Wednesday, December 3, 1997
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 5
Building scenes for theater challenges production crew
Rainfall damages some scene pieces during weekend
David Wanner, scene-shop manager, sits in a cage he built for the opera "Die Fled ermaus." The opera will be produced during the first week of February. Photo by Auaushus Anthony Piazza/Kansan
Jennifer A. Yeoman
jyeoman@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
What they don't see is the team of 20 students and 7 program assistants who spend three to six weeks setting the scenes for the twelve stage productions each year.
David Wanner, scene-shop manager, oversees the assembly of all sets and the people who build the sets. Wanner began working for the University in August of 1996. Since then, he has built sets for 15 shows.
"I don't think that people understand how much time it takes to build a set," Wanner said. "The audience walks in, and they see the stage set, and they don't think about all of the time it takes to put them together."
During the semester, Wanner and his crew may work on three or four productions at a time.
Wanner said that the "Bus Stop" set was difficult to build because it is a traveling show and that the set had to be broken down into small pieces.
Parts of the set were ruined this weekend. Rain seeped through the roof of the Crafton-Preyer Theatre, destroying some of the pieces that were sitting on the stage.
"The set sat in water over the weekend," he said. "Parts of it will need to be repainted."
The leaking ceiling also has meant that Wanner and his crew
Wanner said that the set for "Die Fledermaus" would be difficult to build because everything was in such large scale.
are not able to work on the set for "Die Fleddermaus," an opera that will open in February. Wanner said that the set for the opera would be completed on schedule despite the current situation.
Wanner said that
the end result was worth all of the problems.
"It's neat to see things go from paper to being built. I get to see the rewards of our efforts pretty quickly."
KJHK auction promises variety
By Corrie Moore
by Corte Moore
cmoore@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
KJHK radio is having its annual Holiday Gift Auction at 7 tonight in the Kansas Union Ballroom to raise money for the station's operating expenses.
THE HAWK
KJHX
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Gary Hawke, the station's general manager, said workers at KJHK and students enrolled in Journalism 649, Media Sales, started working on the auction at the beginning of the semester. They have collected more than $20,000 worth of merchandise donated from companies, Hawke said.
There are about 130 items being auctioned, including Dr. Martens shoes donated by Footprints, computer software donated by Graham's Computers, Lawrence Athletic Club memberships, an
acoustic guitar, a saxophone and original glassware from Free State Glass.
Jay Black, Leavenworth graduate student and graduate teaching assistant for KJHK, said that this was the most merchandise KJHK had raised in the eight years it had sponsored the auction.
"There's literally something for everybody," Black said.
with some items as high as $600.
In the past, KJHK has raised as much as $8,000 from the auction.
Hawk said that 25 students were working on the auction. The 13 students from the media sales class would get a percentage of their grade from the amount of merchandise they had gathered for the auction.
Hawke said the auction should last about three hours. Merchandise starts at a retail price of $40
"I have really high expectations," said David Lichius, Overland Park senior, who is enrolled in the class and is production director for KJHK. "We have a lot of really cool stuff."
Black said that in the past, many people have come to the auction from the Lawrence community. He said he hoped KU students would take advantage of the inexpensive items this year.
"This year it looks like it's going to be the biggest one we've ever had," Black said.
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