2B • THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
ENTERTAINMENT
THURSDAY,SEPT.20,2001
HOROSCOPES
Today's Birthday (Sept. 20). The more you learn this year, the more you'll outgrow your old rut. It was fine for a while, but it will start to feel confining. This is just as it should be. You will wiggle free, hopefully without too much trauma. Keep studying a subject you love passionately. That's what it takes to become a master of your craft.
Aries (March 21-April 19). Today is a 6.
There's more work, but where's the extra money? Not getting it yet? Don't worry. This is called "paying dues." Influential people are watching, and they will be impressed if you can stay on top of things.
Taurus (April 20-May 20). Today is an 8.
You should know what you want by now, so
how are you going to get it? This isn't about the
simple, everyday stuff. It's about the impossible
stuff. Choose a good partner and start working
on a plan.
**temini (May 21* - June 21) Today is a 6.**
Postpone your dreams of travel and adventure until the weekend. Now is when you should be doing the work and stashing away the funds to pay for your excursion.
Cancer (June 22-July 22). Today is an 8. Conditions are still excellent for romance, but conditions aren't very good for spending money. Entertaining at your place helps keep costs down. Using candles lowers your electric bill.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22). Today is a 6.
Do your planning and imagine what problems you'll encounter. This takes time, but it also conserves resources and energy. People think you never fail, and this is why.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Today is an 8. You're heading into a four-week phase where you can really rake in the bucks. But first comes the planning. Well, not actually first, because you're already under way with that, and it's not going to stop. Dig in.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct 22) - Today is a 7 - How long has it been since you asked for a raise? Do you deserve one? Can you prove it? You might be able to convince the boss.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) - Today is an 8-1 if something about your home isn't right, you don't need to put up with it any more. A friend will help you change it. You don't have to wait until the weekend, either. You can do it tonight. It'll be fun.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Today is a 6.
Do you ever feel if people are plotting behind your back? People love the fact that you're direct and honest, and you expect them to be the same way. Most of them are, but keep quiet about a delicate subject anyway.
LINDSEY MURRELL/KANSAN
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Today is a 7. You and your friends are coming up with some great ideas. Not all of them will work, but when you get your creative juices flowing, you're bound to think of some that will. The more you do it, the better you will get.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Today is a 7.
Best not to bring up a disagreement you've had with an authority figure. Save it for next week unless you've asked for your opinion. And even if that happens, stall.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20). Today is a 9. You ought to get the day off for good behavior. You're too happy to work. Luckily, the job looks easy now. Hang around the person you would most like to have fall in love with you. It could happen.
Actress captures essence of character in new University Theatre production
By Chris Wristen Kansan senior staff writer
Amber McIntosh Peabody senior, plays the lead role of Lily in Butterfly Kiss, which opens at 7:30 tonight at the Inge Theater in Murphy Hall.
She seems too happy to have coped with the death of a mother while her father sought a new love interest or to have been an underappreciated secretary who was betrayed by her superiors. That's because both of those experiences were only fictional acts she performed on stage in University Theatre productions. But McIntosh has the ability to make the acts seem real.
From just meeting her you wouldn't believe some of the things Amber McIntosh has experienced.
"She's very good at wearing her heart on her sleeve," said Lloyd Bolick, a December 2000 University of Kansas graduate who acted alongside McIntosh in a King Lear skit before she had auditioned at the University Theatre.
"She's one of those people who can go out and do things and have it be totally believable," he said. "That's what you're looking for in an actor. Every moment is real and you totally believe that she is in that character's state."
Mcintosh, a senior theater major from Peabody, brings that realism to another character in Butterfly Kiss, which opens tonight at the Inge Theatre in Murphy Hall.
She plays Lily, a woman who has been mentally and sexually abused and is eventually driven to murder. It's the most difficult role she's ever had, McIntosh said, because of the complexity of her character and the constant abuse Lily experiences.
"It's a woman who is very much like a lot of people that are in our society who have been abused," McIntosh said. "A lot of people tend not to acknowledge that they have been abused — they tend to not talk about those issues.
