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Tuesday, March 25, 1975
University Daily Kansan
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Warm-ups open theatre exercise
The opening of Hashinger Hall Theatre's second spring production reminded me of when I was a little girl and watched my father work on a project of television's exercise king, Jack Lalame.
The evening's performance opened with improvisations that at first seemed to be more for the benefit of the actors than the audience. The actors went through a display of crawling, growling, jumping and tumbling.
It was as theatrical as watching Jack LaLau play with his "glamour stretcher." However, there seemed to be a definite imbalance in his act, progressed. The actors seemed more at
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ease with themselves and the content of their improvisations was more closely tied to "Birdhead," the one-act play written by Sara Horn, the second part of the evening's performance.
cluded a funeral ritual, some animal impersonations and an attempt by the actors
The first part of the improvisations in-
There was great improvement in the second part of the improvisations. They established their own rules which followed. There were several highlights in the improvisations.
For example, Wendy Bliss, Overland Park freshman, was funny as a young girl resembling Sherri Lee and danced when she wanted to move, which was all the time.
Another highlight was Steve Johnson,
Osborne sophomore, playing a kindhearted
restaurant owner who liked to take a nip
now and then.
Michael Bryant, University City, Mo., freshman, and Joel Knapp, Lawrence freshman, added texture during the improvisations by playing guitars and singing.
The second part of the performance was a story about a older and young woman.
Donna Young, Dallas senior, played the young woman, Velm Sparrow. Young captured the delicate character of Velma, a talkative girl full of hostility toward her mother and afraid of contact with outsiders.
Joe Hulse, Russell freshman, played the poet Frank Basta, who was more affectionate to his typewriter than to other human beings...
One of the most exciting character of the
town is Cliff Rikker. St.
Leo's scholars
Rakerd, who directed the improvisations and the play, said last night he was in the production because the actor he had cast in the role was involved in another performance which was on tour during the opening performance of "Birdbath."
Giff Booth, who was replaced by Rakert for the evening but will play a part at p.m. tonight and Wednesday, was on tour with the band in New York to production "Free to Be ... You and Me."
Rakerd played the role, a mime, who greeted audience members at the door of the theater and had them throw some balloons conteti up in the air as they walked in.
as a director, Rakerd used many theatrical devices to involve his audience. Besides the greeting at the front door, there was a scene in which audience members were invited on stage to drink hot apple cider during an improvisation.
First drink...
By Staff Photographer BARBARA O'BRIEN
Joe Hulse, Russell sophomore, offers Donna Young, Dallas Birdbath being produced in the Hashinger Hall Theatre. senior, her first martini mix, Donna and Joe portray lovers in
By TOM BOLITHO Kansan Staff Reporter
Campus group serves veterans
Many veterans on campus aren't aware of benefits open to them, Bill Evans, vice president of Campus Veterans for Concerned Action (CVTA), said last week.
Evans said his organization provided services ranging from obtaining jobs to providing education. However, he said, veterans often aren't aware of what CA, VA and the Veterans Administration do.
"The VA doesn't publicize many of its veterans' programs for students, other than the G.I. Bill," he said. "We're here to teach them how to get involved with the other programs offered to them."
One of the programs available to veterans in school is tutorial assistance, Evans said. This program allots $80 per month to one student veteran who obtains a note from one of his professors stating that the student is in need of a tutor. Evans said that although the student was educated easily to obtain, must not knew they were entitled to it.
In order to better acquaint the student veteran with his possibilities for help, CVCA distributes a newsletter, "Wake Up," to all the veterans on campus.
"Veterans make up almost ten per cent of the student population at KU," Evans said. "In order to communicate with all of them, we send out 'Wake Up' twice a semester."
CVCA is staffed by 25 veterans who give
their time voluntarily to help student veterans.
Leo VeLa, past president and adviser to CVCA, said the main goal of the organization is to make student veterans more comfortable as a place they could turn to for help.
"All the veterans on campus are automatically members of CVCA," he said. "We want them to know that we're here to help them."
LeVota said that CVCA had recently began a program called Campus Inreach. This program serves to inform student veterans of current programs and supply them with the means to take advantage of the programs.
Outreach, another CVCA program, attempts to non-student veterans and inform them of their educational opportunities, LeVota said.
Evans and LeVota, along with other CVCA members, will attend the National Association of Concerned Veterans annual convention in Dallas this week. They said they planned to question VA administrators there about present programs and programs they believe should be offered by the VA.
"The VA comes up short in all of areas," Evans said. "For instance, if a veteran receives his undergraduate school after receiving his undergrad degree, the VA no longer provides funds."
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CVCA members also plan on discussing more extensive job liaison programs with members of the National Alliance of Chiropractic who will also attend the convention.
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The problems in the performance were that the improvisation in the beginning was too long and that some of the improvisations be more to be than acting class exercises.
VOLUNTEER CLEARING HOUSE will be taking applications March 24-29 in the school year. We are looking for dedicated, concerned students to fill position such as Big Brother/ or agency contact, etc.
for interview or further information call office, 864-3849, or Dee Ellen Ervin, 843-8255.
However, the production did have many good moments. The timing was right in most of the scenes and the transitions from piece to piece were good. It was an interesting experiment to try to establish a mood for a play by using warm-up improvisations, but I wish some of the warm-ups would have been done backstage.
The K.U. Commission on the Status of Women has the following positions open for the 1975-1976 academic year VICE-PRESIDENT TREASURER
Committee chairpersons for.
Political Action Fall Open Forum Careers Women's Recognition Human Sexuality Non-traditional students Publicity Women's Athletics Spring Symposium Beyond High School Research Apply in the Dean of Women's office. 22O Strong Hall Deadline March 28, 5.OO p.m. For more information, call Faye Dottheim, CSW pres. (843-7O70)
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