Thursday, Sept. 3, 1970
University Daily Kansan
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Productions Slated For Theatre Season
By JONATHAN JORDAN
Thirteen University of Kansas theatre productions will be staged during the 1970-'71 season, Thomas Rea, professor of speech and drama, said Tuesday. Two productions from the 1970 summer season will also have return engagements.
Six productions will be presented in the Experimental Theatre. Five will be regular productions and two will be in the Children's Theatre series.
The first two productions, "Luv" and "The Miracle Worker" are from the 1970 summer series. "Luv," by Murry Schisgal, is a light comedy centering on the three-sided love affair of its improbable characters. It will be performed Sept. 4 and 5.
"The Miracle Worker," by William Gibson, will be performed in the Experimental Theatre Sept. 1-12. It deals with the education of Helen Keller, a blind, deaf mute, and her teacher, Anne Sullivan.
The first major production will be "The Man of La Mancha" by Dale Wasserman. It will be performed Oct. 9-11 and 16-18. The musical deals with Don Quixote, the errant knight. The play differs from the book by Cervantes in that it opens with Cervantes in jail, Rea said. The play, which questions reality, is also lacking the political comment present in Cervantes' book.
The first productions in the Experimental Theatre Series are two original scripts written by KU student playwrights. The scripts, entitled "Metamorphosis" and "Marshal McLuanph What're Ya Do'in?" will be performed on Sept. 30-Oct. 3.
"Vanished at Dawn" is the second Experimental Theatre production. It is a new play, written by Seiichi Yashiro. It was translated from the Japanese by Andrew Tsubaki, professor of the speech and drama. The play.
SUA Sponsors Varied Events
Student Union Activities (SUA) has announced plans for events which the organization will sponsor during the 1970-71 school year, according to Eric Matzedec, Leavenworth junior and SUA publicity chairman.
"Civilisation," a series of 13 52-minute color films, will begin tonight at 6:45 in Woodruff Auditorium. The series presents a view of the major events and ideas proffered by Western Man during the past 1600 years.
The films will be shown every Thursday evening except for Oct. 22 and Nov. 26. Admission is free. Matzedec said the series would be of special interest to humanities and Western Civilization students.
The Picture Lending Library opens today. Students may subscribe for 75 cents. Information concerning the types of pictures to be lent and library rules may be obtained in the SUA office on the first floor of the Kansas Union.
Memberships in the KU Film Society for both the Popular and Classical series are now on sale in the SUA office. The Popular Film Series prices are $5 per semester or $9 yearly. The Classical Film Series is $5 per semester.
Plans have been made for the redecoration of the Kansas Union main floor, Matzedec said. The present travel center will be expanded to give better service to student travelers.
SUA will sponsor an original print sale with prices of prints ranging from $3 to $2000.
Tentative student tours have been scheduled for Thanksgiving in Vail, Colo., semester break in Mexico and spring break in New Orleans.
which will be performed on Oct. 21-24 and 26-31, gives a Japanese view of Christianity.
"Indians" by Arthur Kopit, will be performed December 4-6 and 10-11. It is a satire on the treatment of the Indians in the United States. "Indians" was a smash hit in New York.
"Black Comedy" by Peter Shaffer, a young Englishman, will be performed Feb. 10-12 and 18-19. The setting of "Black Comedy" is an apartment house in which the electricity has gone out. Although the stage is fully lighted the actors appear to be in total darkness.
"Lysistrata," by Aristophanes, is part of the major series. It is an early Greek anti-war play in which the women go on a sex strike until the men stop fighting. Needless to say, it is a comedy. It will play March 19-20 and 26-28.
The Experimental Theatre also has a play dealing with war. Written by Peter Ustinov, "The Unknown Soldier and His Wife" deals with war through the ages. It will be performed November 12-15, 17-18 and 20-22.
The Experimental Theatre will present a rock musical "Sun, Son," a rock musical by Bill Russel will appear on January 27-30 and February 1-2 and 4-6 in Experimental Theatre.
