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n April 22, people around the world celebrated and recognized Earth Day, and this Saturday, Princeton’s green groups, students and community will gather on the Frist North Lawn for an Earth Day Picnic complete with student performances, free coffee cupcakes — and a chance to learn more about environmental and sustainability work at Princeton. The Earth Day Picnic is important in raising widespread awareness and consciousness on campus; for many student leaders planning the event, however, environmental work on and off of campus extends far beyond a single day. The Office of Sustainability founded the GreenLeaders Consortium in 2006 to provide a space for sharing the plans and passions of various environmental groups on campus. In addition to collective efforts, Princeton green groups also pursue specific campaigns and approaches to sustainability on campus and within the University community. Street had the opportunity to speak with a few student leaders to hear about their groups’ work. SURGE Students United for Responsible Global Environment (SURGE) was founded in 2006 and promotes a transition from environmental awareness to activism, focusing especially on policy and legislation related to sustainability. SURGE helped to coordinate student involvement in the massive People’s Climate March this past fall. The group also regularly runs campus campaigns like “Pull the Plug” and “Do It in the Dark,” as well as tabling and petition efforts throughout the year. The “Do it in the Dark” campaign is an annual energy-saving competition among the residential colleges. The campaign is coordinated by SURGE in conjunction with the Office of Sustainability and Wattvision, a technology energy start-up founded by Savraj Singh ’03 in 2008. Wattvision offers live feedback on energy use, measured with a sensor connected to an electricity meter and wireless Internet. Using Wattvision technology, SURGE measured residential colleges’ energy use from March to April to establish an energy use baseline for each college. From April 8 to April 24, the colleges’ electricity consumption is recorded and compared to its baseline to determine which college achieves the largest usage reduction. Students can track hourly and daily usage as well as comparisons to
the baseline by building and by college. According to SURGE president Leigh Anne Schriever ’16, this year’s competition engages more with social media and live data. Students can use #pulightsout on Twitter and Instagram to be included in a raffle for a clap on/clap off light. The residential college with the greatest overall energy reduction against their own baseline will be announced at the Earth Day Picnic on Saturday and will receive their choice of a college-wide study break. “There is a fair amount of consciousness on this campus about environmentalism but there isn’t excitement about it, and that is what student groups really need to work on,” Schriever said. GREENING PRINCETON Greening Princeton (GP), founded in 2003, specifically targets practices on campus to promote a better relationship between the University and the environment. One of GP’s campaigns that came to fruition this fall was the campus-wide implementation of single-stream recycling. This allows all recyclable materials to be disposed of in the same bin rather than separated by material type, which simplifies the process and facilitates greater recycling participation. Following this success, GP’s focus this semester has shifted to preparing for the Earth Day Picnic and creating a strong foundation for the following school year. Co-presidents Susan Farrell ’17 and Zachariah DeGiulio ’18 hope for the group to address the sale of plastic water bottles in Frist, promote composting at all eating clubs and integrate sustainability practices into Frosh Week orientation. “Students here are so involved and passionate about their causes, but sometimes it often feels there is a sense of apathy when it comes to climate change and environmental concerns on campus,” Farrell said. “But I do not believe it is for a lack of caring. It’s for a need to prioritize. I would love to try to raise the campus culture around sustainability and make that a point of community at Princeton.” GREENING DINING Greening Dining is working closely with Dining Services to promote more sustainable food practices on campus, in both individual and collective capacities. Greening Dining’s past campaigns have brought reusable food containers to Café Vivian (which is still currently an option) and worked with Dining Services to in-
crease the use of local food and purchases from farms that use fewer pesticides. Greening Dining chair Réka Zempléni ’16 noted that Smitha Haneef, the new Head of Dining Services, has brought a number of changes to Princeton dining and has been open to conversation and collaboration with student groups. For the past year, Greening Dining’s primary focuses have been increasing vegetarian and vegan options in the dining halls and reducing food waste. Zempléni noted the sustainability benefits of plantbased diets as well as the group’s goal to increase the diversity of options in the dining halls. “There are many vegetarian and vegan students on campus who find it hard to eat in the dining hall every night,” Zempléni said. “Imagine if you walk into the dining hall and all you can eat every night is peanut butter, bread or the same cold salad. We have been talking to Dining Services about this and things have been improving.” Vegetarian nights, also known as Vegetarian Plus nights and Flexitarian nights, are also ongoing projects under the group. Vegetarian nights began in 2011 in Forbes College and have expanded to other dining halls over the past few years. To accommodate non-vegetarian students, the grill remains open on Vegetarian Plus or Flexitarian nights so that meat is still available. “The point is not to force anyone to do anything