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Playing 'God'?

By Jaclyn LaPlaca · March 22, 1996

. College senior Paul Shore directs ‘God’ as part of his senior thesis for an individualized major College senior Paul Shore could not get what he needed from the College of Arts and Sciences — so he created it himself. As a sophomore, Shore envisioned an individualized major called “Theory and Practice of Film and Drama” combining classes in the English, Fine Arts and Theater Arts departments. Three years of his unique educational plan have led Shore through a difficult maze of classes, which he passed “with little support” from College advisors. Yesterday, the last leg of Shore’s journey began with the opening of an adapted production of Woody Allen’s God, which serves as part of his senior thesis and also is Intuitons’ spring show. Shore describes the production as “very Woody” and is confident that it will be a success at the University. God combines theater, film, music and even a live painter into a single media experience. Shore is videotaping the audience’s reaction to the play and plans to write a 40-60 page research paper on his findings. “Penn has never really seen a play like this,” Shore said.

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