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University Daily Kansan Wednesday, Jan. 8, 1964
'A Raisin in the Sun' to Open In Experimental Theatre Feb.13
The Experimental Theatre production of "A Raisin in the Sun" is in rehearsal and will open Feb. 13.
The play, written by Lorraine Hansberry, won the New York Critics Circle award for the best play of 1959. Its Broadway production starred Sidney Poitier and Claudia McNeil.
William Kuhike, director of the Experimental Theatre said the play is "one of the great plays on Negro life in America." The author of the play, he said, is a Negro who lived in the same places portrayed in the play.
IT IS THE first play about Negroes, written by a Negro, and produced and directed by a Negro on Broadway, Kuhlke said. It is not, however, the first play with an all-Negro cast, he added.
"A Raisin in the Sun" is not a protest play. It gives as simply and directly as possible a true picture of the problems of the Negro in the big city," he said. "It does not preach."
The play deals with real people, not with people who have "social problems." The people portrayed in the play are not servants, slaves or
stereotypes but are real human beings
KUHLKE SAID the play represents a segment of life that has not been properly represented in national or university theatres. "It is high time that we do represent adequately this portion of life," he said.
At the time the play was introduced on Broadway the "Reporter" in speaking of the characters said "They are not particularly noble, not always wise and sometimes downright comic. They feel about things the way most of us would feel in that spot ... Revolutionary? No.
Ellsworth Rejects MRA
Residents of Ellsworth Hall have once again turned down affiliation with the Men's Residence Association.
The proposal received 250 votes in favor and 142 votes opposed. It required a two-thirds affirmative vote in favor. It lost by 11 votes.
Ellsworth turned down a similar proposal on Oct.1.
KENT SMITH, Topka senior and MRA president, said despite the loss of the proposal he is still very optimistic. "We are getting a lot of new ideas and are getting our feet more and more on the ground," he said.
"We're not going back to Ellsworth unless they ask us," Smith said. The MRA will continue to operate with the two other men's residence halls, Templin and Joseph R. Pearson, as members.
Ellsworth will be left out in a lot of ways, Smith said. For instance, the MRA is getting ready to sign multi-contracts with bands and for dance facilities so the member halls will get a better price on them and Ellsworth will have to pay the full price.
SMITH WAS skeptical of the future of the Visitation weekend. The weekend is held in the Spring semester and is for high school senior men interested in looking at KU's residence halls.
The play will run Feb. 13-22 with no performances on Feb. 16 and 17.
THE CAST INCLUDES: Marjorie French, St. Louis, Mo. sophomore, as Mama; Lacey Banks, Kansas City junior, Walter; Theresa Lockhart, Leavenworth sophomore, Ruth; Jo-Anne Holbert, Kansas City senior, Beeneatha; George Bradley, Lawrence graduate student, Lindimen; Cordell Meeks, Kansas City senior, George Murchison; Walter Bgoya, Tanganyika junior, Asagai; Harold King, Kansas City junior, Bobo, and two Lawrence children, Mike Hamm and Westley Sommers. Sommers plays Travis.
It is difficult to show the men KU's residence halis when a hall with 650 men is unrepresented, Smith said.
Smith praised the Ellsworth congress for the help it gave the MRA in explaining the MRA to the men.
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SANTA MONICA, Calif.—(UPI) Jerry Lewis and his wife, Patti, had been hoping for a baby girl for the past nine months and Jerry's motto was "think pink."
From Boy to Girl
Last night Jerry became a father for the sixth time when Patti gave birth to a boy at St. John's Hospital.
Quipped the comediam, "I'm still going to call him Gloria. He'd better be a fighter."
He's Stuck with It
ENGLAND — (UPI) — The city council refused last night to put a bigger bathtub in George Baydens' public housing apartment, despite his plea that he gets stuck in his present tiny tub every time he takes a bath.
"I suppose I shall have to make do," the 224-pound Bayden said when he learned of the decision.
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