PSU summer programs pro Summer Session offers intense, innovative schedule Summer .11 PSU is going to be one sensational season this year. The endless and stimulating offerings of Summer Session, the diverse Summer Festival Theilter schedule, and the creative workshops al Haystack '86 are all happening simultaneously. There IS no g<XXI reason to not expand intellectually this summer and have a good time while doing it! Summer Session, the largest in the state system, is again offering an outstanding schedule of more than 500 courses, special programs, and educational options. It's a truly international program with PSU's faculty complemented by Ihe addition of 27 international visiting professors from Asia, Europe and latin America. l ast year, 8,000 students found out just how easy it is 10 register for a PSU summer course. Students may register by telephone through June 6 or by mail, using the registration form inside the Summer Session catalog. Registration may also be completed 10 person at Neuberger Hall. ThiS year's Summer Session catalog is nol only packed with PSU programs, It is also graced by the calligraphy of lawrence Wheeler of the PSU Honors College. His lettering illustrates insightful quotations ranging from Confucius to Grandma Moses. Catalogs are available at the Summer Session office, 131 Neuberger Hall or can be ordered by telephone at (Inside Oregon at 1 or outside Oregon .11 1-800-547-8887.l Justice and the Humanities For the first lime, Summer Session is offering an interdisciplinary program focusing on the concept of justice. PSU and guest faculty in 12 departments will offer a flexible schedule ranging from workshops to courses. Classes offered include: • Justice and the Media • justice, Art, and Architecture • Justice and the Elderly • Justice and Youth Culture Anyone interested in the justice system and its functions in society will be fascinated by the Justice and the Humanities program. Labor Studies Institute Another first at PSU this summer is the labor Studies Institute. This program will explore labor organizations and their impact upon the U.S. member5 or the tnstitute will be Douglas Fraser, former president of the United Auto Workers. He will teach a four·day course, "Future of thc labor Movemenl. It Other course offerings include: • Women in the U.S. labor Movement • Pacific Coast labor Hi!>tory • Pay Equity and Comparable Worth • Workplace Problem Solving Business, history and other social science majors, as well as labor movement members and those who work with labor will find this new program extremely interesting. Capoeria One of the most visual and unusual offerings in the Summer Session catalog is Capoeira (pronounced cap 0 AIR a), a Brazilian sport and martial art form with African origins. Capoeira combines self·defense skills, dance, music and acrobatics to create a circular yet precise motion. It is performed to the rhythm of the berimbau, a musical bow. Almiro Aquilino dos Sanlos, master of Brazil's most famous capoeira school, will leach both "Capoeira for Beginners" and "Capoeira for Dancers." He will also teach "8erimoou: Music of Capoeira ". The capoeira master will give a free demonstration on Thursday, june 26 at noon at the South Park Blocks just west of Smith Memorial Center and perform at Shaltuck Studio Theater on july at 8 p.m. For ticket information call 229-4440. Peace Studies For the second year, PSU summer students will study peace and its related issues. "Power and World Peace" is the theme of this year's program which offers seminars and courses in a variety of disciplines including anthropology, education, Diverse repertoire highlights summer season Summer at PSU means theater for afiCionados of the stage and 1986 will be no exception. The Summer Festival Theater Company begins its second season on the lincoln Hall stage after movmg last year from Its 1 I)-season residence at the Coaster Theater in Cannon Beach. While PSU theater arts professor Jack Fealherlngill says he misses the ensemble feeling the actors developed while in residence in the coastal town, he is very pleased with the move. Portland, he says, offers a "much greater choice of players." The city also allows the company to tackle a wit:ler range of plays. "Thai'S a big departure from what was a necessity at the beach where a summer resort audience very much restricted yOUf play choice," featherlnglll says. "The big moneymakers were Agatha Christie mysteries and I had to make budget so I had to do those plays a lot." Christie plays have a place in the piIg< 10 I PSU Perspective, SPfinS 1986 FESTIVAL THEATER c,0IfI/UUUI theater, Featheringill says, but he is excited about the diversity of this season's line-up. "I think we have an extraordinary mix this summer," he says. "I think going from 'The which is a 19205 farce to 'Member of the Wedding,' which is a very poignant, beautiful Carson McCullers to Sam Shepard ('Buried Child')-it's like we're in three different theaters but it's in one package." Besides finding a new home last summer, the theater company also found a large audience for children's theater. last year's production sold out So the 1986 season has been expanded to include six weeks of children's plays in Studio Theater. On the main stage, "The George Kelly's satiric comedy will preview on June 18 and will run June 13. II will be directed by Featheringill. "Member of the Wedding." directed by Susan leClerc, will preview july 23 and be performed luly 24-August 17. On August 27, "Buried Child," which is directed by Victoria Parker, will preview. It will play August 28-September 21- The cast will include Equity guest artist Mark lewis ('80), PSU graduate who is currently a member of the cast of CBS daytime show, "The Guiding light." Guest equity artist Tom Troupe will make his Portland debut in the Studio Theater in a one-character play, "The Diary of a Madman," which is adapted from a short story by Nikolai GogoL Director and Don Eitner will restage the production which originally played in los Angeles. The show previews June 25 and runs June 19. Studio Theater will also be the home of children's theater, directed by Karen July 30. This year tickets are being sold by subscription until June 2, after which single seats will be available. Season's tickets for the three main stage productions cost 521. Single seats will be 59 each, 58 for senior citizens. "Diary of a Madman" seats will cost 510 each, 59 for !>Cnior citizens. Children'S theater tickets will cosi $2.50 each. Summer Festival Theater is produced by PSU Summer Session in association with the Theater Arts Department. For a Summer Festival Theater brochure, call 229-4612.
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