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Show Romance through the mail developed lovers in She Loves Me. The Bald Soprano brought indifference, shock, and absurdity together. Babeock Theater Previously called the "Little Theater," Babeock Theater was renamed this year in honor of Maud May Babeock, founder of the University Theater in 1895. The members of Babeock have set as their goal "promoting the development of new work while renewing our investment in the great theater of the past." In the productions presented this year, the theater has become more of a partnership with audiences and performers sharing responsibility equally for the quality of theater produced. Paseo was the premiere production of this year's season. It was written by V. Douglas Snow, a teacher and former student of the University and directed by Byron Me Grath. Friendrich Durrenmatt's 'tragi-comedy,' The Physicists, was next. It was directed by H. E. D. Rerford. She Loves Me changed the mood to gaiety in the musical comedy directed by Keith Engar. A landmark in the rise of Theater of the Absurb, The Bald Soprano was directed locally by David E. Jones. On the same bill, The Zoo Story protests against taking refuge from reality in material comfort and intellectual conformity. The final Babeock Theater production, All-ee, All-ee, Out's in Free is a new play written by Merle Keith Gibson, a member of the staff at the Pioneer Memorial Theater. A quizzical look preludes violence in The Zoo Story. 101 |