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LIFE IS A mum TOs teens focus of UW production By Deborah Crandall Teenage stuff. No matter where you are in lite, you know about teenage stuff - cause you're either gonna go throuoh it, wu'm goin' through it now. or you've been through it. It you fit the latter description. teenage stuft (you know - zits. peer pressure. sexual rejection, insecurity) is something you can look back on, albeit fondly, wipe your brow and go ‘whewl'. "I made it," you say. patting yourself on the back for conquering teats of utmost danger. “Even the chocolate pudding incident failed to prevent me from becom. ing a well-adjusted adult." It was fond memories of things like "the pudding incident" that inspired local resi- dent David " to write Life is a Rock. a mead play which chronicles the experi- ences of tour boys as they go tram puberty to high school graduation. Till' has drain on some of his own experiences " a high school student in themid TOstoputthspiecetogether.Case inpoint-thetirnehewasintheachoty cafeteria trying to eat chocolate pudding while his lriends pulled every trick in the book to make him laugh (and we all know how messy that can be - imagine a brown gooey substance spewing from every possible facial orifice). "it's about teena- gers growing up in the 19705 - specifi. cally male teenagers," says Till, a compu- ter programmer who dabbles in playwrighting in his spare time, "And it's about interesting things that happen to them. The play runs tram the time the characters are about 13 to 17 or 18, and so there's a passage of time. For the younger teenagers. there's a scene im volving mad hockey, for instance. And later on in the play there's ralerences to standard teenage things, i.e. sex and drugs." Life is a Rock, which is being performed by the University of Waterloo's Upstage Productions tonight through Saturday, is LABATT's BLUE QQNE'NG " d They may iot be best friends, but their lives intenwine and affect each other's, They are four distinct and unique individu- als. able with that; Joe (played by Craig Nickerson) gets by in school and feels pretty good about himsatl: Glen (played by David Cheoros) is a smart guy, but het also a bit of a smart ass; and Tim (played by John Sellens) is a rebel and somewhat discontent with the way things are wring out in lite. Howard (played by Joe Varttel0 is the textbook intellectual, but he's uncomfort- wrtttell several comedy revues for Upstage Productions and PASS. UW's annual homegrown comedy revue It is, of sorts. a compilation oi skits which mesh together, focusing on the teenage years of Glen, Howard, Joe and Tim as they attend high school in Don Mills. Till's gebut solo effort though he has 00 As described by director Paul McKone. (Cominuod on page 20) 0:00 Tickets are $20 for adults, and students can recewe a spectal rate of $12 (unreserved » available space only) Chmets tor advance purchases are UW, Centre In The Square, Wordswonh Books and Music Plus. During the evenmg‘s program. Flalowska will perform classms trom Lszt, Mozart, Karol Szr manowskn. Czerny. and Chopin Piano Concerto No, 3 with the Chicago Symphony Or- chesta. She has also an- joyed support from the vaeland, Philadelphia. Los Angeles. Israel, " tional, Montreal and To. ronto orchestras Fiseowsuttasrmmitir' tPenst*sctts0toptsrttmtt International pittniet J.. nina Fialkowska I'lg'ht form Sunday, Sept. ' pm. in the K-w 07W MusicSocietymuaicmon, 57 Young sr, West. in watedoo Ili,