or tell people what to do. It is to have more options,” Zempléni said. In addition to dining hall food options, Greening Dining is also targeting food waste in the dining halls. The group’s primary focus is on student awareness and practices rather than changing the policies of Dining Services, as the latter has its own system for predicting accurate quantity production and food donation. Starting in May, Greening Dining will be running a pilot program where leftovers will be disposed in a clear container on top of a scale. When students dispose of their leftover food, they can see not only the total but also the impact of their own food waste. Zempléni emphasized that this was not to suggest that there cannot be any food waste, but rather to encourage practices that minimize waste and raise consciousness of how much waste is produced by students at each meal. PRINCETON GARDEN PROJECT Managing the Forbes College Garden, Forbes Greenhouse and Frist Garden is a year-round job. The main planting season occurs over the summer, with harvesting and planting happening in the fall, working in the greenhouse and managing two beds in the winter and transplanting in the spring. The garden provides a variety of vegetables, berries, herbs and flowers. The Princeton Garden Project recently restructured its management for a more holistic approach that is modeled off the established garden program at Yale University. The project shifted to an application-based selection of five general managers rather than separate positions responsible for specific tasks such as planting and harvesting. COUTESY OF PRINCETON SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENT INITIATIVE According to general manager The Princeton Sustainable Investment Initiative advertises their petition for a holistic investHannah Kraus ’17, the garden is ment process that shifts away from companies with unsustainable environmental practices. looking to provide more produce
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On April 16, in honor of Earth Month, the Princeton University Campus Dining Bake Shop made cupcakes shaped into the Princeton Office of Sustainability’s logo.
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Princeton students at the New York People’s Climate March on September 21, 2014.
for campus co-ops, build on their existing relationship with the Mathey Real Food Co-op, and partner with Forbes College on special nights like Vegetarian Nights. The group is also interested in providing independent students with an opportunity to buy sustainable produce. CAMPUS CLIMATE The student leaders noted a general awareness of environmental concerns on campus but reiterated that it does not always translate into action. The green groups want to raise that awareness through their various individual pursuits — but also in collaboration. Kraus is also the GreenLeader coordinator and serves as a liaison between the various group leaders and the Office of Sustainability. She noted that in addition to space for group leaders to communicate, she would like to develop an open forum for students who are interested in environmental issues but not actively involved with a group to share ideas. Kraus has also been involved in the development of “Investigating an Ethical Approach to Sustainability at Princeton,” a cross-listed ENV/CHV class that will be offered next fall. Kraus and Jenna Spitzer ’17 proposed the class through the Princeton student-initiated courses program. They have worked with Semenov and Office of Sustainability Director Shana Weber, who will teach the course, to develop a curriculum that enables students to focus on the ethical frameworks surrounding environmental concerns at Princeton. “We molded and tried to figure out how best to incorporate student input into the campus plan. What is really cool is that it is an environmental ethics course, which adds something unique to the current course offerings,” Kraus said. The course will bring guest lecturers and University administrators and staff to report on the state of various sustainable spheres at Princeton. At the conclusion of the semester, the class will present the out-
comes of their evaluations of priority areas and propose directions to the University Campus Planning committees. The goal is for the class to be offered every year, Kraus said. The desire for conversation and dialogue between the student body and University administration is also evident in the Princeton Sustainable Investment Initiative (PSII). Led by undergraduate and graduate students, PSII calls for the formation of a committee of students, faculty and administrators to conduct research on how to make Princeton’s investment both sustainable and effective on returns. PSII originated from conversations surrounding divestment from specific certain harmful companies, but has taken a broader approach that aims to change the mentality and long-term framework of investment policy, rather than just specific investments. “That shift happened last spring....A couple of drafts were written and this fall, after the climate march, was when we did the collective editing and started gathering signatures,” Schriever said. The two-page proposal, drafted by 20 graduate and undergraduates students, has received 1,600 signatures. PSII’s next step will be determined based on the response of the Resource Committee as to whether the conversation will continue at a Trustee level. The upcoming class, PSII, and the green groups’ campaigns are the products of students coming together to enact change and promote sustainability on Princeton’s campus, as well as with policies that have global effects. However, each is also the product of personal actions, and they have been made successful through the conscious investment of individuals. “I strongly believe that in your everyday actions you should be mindful of [the impact of] what you are doing,” Zempléni said. “The small things do add up.”
