Fall 2006 Arts-based Preschool classes begin September 5.
Taught by the Lawrence Arts Center Preschool Faculty and guest artists and first offered in the Fall of 1985, the Arts-Breased Preschool is for children ages 3-5 and provides social, motor and creative experiences that excite a love for learning. Music, sculpture,painting, drawing and creative movement are an integral part of this exciting program. The self-esteem of your child will grow through rich and varied experiences with the arts in combination with sound preschool education. Lots of fun, lots of love and lots of good arts experiences that nurture creative thinking, decision making, imagination and art appreciation. Child must be potty trained.
For more information, please contact Laura Rose or Linda Reimond, preschool director, at 843-2787 or lacpreschool@sunflower.com.
Save the date! Saturday, February 24, 2007
Enjoy the Juggling! Comedy! and Energy! of Brian Wendling at our Family Concert Watch for more information in the next issue!
Poinsettias! Poinsettias! Get your poinsettias here!
The LAC Preschool again will be selling poinsettia plants for the holiday season! Orders are due by October 25 and plants will be available for pick-up November 28 and 29. Beginning October 1, call us at 785-843-2787 to have an order form sent to you — or, you can print an order form at www.lawrenceartscenter.org.
Osher Institute Teams up with the Arts Center
Become a member of the KU Osher Lifelong Learning Institute and receive a 15 percent discount on all Lawrence Arts Center classes and other Osher member benefits.
For information and membership registration:
- Phone 785-864-5823 (local), 877-404-5823 (toll-free) or 800-766-3777 (TDD)
- Visit the OLLI (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute) website
Auditions!
Turns, a new play by Ric Averill
Auditions: Sunday, Sep. 10, 4-6pm
Performances: October 13, 14, 15, 21, 22
Ric Averill received a prestigious Aurand Harris Fellowship from the Children’s Theatre Foundation of America in 2005 to do rewrites on this original play and ready it for production.
About the play: Marta is a very imaginative girl who is confused and sad. She wants the lead in the new dance drama at the Arts Center, but she’s almost certain her best friend will get it. She wants to figure out who her “cyber pen pal” really is, but he won’t say. She wants her mother to come back, but she’s buried “six feet deep.” And she doesn’t want anything to do with her Dad, Timo, who has just come back to town to “be a part of her life” which was going “just fine, thank you!”
Student roles: Marta, a pre-teen dance student; Kelly, her best friend, The Gecko, her fellow student cyber pen-pal; and other ballet students and dancers who are participating in The Snow Queen (ballet students will NOT need to attend all rehearsals and will come in for specific times; we will work around dance classes)
Adult Roles: Timo, Marta’s estranged father (role to be filled by a professional actor who can dance); Mark, Timo’s partner; Gran/Ruby, Marta’s grandmother (role to be filled by a professional actress); Charlie, Ruby’s live-in boyfriend, who is good to Marta; and Miss Debbie, Marta’s ballet teacher (role to be filled by an actress who is a dancer or can teach dance).
About the auditions: These will be dancing and acting auditions. No preparation is necessary. We are hoping to cast more than 20 students and at least three to five community adults. We also will be reading for the professional roles at this time, though some may be pre-cast or contracted after the community audition.
The Snow Queen, based on the H. C. Andersen fairytale
Auditions: Sunday, September 17, 1-5pm
Performances: December 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17
Ric Averill has had a blast working with Deb Bettinger to develop this fairy tale into our new winter holiday show. Ric has composed over 60 minutes worth of ballet music which has been orchestrated by Jeff Dearinger. Ric is nearly finished writing the episodic script which will have a huge range of roles from Gerda, the heroine; Kai, her best friend; their young playmates; Grandmother; the Hobgoblin King, Princess, and Bridesmaids; Baby Hobgoblins; the Snow Queen and Prince; the Crow and his Wife; the Princess and Prince; the Weeping Guard; the Boatman; the Fishies; the Conjure Woman; the Flowers; the Robber Queen and Robber Girl; the Lapp Woman; the Finn Woman; the Reindeer; the Snow Fairies; and many more! There will be roles for youth dancers and actors, community adult dancers and actors and professional dancers and actors. We look forward to seeing you there. (Link for more information.)
