University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, October 16, 1991
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Hillel play treats growing up with humor
By Rochelle Olson Kansan staff writer
Five weeks of rehearsals and months of anticipation will culminate tomorrow night when the curtain rises for a production of "Isn't It Romantic?"
The play, written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Wendy Wasserstein, is the first to be produced exclusively by KU students of Hillel.
The production was made possible when Hillel was awarded $2,000 after Kevin Eberman, last year's Hilliell president, applied for a grant from the Hilliell Foundation's Irving and Sarah Pitt Institute for Student Leadership.
The play is about Janie Blumberg, a young woman coming to terms with the direction she wants her life to take, he said.
Amy Steinhaus, Los Angeles freshman plays Janie.
Eberman, who still is attending KU, is producing the play. He oversees a cast of nine students and a production staff of 15.
"I like this character," Steinhaus said. "We have the same attitudes about life. She never says what she wants, and I'm kind of like that, too."
She said she thought the play was not good and would appeal to most students.
It 's about growing up, being independent and making your own choice.
Anna Jaffe, Overland Park junior,
who also is in the play, agreed.
"Allthough Janie is a Jewish character, it deals with a lot of issues that all of us are going to face when we get out of school," Jaffe said.
She said the lead characters struggled with the concept of whether to please themselves or their parents.
Jay Lewis, Prairie Village junior,
has a nice bicep of serious
issues and humility.
"It's got a lot of good lines," said Lewis, who plays Janie's father.
However, he said he was not worried about playing a character who was more than 20 years older than himself.
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"I'm playing a 45-year-old Jewish father," Lewis said. "During the summers, I live with a 45-year-old Jewish father. So, I figure the first 20 years of my life were spent studying for the part."
He said the two- to three-hour
Kim Sanders, Amy Steinhaus and Ja rehearsals five nights a week were worth it.
"The whole process has been a lot of fun," Lewis said. "It's nice to begin my
Lewis Sturm in RIT Romantic tomorrow and Saturday at the Lawrence Arts Center, 200 W. Ninth St. Tickets, which cost $3 for students and $5 for non-students, are available at SUA box office and the Hiliel office.
The play is scheduled at 8 p.m.
Renovation of old factory hinges on new agreement
By Heather Anderson
Kansas staff writer
A compromise was made last night that could allow two local men to continue renovation on a piece of property west of the Lawrence Riverfront Plaza even though they do not have enough money for the project.
The Lawrence City Commission instructed the men, Mike Elwell and Ron Miller, to work with city attorney Geraid Cooley and draw up a plan they would modify an agreement the two parties made six months ago.
The proposal could give Elwell and Miller two years to make structural improvements to the building, a vacant factory that has been owned by a barbed wire company and the Lawrence Paper Co.
The men plan to convert the building and include in it food vendors, office space and art galleries. They expect renovation to be completed in less than four years.
Last night's proposal would not require them to put $560,000,the
estimated cost of the renovation, in escrow.
At the end of the two-year period, the city would have the option to take back the building if specified and improvements had not been made.
The city attorney and the two men plan to work on the proposal this week, and the commission plans to review it next week.
The commission decided in April that if the men put the money in escrow, they could lease the building from the Chelsea Group, a real estate developer that developed the Riverfront Plaza.
Elwell and Miller asked the commission to modify the decision because they said they did not have the money.
Ewell said he and his partner were serious about the project because they already had spent a lot of time in improvements on the old factory.
Cooley warned the city that just because it would like the building remodeled, the men should not be allowed to avoid scrow.
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