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PUB’s ‘Art in Motion’ defies boundaries between art forms JOY DARTEY Contributor
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n one of the many collaborative pieces from Princeton University Ballet’s “Art in Motion,” Alice Frederick ’17, co-president of the Ellipses Slam Team, stands in the middle of the stage and performs Shane Koyczan’s slam poem “Instructions for a Bad Day.” As she speaks, four dancers standing in the four corners of the stage depict the poem’s instructions through the graceful motion of their bodies. PUB’s spring production, titled “Art in Motion,” is being brought to Princeton from April 21 to April 23. Jiae Azad ’15 and Marisa Remez ‘16, the current co-presidents of the company, explained that what
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really makes this year’s spring show stand out from previous ones is not only that this show has 21 pieces, but that the show is truly diverse in dance forms and art forms. “In addition to all of our dancers, we also have a huge range of collaborators,” Azad said, reflecting on the different art forms in the production. “Art in Motion” is very diverse in the sense that it has long and short pieces, pieces set to classical music, pieces set to a viola and a piano, and excerpts from very traditional ballets, as well as pieces choreographed to poetry. It showcases pieces that have dancers moving to songs performed by the Princeton Wildcats and Pam
Soffer ’15, to name a couple. In addition to the guest performers from Princeton’s campus, Azad and Remez brought in two guest choreographers, Bennyroyce Royon, the artistic director of his own dance company in New York, and Joseph Morrissey, the Director of Artistic Planning and Touring for the Hong Kong Ballet, to direct one piece each. The remaining 19 pieces in the show are all choreographed or staged by PUB’s dancers. Not only does “Art in Motion” incorporate a wide variety of talent, but it also meets PUB’s mission to make ballet accessible to the members of the Princeton community, according to Remez. “We are really doing this by bringing in more collaborators, because we are bringing in more people who usually wouldn’t come see ballet,” Remez said. “We are getting the chance to show what we are capable of and to showcase and further the art that’s on campus.”
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Azad agreed with Remez’s sentiment, especially considering traditional perceptions of ballet. “We also really want to change people’s stereotypical idea of what they think ballet is because the ballet world is often perceived as a very traditional art form, and that’s not true at all anymore,” Azad said. Azad and Remez explained that a lot of major ballet companies do more contemporary and interesting work that people do not always notice. By bringing in artists that one would not associate with ballet performances, PUB strives to provide a contemporary twist to ballet. “Art in Motion” is longer than PUB’s previous performances, lasting an hour-and-ahalf. Traditionally, PUB shows are one hour long. Putting on
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a longer production, on top of incorporating modern twists to ballet, has not been without its challenges. Azad and Remez agreed that performing to live music can be challenging, because live music is always a little different from the actual recording. “Live music always brings
something new,” Remez said. “A lot of our dances haven’t really done that much to live music before so we are getting used to that.” Azad stressed that coordinating all the artists involved was challenging. “There is also the coordination with all the different groups of people,” Azad said. The co-presidents are excited for the Princeton community to see this production, as they hope it will be memorable because of the collaborations with other artists. “We are so thrilled to be incorporating these other artists into our show and showing what the art community on campus is capable of,” Remez said. Azad built on that, highlighting what makes “Art in Motion” so different. “I think there are a lot of mediums on campus that showcase all the different art groups individually but a lot of them don’t encourage putting these different art forms together,” Azad said.
