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University Daily Kansan, April 12, 1983
Entertainment
Modern, medieval plays top week's program at Inge
By LAUREN PETERSON Staff Reporter
A potpourri of theatrical productions dealing with modern and medieval relationships tops the Murphy Hall billboard this week.
The first of the plays, "Pvt. Wars," written by James McLure and directed by Vaughn C. Johnson, Pauls Valley, Okla., graduate student, will be performed tonight and tomorrow night at 8 p.m. in the Inge Theater.
Johnson, who is also the stage manager for three productions directed by graduates, said that "Pvt. Wars" was a play about three Vietnam veterans and their struggles to overcome the fears of leaving the VA hospital.
"I always like to think of it as a combination of "Mash" and "One Fley Over the Cuckoo's Nest," he said.
"EVEN THOUGH it's a hilarious script, there are serious moments about their wounds."
moments about how he who has had his testicles and penis blown off in the war and goes around flashing the nurses," he said.
"There's Silvio who has had his testicals and penile clitoris on," he says. "The play takes place on the terrace of the hospital, he said."
The play takes place on the terrace of the hospital, he said, where the three patients and three nurses converse.
Johnson said that Woodruff Gately, played by Steve Milner,
Shawne freshman, continually tries to fix a radio, thinking that the nurses will let him out of the hospital if he succeeds.
that the illusion will let him but so the other side is
"actually all are afraid of getting out into the real
world." he said.
"The play is about three gay men who have an intricate relationship." Unel said. "Theme-wise, it is about how guilt affects a person's way of looking at life and his relationships with other people."
WORLD, THE SEASON
THE SECOND PLAY in the series, "Three of Cups," is an original play written by Sinan Unel, Derby senior, and directed by Roberta Wilhelm, Lansing graduate student. It will be performed at 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday in the Inge Theater.
with other people.
Unel, who grew up in Turkey, said that "Three of Cups" was his first attempt to write a script in English. He said he had written a few in Turkish.
performed a role advertised. Because the play dealt with explicit homosexuality, Wilhelm said, he called a call from a local leader of the Baptist Youth Group, who asked her not to put on the show. "You really are comfortable with it," she said.
Wilhelm said that the fact that the play had never been performed had attracted her to it.
THE THIRD PLAY, "The Lion in Winter," by James Goldman and directed by Roemery Tyrrell, Lawrence graduate student, will be performed at 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday in the Inge Theater.
Tyrrell said that she chose the historical play about Henry II of England, set in 1183 at Chinon, France, because it delt with the complicated relationships of people, not because of her love for historical events.
"The Lion in Winter" is about people who deal with hurt and pain and torment over long periods of time." Tyrrrell said. She said that the play followed the historical truths of the period closely.
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The story is about Henry II and his family, who convene at Henry's favorite chateau for the Christmas holiday. Henry is played by Chris Johnson, Shawnee senior.
HENRY, WHO had a dream to become an emperor, wants his son John to be to the king of England, but his wife, Eleanor of Aquataine, whom he had imprisoned for 10 years, backs the second eldest son. Richard the Lionhearted.
Phillip, the king of France, also joins the family, hoping to make sure that his sister Alice, who was brought up in Henry's court, is married to one of Henry's sons.
"They are all devious, strong and brilliant people who converge and clash in one great bang," Tyrrrell said.
Johnson, who will graduate in May with a master's degree in theater, said that the three plays were part of a class project in the advanced play production course taught by Jack Wright, professor of speech and drama.
Wright provided the students submitted play proposals for the series and, after being selected, held auditions for student cast members.
"It's an opportunity for them to do their own thing." Wright said.
Three characters in "Pvt. Wars," one of three Potpourri Productions plays, practiced yesterday for tonight's opening performance. The plays will be performed starting at 8 p.m. tonight through Sunday in the William Inge Theatre in Murphy Hall.
Lowly socks rise above the mundane in local gallery exhibit
By LADONNA LONGSTREET Staff Reporter
Socks are humble objects, but Barbara Hawkins, a local artist, has elevated their status to art with her new exhibit of watercolor paintings now showing at the Kellas Gallery.
