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...other end of the Harvard family tree, freshman Lindsay Davis is getting ready to launch his production of "The Fantasticks." Down by the river, another form of cabaret will be housed in Mather House Dining Hall, where Guy Rochman '72 has been rehearsing his "Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris." Rochman is a perfectionist who treated his cast to a vacation of 12-hour rehearsal days. The quality of the production reflects this devotion, and the whole Mather set-up looks and sounds like a lot of fun, with huge baskets of fruit and flowers...
Mather House--Guy Rochman '73, terms the Mather House dining hall,"...the most exciting room in the University. It presents almost limitless possibilities." Starting December 9, a huge box will be suspended from the ceiling of the dining hall, stopping about four feet short of the floor. Inside this box Waiting for Godot will be performed. The director, Rochman, hopes to use an all-female cast; the play as written calls for five...
...people who come to see a Beckett play will already be aware of his 'message'," Rochman explained. "But a female cast will make them see the characters less as types, more as people. The woman is a kind of obstacle; the audience will have to project through the women to the meaning of the play. They have to realize that a female instead of male cast doesn't matter...
...Mather House Drama Society hopes to stage the musical Jacques Brel in the spring, also to be directed by Rochman...
Director Guy Rochman has staged this non-action in a bare, theater-in-the-round setting which almost makes the audience a part of the play. This not only keeps the audience's attention on dialogue that may be spoken right next to them, it also goes a long way towards eliminating the problem of the poor acoustics of the Mather House dining hall...