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Thursday April 23, 2015
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PSAT TRAVELS ABROAD NATALIA CHEN Photography Editor
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t’s gener ally advised that when one travels abroad, they acquire the necessar y paper work wel l in advance. In case that fails, Princeton South Asian Theatrics’ spring show, “How to Get a Visa in 10 Days” may have your answer. Written and directed by Neeraj Bajpayee ‘17, Neamah Hussein ‘17 and Naman Jain ‘17, the show concerns the experience of Anjali, a young woman w ith big dreams and an awesome life but runs into a few snags when she enters the real world. “How to Get a Visa in 10 Days” w ill run Thursday, April 23 at 9 p.m., Friday, April 24 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, April 25 at 6 and 9 p.m. in the Wilson Black Box Theater.
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FIT TIPS hydrating & why it matters
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NICOLE BUNYAN Staff Writer
h, water. that thing we can’t live without, and all that jazz. While we all know that water is essential for functioning, our daily H2O intake isn’t something that many of us think about on a daily basis. Let’s be honest, when you wake up in the morning, the first thing on your mind probably isn’t anything along the lines of: “I’m so excited to drink my daily amount of water today!” In reality, you’re probably looking forward to a delicious brunch. In fact, water is probably one of the last things on your mind as you go about your busy day — instead remembering your coffee for that energy jolt and your bagels and toast because they’re delicious and you’re hungry. How can water compare? It’s tasteless! And unless you’re severely dehydrated, water often doesn’t seem like a necessity. However, you may be unaware that water can in fact do much more good for you than you realize, including but not exclusive to providing you with energy, and eliminating those hunger pangs! While there are many benefits of drinking water, here are a couple of my
top reasons and tricks to stay hydrated! Reason: Helps keep your energy levels up. You know that afternoon slump that hits around 2-3 p.m.? I’ve found that drinking water consistently throughout the day helps me to avoid this post-lunch crash. Staying hydrated also helps me feel more motivated to have a good workout. If I’m tired before hitting the gym, I’m much less likely to put myself through a hard workout, when in reality, if I had a tiny bit more energy beforehand, I could probably mentally push through. Reason: Flushes out toxins and salt. No, you don’t have to go on a juice cleanse to “get rid of toxins” — water can do the job! Furthermore, it helps counteract the bloating effects of the high-sodium foods you may be consuming. Trick: Match each cup of coffee with a bottle of water. Coffee is great for your energy — until it runs out and leaves you feeling a little depleted. Ever noticed how coffee makes you go? That, friends, is the effect of a diuretic — aka something which drains water from your body. Try counteracting coffee’s water-sucking powers by drinking it alongside a bottle
of water. Yay for more energy! Trick: Put time-labels on your water bottle. If you are one of those people who remembers to bring their water bottle everywhere, but forgets to drink out of it, try this tip: Using a pen or marker, draw horizontal lines on your water bottle (best if it’s a disposable one, I suppose), and label each line with a certain time. For example, you could mark the lines at 2-hour intervals (9 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m., etc). This tactic can help you keep on track, especially if you miss your target and realize how many hours behind you are. Trick: Think water before food. Before you eat anything (whether it’s breakfast, lunch, dinner, or even a snack), try drinking a glass of water. Drinking water first thing in the morning on an empty stomach is a great way to wake up your body gently and to start off your day on a healthy note! During the day, if you find yourself reaching for a snack or an unhealthy option at the dining hall, drink a glass of water first. This can help reduce your initial hunger pangs, making it less likely for you to fill up on fast, sugary options, or to overeat.
ASK THE SEXPERT
This week, she discusses Viagra for women. Dear Sexpert, I am a girl and recently I feel like I have no libido. My friend recommended that I take Viagra. Can girls take Viagra? Will it improve my sex drive?
