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October 11, 2004

A Singular Sensational Fall Offering from Theatre and Dance
Standing Committee Forms Representative Assembly
New Face on UA Legal Team

A Singular Sensational Fall Offering from Theatre and Dance

Collage of Theatre and Dance performances Gallaway Theatre Stage

"You Can't Take It With You," by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart — Nov. 9-14, 2004

Taking your sweetheart home to meet the family is always risky. It's even riskier when your relatives are an eccentric bunch who turn an introductory dinner for future in-laws into an explosively wild evening. This classic comedy is bursting with wacky situations and characters who will leave you laughing, while you silently give thanks that it isn't your family!

Morgan Hall Stage

Alabama Repertory Dance Theatre — Oct. 26-30, 2004

The Alabama Repertory Dance Theatre showcases the pre-professional dancers of UA's Department of Theatre and Dance in original works choreographed by faculty members. Powerful, moving, exciting, and fun, ARDT is always a treat for the eyes and the spirit.

Dance Alabama! — Nov. 16-19, 2004

A dance experience for everyone — Dance Alabama! is a consistently eclectic, edgy, and energetic collection of student-choreographed work with styles that range from classical ballet to modern to contemporary.

Kansas City Ballet — Oct. 12-15, 2004

Members of the acclaimed Kansas City Ballet will share concerts with the Alabama Repertory Dance Ensemble. The performances will feature some of the great works in dance history. As a special bonus, subscribers will get advance notice of all events surrounding this exciting collaboration, and priority ticket opportunities.

Bales Theatre Stage

"Shadow of a Gunman," by Sean O'Casey — Oct.19-24, 2004

Poet Donal Davoren lives quietly in a Dublin tenement. His neighbors, who don't understand his artistic musings, suspect Donal is concealing something and decide that he must be an IRA gunman in hiding. With themes of art, war, terrorism, and humanity's struggle to maintain sanity amidst chaos, Irish playwright Sean O'Casey's masterwork speaks to today's audiences as directly as it did to his contemporaries in the 1920s.

"Machinal," by Sophie Treadwell — Nov. 30-Dec. 5, 2004

What would drive an ordinary young woman to commit a heinous crime? Playwright Sophie Treadwell explores the struggles of Helen Jones, a woman pressured by societal expectations to squeeze into roles she doesn't fit. With echoes of early feminism, the truths of this work continue to reverberate with relevance today.

The Flex Pass

Six passes to use any way you wish during our season. Good for admission (as seating availability allows) to any production in the Gallaway, Bales, or Morgan theatres. Exchange your passes at the Theatre and Dance Box Office when you decide which performances you want to attend. Call the Department of Theatre and Dance Box Office at 348-3400.

Standing Committee Forms Representative Assembly

UA's standing Professional Staff Committee has begun the process of implementing the Professional Staff Assembly. The committee earlier submitted a proposal creating the Assembly, which was approved by the executive administration, and it recently convened the Assembly's constitutional convention. Some 43 representative delegates from UA's various departments, offices and areas attended and indicated preferences for committees.

The proposal and implementation itinerary are located on UA's website through the standing comittee's page at www.committees.ua.edu.

UA Faculty Senate past and current presidents, Steve Miller and John Mason, addressed delegates. Miller noted that UA staff is as committed to the University as are faculty, and with a unifying body, they can be even more effective. He said that although staff has no comparable protection as the faculty has with tenure, he bets members will find they don't need that protection, since the administration is committed to open communication and participation in institutional governance.

Mason applauded the group for its initiative. He compared the purpose of the Assembly to the Senate, saying the emphasis for both is communication; otherwise, voices are too diffused to be effective.

The stated mission of the Assembly is that it "shall promote open communication among members of the professional staff and between the professional staff and the administration, faculty, and students. It shall serve in an advisory capacity regarding issues and/or proposals of policy, development, and operations of the University. . . ."

Regular Assembly meetings are held on the third Thursdays of the month at 3:30 p.m. in Ferguson Forum. For more information, including committees and a listing of delegates, e-mail prostaff@bama.ua.edu.

New Face on UA Legal Team

Attorney Guy Nelson has joined the UA legal team. Nelson received his undergraduate degree (1992) from the University of Redlands, a master's degree in history from Southern Methodist University. He earned his law degree from Vanderbilt University School of Law in 2001, where he served as senior managing editor of the Vanderbilt Law Review. After law school, he was an associate with the New York law firm of Cahill Gordon & Reindel and with the Birmingham firm of Walston, Wells, Anderson & Bains. His legal expertise includes commercial and banking transactions and real estate acquisitions and dispositions.

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