UpDate - Vol. 12, No. 1, Page 4
September 3, 1992
Administrators and faculty to make cameos in Bacchus play
A fast-paced comedy, Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner, will start the
U.D. theatre season. The play, by Scott Mason, assistant director of
the student center, is set at the University and stars staff and
alumni.
There are cameo appearances by President David P. Roselle; Vice
President of Student Life Stuart Sharkey; Dean of Students Tim Brooks;
Robert Brown and Kathleen Duke of the honors program; and Burnaby
Munson from the chemistry and biochemistry department.
Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner will be performed by the Bacchus
Players at the Bacchus Theater in the Perkins Student Center at 8:15
p.m., Sept. 4, 5, 10, 11 and 12. The cost is $5 for students and $8
for the general public. New students may use discount flyers available
at the main desk of the student center for $2 off the price of a
ticket.
Produced in 1985 and again in 1989, the play has been changed by
Mason throughout the years to keep it timely. The setting used to be
Generic U., but this year, Mason changed it to the University of
Delaware, adding the cameo appearances for verisimilitude. A
University alumnus, Mason used some of his own experiences in the
play.
Some of the action takes place at the main desk of the student
center, which has been replicated in one set, right down to the Pepsi
machine. Bernie Coslar runs the desk both in real life and in the
play, Mason said.
The plot of the comedy centers around a student who has blown his
ready cash and has no money for a meal ticket. In order to eat, he
romances three young women students at the same time in hopes they
will feed him. As might be expected, complications ensue.
"The play has always been well-received, and everyone seems to
have a good time. This production should be even more fun because it
zeroes in on the University and spoofs specific things on campus in a
good-humored way," Mason said.
-Sue Swyers Moncure