City Youth Theatre: Bang Bang You’re Dead
Auditions: in class on Monday and Wednesday, Sep. 11 and 13 (all who enroll will be cast)
Rehearsals: Mondays and Wednesdays, September 11 through performance week
Performances: November 2, 3, 4
William Mastrosimone’s edgy play was written as a reaction to both the shootings at Columbine and the culture of violence in America at large. It is intended as a resource for dealing with a broken world that’s violent, unhealthy, unfair and beyond the power of anyone to fix except today’s generation. The play is a free gift for students to perform in schools, garages, street corners, parks, houses of worship — anyplace there can be communication and discovery about how we’ve made the world’s violence our own, and how we can change it.
The play needs at least 11 actors but can accommodate a much larger cast. Christie Dobson, who will be directing the play, has a master’s degree in drama therapy from Kansas State University and was assistant director for the 4t-8th grade Summer Youth Theatre program. She is looking forward to directing more shows at the Arts Center and expanding the offerings of important social issue and social awareness theatre at our facility.
Featured Faculty: Introducing our 2006-2007 Artists in Residence
Ceramics: Jessica Conner, MFA
Jessica comes to Lawrence Arts Center’s residency program having completed her MFA in ceramics at Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kan. She received her bachelor’s degree form Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kan. with a concentration in ceramics.
Her current work is figurative, featuring sculptural installations that utilize body-casting techniques. The human and human-like figures in her installations explore meanings involved with changes in our global culture.
In addition to her sculptural work, Jessica is well versed in the creation of functional pottery and has even developed a line of ceramic drums called Percussive Pottery. Jessica also has a background in photography, which she uses to produce decal transfers onto ceramics surfaces.
Jessica joins the Arts Center this year working in the ceramics studio where she will continue to pursue her work in ceramics, as well as teach ceramics and assist in the studio.
Printmaking: Taryn McMahon, BFA
Taryn McMahon recently completed her BFA in printmaking and art history at Pennsylvania State University.
While she is a focused printmaker, her work also incorporates many different media — from installation and sculpture to performance. Her current work explores visual relationships between microcosmic and macrocosmic imagery.
Through the Lawrence Arts Center’s residency program, Taryn steps into the John Talleur Print Studio, where she will continue to explore this body of work. She will also join the Arts Center faculty as a drawing and printmaking instructor, and as an instructor in our children’s program.
Fall forward
Remember that terrific exercise you learned when you were 8 or 9 years old? The one where you and a buddy stood on a mat, facing each other with your hands in front of you — and, at the signal, you fell toward each other, catching each other as you fell?
Usually you did indeed catch each other, but it always was a risk, leaning pretty far into the unknown, letting go, losing balance for a moment if only to find it again.
Falling forward. It’s a scary proposition. But exhilarating, all the same.
Much like starting something new.
Interesting that this season upon us, fall, offers a whole lot of opportunities to do just that. Sure, we’re used to thinking we can wait until spring to spring, and some of us are still trying to recover from summer’s spin. But once upon a time, fall was all about newness — new teacher, new crayons, new gym shorts (thank goodness). Remember?
Good news: That sense of newness, that fresh start, it’s all still here for the taking.
Take a class — learn to take great photos with your camera, make a mosaic ornament with your child, start your novel. Audition for a play. Be transformed and inspired by looking at art on display. Talk your partner into learning a few ballroom dances with you. Clip something out of this magazine that will appeal to a friend. Find a gift to surprise your favorite uncle. Make a donation. Take a risk. Lean into the unknown. Let go. Find your balance.
The cool, fresh air on its way will be a cool, fresh reminder that whatever it is you want to try, the timing is just right. Gardeners aren’t the only ones who know that fall is the time to plant the things that will bloom year after year. Here’s to fall — and to falling forward!
