Arts & Enetimt THE MICHIGAN DAILY Wednesday, September 22, 1976 Page Five WELL I DECLARE Ken Parsigian JT ISN'T ENOUGH to just play well," Rich explained, paus- ing to take another sip of Cointreaux. "Anyone can read{ a hundred bridge books, and become a master technician, on most hands anyway. Why they can even teach computers that sort of thing now." "No, no, my friends," he said to Susan, Dulas (his first name is John, but no one calls him that), and me. We were trying to look uninterested, but Rich added, "the essence is! to play your cards perfectly, while causing your opponents, by some means of deception, to play their cards poorly." "Deceptive plays are fine against weak players," answered Margie, who had just entered the room, "but what about good players? Certainly a truly fine player would see through any simple-minded deception?" "AU CONTRAIRFE," said Rich smugly. "Sometimes better players are even easier to deceive." "Impossible," said Margie curtly. "Do you think I am some sort of fool who would believe that rubbish?" "Allow me to give you an example," Rich said as he pulled a pen out of the waiter's pocket and proceeded to scrib- ble this on the back of the dinner check: A xxx V K xx + J 10 x 4J 9xx N weather permitting. And if you anybody that I would like to phy like what you see, there's more settle down with - of either 'U' PHOTO PUBLICATIO The Art School's photogra students are trying to put to- on Friday and Saturday when. gether a booklet of photographs. the troupe will do shows in the It's open for contributions from Residential College Auditorium people all around the University, at 8:30 p.m. although primarily- for photogra- phy students. Coordinator Rich-P ard Hackel says the 48-page POOR ELTON booklet will deal with photogra- Elton John, in the latest is-l phy as an art. A preliminary sue of Rolling Stone News, com.- editing meeting will be held in plains that his last six years the School of Art's photography have been like "a Disney film," studio on Oct. 3 at 7 p.m. Call and says he needs a. 'person' Richard at 663-5497 for further (of either sex) in his life. " information, crave torbe loved," he moans. * * But, he adds, "I haven't met RENT A PAINTING sex." Oh, it's lonely at the top. EDITOR'S NOTE If you know of any arts event occurring around town and you would like to give it a little publicity, let me know at 764- 0562. -Lois Josimovich Join The Daily Phone 76-DAILY The Ann Arbor Art Associa- tion's Gallery Shop on the first INGMAR BERGMAN'S floor at 117 W. Liberty is nowG195 renting original paintings to in- BRINKLI dividuas ors''businesses for F "modest fees" - $10-$25 for a' two-month period. The idea, say Made just after Seventh Seal and Wild Straw- directors, is to allow people to berries and just before The Magician, this film' live with a painting before de- is a return of the humane themes of Bergman's marriage, w ey not art? earlier works, it's a study of three mothers- S * .. two who have been denied, the birth of their PEGASUS THEATRE TROUPE children and one who has an unwanted child. With Max Von Sydon and BiBi Anderson. David Avadon, whose picture. you may have noticed in yes- terday's Daily, and his Pegasus THURSDAY: SEVENTH SEAL Theatre Troupe from Los An- geles will be performing on the Diag every day this week be- tween 11 a.m. and 1 pm., :00 & 905 Admisson $125 X- ~ - - - - West A xxx y A 10 x x * x x x, 4 x x x East ! A r Q J x x x x +4. Q x x .5 Q 10, x . South A S K Q J 10 x x w void 4AKx "NORTH AND SOUTH reached a somewhat optimistic con- tract of 6 spades," Rich continued, "but with a fine declarer like Bruce (he was sitting South, and is generally recognized as the second best player in the club) at helm, I knew it wnuld take an alert defense to beat the contract. My part- Daily Photo by PAULINE LUBENS MEMBERS OF Franklin Wepner's experimental theater class express their feelings. EXPERIMENTAL MUSICAL )AMA: Theater ciass expresses life By MICHAEL JONES and STEPHEN PICKOVER is to take the viewer on an "awareness trip." W e p ni "tiunk a 1 -- A VANT-GARDE theater will ner made the unfortunate opening lead of the Ace of hearts, take on a new dimension as which Bruce ruffed high, keeping his little trumps for com- director-in-residence Franklyn munication with dummy. He then played a top spade to my FWepner