Drama replaces football
Goff still enjoys first night
By JACKI CAMPBELL
Not tall, but not short. Not fat,
but not thin. Not busy, but not
idle. Not . . . wait a minute . .
did I say not busy? Let me re-
phrase that.
Not tall or short, fat or thin. That is Lewin Goff, director of KU's University Theatre. An average appearing fellow, he is a man bubbling with enthusiasm.
LEWIN GOFF
remarkably happy with his work and evidently proud of the department with which he is involved.
Goff, originally from Oklahoma, came to KU in 1955 with degrees from Oklahoma University and Western Reserve, spending four years in the Air Force between his masters and doctorate degrees.
THE FIELD OF DRAMA first appealed to Goff when he was in high school. Having difficulty in football, he was advised by the family doctor that "his heart beat too fast for such activity." He fell into the world of dramatics.
Easier, perhaps, from a physical standpoint, drama has supplied him with an outlet for his talents and a life filled with excitement.
"The excitement of opening night," he said, "is worth the whole business." When the curtain drops and you know your play is a success, there's nothing like it.
SPEAKING OF different types of drama, Goff said his favorite is "any type other than what I've just done."
No one thing stands out in his mind as being the single, most tremendous event in his career, but many things have made him a man happy with his work.
The building of Murphy Hall primarily for the departments of speech and drama was one important thing. The new professional acting training program being offered by KU is another. First on his list right now, however, is the pending resident professional company, a program to have paid professional actors help others in a learning situation.
"Every year," he said, "some new project keeps life from being dull."
HIS PHILOSOPHY as a teacher of drama is "to be able to adjust and recover." Many playwrights and actors who have
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great talents quit after several defeats because they are unable to recover. To pick oneself up, brush of the disappointments, and begin anew—this is the way to succeed in the world of the theater. New York has many KU graduates selling shoes—waiting for their theatrical break—hoping for success and willing to wait and sacrifice for it.
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He said his personal philosophy is that "life is too short to worry about any insignificant things." His profession helps him keep this outlook. As a director he has the opportunity to be "ecstatic one minute, furious the next," and an hour later may forget that he ever experienced these emotions in the first place.
Golf has been elected to attend the annual National Theater Conference, a national organization composed of 75 American directors. They will meet in New York this Thanksgiving to discuss common theatrical problems.
HE IS ON the Fulbright Committee, helping to select theater students to receive the Fulbright Award, and he has helped select United Servicemen's Organization (USO) participants to provide entertainment overseas.
He is also a candidate for second vice-president of the American Educational Theater Association.
KU has an excellent drama program, he said, "because it offers a wide variety of productions." He also attributes much of its success to the "young, imaginative, energetic staff" that works so hard as a team.
ALSO, THE SUPPORT of KU's administration and the people of Lawrence have helped the theater. "They are so enthusiastic; they care."
He wishes, however, that more students would try to become actively involved with the theater, in all its productions and all its phases. More students should take advantage of the fact
that they can get into theater productions on their KU-ID.
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The dramatic arts, he said, are steadily gaining universal respect. A few years ago, one had to mumbe that his main interest was acting. Now he can shout it and people listen. What's more—they are impressed!
A musical, a masquerade ball and a lecture will be featured on the Hill this weekend. These activities are being sponsored by the India Club, International Club and African Club, respectively.
Union information desk and Saturday night at Hoch.
"Gumrah" (The Lost Ones), a famous Indian musical ill, will be shown at 7 p.m., Saturday, in Hach Auditorium. Critics from India consider it one of India's best musicals. Tickets cost $3.75 and are being sold at the Kansas
A Halloween masquerade ball will take place in the Kansas Union Ballroom at 8:30 Saturday night.
Films, slides and a lecture by Farouk Saad, a KU student from Sudan, will be featured in the Kansas Union Forum Room tonight at 7:30. The topic to be discussed is the October revolution in Sudan.
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