The 18th Annual Lawrence Indian Arts Show
The Lawrence Indian Arts Show brings national recognition to the city of Lawrence. Over the past 17 years, numerous articles about the show have appeared in the national media including, Kansas!, Southwest Art, American Indian Art and Native Peoples, which in 2002 identified the Lawrence Indian Arts Show as one of the top 15 American Indian art venues in the country. The Lawrence Indian Arts Show promotes cross-cultural communication and understanding in addition to providing a market for sale of Native American crafts and fine art.
Major sponsors of this year’s show are University of Kansas, Haskell Indian Nations University, Lawrence Convention and Visitors Bureau and Lawrence Arts Center.
Posters and T-Shirts
The 2006 Lawrence Indian Arts Show poster and T-shirt artist is Ron Toahani, a Navajo from Window Rock, Ariz., headquarters of the Navajo Nation. Toahani holds a BFA degree from Arizona State University and shows his work nationally and internationally. An award-winning artist, his paintings, prints and drawings are often used on posters advertising Native American shows and events. The title of this year’s Lawrence Indian Arts Show featured work is “Emergence.”
At the Lawrence Arts Center:
The 18th Annual Lawrence Indian Arts Show: A Juried Competition
September 8, 7pm, through October 7, 5pm
- Reception: Friday, September 8, 7-9pm
- Silent Auction: Tuesday-Friday, September 5-8
- Gallery Talk: Wednesday, September 13—7pm, with Maria Martin, coordinator of the Lawrence Indian Arts Show, on contemporary Native artists and their relationship with Native traditional art
- Poetry Reading: Wednesday, September 27, 7pm, with poets from Haskell Indian Nations University, organized by Denise Low
- See www.lawrenceartscenter.org for updates.
At Haskell Indian Nations University:
Haskell Indian Market
September 9 and 10
A two-day outdoor market at the Powwow Grounds, south of 23rd and Massachusetts Streets, with art displays and sales, entertainment and food. Free and open to the public. Free parking.
- Saturday, September 9, 10am-6pm
- Sunday, September 10, 10am-5pm
Haskell Cultural Center & Museum
“Honoring Our Children through Seasons of Sacrifice, Survival, Change and Celebrations”
- Mondays-Fridays, 8am-5pm
- Sundays, 1-5pm
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Lawrence Indian Arts Show
Maria Martin, Coordinator
Lawrence Indian Arts Show
P.O. Box 442107, Lawrence, KS 66044 785-843-6830
At the Lawrence Arts Center
Rick Mitchell, Gallery Director
785-843-2787
lacgallery@sunflower.com
www.lawrenceartscenter.org
Publications and portfolios available through the Arts Center
Imagination & Place update
The Wakarusa Wetlands in Word & Image
Edited by Denise Low
Images edited by Rick Mitchell
Essays, poetry and images
90 pages, $22
© 2005, Imagination & Place
“How do we speak on behalf of the peace of wild things? Its going to take every angle. We all know it takes a legal angle, We know it takes and angle of education. It takes an angle of vigilance. It takes and angle of love. And biology. And I think more than anything, it takes an angle of reverence—reverence for life, defined by our understanding, recognizing our own limitations as human beings.” —included author Terry Tempest Williams
Imagination & Place Artists and Writers Portfolio
Signed and numbered editions by members of the Committee on Imagination & Place, $75
Collector’s Item
Cottonwood 59/60
The Kansas Conference on Imagination & Place: Hypnogeography
$30
These are the proceeds from the national conference (2001) that initiated the Committee on Imagination & Place. Published as a special double issue of Cottonwood literary magazine in the spring of 2002.
