Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, 1975: Program

Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, 1975: Program

Program of the Auburn University Theatre Department production "The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-on-the-Moon Marigolds" performed on February 24 through 28 and March 1 through 2, 1975. The program includes the cast of characters and the production staff.AUBURN UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF THEAT...

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Zindel, Paul. The effect of gamma rays on man-in-the-moon marigolds : a drama in two acts; College and school drama, American -- Alabama -- Auburn; Auburn University -- Students
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description Program of the Auburn University Theatre Department production "The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-on-the-Moon Marigolds" performed on February 24 through 28 and March 1 through 2, 1975. The program includes the cast of characters and the production staff.AUBURN UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE presents THE EFFECTS OF GAMMA RAYS ON MAN-IN-THE-MOON MARIGOLDS by PAUL ZINDEL May 20-25, 1975 DIRECTOR RALPH E. MILLER SCENE DESIGNER OSCAR PATTERSON, III COSTUME DESIGNER JOHN HANCOCK BROOKS, JR. LIGHTING DESIGNER G. J. KOELLSTED CAST BEATRICE HUNSDORFER Cynthia Nicholson RUTH, HER DAUGHTER Bonner Nelson TILLIE, HER DAUGHTER Jan Infante NANNY, A DECREPIT BOARDER Ami Poteat DR. BERG, PRINCIPAL OF THE HIGH SCHOOL Victoria Baxley JANICE VICKERY Melanie Reeder SCENES Place: One of New Orleans faded neighborhoods. The store-front apartment left Beatrice by her father. Time: The present. Over a ten week period. Act I Scene 1. Late one night in early spring Scene 2. The following morning Scene 3. A few days later Scene 4. Two weeks later Scene 5. The following night during a storm Scene 6. A week later A ten minute intermission Act II Scene 1. Six weeks later. The night of the science fair at the high school Scene 2. Later the same evening at the science fair presentations Scene 3. The same time at the apartment Scene 4. Later in the evening at the science fair presentations Scene 5. The same evening after the science fair PROGRAM NOTE Tolstoy once said, "All happy families resemble one another; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." A debatable idea, but one sees what Toystoy means: when all of the relationships are right, happiness results, but when any one or more of the relationships is not right many special kinds of unhappiness may result. In this play the effect of Gamma Rays on marigolds appears to be a metaphor for the impression of a mother on her two children�sensitive but sane Tillie and psychotic Ruth. With plants or animals, man does not yet fully understand why some things are damaged by radiation while others turn out to be positive mutations. As in society, some people can rise above the currents of their stations and environments while others are pulled under by the same swift streams. Zendel's style of writing is fairly typical of the "new free" look at the age-old problems found in parent-child relationships. He makes use of the loose plot structure (a-day-in-the-life-of a person), cinematic techniques, and black comedy (laughing at something destructive and disgusting). Zendel takes science and the atom not as symbols of man's alienation and death, but as symbols of his heavenly origin and link with the sun. The play moves from the chaotic living room, with its litter and disorder, through the mother's crazy dreams of an impossible new life in a tea shop, to the uncorrupted daughter's joyful vision of a rich exciting world. The play won the 1970 Pulitzer Prize for Dramatic Literature and the Drama Critic's Circle Award. R.M. Acknowledgements You are invited to view a special exhibition in the lobby gallery. A REMINDER: Smoking, drinking, eating, and picture taking are not permitted in the auditorium.
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spelling Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, 1975: ProgramThe Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-on-the-Moon MarigoldsProgram of the Auburn University Theatre Department production "The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-on-the-Moon Marigolds" performed on February 24 through 28 and March 1 through 2, 1975. The program includes the cast of characters and the production staff.Unknown1975-05-20/251970sAuburn, Lee Co. (Ala.)Zindel, Paul. The effect of gamma rays on man-in-the-moon marigolds : a drama in two acts; College and school drama, American -- Alabama -- Auburn; Auburn University -- StudentsTheatrical productionsArts & Literature -- Arts Education; Arts & Literature -- Drama; Arts & Literature -- Theater, Film, and Televisionb&w programTextJPEGRG 037, Accession 08-066, 1973-1974 ScrapbookAuburn University Theatre DepartmentAuburn University Libraries. Special Collections and ArchivesAuburn University LibrariesengThis image is the property of the Auburn University Libraries and is intended for non-commercial use. Users of the image are asked to acknowledge the Auburn University Libraries. For information about obtaining high-resolution copies of this and other images in this collection, please contact the Auburn University Special Collections and Archives Department at archives@auburn.edu or (334) 844-1732.AUBURN UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE presents THE EFFECTS OF GAMMA RAYS ON MAN-IN-THE-MOON MARIGOLDS by PAUL ZINDEL May 20-25, 1975 DIRECTOR RALPH E. MILLER SCENE DESIGNER OSCAR PATTERSON, III COSTUME DESIGNER JOHN HANCOCK BROOKS, JR. LIGHTING DESIGNER G. J. KOELLSTED CAST BEATRICE HUNSDORFER Cynthia Nicholson RUTH, HER DAUGHTER Bonner Nelson TILLIE, HER DAUGHTER Jan Infante NANNY, A DECREPIT BOARDER Ami Poteat DR. BERG, PRINCIPAL OF THE HIGH SCHOOL Victoria Baxley JANICE VICKERY Melanie Reeder SCENES Place: One of New Orleans faded neighborhoods. The store-front apartment left Beatrice by her father. Time: The present. Over a ten week period. Act I Scene 1. Late one night in early spring Scene 2. The following morning Scene 3. A few days later Scene 4. Two weeks later Scene 5. The following night during a storm Scene 6. A week later A ten minute intermission Act II Scene 1. Six weeks later. The night of the science fair at the high school Scene 2. Later the same evening at the science fair presentations Scene 3. The same time at the apartment Scene 4. Later in the evening at the science fair presentations Scene 5. The same evening after the science fair PROGRAM NOTE Tolstoy once said, "All happy families resemble one another; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." A debatable idea, but one sees what Toystoy means: when all of the relationships are right, happiness results, but when any one or more of the relationships is not right many special kinds of unhappiness may result. In this play the effect of Gamma Rays on marigolds appears to be a metaphor for the impression of a mother on her two children�sensitive but sane Tillie and psychotic Ruth. With plants or animals, man does not yet fully understand why some things are damaged by radiation while others turn out to be positive mutations. As in society, some people can rise above the currents of their stations and environments while others are pulled under by the same swift streams. Zendel's style of writing is fairly typical of the "new free" look at the age-old problems found in parent-child relationships. He makes use of the loose plot structure (a-day-in-the-life-of a person), cinematic techniques, and black comedy (laughing at something destructive and disgusting). Zendel takes science and the atom not as symbols of man's alienation and death, but as symbols of his heavenly origin and link with the sun. The play moves from the chaotic living room, with its litter and disorder, through the mother's crazy dreams of an impossible new life in a tea shop, to the uncorrupted daughter's joyful vision of a rich exciting world. The play won the 1970 Pulitzer Prize for Dramatic Literature and the Drama Critic's Circle Award. R.M. Acknowledgements You are invited to view a special exhibition in the lobby gallery. A REMINDER: Smoking, drinking, eating, and picture taking are not permitted in the auditorium.http://cdm17353.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/theatre01/id/1730

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