Since graduating from KU with a degree in theater design in 2001, Jenna Woods has lived life from out of a suitcase as the wardrobe supervisor for the touring theatrical production of Riverdance. She relived a part of her college years when the show appeared March 13 and 14 at the Lied Center.
Q: HOW DID YOU GET INVOLVED IN RIVERDANCE ONLY A FEW YEARS AFTER GRADUATING?
I got offered a job on a national tour of Footloose, a fairly small production, when I left school. It's a pretty small community within the stagehand world, especially within the touring part of it. It was through word of mouth, mostly.
Q: WHAT KEEPES YOU RETURNING TO
TOURING LIFE?
Just being able to go to places I wouldn't on my own, it's definitely an addiction and a very
interesting lifestyle; going home sounds almost daunting because I'm only there a few months out of the year.
Q: DID YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO ENJOY LAWRENCE AGAIN BETWEEN SHOWS?
I made sure initially that we stayed in a hotel on Mass. Street so that everyone could enjoy downtown. I got to run around, and I even booked myself a really late flight out so that I could hang around Lawrence a few extra hours.
Q: ANY OLD HOT SPOTS YOU HAD TO VISIT WHILE BACK IN TOWN?
I definitely had to get Papa Keno's pizza and some of the other standards. I used to spend a lot of time at the Replay and drinking coffee at Henry's. But I also tried to check out the new things since I've left. Downtown is definitely one of the best parts about Lawrence.
Matt Elder
THIS WEEKEND
Despite recent closings of several local galleries, art still lives in Lawrence. At 7 p.m. tonight, check out the SEED artists' lecture series at 4-1-1 Studio, 411 E.Ninth St.The monthly SEED lectures, which are free and open to the public, are a gathering place for anyone interested in local and contemporary art. This month's featured artist is Shawn Bitters, a local printmaker, who will give a 30-40 minute lecture and then answer
questions about his work.
SEED began as an alternative way for local artists to display their work, according to founder Leslie vonHolten. She says that art needs a community for inspiration and growth, and that SEED is a forum that brings artists face to face with their community.
Jaime Netzer
WESCOEwit
Girl: What? That's like ordering an ice water with no ice, no water and vodka.
Girl 1: My mom has a Jayhawk tattoo on her ankle.
Girl 2: So?
Girl 1: She didn't even go to KU.
Girl (listening to rock song):
Doesn't this make you want to grow a mustache?
Girl 1: I have a class in the basement of Fraser.
Girl 2: Ewl
Girl 1: I know.
Girl 2: Are there big rats?
DJ at a bar (singing on microphone): "If you're 18 and you know it clap your hands, if you're 18 and you know it and you really want to show it, clap your hands." Girls in front row (clapping and cheering): Woo hoo!
Teacher: Does anyone have a stapler?
(No one answers) Really? All of you are unprepared?
Guy: (Hesitantly pulls 8-inch stapler out of his backpack) I forgot I had one.
Teacher (sarcastically): You really are prepared.
Katrina Mohr
CELEBRATE FRIDAYS!
TGIF SPECIALS:
$4 Domestic pitchers$ 2 Rumplemintz shots
SGA student union activities Coca-Cola Bank of America
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