— Low Libido
Dear Low, Having sexual intercourse sThese are great questions. While Viagra is a commonly used prescription drug in the United States, popular culture often perpetuates misconceptions about its clinical use. Viagra is the brand name of a drug called Sildenafil (there are other brand names, as well). Most commonly, Viagra is approved for use to treat erectile dysfunction in men. It is also used to treat symptoms of high blood pressure in both men and women. So the short answer is yes, women can take Viagra. You ask whether Viagra is a possible solution for your decreased libido —the answer is
no. Contrary to popular belief, Viagra does not improve sexual desire in either men or women. Viagra works by improving blood flow. In men with erectile dysfunction, this improved blood flow helps them to achieve an erection. There have been some studies that suggest that a similar effect may be achieved and help to improve sexual performance in certain groups of women (specifically post-menopausal women and women on anti-depressants). However, this does not increase sexual desire. Furthermore, all uses of Viagra are associated with potential side effects: visual disturbances, headaches, indigestion and muscle pain, to name a few. In sum, Viagra is not an appropriate treatment for low libido and is associated with a host of other risks. So what can you do? Low sex drive can be caused by a myriad of factors: physical, hormonal, psychological and social. Certain medications, low estrogen levels, anxiety and depression can all impact
sexual desire. While variations in sexual desire are normal, if this is a persistent concern you may want to consult a healthcare provider. You can schedule an appointment with Sexual Health and Wellness Services at University Health Services by calling 609-2583141 or online at www.princeton.edu/MyUHS. While this resource is confidential, you can also consult a provider off-campus at Planned Parenthood, which has numerous clinics across New Jersey. A list of health centers can be found by searching here: http:// www.plannedparenthood.org/ health-center.
— The Sexpert
Interested in Sexual Health? The Sexpert is always looking for members of the community to join the team of sexual health educators who, along with fact-checking from University health professionals, help write these columns. Email sexpert@ dailypr incetonian.com for more information and questions about sexual health. Don’t be shy!
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Thursday April 23, 2015
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‘Dog Sees God’ explores teenage despair, hope and life after Snoopy CAROLINE HERTZ Senior Writer
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rind Arts Company’s production of Bert Royal’s parodic play “Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead,” directed by Steven Tran ’15, takes on an irresistible premise: What would happen to Charlie Brown and his Peanut friends if they grew up? It’s about 10 years later, and — prepare yourself — Snoopy has been put to sleep after ripping Woodstock to shreds in a rabid rage. Pigpen has cleaned up into “Matt,” a violently germophobic, homophobic, misogynistic nightmare of an alpha male. Linus, now known as Van, is a stoner who smoked the burnt remains of his beloved blanket. Lucy, known only as Van’s sister, is a lithium-addled pyromaniac. Schroeder, now known as Beethoven, is so viciously bullied that he considers bringing a gun to school. The story, which begins and ends with funerals, has as much in common with “Heathers” as it does with the Peanuts comic. Don’t come here looking for nostalgia; this play is brutal. Our guide through this world is, of course, the man himself, here called “C.B.” (Manuel Marichal ’16). Snoopy’s death has sent C.B. into a downward spiral of despair. He travels from troubled peer to troubled peer, asking, “What do you think happens when we die?” The answers he receives are as strange as they are unhelpful: Maggot food. Wiccan reincarnation. Who cares, fuck as many sluts as you can while you’re alive. The script leaves much to be desired. Though teenaged Marcy (Cameron Platt ’16) complains about the obligatory cafeteria scene in every high school movie — you know, the one that tells us that jocks sit there, cool kids sit there, drama geeks sit there — there are times when this play feels like a 90-minute extension of that same tired routine. And there are times when Royal’s text feels like a dirtied-down, cliché-riddled remake of an anti-bullying special. There’s drinking and drug abuse, abortion, mo-
lestation, suicide, bullying, prejudiced jocks, popular girls, bulimic girls, a talented, tortured, quiet boy and more. A nominal storyline ties all this together — someone’s secretly gay! — but the writing relies too heavily on tired shockvalue (ooh, those girls just did drugs and now they’re having a threesome with Pigpen). There’s no issue this play addresses that hasn’t been handled more creatively elsewhere. Furthermore, some plotlines are just plain confusing. When C.B. kisses Beethoven at a party, everyone panics that they’ll catch the “gay disease.” Marcy, who just let seven ecstasy-riddled teens have sex in her parents’ bed, chirps with sudden alarm: “My parents will kill me if they find out I let a homosexual in the house!” The play was written in 2004 and is set in modernday, but it can feel archaic in moments like these.
