April 14, 1998 University Theatre Contact Karen Scheeland (541) 346-4190 or John R. Crosiar 346-3135 EUGENE--University Theatre continues to support community nonprofit organizations by partnering with the American Red Cross in a special matinee performance of Sophie Treadwell's "Machinal" on Sunday, April 19. Box office receipts from the 2 p.m. performance will benefit the Lane County Chapter of the American Red Cross. "Machinal," an expressionistic story of a woman who feels so confined by a repressive society that she takes the desperate measure of murdering her husband, is being performed in the Robinson Theatre at Villard Hall, 1109 Old Campus Lane on the University of Oregon campus. Additional regular performances, all beginning at 8 p.m., are set April 16-18 and 24-25. Admission for the April 19 benefit matinee is $12. Tickets can be purchased at the University Theatre box office in Robinson Theatre, or call (541) 346-4191. Box office hours are noon-6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and noon-8:15 p.m. on performance days. Tickets and more information about the benefit performance also are available from the American Red Cross by calling Margaret Ortiz, 344-5244. The Robinson Theatre is fully accessible for wheelchairs. Free parking is available nearby in the lot at East 11th Avenue and Kincaid Street. A taped message about University Theatre productions and activities is available 24 hours a day by calling GuardLine from a Touch-Tone phone at 485-2000, ext. 2287, or visit University Theatre's Internet website at http://darkwing.uoergon.edu/~theatre/. -30- #P-2205/A&E