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professor and the student in “Blueberry” mirrors a larger debate about the future of higher education. Mewbron said the play is relevant, es- pecially taking into account reports of grade inflation in higher education. She said she thinks everyone is like the student because we all de- sire to have our work praised and recognized by others. The two actors will read the play, scripts in hand, without rehearsals. Mew- bron finds it challenging, but also exciting, to read a play without much practice. “You have to come in with all your ideas, thoughts and The Chautauquan Daily The Official Newspaper of Chautauqua Institution | Wednesday, June 30, 2010 Recap of John Shelby Spong’s Monday lecture, Page 5 Magical illusion, literary allusion Magician Russ Alan to give Young Readers presentation. PAGE 3 From rain to shine Pro-Am participants golf for a good cause. PAGE 9 A home base McCredies fully integrate Chautauqua into their lives. PAGE 2 VOLUME CXXXIV, ISSUE 4 CHAUTAUQUA, NEW Y ORK 50¢ TODAY’S WEATHER THURSDAY FRIDAY 67° 52° 0% Cloudy HIGH 66° LOW 48° RAIN: 20% 75° 57° 10% by Beverly Hazen Staff writer “Hawkeye” Pierce. Who would have thought televi- sion viewers would feel affec- tion for a lanky doctor wear- ing drab scrubs, working in a tent in a makeshift hospital in Korea. Hawkeye not only entertained us and made us laugh, but he taught us how to feel for each other and let us know it was okay to feel sad. We could see ourselves in Hawkeye, and sometimes we saw the person we wanted to be. Alan Alda played that role. The show “*M*A*S*H” ran for 11 years (1972-83), but it didn’t really end. Reruns are bring- ing the same shows to genera- tions of new viewers. The theme this week is “Roger Rosenblatt and More Friends,” and today Alan Alda is at Chautauqua to con- verse with Rosenblatt for the 10:45 lecture at the Amphi- theater. This will be Alda’s first visit to Chautauqua. “Sure,” he e-mailed, “ev- eryone has heard of Chau- tauqua. I haven’t ever been there, though, so I’m looking forward to it.” He wrote that it was be- cause of Rosenblatt’s invi- tation that he is here. “My friend Roger Rosenblatt in- vited me to be interviewed by him at Chautauqua, and I just couldn’t say no.” Alda played the role of Hawkeye so well that he convinced some viewers he really was a doctor, and he approaches other forms of expression with a simi- lar level of commitment. He wrote and directed many “M*A*S*H” episodes. He has written plays and performed in movies and on Broadway, including portraying the physicist Richard Feynman in the play “QED.” He starred in the first production of the international hit play “Art.” Some may recognize him from “The Seduction of Joe Tynan,” which he wrote and performed, or “The Four Sea- sons” and “Sweet Liberty,” both written, directed and performed by Alda. He said he did not find it difficult to switch roles and take direc- tion as an actor after he had directed a production. by Kelly Petryszyn Staff writer As a child, Chautauqua Theater Company conserva- tory member Rachel Mew- bron can remember watching “M*A*S*H,” starring Alan Alda. Little did Mewbron know that years later she would meet Alda and share a stage with him. Mewbron will read Roger Rosenblatt’s “Blueberry” with Alda from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. today in Elizabeth S. Lenna Hall. Tickets will be distributed at 8:30 a.m. today outside of the Colonnade. Seating and tick- ets are limited — audience Conservatory member Mewbron to share stage with Alda Mewbron Alda Master of many media DID THEY DO HOW THAT? Golden Dragon Acrobats bend their way back to Amphitheater 7:30 P.M. AT THE AMPHITHEATER udience members will “ooo” and “ahhh” tonight as a member of the Golden Dragon Acrobats climbs to the top of a 70-foot-tall stack of chairs. The now-famous chair act is part of a show the acrobats will perform at 7:30 p.m. tonight in the Amphitheater. Angela Chang, choreographer and costume designer, said the young audience members are always squealing and yelling out “Come down!” The Golden Dragon Acrobats are returning performers to Chautauqua Institution. Jack Voelker, director of the