Contents:
- “Introduction I” by Robert Kelly
- “Introduction II” by Denis Cosgrove
- “The Poetics of Landscape in the Spirituality of Dreaming” by Barbara Tedlock
- “Vision and Landscape in the Newberry Cheyenne Ledger Book” by Denise Low
- “Imagination and Place, Earth and World” by Edward Casey
- “Dreaming Geography or Geographical Dreaming” by Denis Cosgrove
- “In the Way” by Cecil Giscombe
- “The Ferry and the Mill: Imagining Regional Identity in Southside, a Rural Region of Northern British Columbia” by Soren Larsen
- “Exploring Dreams and Imagination” by Richard J. Schoeck
- “Public Dreaming” by Robert Kelly
- “Write from Home” by Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
- “Mapping Home” by Soren Larsen
- “Imagination and Place: Three Perspectives” curated by Lisa Grossman and including artists Gesine Janzen, Ron Michael and Jane Voorhees
Comments on The Kansas Conference on Imagination & Place:
Hypnogeography by presenters
“During my final year of residence in graduate school at the University of Kansas, I was lucky enough to have participated in the first Kansas Conference on Imagination & Place. My early discussions with Paul Hotvedt, Laurie Ward and Rick Mitchell were intellectually exuberant (bordering on euphoric) as they developed what would become a truly visionary approach to understanding, communicating, and promoting the personal and communal appreciation of places. In short, the conference made the arts and humanities relevant and accessible to the community in Lawrence and beyond. Consequently, the participants ranging from scholars and artists to naturalists and ordinary residents gained not only a greater comprehension of their environs, but also an appreciation of what the arts and humanities could do for them whether it was enhancing their personal experience of place or fashioning a stronger, more vibrant community. The Kansas Conference on Imagination & Place makes the process of inquiry a collective project of humanistic and artistic endeavor. It unites citizens and scholars in the pursuit of a deeper, healthier, and ultimately more productive engagement with our shared natural and cultural surroundings.” —Soren Larsen
“Philosophers are known for demonstrating the very detailed structure behind the very simple things. In the case of imagination and place one is confronted with an antithesis, the very unruly and unreal and the very real. To continue my examination of these structures, their interweaving within our culture, within the context of a conference sponsored by an community arts center is most appropriate as my work has made extensive use of visual art references, especially painting and environmental art. In addition the Kansas Conference on Imagination and Place has developed, or continued the interweaving of, if you will, the audiences of philosophy and the visual arts.” —Edward Casey
“The archiving of people's dreams of place and a conference dedicated to this purpose has been realized in a very democratic manner, much as I had envisioned it. That it was attempted at all and that it was accomplished by a consistory of artists, environmentalists, community activists and scholars is a very special circumstance. One hopes they may continue and expand their work.” —Robert Kelly
More gallery exhibitions and events
September 8-October 7
The 18th Annual Lawrence Indian Arts Show:
A Juried Competition
- Reception: Friday, September 8—7-9pm
- Silent Auction: Tuesday-Friday, September 5-8
- Gallery Talk: Wednesday, September 13—7pm, with Maria Martin, coordinator of the Lawrence Indian Arts Show, on contemporary Native artists and their relationship with Native traditional art
- Poetry Reading: Wednesday, September 27—7pm, with poets from Haskell Indian Nations University, organized by Denise Low
See page 18 and www.lawrenceartscenter.org for more information about these and other Lawrence Indian Arts show events.
October 20-November 30
“Photographs by Bill Snead: The First 50 Years”
- Reception: Friday, October 20, 7-9pm
- Artist’s Talk: Tuesday, October 24, 7pm
Bill Snead started his career at age 17 in 1954 as a part-time photographer at the Lawrence Journal-World. He then worked for newspapers in Topeka, Kan., and Wilmington, Del. In 1967 he went to Vietnam to run the United Press International photography unit until the spring of 1969, after which he worked briefly for United Press International in Chicago. He was a picture editor at National Geographic Magazine from 1969 to 1972. In 1972, he took a position at The Washington Post as assistant managing editor for photography and graphics. During 21 years at the Post he was special events coordinator, picture editor and Sunday magazine photographer, and he ended his tenure there as a staff photographer. In his last year at the Post, 1992, he was named White House Photographer of the Year and took second place in the national competition for the Pulitzer Prize. Snead returned to Lawrence in 1993 to run the Journal-World newsroom and currently is senior editor.
As a world-class photojournalist, Snead won awards in the Pictures of the Year competition in each of four decades. Since his return to the paper, the Journal-World has been named the best newspaper in Kansas numerous times. In 2000, Snead won first place in both feature writing and photo layout in the Kansas Press Association competition. While in Lawrence he has taught Photojournalism and Reporting II at the University of Kansas.
