The Bard's Season

In this, the year of Shakespearean triumph in the movie industry, the Stern College Dramatic Society has decided, in a last minute switch, that the Bard should triumph in their theater as well. The surprising move came a few weeks ago, when the students involved in the play banded together to can the production of "Nobody's Gilgul"due to what was perceived as the inappropriate nature of the characters' material. In its place will be two comedic one-act shows, the first entitled "When Shakespeare's Women Meet" and the second "The Second Best Bed," both of which have Shakespearean themes.

The switch actually comes as a rallying point for the downtown Dramatics Society, which suffered the compounded disappointments of not being able to perform in the theater recently purchased by Yeshiva University for exactly such a purpose, as well as being frustrated with the controversial dialogue in "Gilgul."

The two acts will be directed by Liz Renna, a Stern student and future Hollywood hopeful, who displayed how much credit she attributes to her extremely talented cast by commenting "I'm directing it. What else is there to say? Hello!!"

The first act has six of Shakespeare's leading women ( Juliet, Cleopatra, Portia, Ophelia, Desdemona, and Katherine) meeting and offering each other advice, while the second one involves what Shakespeare did not leave his wife in his will.

The play, showing in Koch Auditorium downtown March 15-18, is eagerly anticipated by students wishing to get their fill of the arts following the closing of the Arts Festival. Tickets can be purchased ahead of time downtown from the President of the SCDS, Devorah Cenker and Faye (nee` Berman) Gitlin, and uptown from Hadar Weiss, all of whose numbers should be in the Guide or on the soon-to-be-plastered-up posters.