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darkness, you’ll feel all of your 14-yearold’s angst come rushing back. Though they occasionally fall into stilted clichés, this fine group of actors delivers a dryly funny and emotionally resonant performance overall. As Matt, Ross Barron ’17 serves up hilarious, horny swagger edged with hideous, terrifying cruelty. When he witnesses the kiss between C.B. and Beethoven, the mask of clenched-jaw hatred that claps over his face suppresses his wild-eyed grin and might give you chills, if you’re watching closely. Marichal’s C.B. is appropriately introverted and conflicted, a Good Man who’s developed a bit of a mean streak after remaining passive in the face of cruelty for so long. Nico Krell ’18 is the beating heart of this show as the wry, outcast Beethoven. Krell doles out a refreshingly tough (and jaw-droppingly good) monologue when C.B. barges into his piano practice room to wax at philosophical length about Snoopy’s death. “You haven’t spoken to me in years,” he explodes, “and all of a sudden I get a stream of consciousness monologue about your dead dog? Forgive my bluntness, but I could give two shits about you or your vacant mind or your morbid curiosities or your dead fucking dog, so why don’t you just
leave?” Stanley Mathabane ’17 is charming as ever as the sage and comparatively normal Van, who can see possibilities in a fistful of nothing but air. Abby Melick ’17 has a particularly scrumptious moment as C.B.’s Sister when she presents a one-woman performance art piece about a caterpillar who believes that, if she stays in her cocoon long enough, she can become anything she wants to be: a butterfly, a sparrow, a platypus or a human being. “I will be an extraordinary creature,” she resolves with breathless excitement — and her outsized teenage aspirations are so delightful that you root for her. Though the play revels in gratuitous profanity and vulgarity, underneath the hyperbolically grim surface are familiar faces. Charlie Brown is still full of questions and existential crises. Linus is still philosophical. Schroeder still faithfully plays his piano while people talk at him. Lucy is still full of unsound advice. And this production succeeds on a very important thematic front. I won’t give away the ending, but C.B.’s melancholy search for meaning is resolved with a startlingly poignant gesture. Is there a design to it all? Is anyone up there looking out for us? Don’t despair; the cast and crew of Dog Sees God tell us there’s hope.
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Nico Krell ’18 as Beethoven, the grown-up, tortured Schroeder in “Dog Sees God.”
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Herman from the 1973 French play by Jean Poiret. Before the musical was created, the play had already been adapted into a French film, which was remade in 1996 as “The Birdcage,” starring Robin Williams and directed by Mike Nichols. Strasnick described the plot as a timeless, heart-wrenching love story with a modern twist — the central couple is gay. One of the central characters, Albin, has an alter-ego named Zaza (both played by Camel) who is a drag star, and the story is interwoven with colorful, glitzy musical numbers that take place at a drag club in St. Tropez owned by Albin’s partner, Georges (played by Strasnick). In discussing their experiences as the leads of “La Cage Aux Folles”, Strasnick and Camel explained some challenges they faced in playing their roles. Strasnick talked about his difficulty maintaining neutrality in his own feelings for the way his son Jean-Michel (Georges’ biological son, raised by both Georges and Albin) treats Albin. As Jean-Michel is about to marry a woman with very conservative parents, he asks that Albin not be present at a dinner meeting between the two families. In this moment, Georges feels conflicted. Camel has been able to execute his role quite naturally, as he feels he and Albin are somewhat similar. Howev-
er, it was difficult for him to accurately portray the ad-libbed nature of the stand-up portions of certain drag scenes, he said. He described the format of a drag show, which consists of musical numbers interspersed with interactive stand-up monologues. Camel said that it felt strange to have the stand-up scenes written out for him as if they were being improvised. According to Kaseta, one of the show’s gems is the orchestration of the music, which is more complex than it sounds. The pit consists of eight musicians, and is situated behind the stage of the Hamilton Murray Theater, with a wall in between the singers and the musicians. Kaseta explained that although the setup presented a challenge, the pit is a key component to the life of the musical, and the musicians have overcome this obstacle. The production premiered last week, and is also showing this Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. in Hamilton Murray Theater. On Thursday night, English and theater professor Stacy Wolfe will facilitate a “talkback” after the show with the cast and crew members. According to Young, Strasnick, Camel and Kaseta, Wolfe has fantastic insights that will add a lot to the viewing experience. So keep your wig on, and see “La Cage Aux Folles” this weekend.
