`BLUES' BROTHERS COLLEGE PUTS ON BECKETT PLAYS.Byline: Daily News LANCASTER - People can sip lattes, listen to blues music and watch plays by a Nobel Prize winner depicting a woman buried up to her neck in dirt and actors encased en·case tr.v. en·cased, en·cas·ing, en·cas·es To enclose in or as if in a case. en·case  ment n. in giant vases. Irish writer Samuel Beckett's absurdist short plays are being performed by Antelope Valley College Antelope Valley College is a comprehensive community college located in Lancaster, California, USA. It is operated by the Antelope Valley Community College District, with a primary service area of 1,945 square miles covering portions of Los Angeles and Kern counties. this weekend and next in ``Samuel Beckett Gets the Blues.'' The soundtrack is provided by a guitar, bass and drums "Guitar, Bass and Drums" is the three EP campaign from British rock singer, Toby Jepson. Formerly of the British rock band, Little Angels, Jepson has returned to the music industry in 2007. EP #1 was released on 23 March 2007. trio in a cafe bistro setting, with the audience sitting at tables to drink coffee and eat raspberry lemon torte and tiramisu. ``It's going to be something totally different,'' said Joe Barnard, a regular actor in Antelope Valley College and community theater productions who appears in one play. Barnard will act encased in a giant vase up to his neck, sitting on stage with two women also encased up to their necks in giant vases. That play, called ``Play,'' is about a love triangle. ``It's just really out there,'' Barnard said. Beckett wrote in both English and French and is best known for the play ``Waiting for Godot Waiting for Godot tramps consider hanging themselves because Godot has failed to arrive to set things straight. [Anglo-French Drama: Samuel Beckett Waiting for Godot in Magill III, 1113] See : Despair Waiting for Godot .'' He received the Nobel Prize for Director Mark Branner described the five pieces to be presented - ``Act Without Words Act Without Words is the title of two plays by Samuel Beckett:
Branner said Beckett is known for ``hilarious tragedies'' about human survival, suffering and search for meaning. While Barnard, college instructor Eugenie Trow trow intr.v. trowed, trow·ing, trows 1. Archaic To think. 2. Obsolete To suppose. [Middle English trowen, from Old English and Kim Barker stand in giant vases in ``Play,'' Grace Vautrain starts out ``Happy Days'' up to her waist in dirt and ends with dirt up to her neck. The production will continue tonight at 8, Sunday at 2 p.m. and Friday and Nov. 12 at 8 p.m. in the Black Box Theater For the theater in Oslo, Norway, see Black Box Teater. The black box theater is a relatively recent innovation, consisting of a simple, somewhat unadorned performance space, usually a large square room with black walls and a flat floor. at the college, 3041 W. Ave. K. Tickets are $12 for general admission, $10 for senior or military, and $8 for students or AVC employees with proper identification. Advance tickets can be purchased by calling the AVC Theatre Arts Department's Ticket Hotline at (661) 722-6300, Ext. 6728. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Kim Barker, Joe Barnard and Eugenie Trow, from left, rehearse the play ``Samuel Beckett Gets the Blues.'' (2 -- color) Joseff Stevenson rehearses ``Act Without Words 1'' in preparation for Antelope Valley College's production of ``Samuel Beckett Gets the Blues.'' Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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