"Broadway Aura"
KU Initiates Repertory Group
You don't have to go to Broadway to see good theater any more. Nor does the aspiring actor have to nibble New York hamburgers while waiting for the bit parts to come.
American theater is growing up and spreading out. As it does, opportunity grows for the acting student and the public has more and better theater.
To meet both objectives, KU has established a repertory company.
REPERTORY IS fairly new in American theater, and definitely an innovation for university theater. A repertory company of actors usually travels around, presenting different parts and plays each night of the run.
"A four-night run for one show is just too short. Too many people miss it, and the actors often just begin hitting their peak on closing night," said Jack Brooking of the KU theater staff. He credits the national trend and KU's U.S.O. theater tours of Europe and the Orient with providing an emphasis for KU to try repertory.
"This way we can bring back the best of the season to a wider public. We start with an experienced nucleus of six top students and three of our professional actors in residence, William Kulke, Tom Rea, and Jim Hawes. This core acting company will alternate lead and supporting roles, which is a healthy situation for them. They also will be freer from class loads to tour the state with a repertory of about a week's run." Brooking said.
KU HAS ALWAYS brought in guest and resident actors for the honors theater courses and for
lead roles in major productions. With the repertory company established, KU will bring in more of the technical specialists, in voice and diction, dance and movement, improvisation, lighting and staging. They will observe, teach and assist in training the serious student and in upgrading theater productions for the public.
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"Support of institutions like the Ford Foundation and the Theater
Four Nominated For Model UN
Communications Group has encouraged the idea that for American theater to flourish and grow, the universities must train and feed actors into professional and community residence theaters," Brooking said.
Four persons were nominated last night for the presidency of the KU-Y Model United Nations by the steering committee.
Olson, Topeka junior; and Beverly Wilson, Hutchinson junior.
"A repertory company will provide more rigorous preliminary training, with professional assistance, and will take many shows on the road to reach a wider public."
Receiving nominations were Louis Floyd, Topeka junior; Ruth Hatch, Evansville, Ind., junior; James McNish, Topeka sophomore; and Bob Ward, Wichita sophomore.
The runners-up for the U.N. presidency will be candidates for the post of presiding officer of the security council. Also nominated for this post is Roger Williams, Bartlesville, Okla., sophomore.
The election will be held during the steering committee's first meeting next semester. At the same time, the secretary of the Assembly will be elected. Nominees for this post are Marsha Ebaugh, Lawrence senior; Diane
Dick White, Wakefield, Mass., senior and steering committee chairman, said this is the first year the KU Model U.N. will have a security council. He said plans for it are not yet complete, but the research sub-committee is working on it now.
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