"The Card Index Scattered" to be Performed

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The Department of Theatre and Dance at the University at Buffalo will present "The Card Index Scattered" at 8 p.m. Oct. 25-28 in the Black Box Theatre in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus. Performances also will be held at 2 p.m. Oct. 28 and 29.

"The Card Index Scattered" is a play by Tadeusz Roewicz, considered the greatest living Polish poet, about the scattered consciousness of a man in a contemporary world that he finds equally scattered, decomposed and disintegrated. The main character, ironically called "Hero," is a veteran of wars that have left his personal life shattered. Throughout the play, he tries to reconcile his past with his desires and dreams for the future, seeking to find understanding, to love and to be loved. Through the play's "scattered" scenes and images, the action jumbles and fuses times, imagined places, and characters from the Hero's dreams, memories, and fantasies. The production features the students of the Department of Theatre and Dance, who will act, sing, play instruments and perform pantomime scenes in this off-beat comedy.

Tadeusz Roewicz has written many volumes of poetry, which were translated in several languages, as well as two dozen plays, produced in Poland and internationally. "The Card Index Scattered" is his last play, completed in 1990.

Kazimierz Braun, director of "The Card Index Scattered," is a UB professor of theatre and dance, as well as a playwright and scholar. He has directed numerous plays in Poland, the United States and other countries, both professionally and academically, including his own play, "Paderewski's Children," in Buffalo. He also has directed a number of plays by Tadeusz Roewicz, both in Poland and in the United States.

Tickets for The Card Index Scattered are $16 general admission, $8 for students and seniors. Tickets are available from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday in the Center for the Arts Box Office and all Ticketmaster locations, including Kaufmann's. To charge tickets, call 852-5000; in Canada, call 1-416-870-8000. For group sales, call 645-6771. For more information, call 645-ARTS. The Center for the Arts is a Ticketfast location. Students (of any school) must present valid student ID at the Center Box Office to receive discount.