Department of Recreation and Youth Services, said they are brought back each year because they are a crowd-pleaser. “Even if you have seen them before, you still find yourself sitting on the edge of your seat or with your mouth open,” he said. “They are very inven- tive and colorful, and by the end of the evening people are shaking their heads, saying, ‘How did they do that?’” Daily file photo Nine performers from the Golden Dragon Acrobats pile on a bicycle at the Amphtitheater in 2008. The group returns at 7:30 p.m. tonight in the Amphitheater. A members may acquire two tickets each. Rosenblatt, who is inter- viewing friends during the morning lectures this week, is author of five off-Broadway plays and 12 books, including his most recent, Making Toast: A Family Story. He was hon- ored with an Emmy, a George Foster Peabody Award and two George Polk awards. “Blueberry,” a one-act play, focuses on a student who vis- its her professor on his final day before retirement to con- test a “B” grade, in hopes of earning a better mark. Mewbron is cast as the student and Alda as the pro- fessor. Alda’s acting credits include appearances in “The West Wing,” “M*A*S*H” and “The Aviator.” He has won multiple Emmy, Golden Globe and People’s Choice awards throughout his career and is a best-selling author. Mewbron said sharing the stage with Alda “is an awe- some surprise and a real treat.” She did not know she was cho- sen to read with Alda until her recent arrival to the Insti- tution. When she found out that she got the part, she was thrilled to have the opportu- nity to read with him because she has always been a fan. The debate between the See ACROBATS, Page 4 See ALDA, Page 4 by Kelly Petryszyn Staff writer Versatile Alda to chat with Rosenblatt today impulses and put them into action,” she said. Mewbron said she likes the organic nature of being able to have a perfor- mance unravel onstage. The play is brief, but Mewbron hopes that au- diences can still benefit from watching it. She said if audience members leave with questions, the play was successful in making them think about the sub- ject matter.
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professor and the student in “Blueberry” mirrors a larger debate about the future of higher education. Mewbron said the play is relevant, es-pecially taking into account reports of grade infl ation in higher education. She said she thinks everyone is like the student because we all de-sire to have our work praised and recognized by others.
The two actors will read the play, scripts in hand, without rehearsals. Mew-bron fi nds it challenging, but also exciting, to read a play without much practice.
“You have to come in with all your ideas, thoughts and
The Chautauquan Daily The Offi cial Newspaper of Chautauqua Institution | Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Recap of John Shelby Spong’s Monday lecture, Page 5
Magical illusion, literary allusionMagician Russ Alan to give Young Readers presentation.PAGE 3
From rain to shinePro-Am participants golf for a good cause.PAGE 9
A home baseMcCredies fully integrate Chautauqua into their lives.PAGE 2
VOLUME CXXXIV, ISSUE 4CHAUTAUQUA, NEW YORK 50¢
TODAY’S WEATHER
THURSDAY FRIDAY67°52°0%
Cloudy
HIGH 66°LOW 48°RAIN: 20%
75°57°10%
by Beverly HazenStaff writer
“Hawkeye” Pierce. Who would have thought televi-sion viewers would feel affec-tion for a lanky doctor wear-ing drab scrubs, working in a tent in a makeshift hospital in Korea. Hawkeye not only entertained us and made us laugh, but he taught us how to feel for each other and let us know it was okay to feel sad. We could see ourselves in Hawkeye, and sometimes we saw the person we wanted to be. Alan Alda played that role. The show “*M*A*S*H” ran for 11 years (1972-83), but it didn’t really end. Reruns are bring-ing the same shows to genera-tions of new viewers.
The theme this week is “Roger Rosenblatt and More Friends,” and today Alan Alda is at Chautauqua to con-verse with Rosenblatt for the 10:45 lecture at the Amphi-theater. This will be Alda’s fi rst visit to Chautauqua.
“Sure,” he e-mailed, “ev-eryone has heard of Chau-tauqua. I haven’t ever been there, though, so I’m looking forward to it.”
