4A ENTERTAINMENT THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN THURSDAY OCTOBER Conceptis SudoKu 9 4 2 1 3 9 2 8 9 7 6 2 4 5 6 1 2 1 8 7 6 9 1 7 4 7 9 2 10/02 Difficulty Level ★★★ Answer to previous puzzle | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 9 | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 8 | | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 5 | | 8 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 6 | | 4 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 | | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 1 | | 6 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | Difficulty Level ★★★ WORKING TITLE Sara Mac Act 1: Comedy and affairs French play from 1907 highlights couples' infidelity Allison Richardson/KANSAN THEATER Chandra Hopkins, Cornelia, Ga., graduate student, snarls as character Raymonde Chandebeise, while Cali Gilman, Olathe senior, who plays Lucienne Homenides de Histangua, listens. Hopkins and Gilman play lead roles in the play "A Flea in Her Ear." The play's first performance will be Oct. 3 in the Crafton-Preyer Theater in Murphy Hall. BY BRANDY ENTSINGER bentmings@kansan.com Fast-paced comedy and provocative romantic entanglements set the scene for a spoof on sex in Georges Feydeau's 1907 French farce, "A Flea in Her Ear." The University Theatre will perform an updated version of the comedy beginning tomorrow night. Jack Wright, professor of theatre and film, directed the show and said it would appeal to students because it showed the trouble couples could get into. "You wouldn't think anything written in 1907 could be so provocative," Holden said. Spencer Holdren, Topea senior, said students would be surprised at how contemporary many of the themes in the show were. The plot centers on a group of couples who are having affairs. The comedy arises because the couples are always discovered before the affairs are consummated. Cali Gilman, Olathe senior, said students would be entertained by all of the immuendos and situations the characters found themselves in. Holden even appears on stage wearing nothing but boxers and socks. "This is a very silly sex farce that will keep people laughing at all the outrageous events going on, one on top of the other," Gilman said. A farce relies heavily on timing. The timing in "A Flea in Her Ear" has to be perfect because every action and line in the show is followed immediately by another action or line. Although the situations on the stage may look chaotic to the audience, Jeff Sears, Overland Park junior, said the cast had to be in control at all times. Holdren said there was no room for the actors to make a blunder. "Any minute mistake has dire consequences." Holdren said. Sears is the only actor who plays two parts in the show — an aristocratic gentleman and a mistreated bellboy. At times, he leaves rehearsals with bruises because he is dragged around the stage by the manager of the Frisky Puss Hotel in his role as bellboy. Sears said switching between the two roles was one of the most challenging parts of the production. The actors must also take the behaviors of the time period and setting into consideration during the show. The set features a false proscenium which is the area of the stage in front of the curtain. Wright said they built the additional scenery to make the scene more realistic. Playwright David Ives wrote the updated translation to the farce. Gilman said the show would introduce students to anew kind of theater. "There's a certain style involved in doing a French play," Wright said. Doors play a part in all of Feydeau's work as well. In "A Flea in Her Ear," there are 274 entrances and exits by the actors. "I think this fast-paced form of comedy challenges what people think theater is and that is an exciting thought," Gilman said. 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