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The University Daily Kansan
Wednesday, July 8,1998
Play depicts artist's illness
By Mariana Palva
Kansan staff writer
Kansan staff writer
"Mirror, Mirror on the wall..." The famous saying from Snow White will have a different connotation in a production this weekend.
Elizabeth Layton, the lead character in the play "Mirror/ Mirror," plays a character suffering manic depression. The play was written by Wendy MacLaughlin and directed by Judy Wright. The rehearsal was held yesterday in Murphy Hall at 7:30 p.m. Photo by Lizz Weber/KANSAN
The play "Mirror/Mirror" deals with a manic depressive artist who attempts to cure herself. It shows how Elizabeth Layton, Wellsville resident, drew on paper the emotions she saw reflected in a mirror. The play opens at 8 p.m. Friday in Murphy Hall's Crafton-Preyer Theatre.
"Mirror/Mirror" was written by Wendy MacLaughlin, Kansas City, Mo., resident. The play has won the second Great Plains Play Contest sponsored by the University Theatre and the International Play Award for Women in History.
"Mirror/Mirror" opens with Layton receiving electroshock therapy in the mid-1970s and depicts Layton's experience of fighting manic depression by using a creative process.
Judy L. Wright, development director at the University of Kansas Endowment Association, was invited by the University Theatre's annual summer program to direct the play. Wright is a professional director.
"I fell in love with the play, so I decided to accept the invitation. It is special for me because I had the opportunity to meet Elizabeth Lyton briefly through a Lawrence festival called Independence Days in 1990," Wright said.
The cast includes seven community members and actors from the KU theater department.
Wright said that playwright MacLaughlin has attended rehearsal several times
and has given important input.
"Working with the director has been very supportive," MacLaughlin said. "She wants to know what I think, different from many people who forget the play writer."
MacLaughlin said her presence in the theater was especially important in the first week when adjustments were made to the script.
MacLaughlin said that Wright did a good job helping the actors understand the creative process Leyton experienced. The director brought an art therapist to the theater, and had the actors draw their emotions by looking into a mirror, as Leyton did.
Mark Reaney, associate professor of theater and film, designed the set and costumes. He used Lavton's drawings in his sonic design.
The play will be performed Friday through Sunday and July 17 at 8 p.m. Reserved seats for the Kansas Summer Theater productions are on sale at KU box offices.
Burglars clean house at ATO fraternity
By Ronnie Wachter Kansas staff writer
Kansan staff writer
The Alpha Tau Omega fraternity house, 1537 Tennessee St., lost furniture and other property valued at more than $17,000 when it was burglarized at an unknown time last month, Lawrence police said.
Sgt. George Wheeler said the house was broken into between June 3 and June 25 by an unknown suspect using an unknown method of entry.
He said three sofas, four leather wing chairs and several paintings and photograph composites were taken, as well as a grandfather clock valued at $4,000. The stolen property was valued at $17,250. Wheeler said.
"This is the first robbery of a fraternity or sorority this summer," Wheeler said. "More could take place later."
The burglary was discovered by Phil McKnight, professor of teaching and leadership and Alpha Tau Omega's chapter adviser. It was reported to police on June 29, Wheeler said.
McKnight said he believed the house was broken into more than once.
"I try to check the house daily, and on one of my rounds, I noticed a window frame had been pushed in," he said. "I checked and didn't find anything missing. Then a few days later, I noticed the frame pushed in again, and a sliding glass door
was open, and that was when we saw all the furniture was gone."
McKnight said that he and others involved in the fraternity were angry about the theft.
"Fraternity buildings and sorority buildings in the summer are very easy targets," he said. "We're planning on getting a very sophisticated alarm system as soon as possible. We're not going to let this happen again."
He said some damage had been done to the walls of the house's living room, where artwork had been pulled out of its settings.
"We had watercolors of the campus, a print of the house and other pictures as well," he said. "They were very beautiful prints and paintings."
McKnight said that the most expensive item in the house, the grand piano, was not taken because it was too large to be moved easily.
Wheeler said police did not have any suspects, and McKnight said he did not believe the fraternity would ever see its furniture again.
"The furniture is probably long gone from Lawrence by now," McKnight said. "It would have been very easy to do because of our secluded location, especially late at night. They probably just backed a truck up to the sliding glass door and took what they wanted."
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