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Folles” is for the show to metaphorically “keep on the wig.” Young is fascinated by drag as a performance art, she said. In Princeton University Players’ and Theatre Intime’s joint production of “La Cage Aux Folles,” Young presents drag as more performance than visual spectacle. Despite that, she and cast members Carey Camel ’17 and Evan Strasnick ’15 still appreciate that the show’s set and costumes are aesthetically gorgeous. A few days ago, Street sat down with Young, Camel, Strasnick and music director Sam Kaseta ’15 to discuss some behind-the-scenes production details. Young submitted her proposal for “La Cage Aux Folles” last year, and the project was jointly picked up by both Princeton University Players and Theatre Intime. In January, Young held auditions, and rehearsals began in February, with an intense tech week leading up to opening night last Friday, April 17. “La Cage Aux Folles” the YICHENG SUN :: PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR musical was adapted by playCarey Camel ’17 as Albin, one of two central charwright Harvey Fierstein and acters in the 1983 musical “La Cage Aux Folles.” lyricist and composer Jerry
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Keep your wig on: Behind the scenes of ‘La Cage aux folles’ n typical drag shows, the performers traditionally remove their wigs at the end of a set as a final flourish. Director Morgan Young ’16’s vision for “La Cage Aux
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::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: All that being said, there’s something deliciously fun about Tran’s production of this underwhelming text — it’s ruthlessly youthful, it’s drenched in profanity, it mercilessly skewers Charles Schulz’s beloved characters and it vigilantly pushes against triteness. The adaptation is set in the Forbes Black Box — a fantastic underground hide-out, where memorials left by previous inhabitants have been scribbled on the chalkboard walls (the blue-spotted giraffe on the back wall was a personal favorite). Between scenes, when tracks like Evanescence’s “Going Under” and Britney Spears’s “Piece of Me” rip through the
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Whitman College Class of 1970 Theatre Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 8 p.m. and 11 p.m.
It’s a dark and stormy night, and you simply can’t fall asleep from anticipation for the next installment of “The Hunger Games,” “Divergent” and “The Maze Runner.” Solution: ditch the newfangled stuff and go back to the basics — Madeleine L’Engle’s classic “A Wrinkle in Time,” revamped with song, dance and many jokes about disembodied brains. If you still daydream of being Megatron in your free time, if you have an inkling that your professor is secretly IT or if you just appreciate a masterful Princetonthemed pun, join Triangle this weekend in their Spring Show, directed by Maddy Cohen ’16.
EVENT THE NASSAU LITERARY REVIEW’S SPRING LAUNCH Small World Coffee Thursday, 10:30 p.m.
Life is capricious, but thankfully there are some Princeton things you can count on not to change. One thing you can expect like clockwork is Nass Lit’s launch party at Small World, complete with live musical performances, student readings and free coffee (for the first 200 guests). Copies of the Spring 2015 Nassau Literary Review will also be on hand — so many free things and reasons to swing by Princeton’s semesterly imitation of a hip Brooklyn coffeehouse!
MUSIC PUO AND GLEE CLUB PRESENT “THE STUART B. MINDLIN MEMORIAL CONCERTS” Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m.
Two mainstays of the Princeton musiccreation-on-a-very-large-scale scene join forces this weekend to bring you the Verdi Requiem. If the fact that both the Princeton University Orchestra and the Princeton Glee Club will be performing the same music at the same time in Richardson Auditorium isn’t enough to get you to this show, then really, what will? If the preview video is any indication, this is going to be a night of epic music.
EVENT: PRINCETON TRUCKFEST Prospect Avenue Saturday, 12:30 p.m.
Food! In trucks! They’re back — and there are more of them than ever before. This year, Princeton TruckFest, co-sponsored by all 11 eating clubs and the Pace Council for Civic Values, will be hosting over a dozen trucks. Highlights include extravagant hot dogs, Puerto Rican cuisine and ice cream waffles. Worried about the lines? Don’t be. On-site entertainment will include BodyHype, Sensemaya, Princeton Magicians’ Club and many more. All proceeds will go to the Send Hunger Packing Initiative and the Meals on Wheels of Trenton/Ewing.