University Daily Kansan, July 13, 1983
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TOMORROW
"ELIZABETH COLEPY GREENE," a talk by Elizabeth Broun will be given at 11 a.m. at the Spencer Museum of Art.
THE KU SAILING CLUB will meet at 7 p.m. in Parlor A of the Kansas Union.
THE MIDWESTERN MUSIC CAMP faculty and staff performance will be at 8 p.m. in Swarthout Recital Hall.
FRIDAY
THE MIDWESTERN MUSIC CAMP will present the senior high school jazz ensembles at 7:30 p.m. in Swarthout Recital Hall.
THE CAMPBELL CONFERENCE on the Teaching, Writing and Illustration of Science Fiction will be Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Please phone 864-7496 or 864-4520.
SATURDAY
'Working' oddly unsatisfying
By JUDITH HINDMAN Staff Writer
The musical "Working," now being staged by the Kansas Repertory Theatre, has all the potential for great appeal, but falls short of its goal.
The production, based on Studies Terkel's popular book, is a collection of interviews with housewives, truck drivers, hard-hats and other ordinary people who talk about what it is like to commonplace and stuck in a boring job.
ADAPTOR STEPHEN SWHARTZ and five other composers remained faithful to the words of Terkel's interviewees, selecting comments and putting them to music. Unfortunately, the result is a jumble of songs that often disintegrates into trite phrases set to music.
Throughout the production, there is great audience recognition of, and identification with, the characters, who could be anyone's neighbors or coworkers pouring out their frustrations and disappointments in songs that are sometimes funny, sometimes sad and sometimes even entertaining.
There are a few moving songs, notably two poignant numbers by James Taylor, "Millwork" and "Un Mejor Dia Vendra." And his third
UNFORTUNATELY, THE BAND at times, becomes overpowering, covering up the singers' words.
musical contribution, 'Brother
commented by effective
staging by the KET
But as a whole, this two and one-half hour protest against the dehumanization and alienation of the revolution is oddly unsatisfying.
This is not the KRT's fault. Generally, they do a good job with the material. But in the end, the production process causes the material to make silk purses out of sow's ears.
The biggest problem is that while Terkel's book is a marvelous selection of personalities, it is not necessarily good theatre. There is no plot, no central focus, no driving force to carry the performance along. And so, the production goes on — a melange of flimsy related vignettes.
Despite these flaws, the production is good summer evening entertainment. It comes alive, and sometimes even disrupts the use of the performances by the actors.
AS WITH ALL COMMUNITY productions, there are some actors who seem uncomfortable with their roles; but this will probably improve as the KRT moves into its second week of production.
The players generally are a talented
group of summer community players who are obviously having a great time. There are even several times the audience absolutely delights the audience.
As Lovin' Al, a car attendant, Beafour K. Wools displays great stage presence and is at his best when he gleefully breaks into a soft-shoe that enchants the audience. It's a shame he doesn't have a baby. Dad had to come so early in the evening.
The cast also includes what has to be Lawrence's most talented newspaper boy. Actor Jason Edmonds implys sings about his delight in throwing papers in the bushes. They go "boing," he sings, while his body shakes like a bush after being hit with the evening's paper.
AND MARGARET HUMPREYRS is perfect in a gypsy number as the waitress Delores Dante who fantasizes to relieve the tedium of restaurant work. But after several years of "Alice" on television, the spunky waitress bit has become simply too overdone.
The set is well-conceived and lends itself well to the flexibility required of this production.
"Working" will be shown at 8 p.m. tomorrow and July 23, and at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in Crafton-Preyer Theatre, Murphy Hall.
Eating disorders to be subject of self-help group
A self-help group for people with anorexia nervosa and bulimia will meet for the first time at 7:30 tonight in the Lawrence, Kansas Room at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, a leader of the group said yesterday.
Elisabeth Dykens, graduate student in clinical psychology, North Easton, Md., said that the group aim was to provide information, discussion and support for people with the diseases and their families.
DYKENS AND ABBIE ELLICOTT.
graduate student in clinical psychology, Baltimore, will lead the group, which is sponsored by Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders, Highland Park, Ill., a network agency to provide guidelines for self-help groups.
"Abbie and I have done therapy work with eating disorders before, and we just felt that there was a real need in me to for a self-help group," Dykens said.
Dykens said that between 13 and 20 percent of all college-age women
experience some type of eating disorder, whether it is anorexia, bulimia or obesity, although the group will not focus on the last disorder.
Bulimia is characterized by binge eating, which is usually followed by depression, self-induced vomiting or laxative abuse. Dykens said.
She said that people with bulimia typically were of normal weight or slightly overweight and usually knew their eating habits were not normal.
ANOREXICS ARE USUALLY less aware that they are not eating normally and have a distorted image of themselves and their bodies, she said.
She said that an anorexics commonly lost about 25 percent of their original body weight. They will deny that they are hungry, refuse to eat except for tiny portions. Victims often have irregular or non-existent menstruation.
There is no registration or fee for the group and people interested should visit www.nih.gov/registration.
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