The Ranger (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, February 9, 2007 Page: 9 of 19
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Food donations are being accepted in Bring Dinner for “Don’t Dress
for Dinner” beginning wth Thursday’s 8 p.m. performance in the theater in
McCreless. Food will be collected for an hour before each remaining per-
formance for donation to the Battered Women’s Shelter.
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Below: Biology sophomore Jessica Arenas,
theater Instructor Ronald Watson, and theater
sophomore Alison Vasquez act onstage as
Suzanne, Bernard and Suzette during the first
dress rehearsal of "Don't Dress For Dinner"
Monday in the theater in McCreless.
Left: Theater freshman Laura Tomerlin and the-
ater instructor Ronald Watson act out a scene
as Jacqueline and Bernard during the first
dress rehearsal of "Don’t Dress For Dinner."
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Student manages punk singer to appear on ‘Wife Swap’ Monday
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Jen Kowalski
"They’re not
strictly party,
party, party all
the time. They
are parents first
and foremost.”
Jen Kowalski
music business
sophomore
Members of the 3 Kisses, from left, Tony Meeks, Tish Meeks
and Josh Tallerine.
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are partyers but no devil worshippers,” Kowalski
joked.
The 3 Kisses had a gig set for the first week the
swap mom would be around. Because Tish is the
lead singer for the band, the swap mom, Kristen
Hoover, had to take the place of lead singer that
night. Kowalski, who always attends band perfor-
mances, recalls the night as being a culture shock
for Kristen.
Two families with very different values change
places each week for the viewing pleasure of mil-
lions of TV watchers. In “Wife Swap,” the hit
ABC show, the wives of the chosen families fly
across country to experience a different lifestyle
for two weeks.
One of these families was the
Meeks, who lead a Texas party punk
band, the 3 Kisses, managed by a stu-
dent at this college.
Jen Kowalski, a 43-year-old music
business sophomore, manages three
bands, the Saturday Nite Shockers,
PlayinSyx and the 3 Kisses.
A year after the Meeks applied to
be on “Wife Swap,” they began taping
in early January. Kowalski was sup-
portive of the decision because it gave
the band free publicity.
As a manager, Kowalski books gigs
for the bands, plans tours and deals with band
recordings and the creative side of the business.
“Managing is a lot of fun. It’s not all glamor-
ous rock’n’roll life style. You have to take rejec-
tion,” Kowalski said.
Kowalski wasn’t there during the filming of
the everyday family stuff, but she was there for
the night performances and a surprise party she
planned for the swap mom. She doesn’t know
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what will be in the edited show.
The basis of the show is that the swap mothers
have to live like their counterparts for a week, and
then they are allowed to make their own rules for
the family for the following week.
The Meeks — wife Tish and husband Tony
— decided they would pursue their music career
instead of worrying about their day jobs. Tish has
always been a housewife, but Tony
was a Church of Christ
pastor.
An ABC press
release said the family
cashed in their 401 (k)
to pursue their dream
of being rock stars.
The Meeks swap
wives with the Hoovers,
a Missouri family with
strong religious beliefs
and traditional values.
The show usu-
ally swaps families with others
of extremely different views. The
show is portraying the Hoovers as
an extremely religious family and
the Meeks as a party-all-the-time
kind of family, but in reality, the
Meeks are not so wild.
“They’re not strictly party, party, party all the
time. They are parents first and foremost. They
Kowalski also said it was more
work psychologically than it was
physically to tape the show.
They had microphones on
everyone in the band and on
Kowalski any time the band was
being taped.
“You’re always being watched,
but we’re used to having the light
on you,” Kowalski said.
She also said the camera peo-
ple try really hard to blend in
to the background and that she
got used to having the cameras
around.
Kowalski always introduces
her bands and says she feeds off
the energy during the gigs.
“I’m as hyped as they are. It’s a
big adrenaline rush when it goes well,” Kowalski
said.
The episode airs at 7 p.m. Monday on ABC.
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today at 8 p.m. It continues at 8 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 15-17, 22-24 and at 2:30
p.m. Feb. 18 and 25. The play is free
with district ID, $12 general admission
and $8 for senior citizens, military and
other students. Call 733-2715.
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Theater sophomores J.T. Urick and Alison Vasquez share a hug as Robert and Suzette during the
first dress rehearsal of “Don’t Dress For Dinner.”
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For students interested in theater,
“Don’t Dress for Dinner” written by
Mark Camoletti, is a must see.
It’s an exaggerated comedy involv-
ing adultery, mistaken identity, a dinner
and alcohol. The production has great
energy and is lots of fun. The director
of the production is Jim Mammarella,
a professor in the theater and speech
communications department.
Theater arts sophomore Alison
Vasquez, who appeared in “Living Out”
in the fall semester and “Flea in Her
Ear” last spring, plays a quirky cook
called on to masquerade as a number
of other characters in the course of a
dinner.
Vasquez as Suzette comes to the
home of Bernard and Jacqueline to
prepare dinner for the couple, Robert
and Suzanne.
Theater Instructor Ronald Watson
plays Bernard, and theater arts fresh-
man Laura Tomerlin plays Jacqueline.
J.T. Urick plays Robert, Bernard’s
best friend. The theater arts sophomore
has also been in other productions,
such as “Coyote Tails” and was nomi-
nated best actor for 2005-06.
Biology sophomore Jessica Arenas
plays the mistress, Suzanne.
Adam Tamez, a radio-television-film
sophomore, plays George, the cook’s
biker husband who is driven insane.
Theater arts sophomore Laura T.
Garza is discovering what it’s like to be
assistant director and stage manager.
This production marks her first attempt
doing the two jobs at once.
“This cast is wonderfully talented,
and they have been a joy to work
with,” she said.
“Don’t Dress for Dinner” opens
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Adultery, alcohol and mistaken identity a comic mix in ‘Don’t Dress for Dinner’
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