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Thursday, May 3, 1979
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15y RHONDA HOLMAN Staff Reporter
University Theatre has reduced its summer season from three to two shows, increasing its attendance.
Theatre cutback cause unclear
Since 1977, the KU summer theatre has consisted of the Kansas Reporter Theatre, a company of actors and choreographers. Three shows at once and presents them on rotating nights, Willis said. But this summer there will be only two and each will be separately produced.
Officials in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences said this week that an unexpected increase in the theatre's budget caused a delay in securing the funds for the summer season. However, Ronald Willis, director of the University Theatre, said he thought the delay had been caused not by the increase, but by a shortage of summer funds in the college.
"IT WAS A QUESTION of trying to find the money by trying to flush it out of the woods, to open spaces and are the most open University, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is footing the whole bill. This time, there just were insufficient funds to pay for
Funding delays have plagued the theatre department often, he said, but usually are overcome. This year is the first number of new plays being shown though the money now has been acquired.
"There was no inepteptide on anyone's part. This is just a question of the kind of
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"The difference between what had previously been available and what was requested was substantial," Cobb said. "We tried to scurry around to find other means of finding the funds and we later got some other funding, but they had already decided to reduce their season from three to two shows."
Robert Cobb, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, said an increase in the department's request had forced the office to look for additional money.
Willsis said the theatre had asked for a modest increase. But he thought the increase was not the problem because there had been delays in approving summer plans. He said he the only way to avoid the delays would be to find the funds far in advance.
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Willis said that by the time the funds were approved, many theater students had made $1 million.
Cobb said that despite inflation, the summer session budget had not been increased for some time and that the theatre and drama department needed to develop other funding resources, such as an increase in Student Senate funding and outside donor
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repertory company was an important part of the summer program and would be held in the spring.
Wills said he saw advantages in a company, with about 30 students doing acting and design and construction work on three shows at once.
"The theatre and drama division faculty is not ready to give up the repertory idea," Willis said. "It's a good training mechanism for the students involved, but many prefer the two-show system because it allows them the flexibility in what classes they can take."
In the past, company members spent from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. each day rehearsing and working on sets and costumes for five hours of credit.
THE TWO 1979 show, Landford Wilson's "Lot B Hot Lamp" and Richard Rodgers'
and Oscar Hammerstein's musical, "South Pacific," will be staged separately. "South Pacific" will be the traditional community production.
Sara Hendrick, Overland Park junior, was involved in the repertory company last summer and has been cast in "Hot L Baltimore." She said she was disappointed the number of shows had been reduced, but she noted the quality of the shows still would be good.
"I think the quality should be fine," she said. "It's just that a lot more people would have been auditioning if they had known him before, and they would have been for the summer here."
Wills said he thought the productions would be just as good as in the past.
"What we wanted to have was not a second-rate repertory company but a first-class company."
Smoke detector rule to not include dorms
Dean J. Milroy, physical plant supervisor for housing, said that the state fire marshall had suggested that smoke detectors be installed in scholarship halls, but that he made no recommendations concerning residence ails.
Clark Brubaker, deputy fire marshal, said the installation of smoke detectors depended on the structure of the building, its roof, and the system and the number of people living there.
KU residence halls would not be affected by a proposal discussed by the Lawrence City Commission Tuesday that would allow students with more than one occupant or family.
But because residence halls are state property, he said, the city government has a responsibility.
Brent McFall, management analyst for the city of Lawrence, said yesterday that the proposed ordinance basically would reward the existing ordinance. He said it would clarify how the building and fire codes related to each other.
Fred McEhlenbein, director of the office of residential programs, said he thought the program's success was due to
McEhenie also said the night security monitors could help detect a fire.
"I feel that our emphasis on fire safety in the last couple of years has made students and staff very aware of the situation and it is very workable," he said.
Not all of KU's fraternities and sororites, which are under the city's jurisdiction, have a board of trustees.
James McSwain, Lawrence fire chief, said he thought 10 to 20 percent of KU's fraternities and sororites did not have smoke detectors, but soon would get them.
Most of the violations concerned the lack of exit and emergency lights.
Several fraternities and sororites were cited in February for fire violations.
McSwin said regulations required all new buildings to have smoke detectors. The structure and number of people living in a building should be checked in which, if warranted, whether it required a smoke detector.
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