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October 18, 1991 Western Maryland College PageS 60 Seconds on Campus Bob Kirkendall What would you name the new quad by the library? Beth Clark Brian Small Rebecca Kane Kristen Poff Kym Samuels '91 '92 '94 '93 '93 -Communications -Spanish -Psychology -Psychology -History "Top 0' the Hill" "The Plaza" "Paths Diverging" "TheAmplitheater?!?" "The Big Brick Square Thing in the Middle 0' Campus" Punch and Judy Puppet Show Comes To Life In Alumni The first theatrical produc- However wrong he was LO tion at WMC this faU, Armand give in to his resentments, the Harris' Punch rind Judy, tock., audience "m_,,'ate_to~~un,'h~.-l"mdLthrou'lho<,cth.eai,'",-o1--II_ii place the first two weekends of Sometimes we all feel like throw- the theatre. Itgave the audience October and it was a success. ing the baby out the window. a sense of being involved. Although the play is called Punchalso treatshisanimals, Overall, the acting was su- Punch and Judy. the main char- Hector the Horse, played by perb,especiallythatofLundberg, acter was Punch. The play is a Heather Cotter and Todd who played Punch. She inter- puppet show coming to life. In Robinson, and Toby, his dog, acted with the audience well. tact, the stage of the actors is an played by Lea Stanley, poorly. However, a part of the play exact replica ofa smaller model However.Hectorand'Tobyfight which didn't seem to fit was whichwasused at thebeginning back in a violent, though hu- when Toby just walked around of the play for the puppets. morous, way. the stage barking and waving. It All of the actors, with the InPunchandludy.thefunc- lost my interest momentarily. exception of the Hangman, tion of all the other characters The play was performed on played by Reid Wraase, looked was to put Punch in line. They the understage, which issmaller as though they were being con- try to get Punch to be respon- than thespacious mainstageand trolled by strings. sible, but he doesn't want to lis- gave the audience a better view The play is about a man, ten. of the beautiful scenery. The Punch, played by Sarah The large amount of action close quarters also gave the au- Lundberg, who doesn't like the and humor in the play helped to dience a sense of being in the restrictions placed on him by keep the attention of the audi- play. This made it more enjoy- society. Punch is inconsiderate ence. The play even had special able. of the feelings of others, doing effects,suchaswhensparksflew The lessontobe learnedfrom just as what he wants. from the hands of the Devil, theplayis!.hatweallhavealitlle An example of this is when played by Todd Robinson. Punch inall of us. Weall want 1O his wife, Judy, played by Jen- One of the most memorable get ndofsomeoftherestrtcuons nifer Dean, asked him to look moments occurred when Punch placed on us by society. 0 after their baby. When the baby was being chased by the Police Scott Grocki portrays "The Doctor" in Punch and Judy. started crying, Punch just threw Chief, played by Scott Grocki. it out the window. Grocki's costume was perfect. WANT%D! Talented Photographers and Reporters for the Phoenix. Meetinl! times are ~Iondays 6:30 in the lIasement Daniel ~leLea