Student troupe eyes East Europe tour
KU talent will be demonstrated behind the iron curtain during April and May by six students and one faculty member.
Under the title "Theater USA," a touring company will present scenes from contemporary popular American plays to four nations, said Dr. Robert Hawes, assistant professor of drama at KU. It will be the fourth trip KU
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PARTICIPATING ARE Linda McDonald, Overland Park graduate student, Ken Marsholas, Auburn, Wasa, graduate student, Jack Wright, Massillon, Ohio, graduate student, Kathy Melcher, Newlon junior, Sean Griffin, South Bend, Ind., graduate student, and Sue Tisdall, Winnetka, Ill., junior. Hawes will accompany the troupe.
theater students have made to Eastern Europe.
"Theater USA." the same show presented here in the Experimental Theater last October, will be presented with costumes, a few chairs, a table, and some boxes, he said.
In Europe, an interpreter will be provided by the United States Information Agency.
"WE ARE A demonstration team rather than a performance unit." Hawes said. "We are demonstrating different types and styles of acting using contemporary US theater productions."
F Old Robinson to 224 Fraser
informed us that cultural attaches in the countries are anxious to see the KU group," Hawes said.
The show will be presented mainly for theater students overseas. Dr. Hawes explained. The group will give some public performances and visit theater institutions and universities.
"We have also prepared folk songs for informal gatherings," Hawes said.
The cast will receive room and board but no pay. Stops are scheduled in Poland, Yugoslavia, Rumania, and Czechoslovia.
The show includes scenes from "A Thousand Clowns," and from William Inge's "Fienic," and songs from "The Musical Mame."
"Students over there will be sent here before we leave so that we can become acquainted," Hawes said. The State Department will sponsor the trip.
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"The cast was selected mainly because of ability to act, ability to meet people, and availability," he said.
THE SECOND act has scenes from "Any Wednesday" and "The Glass Manager."
THE TROUPE WILL leave March 29 to tour nine cities in
nine weeks. They are scheduled to open in Warsaw, Poland, April 2, after a possible stop in Paris.
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