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LEARNING RESOURCE CENTlR BETHEL COLLEGE 3900 Bethel Drive St. Paul, Minnesota 5511 CLARION 18 September 1987 Bethel College St. Paul, Minnesota The Plague strikes US at Bethel by D.C France When the Twin Cities theater-going audience dresses up for a night of theater-going, the Bethel College theater is generally excluded from the range of choices. That's because theater at Bethel College is generally standard fare and that's because the Bethel theater-going audience generally likes plays that digest easily, like "Cinderella" or "Death of a Salesman." But there is a time for everything under the sun and Bethel theater will have a coming-out in mid to late October that may well turn the heads of the theater-going audience of the Twin Cities. That's because the theater department at Bethel is opening an American premier of an avant-garde play written by an internationally known playwright and director. The play is "The Plague," (based on Camus' "The Plague" and Defoe's "Year of the Plague") and the playwright is Kazimierz Braun, who directed lonesco's "The Rhinoceros" last season at the Guthrie. 'The Plague" combines traditional psychological drama and visual imagery. "The Plague" fell into director Jeff Miller's lap from a section on Polish theater in Drama Review, a monthly theater journal published at MIT. In the spectrum of contemporary drama, "The Plague" sits in the middle of traditional psychological drama (Arthur Miller, David Mamet) the theater of visual symbolic imagery (Robert Wilson, Mambou Mimes). Miller was taken with Braun'sjustaposition of dialogue and visual language; taken enough to place a few calls to see if the script might be avail- Kazimierz Braun, internationally known director and playwright. able. The script was and Miller is directing the American premier. Braun is an artist with international reputation. He worked in Polish theater for twenty-five years; between 1975 and 1984 he was the artistic director of the Contemporary Theater in Wroclaw. "He shaped the theater into a vital artistic center, unique for its innovative and challenging ideas, particularly supportive of ambitious theater artists and open to a wide range of intelligent and unconventional theater-goers," report the Guthrie Theater program notes on "Rhinoceros" He hold doctoral degrees in philosophy and humanities and an M.FA. in directing from the Universities of Poznan, Wroclaw and the National School of Drama. Over the years he has taught theater and trained student actors at the University of Wroclaw and various colleges and universities in Poland and the United States. Braun has also written adaptation of classical narratives such as the Iliad and Gulliver's Travels. He has also authored several books on theater. "The Plague" first played in Braun's native Poland in 1983. Several Polish critics called the play Braun's best work ever, but for reasons of politics, the play's run was short. From Wroclaw, "The Plague" moved to the Berliner Festwochen (West Germany) and then to the Holland Festival in Amsterdam and finally to Bethel College. "The Plague" is not a play for everyone. Braun places emphasis on developing visual images in the mind and even though, as Miller points out, "Braun's images are very accessible because he writes for a very broad audience," the play will leave some audience members wondering why they paid money to see it. To aid the viewer, Miller plans on holding discussions after each performance. Braun employs rats as one of the primary and central images in "The Plague." The rats embody the plague, as the rats embodied the plague in the 13th century. The rats speak very little. They symbolize social, moral and political evils in the 20th century. For Braun the rats probably carry political evils in particular, since the play was written and performed in Poland while the Polish people were struggling fiercely for solidarity and against martial law. Braun is living in the United States and is currently teaching at the State Uni- Several Polish critics called The Plague" Braun's best play ever. versity of New York at Buffalo. In a phone conversation with Braun, Miller asked why he left Poland, but Braun was cagey and said he would explain when he arrived here at Bethel. Braun will be on campus over the first three days in October, watching rehearsals and working with students. Miller is looking forward to Braun's arrival. "It's equal to having Liviu Ciulei or Joe Papp come to campus." "The Plague" will run at Bethel from October 14 to October 17 and from October 21 to October 24. Miller estimates that only about 650 tickets will be available to the public. Urbana challenges modern-day Jonahs by John Albright Jonah couldn't care less. God told Jonah to go to Ninevah to preach. All Jonah knew was that he hated the Ninevites. They were dirty, backwards and made funny contortions with their mouths when they talked. The last place Jonah would ever go was to Ninevah so he jumped the first boat to Tarshish, conveniently the opposite direction from Ninevah. Jonah thought he could outsale God. Unfortunately, he ended up in the belly of a whale, which gave him time to reconsider God's proposal. And so goes the theme for the upcoming 15th triennial missions conference put on by InterVarsity Fellowship at Urbana, Illinois. Urbana is a get-together of 17,000 students, missionaries and Christians from around the globe to focus on Christ's commission to disciple every tribe and people. It consists of five days, December 27-January 1, of mass worship services, seminars, small group studies and plenty of time to get to know other Christians from England, India and Peru, just to name a few. The day will begin with a quiet time, then a small group study of the book of Jonah, and to finish off the