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University Daily Kansan
No curtain call for crews
By MARSHA WILLIAMS
Audience members never see a lot of what goes on during a University of Kansas theater production. When the actors are on stage, there are costumers, props people, fly and lightning crews working behind the stage to ensure that the production is a success.
The technical crew are made up of students and instructors who spend a great deal of time designing and constructing the various aspects of a theater production.
Mary Jane Sisk, assistant instructor of speech and drama, said yesterday that she started designing the costumes for the most recent Ine Theatre production, "Jest, Satire, and Deeper Significance," soon after the show was selected.
She said the first thing she did when designing was first over the script section that was written. The costumes should look like. Next, she met with the director to compare concepts.
Some costumes are simple to identify, she said, but others can create problems.
"For instance, in showing the devil in 'Jest, Sature,' we had to decide whether to be realistic or theatrical," she said. "In one scene, the devil had to take his paws off. We decided to use a playtex glove covered with fur to show this."
She said budgets also had to be considered when designing costumes. For "Jest, Satire," which was produced by the University of California, the costumes were pulled from the University's collection of
more than 1,000 costumes. For a larger production, like "Okahoma!" Sisk said, about one-third of the costumes would be pulled.
The pulled contours can be dyed and the trim can be changed for various productions.
Eleanor Gilroy, assistant instructor of speech and drama, said research was also important in make-up and costume design. Gilroy said she did a lot of period research before she even started preliminary make-up designs.
Sik said students from make-up and costume classes worked as crew members for shows. The costume construction class taught students to wear paid seamstresses and fourpaid assistants.
"At one point this semester there were between eight and 14 people building costumes for three shows at once," Sisk said. "It was pretty hectic."
Set construction is another area that requires time and planning. Gary Andrew, St. Louis senior, said he started designing the sculpture "Sairee" about six weeks before production.
Construction is done in the scene shop by students in the Stagecraft class. A foreman hired by the school supervises everything that goes on in the scene shop.
Andrew said the shop had a supply of wood and materials to use in construction and that flats were frequently repainted or used again in other ways.
Andrew has also worked on lighting
crews. He said that although designing a light plot, which tells what kinds of lights are used where, wasn't difficult, there were two problems: had to be worked out before production.
Hangbrem has a paid assistantship in props and was responsible for the props in "The Scarecrow" and "Annie Get Your Gun."
Children treated to parties sponsored by local groups
"Sometimes, you'll think you've designed the perfect lightning, then when all the lights are in place you'll find there's a dark area behind it." Then you have to rearrange the lighting. "
She said the director and designer usually made a list of props for her. She then looks through the props room to see what can be used.
Hamburgener said there was a paiting crew for each production, which painted all the tanks.
"Some of the employees at Sirrolin Stockade were playing basketball at Woodland School when we got the idea of having a party for some kids," he said.
About 45 needy children were treated to Christmas parties this weekend sponsored by Templin and Lewis halls and the Sirloin Stockade restaurant.
Starr Hagenbring, Barrington, Ill.,
Starr, said memoirs suggest a
proper prosa as well as gossip.
Harold Siegler, principal at Woodlaun,
provided some children's names for Kalette
and his classmates.
Sometimes, new props have to be built. In one class, each student made a prop as their own.
She said the painting crew also painted all the "Wild West" posters in "Annie Get Your Gun." Real posters were put on an overhead viewer and projected onto large pieces of brown paper. The crew then painted the large posters.
The two halls had a party at Templin for about 30 children whose names were not known.
"Some of us thought we ought to do something for some Lawrence kids," the Thoebel said. "I think it went over pretty well. We only had to spend about $150."
Theo said Larry Lalar, the committee's other co-chairman, and Linda Nobe and Amy Kussmann of Lewis, helped a lot with the party's preparation. Temlin put up $200 for the party and Lewis appropriated $100, he said.
Ron Thebo, co-chairman of the Temple Hall Social Committee, said the children and residents of the balls watched movies at the museum. Claus came and gave each child a gift.
Steve Kalic, assistant manager for Sirlin Stockade, said 15 children from Woodland School, 508 Elm St., were treated to a bamboo dinner Saturday.
employees dressed up as Santa. After the meal we took them to Hillcrest and gave each child $5 to buy Christmas presents for their parents.
Hagbring said the number of people who worked on each show varied greatly, depending upon the size and complexity of the production.
"Some of the employees picked the kids up
saturday and brought them to the
patrol station."
Money for the party was provided by the restaurant, Kalic said.
As many as 15 people might work on each crew before the actual production. During the production there are usually two customers for each team, and five people to move sets, as well as a stage manager and assistant manager backstage, also about seven people in the lightting up.
Andrew said that after a production, everyone, both technical crews and actors in the production, get together to work as the striking crew. Everything on stage is taken down and stored to be used in another production.
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