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The University Daily Kansan
Wednesday, June 16, 1999
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ER star changes look for movie
LOS ANGELES—In the new TNT film Pirates of Silicon Valley, Noah Wyle is ungroomed, arrogant and generally unappealing.
The Associated Press
An irresistible opportunity, says the actor, whose portrayal of Apple Computer Inc. magnate Steve Jobs is a sharp departure from the idealistic, fresh-faced physician Wyle plays on ER.
Not that he immediately jumped at the project, which chronicles the rise of Jobs and fellow computer empire builder Bill Gates of Microsoft Corp. Anthony Michael Hall plays Gates in the film debugging 8 p.m. EDT, June 20 on TNT.
"They sent over a documentary that aired on PBS a couple years ago, The Triumph of the Nerds. I popped it in the VCR, really on a whim to see what the guy looked like, and I was bowled over.
"The first clip of Jobs is in 1984, and he's standing on a stage at a stockholders' convention, introducing the Macintosh. He turns it on, and there's this gasp and thunderous applause, and this smile just comes across his face. It was such a hodgepodge of everybody's technology, but one man was on that stage taking credit.
Wyle initially ignored the script, citing his preoccupation with *ER*. Then the Pirates producers tried a different tactic.
"I turned to my flincece (make-up artist Tracy Warbin) and said, 'If I don't play this guy, I'm gonna kick myself for the rest of life.'"
Wyle said. Given his age - 28 - it could have been a long and bruising session. But Wyle's thoughtful approach to his career makes such a scenario unlikely.
In his off *ER* hours, Wyle has avoided rushing into quickie TV
Wyle said.
movies or sirt big-screen fare. Instead, he's leaned toward independent films like the family drama The Myth of Fingerprints. He's also been in local stage productions, including "The 24th Day."
Wyle: Plays Steve Jobs in a TNT movie this week.
The Myth of Fingerprints, part of the 1997
Sundance Film Festival, intrigued him because its script contained silences that seemed as eloquent as any dialogue, Wyle said.
"Coming from a family dynamic where silence was almost a weapon if you used it properly, I got excited about trying to show a family that did that and have it be interesting," said Wyle, who grew up with six siblings in Los Angeles.
Pirates of Silicon Valley offered the vibrant part of Jobs, who was portrayed as a sometimes-heartless visionary working to create a brave new high-tech world. It also was a smart exploration of a pivotal
"This story leapt off the page because I couldn't believe no one had done it before," Wyle said. "On the surface, it's a great American fable about how the largest accumulation of wealth in the history of mankind was obtained, and who got stepped over, stepped on, stabbed in the back in the process."
period. Wyle said.
"But underneath, you see the origins of a revolution that we're still feeling reverberations from."
The actor, impeccably dressed in a blue blazer and slacks and unerringly polite during an interview to promote Pirates, actually has more to talk about than his latest project.
His summer vacation is devoted in part to a venture that's close to his heart: his Blank Theater Co., which sponsors a young playwrights' festival. He helps fund it somewhat improbably, serving as spokesman for a Maalox campaign celebrating American heroes and donating his fee.
the theater, run by Wyle and Daniel Henning, culls 10 plays from nationwide submissions, brings the authors to Los Angeles and stages their works. Wyle usually joins the cast of one production.
"It's one of the more rewarding things we do," Wyle said.
For fiscal rewards there's *ER*, which enters its sixth season on NBC this fall, has consistently ranked as TV's top-rated drama and has allowed its stars to reap multimillion-dollar salaries.
All that hasn't kept the cast
intact. Sherry Stringfield checked out early, George Clooney hung up his stethoscope last season to intern as a movie star and Juliana Margulies would leave in 2000. Wyle, however, says he is staying put as Dr. John Carter.
"When the show started, no one knew what to expect. Then, when it became immensely popular, the natural progression was to see it as a stepping stone to somewhere else," he said.
else, he said.
"I just came around to the fact this isn't so much a springboard as it is a great experience; why not sit with it as long as it will run. It's never gonna happen to us again. None of us are going to do a television series with this kind of impact.
"I'm a young man, I've got plenty of time to explore other parts and roles. ... If the writing stays as consistently strong as it's been and the people on the set are as passionate as they are, I have no reason to leave."
WHEN ROYALS WED: As we breathlessly await the June 19 wedding of Britain's Prince Edward and Sophie Rhys-Jones, Romance Classics promises a behind-the-scenes special chronicling their courtship and assessing their chances for marital bliss. Former boyfriends, girlfriends and teachers, we are told, spill the beans. Edward and Sophie: The Making of a Royal Marriage, shows 8 p.m. EDT today on the cable channel.
ESU summer theater opens 45th season
The Associated Press
EMPORIA — Summer theater might be described as artistic boot camp.
"We live together, eat together, sleep in the same area or even the same room," said Misty Rogers, a theater student at Emporia State University and a member of the 1999 Emporia State University Summer Theatre company
Rogers plays Portia, one of the stepsisters, in "Cinderella," which opened the 45th season of the Summer Theatre. The program is the longest-running summer stock in the state, said Harry Parker, director of theatre.
During the summer, the company of 31 students and four interns along with nine faculty members and guest artists will produce four stage productions.
What looks on the surface like a logistical nightmare runs with military precision — even when the air conditioner breaks as it recently did.
during summer theater, the cast uses Brightman Lecture Hall and two classrooms in the science building for rehearsals. But a faulty air conditioner in Brightman shortened some rehearsals for "Cinderella" and canceled others.
Parker then had to find another large room on campus for the rehearsals. After the cast carried props across campus from Brightman, rehearsal started a few minutes late in Roosevelt Hall.
At the same time, pieces of the set were spread across the stage of Bruder Theatre as technicians painted them before mounting them on platforms.
This meant the set would be ready for the crew watch, in which the cast runs through the show while the crew watches from the audience.
"We're on schedule," said Darryl Carnall, Summer Theatre technical director.
Then came stage rehearsals.
Then came stage rockwork.
Before that, the cast worked on stages with colored tape indicating where the set pieces and some props, such as chairs and stairs, would be. Other props were still being built by prop
manager Heather Belcher.
The props included two giant ples, pumpkins and pigs' heads carved from Styrofoam and four. 6-foot-tall poles of flower arrangements.
Downstairs, Doris Nash, costume shop manager, was overseeing the work on about 15 new costumes designed by Su J. Mai, a faculty member and costume designer for "Cinderella."
"Su designed the costumes for 'Once Upon a Mattress,' Nash said. "We've pulled those and are using them for the chorus."
As much as possible, other costumes have been kept simple, allowing few changes. For instance, the Prince will wear the same tunic throughout the show.
"We added a short cape for the ball and a longer cape for the wedding." Nash said.
wedding. That was the costumes would have to be complete by opening night.
"We always shoot for having everything there for the first dress rehearsal," she said.
"We'll have all the major quick- change pieces finished by then.
This will allow the actors time to practice making their quick costume changes.
As the last week of preparation wound down to opening night, everyone involved knew there was no time to take it easy. Production meetings for the next show were already scheduled.
It's that overlap that appeals to Parker.
"We'll rehearse 'Deathtrap' and work on the scenery while 'Cinderella' is performing at night," she said.
"Deathtrap" is followed by "The Comedy of Errors" and "Schoolhouse Rock Live."
Rachel Hebison, who plays Joy, another of Cinderella's stepsisters, also enjoys the intensity of summer theater. This is her fourth season in the company. She performed in shows during the school year, which are produced in about six weeks' time.
"During the summer, you're completely focused on theater, which I think is the most important thing about summer theater
— preparing you for what's out there. "Hebison said."
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