4B The Michigan Daily Weeen d Magazine - Thursday, eptember 24, 1998 The 'Mich igtDaily VV eekend IV1 THEATER Continued from Page 2B importance of the acting going on on- stage rather than large, ornate sets, Brown wrote. le also recommended the theater have 300-400 seats and be built in such a way that audience mem- bers can sit as close as possible to the actors on-stage. "In Ann Arbor a theater of this size could play a good and interesting pro- duction 'Ihursday through Sunday-with a realistic chance that few seats would be empty," Brown writes. The proposal says that this kind of plain, no-frills theater will probably sport a price tag of between $6-8 mil- lion. Bollinger said he has already begun looking to private sources with an inter- est in the arts for donations. "This is a one-time cost that we should be able to pay for through fund-raising," he said. "Efforts to raise money are something we will continue even if the University uses some of its own funds to build the theater." While some ideas on the theater's size, shape and location have begun to fall into place, exactly what kind of performances the theater will house remains almost a total mys- tery. Bollinger maintained that it will be the goal of the Miller facility to attract world-famous talent to Ann Arbor, say- ing that excellent regional shows will bring industry stand-outs who could be convinced to take a visiting professor- ship on campus. On the other hand, a venue guaranteed to showcase student- generated productions has to be a pri- ority, he said. "We will work very hard to create a combination of the two," Bollinger said. "As a student you want to learn from the best people in your field - a world-class theater can attract those kinds of talent to campus and to teach- ing positions. At the same time stu- dent-produced theater is also very important." Reached by phone at his home in Connecticut Miller said he recog- nized the dual role the theater bear- ing his name may have to play on campus and stressed the need for the building to house both student- written and produced shows as well as the work of renowned theater companies nationwide and world- wide. The Arthur Miller Theatre would join the University's three other perfor- mance halls: the Power Center, that seats some 1,370, the 660-seat Mendelssohn Theatre, and the 200-per- son capacity Trueblood. ® State of the Arts WE'VshEtur YET MOUNTAINS TO CLIA "... who 71 solve the depths of'horrtor to defend a surnbeam 's at-hitecture with his life: and carve immortal jungles of despair - - to hold a mnount In May, I spent a warm three days ascending and descending Mount Chocorua. For spring term, I had decided to try to make the most out of my existence by participating in the English department's New England L it e rat u r e P r o g r a m. NELP, as it is Christopher Tkaczyk commonly Dally Arts Editor called, is a six- week, intensive course figuring in the study of New England's authors and poets. I love literature, and I imagined it to be a worthwhile experience. What it became was an inspiring rendezvous with Mother Nature. The mountain, sprung from the riches of New Hampshire's Yankee past, loomed before us as we drove our white 14-pas- senger van to the site where our trail began. Loaded down with tents, three-day hiking backpacks and bags of couscous and macaroni, the six of us began our trek into the forest, the high peak of the mountain not visible from the trail's ori- gin. After a few hundred paces into the for- est, we came to the bank of a mountain stream which proved too deep and too wide to cross on foot. Deciding to find the best spot to cross, our group split in two --. Derek, Mike and I heading north Tim, lesha and Katie going south. While my group's search proved fruitless, being the brave men that we are, we forged on. Not long into our quest, Mike heard a noise and turned to find the other group standing on the shore across the stream. They shouted to us that they'd found a large fallen log downstream which they'd used to cross the deep water. Not wanting to admit defeat, we shouted across to them that we'd found the perfect spot to set camp. We spent the rest of the day preparing for a class in which we'd discuss Hawthorne's "Roger Malvin's Burial." The story, as we later came to discover, is set upon the same mountain where we sat while reading. Genuinely relaxed and at ease in such surroundings, I decided to wade out into the middle of the stream and seat myself upon a large rock which was constantly being tormented with the stream's swiftly-moving frigid flow. It was upon that rock that I learned of Roger Malvin's death. It was also upon that rock that I fell fast asleep. I dreamed while I slept. I dreamed of Roger Malvin, the man who was left to die, alone, on the same mountain that I was supposed to conquer the next day. He was left by a man, Reuben, who would eventually become his son-in- law. Years later, when Reuben and his son are hunting in the forest, they would come across the site where Malvin had been left to die -- the only marker of his gravesite a large pile of leaves. I dreamed that Malvin had come to life, the leaves only keeping him warm for a long sleep much like a bear's hiber- nation. I dreamed that Malvin came out to seek revenge on Reuben, a man who, by Hawthorne's description, seemed an exact mirror of myself. Late in the afternoon, as most of us Photo courtesy University School of Music Some call It Tally Hall, others call it Liberty Plaza. Located on East Liberty Street, the site with two names could be where the new Arthur Miller Theatre will be built. 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After I finally caught up with Derek and Mike, I learned they had found Tin pointing frantically at a large pile of leaves, one of many identical to it, scat- tered about the small valley in which we were standing. As I approached them, I noticed that the piles of leaves were actu- ally lean-to's, structures I had learned to build in my Scouting days. "Ancient civ- ilizations!" shouted Tim. At first I thought he had been joking, but with the sincere look of pride upon his face, I knew he thought he had discovered the abandoned shelters of Native Americans. I looked at him, incredibly, not knowing whether to laugh or to hit him. "Tim, these are lean-to's. Boy Scouts made them," I explained. But he wasn't con- vinced. Not until I pointed out the fresh green pine needles, which had been used as thatching material, did he believe that these "ancient civilizations" couldn't have been built more than one week prior to their recent abandonment. 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Secretly, that daring beyond our sight - beyon The gradual ascension I marked on the bottoms o blisters began to fester wit] hundred yards. As we ap treeline, the elevation at wv no longer grow, the forest and dense. The sun barely upon us as we climbed, sti the steep side of the gia Iesha, whose asthma begi started to slow us down. led the group most of the o become frustrated. He wa the group - only 18 ye Tn, our leader, is 28, Ka 25, and Iesha and I are quick to point out how Der so much energy when h< "21." "I can't stay up I nights," she recalled. Our climb became a tear needed our support as she and more determined that going to climb that dan With Tim encouraging her "You're beautiful, girlfrien< past the treeline and can a granite - steep, sharp offered death at the slighte heavy hiking boot. I tried t< as lesha was directly beh didn't want to upset her i already was. 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