"It's going to affect people," she said. "The characters are very,very realistic; very realistic to people
that you know, especially those that have been through abuse."
Megan Shea, director of Butterfly Kiss, said it was important to bring these issues to the audience's attention, and she said McIntosh was the right person to do that.
"If I chose someone who seemed like they were different from the audience to play the role, then this play wouldn't work as
well," Shea said. "The fact that Amber has this strikingly sweet quality up front and gives the idea that there so much emotion inside her; it works really well with the character."
John Gronbeck-Tedesco directed McIntosh in Temptation last spring. He said audiences could be captivated by her ability to depict complex characters.
"There's more to her than meets
the eye, and she conveys that sense on stage," he said. "She very often has that girl-next-door quality, but at the same time there's also a sense that she's very much more complicated.
“She has a peaches and cream appearance, a Norman Rockwell face, but inside there more to it than simply what you see is what you get.”
If you look beneath her light-up-the-room smile, glowing eyes and sincere voice, you will see a confident woman with a heart of gold and a desire to touch people's lives.
Her theater experiences have prepared her for the future and helped her understand the type of people she would like to help.
She has played characters on stage who are troubled by real world issues and plans to use her theater skills to work with troubled teenagers.
"For the longest, longest time I really wanted to do social work," McIntosh said. "I want to use theater technique to work with people in society. I think my complete fulfillment in life will be to take everything I've learned about society and humanity and give that to other people."
That's a goal that she shouldn't have any trouble accomplishing, Bolick said. McIntosh is too disciplined and too dedicated to possibly fail, he said.
"She's one of the most unabashedly, unreservedly positive people I've ever met in my life," Bolick said. "Any sort of injustice kind of thing that comes along her scope, she doesn't let it get her down. She still chooses to be positive.
"She's not one of those people who just goes through the motions," he said. "She wants to be a positive person and in spite of anything she refuses to give in. I have high hopes for Amber McIntosh."
Contact Wristen at 864-4810
'The Taffetas' opens theater's 25th season
By Donovan Atkinson Jayplay writer
The Lawrence Community Theatre is kicking off its 25th season, which includes a series of well-known, popular shows, by looking to the past.
Opening the season is the nostalgic musical revue The Taffetas. The show, conceived by Rick Lewis, is a mock biography of a fictional girl group making its television debut in the 1950s. Actresses Kelli Berry, Kristin Dempsey, Mia Goldsmith and Heather Miller play sisters from Muncie, Ind., who sing songs from the '50s such
as "Mr. Sandman," "Old Cape Cod" and "Where the Boys Are." The sisters croon in matching color-coordinated outfits and portray the ideals of poise and wholesomeness.
"It's just a delightful show. It's perfect escapism," said Mary Doveton, managing and artistic director. "And we need escapism after last week."
The four-person show is directed by guest director Terrance McKerrs, who is the producer and artistic director of the Theatre Pub in Topeka. The Taffetas opens Friday, Sept. 28, with performances
Saturday, Sept. 29, Sunday, Sept.
30, Thursday, Oct. 4 through Sunday,
Oct. 7, and Thursday, Oct. 11,
through Sunday, Oct. 14.
As part of the opening for The Taffetas, and for every opening night this season, the Lawrence Community Theatre will hold parties in the Gladys Six Green Room, featuring the works of local artists.
The second show of the season is The Sound of Music by Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein II. Performances of the show are scheduled during the winter holiday season. Auditions for the production, directed by Doveton, will
be at 7 p.m. Sunday and Monday. Children's auditions are from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Callbacks are planned for Tuesday.
Auditions will be held at the Lawrence Community Theatre, 1501 New Hampshire.
For those who are not musically inclined but wish to participate in the show, help is needed for set construction, lighting, costumes and props.
For more information about The Taffetas, call the Community Theatre Box Office at 843-7469.
Contact Atkinson at 864-4810
Kristin's Story
Coming to the Lied Center
Be there Thursday September 20th at 8:00 p.m.
Andrea Cooper brings her daughter's emotional story of acquaintance rape to KU
You won't want to miss this powerful and educational event.
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