The final production of the season, an opera entitled "Dialogues of the Carmelites" by the French author Francis Poulenc, will be produced April 16-18 and 23-24. "The Oresteia" by Aeschylus will be performed April 1-10.
Ensemble Gives 2nd KU Concert
The New York Rock Ensemble, a group noted for its ability to combine rock and classical music, will make its second appearance at KU Sept. 12 in Hoch auditorium.
The group comprises three graduates of the Julliard School of Music and one hard rock musician. During the last three years, the Rock Ensemble has performed hundreds of concerts, including an appearance at the 1970 KU Festival of the Arts.
The Ensemble's newest album, "Roll Over," has recently been released on the Columbia label.
The effect of the two schools of training in the group is to permeate each piece with elements of both the sensitivity of classical music and the hard driving vibrations of the rock idiom.
Tickets for the concert are available at the SUA office, the SUA Information Booth, Kief's, The Sound, Richardson's and Bill's. Prices range from $1.50 to $2.50.
People of all ages take interest in household items bearing designs from "The World of Peter Max," on exhibit through Sept. 28.
arts & reviews
CLINT EASTWOOD
TELLY SAVALAS
DON RICKLESS
CARROLL O'CONNOR
and
DONALD SUTHERLAND
Now Showing
Mat. Sat. & Sun.
2:30
Evening
7:15 & 9:55
Granada
THEATRE...Telephone VI3-5788
POPULAR FILM SERIES
Woodruff Auditorium, Kansas Union
7 & 9:30 p.m.—Fridays and Saturdays
Admission 60c
Aug. 28 & 29—COOL HAND LUKE
Southern
Sept. 4 & 5—SAND PEBBLES
One showing only at 7 p.m.
Steve McQueen
Sept. 11 & 12 — BYE BYE BRAVEMAN
George Seal, Grady Court
Sept. 18 & 19—RACHEL, RACHEL
Cambridge
Julie Christie, George C. Scott Richard Lester, director
Paul Newman, director
Sent. 25 - 26 BETHEL
Aviation Center, director
Oct. 2 & 3—THE GRADUATE
Oct. 2 & 3 - THE INSTITUTE
Dustin Hoffman, Ann Boncroft,
Katharine Ross
Oct. 9 & 10 - CHARGE OF THE LIGHT
Trevor Howard, Vanessa Redagar
Oct. 16 & 17—THE TREASURE OF SIERRA MADRE
Oct. 30 & 31 - ROSEMARY'S BABY
Mia Farrow, John Cassavontes.
Mia Farrow, John Cassavantes
Roman Polanski, director
Nov. 6 G & 7----400 BLOW5 (France,1959)
Francois Truffaut, director
Nov. 14-Jul. 30, 2018
Nov 13 & 14 — THE LIONHUNTER
Peter O'Toole, Kottiron Herberson
Peter O'Tole, Kathine Hepburn
Nov. 20 & 21 — MARAT/SADE
10.20 G 2-1 MARAK SADE
Patrick Magee, Ian Richardson
Dec. 4 & 5—POPI
Dec. 4 & 5—POPI
Alan Aron, Rita Moreno
KRIN, Kita Moreno
Dec. 11 BILL & C. W. FIELDS DOUBLE BELL 11
The Bank Dick and Mississippi
CLIP OUT AND SAVE
--by Murray Schisgal
THE MARISLU PRODUCTION COMPANY presents
SIDNEY POITIER MARTIN LANDAU
A WALTER MIRISCH
PRODUCTION
COLOR by Deluxe
United Artists
Mat. DAILY 2:30
Eve. 7:15 - 9:25
GP
Varsity
THEATRE ... Telephone VI3-1065
From the 1970 Summer Season THE UNIVERSITY THEATRE presents A Return Engagement of The Broadway Comedy Hi
LUV
If you missed it this summer, you have another chance this fall. If you saw it this summer,you're bound to see it again! You'll "luv" it!
Sept. 4 and 5 University Theatre Main Stage一Murphy Hall
8:20 p.m.
$1.50
UN 4-3982
No Reserved Seats
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