He wrote that it was be-cause of Rosenblatt’s invi-tation that he is here. “My friend Roger Rosenblatt in-vited me to be interviewed by him at Chautauqua, and I just couldn’t say no.”
Alda played the role of Hawkeye so well that he convinced some viewers he really was a doctor, and he approaches other forms of expression with a simi-lar level of commitment. He wrote and directed many “M*A*S*H” episodes. He has written plays and performed in movies and on Broadway, including portraying the physicist Richard Feynman in the play “QED.” He starred in the fi rst production of the international hit play “Art.”
Some may recognize him from “The Seduction of Joe Tynan,” which he wrote and performed, or “The Four Sea-sons” and “Sweet Liberty,” both written, directed and performed by Alda. He said he did not fi nd it diffi cult to switch roles and take direc-tion as an actor after he had directed a production.
by Kelly PetryszynStaff writer
As a child, Chautauqua Theater Company conserva-tory member Rachel Mew-bron can remember watching “M*A*S*H,” starring Alan Alda. Little did Mewbron know that years later she would meet Alda and share a stage with him. Mewbron will read Roger Rosenblatt’s “Blueberry” with Alda from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. today in Elizabeth S. Lenna Hall. Tickets will be distributed at 8:30 a.m. today outside of the Colonnade. Seating and tick-ets are limited — audience
Conservatory member Mewbron to share stage with Alda
Mewbron
Alda
Master of many mediaDID
THEYDO
HOW
THAT?Golden Dragon Acrobats bend
their way back to Amphitheater
7:30 P.M. AT THE AMPHITHEATER
udience members will “ooo” and “ahhh” tonight as a member of the Golden Dragon Acrobats climbs to the top of a 70-foot-tall stack of chairs.
The now-famous chair act is part of a show the acrobats will perform at 7:30 p.m. tonight in the Amphitheater. Angela Chang, choreographer and costume designer, said the young audience members are always squealing and yelling out “Come down!”
The Golden Dragon Acrobats are returning performers to Chautauqua Institution. Jack Voelker, director of the Department of Recreation and Youth Services, said they are brought back each year because they are a crowd-pleaser.
“Even if you have seen them before, you still fi nd yourself sitting on the edge of your seat or with your mouth open,” he said. “They are very inven-tive and colorful, and by the end of the evening people are shaking their heads, saying, ‘How did they do that?’”
Daily fi le photo
Nine performers from the Golden Dragon Acrobats pile on a bicycle at the Amphtitheater in 2008. The group returns at 7:30 p.m. tonight in the Amphitheater.
A
members may acquire two tickets each.
Rosenblatt, who is inter-viewing friends during the morning lectures this week, is author of fi ve off-Broadway plays and 12 books, including his most recent, Making Toast: A Family Story. He was hon-ored with an Emmy, a George Foster Peabody Award and two George Polk awards.
“Blueberry,” a one-act play, focuses on a student who vis-its her professor on his fi nal day before retirement to con-test a “B” grade, in hopes of earning a better mark.
Mewbron is cast as the student and Alda as the pro-
fessor. Alda’s acting credits include appearances in “The West Wing,” “M*A*S*H” and “The Aviator.” He has won multiple Emmy, Golden Globe and People’s Choice awards throughout his career and is a best-selling author.
Mewbron said sharing the stage with Alda “is an awe-some surprise and a real treat.” She did not know she was cho-sen to read with Alda until her recent arrival to the Insti-tution. When she found out that she got the part, she was thrilled to have the opportu-nity to read with him because she has always been a fan.
The debate between the
See ACROBATS, Page 4
See ALDA, Page 4
by Kelly PetryszynStaff writer
Versatile Alda to chat with Rosenblatt today
impulses and put them into ac t io n ,” she said. Mewbron said she likes the o r g a n i c nature of
being able to have a perfor-mance unravel onstage.
The play is brief, but Mewbron hopes that au-diences can still benefi t from watching it. She said if audience members leave with questions, the play was successful in making them think about the sub-ject matter.