morning everyone will meet to hear the wisdom of Ajith Fernando, the National Director of Youth for Christ in Sri Lanka, as well as to see a multi-media presentation on the mission needs of some of the world's largest cities like Bogota and Nairobi. In the afternoon topical seminars will be offered; to name several: The Gospel and Culture, Opportunities to minister in China, Missions and Your Profession, and Music and the Arts in Mission. One of the benefits of Urbana is the Intercristo printout, an anal ysis which matches your personal vocational and geographical interests with the specific needs of mission agencies. After the evening session of song and sermon with evangelists such as Billy Graham, Becky Pippert and Tony Campolo, students wrap up the night with prayer in the same small groups as for the morning Bible studies. The true lesson of Urbana is that Cod speaks to individuals even in a crowd of thousands. This true lesson of Urbana, as it was during the very first InterVarsity Missions conference in Toronto in 1946, is that God speaks to individuals, even in a crowd of thousands—as well as in the belly of a slimy fish. It was after Jonah was washed to shore that God asked him, "Should I not be concerned about that great city?" Yet even ifyou feel that God is not calling you to a modern day Ninevah, He is bound to teach you some valuable lessons, whether cross-cultural missions isyour bag or not. When Bethel Senior Jim Howard went to Urbana in 1984, God managed to spit him out of his Jonah-like complacency. Howard looked back on Urbana '84. "I don't think you can go to Urbana without being affected. I grew up in a missions-oriented famly so I had been saturated with missions, but Urbana made the call more relevant to me personally. It jolted me out of complacency concerning God's will in my life." It is the prayer of many that Bethel busses at least 300 students to the conference this year. Should not you be concerned about that great city?
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Title | Page 1 |
Alternative Title | The Bethel Clarion |
Edition (Vol. No.) | Vol. 63 No. 02 |
Date Published | September 18 1987 |
Decade | 1980 |
Academic Year | 1987 - 1988 |
Frequency | Biweekly |
Notes | This project has been financed in part with funds provided by the State of Minnesota through the Minnesota Historical Society from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. |
Digital Collection | The Clarion: Bethel University's Student Newspaper |
Digital Publisher | Bethel University |
Editor | France, Douglas C. |
Contributors | Sanchez, Victor (Design Consultant); Wiering, Ken (News Editor); Stocking, Tracy (Feature Editor); Wenzel, Holly (Copy Editor); France, Douglas C. (Op-Ed Editor, Arts Editor); Moore, Marvin (Sports Editor); Wessman, George (Photo Editor); Larimer, Kayne (Ad Sales); Twogood, Ryan (Business Manager); Lee, Lori (Layout & Design); Osmundson, Lisa (Layout & Design) |
Location |
United States Minnesota Saint Paul |
Time Span of Publication | Newspaper published from 1921 through present day |
Copyright | Reproduction or distribution of these files is permitted for educational and research purposes with proper attribution to the Bethel Digital Library. No commercial reproduction or distribution of these files is permitted under copyright law without the written permission of Bethel University Digital Library. For questions or further information on this collection, contact digital-library@bethel.edu. |
Type | text |
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Physical Dimensions | 11.5 x 17 |
Original Collection | Printed paper copies of original newspaper in the collections of the Bethel University Library and the History Center: Archives of the Baptist General Conference and Bethel University. |
Original Publisher | Bethel College |
Transcript | LEARNING RESOURCE CENTlR BETHEL COLLEGE 3900 Bethel Drive St. Paul, Minnesota 5511 CLARION 18 September 1987 Bethel College St. Paul, Minnesota The Plague strikes US at Bethel by D.C France When the Twin Cities theater-going audience dresses up for a night of theater-going, the Bethel College theater is generally excluded from the range of choices. That's because theater at Bethel College is generally standard fare and that's because the Bethel theater-going audience generally likes plays that digest easily, like "Cinderella" or "Death of a Salesman." But there is a time for everything under the sun and Bethel theater will have a coming-out in mid to late October that may well turn the heads of the theater-going audience of the Twin Cities. That's because the theater department at Bethel is opening an American premier of an avant-garde play written by an internationally known playwright and director. The play is "The Plague," (based on Camus' "The Plague" and Defoe's "Year of the Plague") and the playwright is Kazimierz Braun, who directed lonesco's "The Rhinoceros" last season at the Guthrie. 