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University Daily Kansan
Revised Rock Chalk debuts
A smoother performance and a more predominant air of professionalism should boost the sinking attendance to Rock Chalk in recent years.
"The Greatest Show on Earth—Revisited or Revised" may prove to be the greatest show on campus today. Rock Chalk will perform on Saturday and Saturday at 8 p.m. Rock Auditorium.
"We believe there are four better skirts in Rock Chalk this year than in the past few years," Greg Kiper, Downs senior and producer, said recently. "Usually there are only one or two really good skirts that are competing for the awards."
Sheri Baldwin, Hutchison sophomore and assistant producer, said she thought having four good skills would help her to make the show more appealing to the community, she said.
"We're pushing for family entertainment," Baldwin said. "In past years, the performances got too risqué, and they frustrated from about 450 people to 3,500 last year."
Better organization also should lead to a better effective performance for the revue, a 28-year-old actress who has initiated several new ideas this year to get a more professional result.
Members of the committee offered more personal assistance in the preliminary stages of script writing for the 10 groups that entered the competition, Kiper said.
"We acted as helpmates," Kiper said. "Sometimes groups get burned out and don't know what is funny or good about their script."
Baldwin said that by giving outside criticism, duplication of lines and characters from one skit to the next was eliminated in the early stages.
This year, all groups including the six students who weren't accepted got back their suits.
"Now the groups will know how to change and they won't get in a rut." Kuiper said.
these people have to work around a tremendous obstacle because of the number of people that want to get involved, she said. This caused a general lack of organization.
rms year, the committee also gave more help to residence hall groups, Baldwain said.
More independent are getting involved because they are realizing Rock Chalk isn't just for Greeks. Kiper said, However, he he has been asked to become a general student performance.
This year a co-op was formed to cut expenses for individual groups, Baldwin said. Most groups spend about $1,000 and then receive a $200 rebate after the show. This year groups have received discounts of from 10 to 40 per cent on all materials.
Improvement of the more technical aspects of the show has also been a goal of the company.
"We plan to have a better sound system this year," Kiper said. "We will be using more University equipment than in the past and better trained people operate it."
closely on the lighting and sound for the individual group skits so that they will be more satisfied with their results, Kiper said.
Timing of the show will be planned to the second, he said, and should result in a two-and-a-half-hour show instead of the traditional three-and-a-half-hour show.
Saturday night the audience won't have to wait the normal 30 to 45 minutes for announcement of the awards, Baldwin said. Actual tabulation should take only 10 to 15 minutes because of a new method, she said. The judging criteria will be more extensive and give more clarity to so that the judges will know what to look for in judging the skits, she said.
For each performance, five different persons, to remain anonymous, will judge
A surprise ending is in store, and there will be constant entertainment instead of just music while the audience is waiting, Baldwin said.
Original one-acts to premiere tonight
By ANGELA POTHETES Kansan Staff Reporter
Three original one acts written by University of Kansas graduate students will premiere at 8 tonight in William Inge Memorial Theatre.
The plays, which will be shown through
two directors directed by a senior one and
a graduate student.
"Layaways," written by Eric Anderson, McPhrson graduate student, is directed by J. L. McCure, Lawrence graduate student. McClure also wrote "Frugal Repast," directed by Stewart Hawk Wichita senior writer. David Gansel wrote written by Gene Pinder, Lawrence graduate student, and is directed by Mary Jane Sisk, Lawrence graduate student.
The shows have no intentional thematic connection, McClure said Monday. They have been arranged according to length, and move from the real in "Layaways" to the stylistic in "Frugal Repast" to the farcical in "Cancer Dancer," he said.
"Layaways" is a 35-minute show about
relationships can become boring
popular with teenagers.
Jay, played by Bill Sine. Florisant, Mo., sophomore, is a young medical intern who is married to Cath, played by Cath Leonard, Lawrence graduate student. Cath financially supports the two of them. She is restless and bored until one night when she gets a phone call from an old lover, Lane, named Rusk Barsushki, Kansas City, Kan., junior.
The play is the story of what happens to investigate their relationship, McClure's notes.
THE A/TNA COLLEGE PLAN IS DIFFERENT-
"The playwright has said it's a common situation handled in a common way." *M.W.*
*Oscar Wilde*.
The medical profession is represented by a 16-year-old candy striper, played by
Melodie Bucher, Bern freshman and Dr.
Michael Nelson, Michael McPherson
scholar.
Wendy, the candy striper, represents the innocent conscience of the son, Sisk said, and Gates is the kind of man who preserves brains in children so he can conduct research for grants.
Rose, played by Nancy Opel, Leawed freshman, has an average relationship with her son, played by Chuck Smith, Great Bend sophomore.
The second show, "Frugal Repast," the second relationship of a dissatisfied company.
The play studies the relationships that foster, a cancer victim, has with her family.
The clergy is represented by Father Little, played by Charles Brown, Clay
It is a tragic force. Sisk aid, dealing with
their victim, the victim, his family
and society, must go.
The play is about the futility of today's
relationships, and fear that their relationship won't last.
Little wears a face mask so he won't get germs, Sikai said. He is interested in getting vaccinated.
"Frugal Repast" will last 25 minutes, Hawk said.
In a lush tropical atmosphere, Christine, played by Janet Kearney, Olathe sophomore, looks for a new relationship. The men in her life are Phillip, played by Edward, played by Stephen Park junior, and Edward, played by Stephen Rose, Overland park freshman.
Assistant directors for the shows are Jane Frazier, Winfield graduate student, "Layaway's"; Janet Taylor, Shawnee Mission freshman, "Fragal Repeat"; and Lee Knox, Kansas City, Kan, sophomore, "Cancer Dancer."
"Cancer Dancer," running 45 minutes, is the third and longest of the shows.
Each show had its own set designer, but costumes and lighting were done by one team.
Costumes were designed by Suzanne Keeler, Lawrence graduate student, and Ed Kirkman, Lawrence junior, designed the costume. A graduate student, is the stage manager.
The "Layaways" set was designed by Jeff Fisher, Prairieway's park junior. Terry O'Rigan, Leavenworth junior, designed the set for "Fragal Repast," and Marilyn Johnson, Topea junior, designed the set for "Cancer Dancer."
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