introduces his experi- Ace, and I paused to count the hand. Partner had shown mental musical theater to Ann up with the Ace of hearts, but he clearly could have no Arbor this fall. more points. Bruce may be an aggressive bidder, but he is Wepner intends to present his no fool. audience with a message on the "No, there .was no doubt that he held the remaining points, human condition in a way con-, but what of his distribution? He opened spades, mentioned orventional, "limited theater can diamonds next, then rebid spades. That indicated 6 spades have achieved a theatrical ex- and 4 diamonds. He had no hearts, so he had to hold, 3 clubs. pression of life in which mean- Nbw that I was playing the hand do 'dummy, I could see ing is derived from living itself. that I wag in trouble. Bruce could pitch his losing club on In this sense, Wepner is putting dummy's good King of hearts; and then take the diamond existential concepts to action on finesse. The finesse would obviously work, and since diamonds stage. broke 3-3, his fourth diamond would be good for his twelfth Theater formulatedfrom such trik. wan' sue jstwhat to do, s lead the Queen of concepts does not necessarily trict. I wasn't sure just etodso I rely on script, plot or characterst hearts, and waited . for Bruce to move, but rather unfolds to the audi- "Now the average player would pitch his club, and stake ence a "kaleidoscopic landscape thb cantract on the diamond finesse. But Bruce is by no means of complex poetic images"~ average, and he was looking ahead. The King of hearts would meaning anything dealing with always be there to pitch a club on, and the finesse wasn't life. Without use of a script or going away, but there was still a chance, Bruce thought, to plot, actors must create, through find me with the doubleton Queen of clubs. If that had been vocal and physical means, life portraits having some common, the case, he would drqp my Queen with his Ace and King, for interrelation. This and then finesse against my partner's 'marked' 10 of clubs, j common factor, or theme, could: thus making 4 club tricks, 5 spades, 2 diamonds and the King be based on a quote, for in- of hearts - 12 tricks without risking the diamond finesse. stance: "Supposing everybody "SO, PUTTING THAT PLAN into action, he ruffed my doing nothing should continue heart Queen, and cashed his top clubs. He was giving him- living? How about it?" from' self the best chance to make the hand, but he also gave me Gertrude Stein. The framework a chance to beat him. Because I had his play all figuredthrough which action would fol- fgrdIlow could be an abstraction ofa out, and when he played to top clubs, I played the 8 to the ;Bach cantata or some other Ace, and then smoothly dropped my club Queen on the King musical form. The hopeful result of clubs. He fell for it' completely. He was now set to take of this living collage of realism the "marked finesse" against my partner's 10 of clubs. How.. sur rised h- l hbT hiFnus ea- AS THE theatrical experience fre begins, the audience is presented do with a potpourri of actions that hes have no overt coherence. They sio are unable to construct any the logical analysis of what they are seeing and are thus forced to stir depend on their five basic senses dis for understanding. A sensitive oft audience soon becomes aware wit that the numerou's emotions and fa experiences portrayed shift and juxtanose, suggesting conflict. One is then left to d'ecide what these opposing activites imply. This dialecticalda p'p r o a c h brings the individual viewer to a personal conclusion. Of course, the outcome depends on how convincing the subject and the portrayals are. It takes a great deal of preparation and coopera- tion among theactors for this mode of theater to work. oedon "ca0 airsal ns, foo dents card their h th hion. e r entides collectively Collage." His actors, disciplined, have more in performance than nventional actors." Re- s are in essence rap ses- where Wepner supplies d for thought and his either accept his ideas, them, or present some own, each experimenting em in his or her own Those who -find Wepner's ideas intriguing and off-beat will find his class at Art Worlds (2131/2 S. Main St., 668-8277). The class meets for 11/2 hours on Thurs- day nights. The experimental theater's first performance is tentatively