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University Daily Kansan
Thursday, March 4, 1967
Johnny Moonbeam Play To Open for Children
Johnny Moonbeam is nearly ready
That's what can be said after the cast went through the last rehearsal of "Johnny Moonbeam and the Silver Arrow", which opens at 4:30 p.m. today at Murphy Theatre.
TALKING TO Burt Eikleberry, Lawrence graduate student, who fills the only speaking role in the play, that of narrator, said that the only thing to do now is to await the children's reaction.
This University Children's Theatre production is about a 12-year-old Indian boy who has to pass three stern tests before being accepted as a full member of the tribe.
"There are, of course, differences in acting before children and before adults," he said. "The acting has to be more exciting and vivid. But the main difference already lies in the script, which is more direct. It tries to get the children involved and to hold their attention."
Eikleberry said one could not overplay the parts, because the children are used to television and the movies.
THERE WERE some reactions last night, not from children, but from 14 Haskell students, who had come to see how their ancestors were portrayed by today's students.
They had been invited after James Harrington, theatre designer, had asked them for advice concerning the authenticity of his decor. He adapted the teepees and stylized trees from drawings by contemporary Indian artists.
Loretta Iron, Haskell student from Ponca City, Okla., commented after the dress rehearsal that she was struck by the authenticity of the play. "We still have initiation rites in our tribe, and quite a few still believe in various gods, like the Rain-and Firegod in the play."
Kay Bluestone, a Sioux from Minnesota, pointed out that the dance of the witch doctor in the play is very like the ceremonies she has seen at home.
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