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The Fall 2003 Shorts were presented in the UAF Lab Theatre, Friday & Saturday October 17, 18, 24 & 25 at 8:15pm, and Sunday October the 26th at 2pm. The Fall '03 Shorts were:
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| "Cop-Out" | By John Guare
Directed by Chip Brookes | |
 COP-OUT, written by John Guare in 1968, is an unflinching exploration of many themes: love, race, art, war, sex, and law, presented in a unique storytelling style sure to raise many questions and provoke intense emotional reactions from the viewer. COP-OUT is essentially a two-part story: in one part, we follow the exploits of Brett Arrow, hard-boiled '40s movie-star detective, as he bungles his way through a murder mystery steeped in intrigue, deception, and double-crosses. In the other parallel storyline, we are witness to the burgeoning love between a policeman and a Vietnam War protester in late 1960's New York. Each storyline comments and informs on the other, blending perfectly in an explosive climax that should resonate with the audience long after the play is over. Directed by Chip Brookes.
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| "Panic in the Time of an Insecure God" | By Maureen Sullivan
Directed by Rose Jensen | |
Written by UAF Alumni, Maureen Sullivan, and selected at the Edward Albee Theatre conference in 2002, "Panic in the Time of an Insecure God" is a modern piece addressing both current and timeless issues. A satire of the human spirit, "Panic" evokes the audience to assess how they would handle themselves in John Doe’s situation. Taking place in a hotel room, John and Jane Doe celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary. John is visited by a more rotund version of himself, a version that claims to be God. The conversation between John and God is both humorous, and unsettling. John is questioned about his faith in humanity, and God is questioned, in a Job-like manner, about his short fallings. Directed by Rose Jensen.
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| Scenes from Mother Courage | From Bertolt Brecht
Workshop by Grace Reed | |
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Affording the actors, director, and audience time to comment on a theatrical work in progress, a workshop solicits commentary and feedback from the audience. Workshops are particularly helpful to a director in regards to new script or play development, and in this case, interpretation and modification of a known piece. Adapted from Bertlolt Brecht’s “Mother Courage and her Children,” Reed aims to add a new dimension to the old play. Rooted in the ideas of Drama Therapy, Reed summons emotion from the audience and the cast through her manipulation of song and the message of the play. The message, simply spoken by the village priest, "I see that you don't want peace but war, because you profit from it" As Director and script adaptor, Grace E. Reed states in the opening of her script: "This play is about today, this play is about yesterday. This play is dedicated to all the lost children, women and men of the world who play and have played in the arena of war." Mother Courage was a simple, courageous, conflicted woman. She wanted to support her children and did so by living off the war following the soldiers, trading, selling and buying goods during the bloody and interminable Thirty Years' War. She did not care who was winning, or losing or even where she was. She cared for profit. She paid the ultimate price. All three of her children were sacrificed to the war. As she made her living from the war she was blinded by the fact that it was the war that caused her anguish. She could not come to terms with the moral questions of war and societal values. She never made a choice, except to follow. In the end Mother Courage is left alone pulling her wagon by herself following the soldiers and finding herself enmeshed in the war effort. She is pathetic and courageous, to be condemned and to be sympathized with. She and her children were victims of the violence of war. Mother Courage did not think she could be overwhelmed by war. She found, all too soon, she could not only be overwhelmed, but also destroyed. The Director dedicates this play to her parents who lost their lives in WWII. Directed by Grace Reed. | |
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