THE. SCARLET AND BLACK WWWSWWW 7W by Laurle Hultberg Following three standinge room-only performances in Arena Theater, the theater department’s experimental production of "Snow White" took to the road for eight additional performances in the Grinnelerewburg eler mentary schools. The cast received a warm welcome fr- cm the students. The young audiences aetivee 1y participated in each per- formance, replying to a char- acter's question by shouting in unison or by individually sharing their comments. Such an insrance occurred when the wicked witch, portrayed by Vickie Lofquist, said, “Snow White, more pretty than I? What shall I do?" The imme diate reply from one childwas, "Commit suicide." Other children had choice pieces of advice to give the cast. A certain boy tried to convince Snow White (Jamie Rosenblatt) not to eat the poir soned apple. But in spite of his better judgment,SnowWh- ite bit into the apple and died. When Doc, a dwarf played by Karen Auerbach, announced the death of Snow White, the boy said, "I told you so." The high level of enthusiasm possessed by the cast helped bring the imaginary setting to life, and create an active at- mosphere between the cast and audience. The wicked q“, een played her part so well that one child tried to annir hilate her during recess by throwing a rock at her. Nor did anyone want to play with the wicked queen’s mirror, Deborah Sanden. who was left to play all alone on the sw; ings. The mood of the play, how- ever, was not only created by the characters. The dancers, Elizabeth Copeland, Marilyn Musser and Maria Perotto, intervene within the action to tie the plot together. The mue sicians, Jim Spell and Greg Gaines, with their original score, guitar, and electric organ also added to the spirit of the play. Jim Spell’s intro— ductory songs, die theme song, and tunes denoting individual characters excited the young audience. The children’s emotionalrer sponse to the play could be seen after each performance as they rushed to dance with the handsome prince, charaCe terized by Richard Smith: the King, played by Ronald Ai; or Snow White. Other children showed their enthusiasm by running for pencils and papa ers so they could get theautoa graphs of each of the dwarfs -- Doc, Sleepy Sneezy, Happy, Bashful, Dopey and Grumpy, played by Karen Auerbach, Jane Friedson, Phyllis Gan- ser, Jule Kagan, Deni Deut- sch, Jack Gay and Greg Gaines, respectively -- and other members of the cast. Other reactions to the play were reflected in drawings by the children. Such works of art included Snow White, the Handsome Prince and his sword, the wicked Queen and her mirror, the seven dwarfs, and Jim Spell's guitar. In short, the response was very enthusiastic. Public and college response has been so good that the cast of Snow White, under the dira ection of Don Boros, will per- form once more in Arena The eater at 8 RM. Monday. Sellers Aids Foreign Students (continued from page 4) eign students.)He emphasiz- es the importance of main— taining a program flexible err ough to meet the changing needs of the Grinnell student body. The declaration of an independent major by seven students at Grinnell is an ex- ample of the changing needs. This option has been stated in the Grinnell catalogue for at least fifteen years, but no one had taken the opportunityuntil this year. It will more im- portant than ever, in this type of program that the academic advisor act as a real coordin- ator between the various de- partments involved in the stu* dent’s major. coming soon Mr. Obermiller pointed out that although much has been said about improving hculty advising, he feels stu ntsalr so have the responsi ility to seek out the help they may need from whatever source is of the most help to them. He sees a lot of room tor im~ provement in the present SyS’ tem, but feels that ithas come a long way in the past several years. Realizing that there will never be a simple cure- all solution, he hopes that the program can continue to de- velop through the concerted efforts of all involved. ”November 20, 1970 CHILDREN the Gr nell Newburg community elee mentary schools were enchanted by the theater depart- ment's experimental production of Snow White presented to them this week. Below left, dancer Marilyn Musser blows bubbles to the crowd. (Photos by Marty Sachs) Gel ’oln whilo they’re hot gcnmsrnis cooxns DANISH MAID BAKERY 818 Fourth Avenue another classical record sole singlerecords $1.19 Smarts.“ $3.99 Smarts... $4.99 college book store UNITED FOOD CENTER Abe and Ted complete line of BEVERAGES 8. SNACKS CHEESE 8. FRESH PRODUCE "HUN 8. BEAUTY AIDS Next to the Laundromat < 922% Main Grinnell V Phone 236-4900 JD's RESTAURANT