scheduled for sometime between Thanksgiving and Christmas, in the Frieze Building's Arena Theatre. __ TONIGHT! GENE KELLY in SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (STANLEY DONEL AND GENE KELLY, 1952) 7 &9 A fun-fited, ehairming musical which combines nostalgia and sentiment: it's a gentle spoof on the styles and manngrs of the late 20's when movies were having problems changing to sound. The imaginative choreography includes a striking semi-abstract ballet by Kelly and Cyd Charisse in Broadway Rhythm, and Donaid O'Connor in Make 'em Laugh. Debbie Reynolds. "JEST ABOUT THE BEST HOLLYWOOD MUSICAL 0F ALL UI E.GAPauEine KaelA AUD. A ANGELL HALL, 1.25 Most people do not flock to Wepner to try their hands at experimental theater. One rea- son for this, as he sees it, is the average person's lack of "readiness"-the absence of an experimental quality about their own lives which does not permit the inner freedom necessary to participate in his workshop. ONCE HE FINDS his actors the physical, vocal, psychologi- cal and musical aspects of thea- ter training are stressed, which - -I FRI.-SAT. $2.50 PHILO RECORDS singer-songwriter U. UTAH PHILLIPS /4r , 1 xle e woui oe wnen I snowea up with ittu eet ing his beautifully played contract." "And 'that is what happened?" I asked. "Well, uh.. ." Rich stammered. "No," interrupted Dulas, "I remember the hand now. I was dummy, and the story isn't finished yet. "YES," HE CONTINUED, "Bruce did fall for Rich's little ploy, but he still made the hand. Because, before taking theI club finesse, Bruce cashed his good diamonds, and his last spade. He was all set to take the club hook, but on the last spade Rich's partner, Jerry, discarded his last club. Thus, when Bruce led his last club, Jerry showed out, and Bruce played the Jack, which dropped Rich's 10, and set up dummy's 9." "Yes," moaned Rich, "It is true. That witless fool, Jerry threw the only good card in his hand. And do you know what he said when I asked him why he did it? He said, proudly!, I ws giving you a count on the club suit, partner'." "Is the 'essence' of bridge to make your partner play poor- ly too?" I asked sarcastically. But Rich wasn't paying any attention. MASS MEETING Undergraduate Political Science Assn. NEW MEMBERS NEEDED All Academic Majors Accepted THURSDAY, SEPT.23 7 P.M. Michigan League-Room D Third Floor CHILDREN'S ART WORKSHOP at RUDOLF STEINER HOUSE 1923 Geddes Ave., Ann Arbor Ten weekly sessions of crea- tive activity for children, ages 6 to 9, focusing on themes arising f r o m the changing moods of the seasons or those contained in fairy tales and other stories, expressed through painting, eurythmy, and informal dramatics, led by R o b e r t Logsdon and Sheila Howard. Saturdays, 10-11:30 a.m. Sept. 25 to Dec. 11, 1976 Fee: $40.00x Telephone 662-9652 or 761-7183 for information the Golden V o i c e of the Great " Southwest will formally open his t presidential campaign in Ann Arbor this weekend, following in the foot- steps of Gerald Ford. Utah's run- ning mate, Mallard Filmore - the Bionic D u c k, will be unfortunate- ly, handling speaking engagements elsewhere. Phillips states that if elected he will do what all the great presidents of the past have done-"noth- ing at all." Assuming the Michigan Marching Band is unavailable for the weekend, Utah Phillips will provide his own backup on guitar and echo harp. THURS.-Flying Fish Record's LUKE BALDWIN- originally from Ann Arbor traditional-early country--original music $1.50 1421 HILL 8:30 761-1451 MR I THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Professional Theatre Program GUEST ARTIST SERIES USHER APPLICATION II' NAME._ ADDRESS- TELEPHON --U of M lD. RULES 1, You must be a U of M student. 2. You must choose your series in order of preference. 3. Married students may send applications together. 4. The application MUST BE POSTED BY U.S. MAIL ON OR AFTER FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1976. Mail to: Usher, Guest Artist Series, Mendelssohn Theatre, Ann Arbor, MI 48109. 5. Include a stamped, self-addressed envelope. PLEASE NUMBER CHOICE 1, 2, 3 etc. CHOICE SERIES A: Wed., Oct. 13; Tues., Nov. 23; Wed.,Feb. 16; Wed., Apr. 13 _____SERIES B: Thurs., Oct. 14; Wed., Nov. 24; Thurs., Feb. 17, Thurs., Apr.1 14 II II I 1-mom, rimA T6o r)a..A W;c inflitone,:. it I