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Monday, February 19, 1996
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Actors prepare to take the stage in Belgium
By Jason Strait
Kansan staff writer
While most KU students will be preparing for midterm exams next week, six students will be testing their skills in Belgium.
Six students from the department of theater and film, and six Lawrence senior citizens will participate in the International University Theatre Festival in Liege, Belgium, Feb. 26-March 3. The actors will perform three of four scenes from the contemporary comedy All in the Timing and scenes from A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Blair Bitters, Mission Hills senior said auditions for the shows had been competitive.
"I am deliriously excited," she said. "It's a wonderful opportunity for us. Not only do we get to perform somewhere else, we get to see other productions as well."
The University is the first group from the United States to participate in the festival, and the students will perform on Feb. 28, which has been designated "U.S.A. Day."
Theater companies from Greece,
Australia, Germany, France, Croatia,
Tunisia, Italy, Spain and Poland
also will participate in the festival.
Megan Parr, Sterling senior, said that although she would miss a week of school, she couldn't pass up the chance to go overseas for the first time in her life.
"The opportunity certainly outweighed school," Parr said. "It's really exciting. We want to see all the other productions and work in some sightseeing at the same time, so we'll see how it goes."
theater and film, arranged the trip and will direct selected scenes from A Midsummer Night's Dream. Jack Wright, professor of theater and film, will direct the students in All in the Timing.
Lewin Goff, adjunct professor of
Food and lodging for the trip will be provided by the University of Liege, the festival's host, Goff said. Charles Oldfather, professor emeritus of law, donated $2,000 for transportation costs, and the remainder was provided by the Kansas University Endowment Association.
Goff said he thought the seniors and students had enjoyed working together, and he hoped groups in the future also would be able to do something like this.
Bitters agreed that the project was a special one.
"Everyone in the department is so excited for us," Bitters said.
KU students on the road
KU students participating in the International University Theatre Festival in Liege, Belgium, Feb. 26-March 3.
Carson Elrod, Topeka senior
Biair Bitters, Mission Hills senior
Sally Shedd, River Ozark, Ark., graduate student
Megan Parr, Sterling senior
Eric Davis, Lawrence senior
Sean Holland, Kismet senior
ON THE RECORD
A KU student's compact disc player, two speakers in a wooden box and other items were stolen from the student's car between 2 p.m. and midnight Saturday in the 1600 block of Edgehill Road, Lawrence police reported. The items were valued at $1,230.
A KU student's truck window was damaged and 64 compact discs were stolen from the vehicle on Thursday or Friday in the 1600 block of Edgehill Road, Lawrence police reported. Damage to the vehicle was estimated at $200, and the compact discs were valued at $960.
A KU student's video tapes were stolen from a car between 8:15 and 8:20 p.m. Saturday at the corner of Ninth and Mississippi streets, Lawrence police reported.
The tapes, Basic Instinct and Chasers, were valued at $40.
A KU student's license plate was stolen on Saturday, Lawrence police reported. It was valued at $5.
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ON CAMPUS
The Office of Study Abroad will sponsor an informational meeting on study abroad in French-speaking countries at 3:30 p.m. today at 4033 Wescoe.
KU Karate Club will practice at 5:30 p.m. today at 215 Robinson Center. Call Jon Sides at 832-1771 for more information.
International Student Association will meet at 6 p.m. today at the International Room in the Kansas Union.
KU Meditation Club will have a group meditation at 6 p.m. today at the Daisy Hill Room in Burge Union. Call Ravi Hirekatur at 832-8789 for more information.
KU Yoga Club will have a class at 7 tonight at the Daisy Hill Room in Burge Union. Call Adam Miller at 832-0399 or Paula Duke at 542-1930 for more information.
Feminist Collective Force will meet at 7 tonight at the International Room in the Kansas Union. Call Regan Cowan at 838-9084 for more information.
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