'The Plague" combines traditional psychological drama and visual imagery. "The Plague" fell into director Jeff Miller's lap from a section on Polish theater in Drama Review, a monthly theater journal published at MIT. In the spectrum of contemporary drama, "The Plague" sits in the middle of traditional psychological drama (Arthur Miller, David Mamet) the theater of visual symbolic imagery (Robert Wilson, Mambou Mimes). Miller was taken with Braun'sjustaposition of dialogue and visual language; taken enough to place a few calls to see if the script might be avail- Kazimierz Braun, internationally known director and playwright. able. The script was and Miller is directing the American premier. Braun is an artist with international reputation. He worked in Polish theater for twenty-five years; between 1975 and 1984 he was the artistic director of the Contemporary Theater in Wroclaw. "He shaped the theater into a vital artistic center, unique for its innovative and challenging ideas, particularly supportive of ambitious theater artists and open to a wide range of intelligent and unconventional theater-goers," report the Guthrie Theater program notes on "Rhinoceros" He hold doctoral degrees in philosophy and humanities and an M.FA. in directing from the Universities of Poznan, Wroclaw and the National School of Drama. Over the years he has taught theater and trained student actors at the University of Wroclaw and various colleges and universities in Poland and the United States. Braun has also written adaptation of classical narratives such as the Iliad and Gulliver's Travels. He has also authored several books on theater. "The Plague" first played in Braun's native Poland in 1983. Several Polish critics called the play Braun's best work ever, but for reasons of politics, the play's run was short. From Wroclaw, "The Plague" moved to the Berliner Festwochen (West Germany) and then to the Holland Festival in Amsterdam and finally to Bethel College. "The Plague" is not a play for everyone. Braun places emphasis on developing visual images in the mind and even though, as Miller points out, "Braun's images are very accessible because he writes for a very broad audience," the play will leave some audience members wondering why they paid money to see it. To aid the viewer, Miller plans on holding discussions after each performance. Braun employs rats as one of the primary and central images in "The Plague." The rats embody the plague, as the rats embodied the plague in the 13th century. The rats speak very little. They symbolize social, moral and political evils in the 20th century. For Braun the rats probably carry political evils in particular, since the play was written and performed in Poland while the Polish people were struggling fiercely for solidarity and against martial law. Braun is living in the United States and is currently teaching at the State Uni- Several Polish critics called The Plague" Braun's best play ever. versity of New York at Buffalo. In a phone conversation with Braun, Miller asked why he left Poland, but Braun was cagey and said he would explain when he arrived here at Bethel. Braun will be on campus over the first three days in October, watching rehearsals and working with students. Miller is looking forward to Braun's arrival. "It's equal to having Liviu Ciulei or Joe Papp come to campus." "The Plague" will run at Bethel from October 14 to October 17 and from October 21 to October 24. Miller estimates that only about 650 tickets will be available to the public. Urbana challenges modern-day Jonahs by John Albright Jonah couldn't care less. God told Jonah to go to Ninevah to preach. All Jonah knew was that he hated the Ninevites. They were dirty, backwards and made funny contortions with their mouths when they talked. The last place Jonah would ever go was to Ninevah so he jumped the first boat to Tarshish, conveniently the opposite direction from Ninevah. Jonah thought he could outsale God. Unfortunately, he ended up in the belly of a whale, which gave him time to reconsider God's proposal. And so goes the theme for the upcoming 15th triennial missions conference put on by InterVarsity Fellowship at Urbana, Illinois. Urbana is a get-together of 17,000 students, missionaries and Christians from around the globe to focus on Christ's commission to disciple every tribe and people. It consists of five days, December 27-January 1, of mass worship services, seminars, small group studies and plenty of time to get to know other Christians from England, India and Peru, just to name a few. The day will begin with a quiet time, then a small group study of the book of Jonah, and to finish off the morning everyone will meet to hear the wisdom of Ajith Fernando, the National Director of Youth for Christ in Sri Lanka, as well as to see a multi-media presentation on the mission needs of some of the world's largest cities like Bogota and Nairobi. In the afternoon topical seminars will be offered; to name several: The Gospel and Culture, Opportunities to minister in China, Missions and Your Profession, and Music and the Arts in Mission. One of the benefits of Urbana is the Intercristo printout, an anal ysis which matches your personal vocational and geographical interests with the specific needs of mission agencies. After the evening session of song and sermon with evangelists such as Billy Graham, Becky Pippert and Tony Campolo, students wrap up the night with prayer in the same small groups as for the morning Bible studies. The true lesson of Urbana is that Cod speaks to individuals even in a crowd of thousands. This true lesson of Urbana, as it was during the very first InterVarsity Missions conference in Toronto in 1946, is that God speaks to individuals, even in a crowd of thousands—as well as in the belly of a slimy fish. It was after Jonah was washed to shore that God asked him, "Should I not be concerned about that great city?" Yet even ifyou feel that God is not calling you to a modern day Ninevah, He is bound to teach you some valuable lessons, whether cross-cultural missions isyour bag or not. When Bethel Senior Jim Howard went to Urbana in 1984, God managed to spit him out of his Jonah-like complacency. Howard looked back on Urbana '84. "I don't think you can go to Urbana without being affected. I grew up in a missions-oriented famly so I had been saturated with missions, but Urbana made the call more relevant to me personally. It jolted me out of complacency concerning God's will in my life." It is the prayer of many that Bethel busses at least 300 students to the conference this year. Should not you be concerned about that great city? |
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