Word: prentiss
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Associate Professor Mara Prentiss yesterday became second woman in the history of the physics department to receive tenure from that department...
...Prentiss] was judged to be the top in her peer group," Feldman said...
...experimental atomic physicist, Prentiss specializes in using laser fields to manipulate atoms, he said...
...however, sinks like a stone. The act depends primarily on Paula Prentiss, as Laura, to keep it on course, and she does not prove up to the challenge. Not only is there absolutely no chemistry between Prentiss and Gerroll, but the two actors virtually ignore each other on stage--Prentiss speaking her lines without so much as a glance in Gerroll's direction. Prentiss preens and gesticulates incessantly, spastically, appearing almost drunk. Her movements seem so out of place, her speech so garbled and disjointed, that we fear she will topple over at any moment...
...Prentiss's acting pulls us out of the moment, perhaps this is not such a bad thing--as the set and lighting are truly worth taking the time to inspect carefully. Allison Koturbash has created an extraordinary set design, using 8 television screens as her canvas, to do everything from running the Cybernectromantics program, to representing a telephone, to bombarding us with a series of flashing fluorescent images. John Ambrosone's lighting design compliments this perfectly, adding significantly to the stark and futuristic atmosphere...