"The socks can have a landscape quality. They can have a whimsical quality. Usually it's an expression beyond a rendition of socks."
Mary Lisa Pike, director of the gallery at 7 E. 7th Street, said, "At first glance some people have said, 'socks?' But you have to admit that they are very painterly socks, and at least speak to some people.
It is a challenge to take something that is ordinary and make an expressive image out of it, she said.
to sound really pompous, but there is something — clarity of vision — that the woman has.
vision — that the woman is.
"There's a lot of respect for the spirit of the object. The execution is just really fine. There's great detail, but a lot of simplicity as well."
Smith, who is a personal friend of Hawkins and owns eight of her paintings, said that when she and her husband walked into the gallery, one painting had an immediate impact on them. They drifted around looking at other paintings, but, after an hour, they returned to the original one and purchased it
DEB SMITH, a private art collector who bought one of the paintings at the opening reception April 8, said. "This is going
it.
"It is the sort of thing that you want to live with," she said.
"There's a lot of humor in some of those paintings — a mixture of serenity, too."
mRX Hawkins said she started painting socks because they were interested in
"They were right in front of my eyes." she said. "It was something that evoked a lot of things."
HAWKINS WOULD not say what her paintings meant to her, saying if she outlined the significance they had for her, then people would think that was what they should mean to them.
People should look at art and decide what they receive from it, she said. A work may have significance for some people and none for others.
Pike said, "Art is very personal. Obviously they will miss the mark with some, but Barbara has a very loyal fan club in this area.
"Barbara has won many awards both regionally and nationally, so she is an established artist. People traveling through can't believe there are artists of this quality in Kansas."
and her work was included in Watercolor USA, a top national show.
Last month, Hawkins took third place in Kansas Three, the only state-wide visual arts competition, for a charcoal drawing titled, "Socks," Pike said. In the past three years, she won the top prize in a three state watercolor competition.
THE 18-PIECE exhibit at Kellas Gallery, which is open from noon to 5 p.m. and can be seen through May 7, features various formations of socks, one arrangement of multiple colored items in front of a window, and some common kitchen items. Most are watercolors, and two are lithographs.
On opening night of the exhibit, the gallery sold four of the paintings, which ranged in price from $200 to $700.
painting, which range up to
One of Hawkins' lithographs, called "Leaping Socks," shows two socks jumping through the air, trailed by motion lines, above a drab pile of their brothers.
Pike said, "Obviously, light and color and the composition is very important to her."
Hawkins said, "I never have done everything I wanted to do in watercolors, so I keep doing it. It's really addictive and really thrilling. I feel like I've just started."
HAVE A VOICE!!! Let Your Opinions Be Known
Before you is a proposal for a $15 three year campus privilege fee to supplement academic services at KU in three areas: library acquisitions, academic computing, and instructional equipment.
Take the time to learn about this fee and make an informed decision in a referendum vote on April 11 and 12.
Ballot boxes will be located in front of the Kansas Union, in the back of Summerfield Hall, east of Lindley Hall, and in front of Wescoe from 8:30 to 4:30 on each day.
REFERENDUM BALLOT
SHALL THE FOLLOWING PETITION BE PASSED:
BE IT FURTHER PETITIONED that the Vice-Chancellor of Academic Affairs in conjunction with the Executive Vice-Chancellor, determine the manner in which this fee should be allocated.
THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS STUDENT BODY respectfully petition the Vice-Chancellor of Academic Affairs and the Vice-Chancellor of Student Affairs, the Chancellor, and the Board of Regents to establish a $15 fee in Campus Privilege Fees for Academic Services.
BE IT FURTHER PETITIONED that this fee automatically be removed after three years, Fiscal Year 1986.
BE IT FURTHER PETITIONED that the Student Body believes it would be inequitable to tax law students a second time to pay for general academic services, and hereby requests that law students be exempt from the $15 general academic services fee.
BE IT FURTHER PETITIONED that Student Senate shall be presented with a yearly breakdown of how the fee has been allocated.
YES
Funded by Student Activity Fee.
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