Theatre Plans Play Tour
The University of Kansas Experimental Theatre production of "An American Medley" will have been performed for audiences from Kansas to Iron Curtain countries by the end of the spring semester.
"An American Medley" is a collection of representative songs, dances and play scenes that review American history as reflected in the American theater since 1866. It was compiled by William Kuhke, assistant professor of speech and drama, and Allen Crafton, professor emeritus of speech and drama.
AFTER COMPLETING a tour of Kansas in January and February, the six cast members will spend April and May in Poland, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia and Rumania as participants in a cultural exchange program sponsored by the State Department.
The Kansas tours were organized for the Centennial Committee throughout the state. The performances were presented in Salina, Coffeyville, Garden City, Hutchinson and Great Bend. The
theatrical group also performed for high schools.
"We found wonderfully respondent audiences," Prof. Kuhlke said.
"We are gratified because the audiences were receptive of our purpose which was, not only to entertain, but to instruct," he said.
THE TOUR TO THE FOUR east European countries, starting in April, also will be accompanied by Prof. Kuhlke. In return, six Yugoslavian drama students and their instructor will visit KU this spring to attend classes and present scenes from several productions.
"The six KU cast members are sacrificing one semester of college work, but they receive credit for the performances in the tour." Prof. Kuhlke said.
The April trip will be the third that the Experimental Theatre has made in the past three years.
Prof. Kuhlke said they have always found very enthusiastic audiences in Rumania and Czechoslovakia, as well as in Yugoslavia and Poland.
"OURS IS A demonstration team whose goal is to visit European performance schools, see how they work and demonstrate our techniques," Prof. Kuhlke said.
The countries behind the Iron Curtain have, according to Prof. Kuhike, highly developed theater arts and they are "very receptive of ours."
"We have encountered empathic audiences who easily identify with the performers," he said
The six cast members are Paul Hough, Topeka junior, Kip Niven, Prairie Village junior, Richard Kelton, Miami, Okla., senior, Brenda Currin, Rockville, Md., bruniar, Ann Runge Glaze, Higginsville, Mo., graduate student, and Mary Linda Rapelye, Kansas City, Mo., senior.
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