts"—The PtayDoy of the
Western World is a rich testament to the nuances of
Irish culture.
Fresh on the success of the recent Boned Child,
UGA University Theatre and Director Farley Richmond bring this romantic production to the
Classic City.
Synge's terse tale is set in a wayside bar in County Mayo in Western Ireland. Margaret
Flaherty (Anna Mitcnamj, called "Pegeen Mike," is betrothed to the book-learned and timid
Shawn Keogh (J. Joe Sykes). Her gaze, however, falls upon the ragged stranger Christopher
Mahon (Colter Allsion), who is fleeing his home after murdering his obsessively brutish father.
Mahon's charisma inspires pity in Flaherty and others present in the bar, and she hires him. As
his fondness for Pegeen Mike grows, Mahon's notoriety spreads locally, attracting the attentions
of many local women, including the shrewd yet kind Widow Quin (Kelly Marckioti). Yes indeed,
girls go crazy for a man who slays his father. As Pegeen Mike and Mahon teeter on the brink of
falling in love, the most unexpected person arrives to cast a pall upon her newfound happiness:
Mahon's father.
UGA's smaller space, the Cedar Theatre, proves an appropriate venue for the intimacy of this
play. The show's wonderfully crafted set (designed by MFA student Ben Needham), consisting of
rustic wooden planks tapering off at the audience's feet and other wooden bar furnishings, was
hindered only by the growing expanse of appreciative theatre-goers spilling over from the regular
audience space, seated on-stage behind the action in the left and right wings. Though one can
hardly complain of expanding the audience size to accommodate the overflow, it was a slight
distraction to gaze upon the compelling performance and also witness the cordial stares of audi
ence members at the same time, shattering any "fourth wall" illusions the show had.
Fortunately for ad. it was difficult to distract attention from the action on stage. The
ensemble cast smoothly carried the burden of affecting an Irish accent thanks in great part to
new UGA faculty member and dialect coach George Contmi. Tina Hantula's costumes greatly
helped the immersion into a two-day period in early 20th Century Ireland. The show balances
nicety between comedy and drama. Cotter Allison and Anna Mitcham perform their multi-faceted
roles with seeming ease. Allison's boisterous conviction and Mitcham's strength and coyness play
well with director Richmond's use of constant movement. Kelly Marckioti handles Widow Quin's
transformation horn sultry vixen to pitiful acolyte most effectively, and the timid Keogh provides
many of the show's laughs. Youthful Mark J. DeCaterina is miscast as the old. rich and sinister
father. Still. Old Mahon's conviction that his son is an utter dot and not the playboy the towns
people believe leads to some of the play's most enjoyable moments. So does the climatic fight
scene, which had more than one front-row patron lurching backward. AU in a& this is one of
UGAfi Rnr performances in recent memory (Gooff Carr]
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