Following is the edited text of an article written in 2004 by Bill Snead for the Lawrence Journal-World as he prepared for an exhibition of his photographs in Kansas City. The article, pictures and links can be viewed at www.ljworld.com. For additional articles by and about Snead, visit the site and search “Bill Snead.”
Legendary Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee was talking about his autobiography, “A Good Life,” which heralds his adventures as a reporter and editor way before and beyond Watergate.
“If you think, at age 70-plus, that it doesn’t take guts to try to recall a lifetime in this business. . . just wait, buddy,” he said, laughing.
Today, I know what he was saying. I’m in the process of pulling together a photo show, something that will represent 50 years worth of published pictures. Sorting through old boxes of poorly labeled negatives and slides has turned long evenings into Christmases. For quality and retrievability reasons, the early photos didn’t make the cut.
My adventure in journalism began in 1954 when I was a senior at Lawrence High School. I was a part-timer mixing chemicals and doing engravings for the Journal-World.
My boss and one-man photo staff Rich Clarkson soon turned me loose on Lawrence with a 4- by 5-inch Speed Graphic. It used flash bulbs the size of 100-watt light bulbs.
At 17, I was getting an early start on a wonderful career.
Big time and back
While still a teenager, I became the photo staff at the Journal-World. I was responsible for the daily front-page picture, plus shooting sports and chasing news. My learning curve was all over the place. But I graduated from a Speed Graphic to a Roliflex, a much smaller camera.
My trail out of Lawrence passed through the Topeka Capital-Journal, and five years later I landed in Wilmington, Del., at the News-Journal, running my first photo department. I remember being at a Beatles press conference in Philadelphia, where the press corps was pushing and shoving, thinking I wasn’t in Kansas any more.
In 1967 I couldn’t say no when United Press International called and asked if I’d like to run its photo bureau in Vietnam. Assigning photographers to stories that got them killed or wounded was something I’d never done nor ever want to do again. But it’s an experience I wouldn’t trade for anything.
In 1969, I was in UPI’s Chicago bureau long enough to cover Joe Namath in the New York Jets exhibition game with the college all-star team. I shot the game for 15 minutes, rushing back to the bureau to make East Coast deadlines. That was quality time for a wire service photographer in those days.
I moved on to National Geographic, working as a picture editor with some shooting. It was another growth experience to work in a class operation where ideas were warmly received by the editor, Bill Garrett.
Four years later, another phone call took me to The Washington Post, where I ran the photo and art departments. They were on a mission to overtake The New York Times as the best newspaper in America. Watergate got them there ahead of schedule.
Doesn’t get better than this
After abandoning the administrative ranks at the Post, my 21 years worth of assignments included Super Bowls, the Chesapeake Bay, Eastern Europe, hurricanes, the White House and a snake-handling church in West Virginia.
In 1991, I got into the area where a half-million Kurdish refugees were trapped on a mountain between Iraq and Turkey. By transmitting via generator-powered satellite, The Washington Post was the only paper in America running daily photos from the biggest story in the world. Post editors believed the photographs pressured the White House to send help to the Kurds.
The following year those pictures made me runner-up for a Pulitzer Prize and were included in my portfolio that won White House Photographer of the Year.
In 1993, after running into Journal-World publisher Dolph Simons, Jr. at Washington National Airport, I returned to the Journal-World to run the newsroom. Now, as a senior editor, I get to write stories and make images with digital cameras.
It really doesn’t get any better than this.
October 20-November 28
“Paintings by Aaron Marable”
- Reception: Friday, October 20, 7-9pm
- Artist’s Talk: Tuesday, October 31, 7pm
Lawrence painter Aaron Marable will present new work at the Arts Center in October. A native of Robinson, Kan., Marable earned a BFA in painting at Fort Hays State University in 2000, and moved to Lawrence soon thereafter.
Marable’s paintings draw on his Midwestern upbringing. He uses the term “provincialism” to describe a desirable condition that embodies deep knowledge of a particular place. His paintings, he says, originate in “simple settings that are complicated by characters” (including animals) and that depict a confluence or intersection of events that may have occurred at different times. A review in Pitch Magazine from January 2006 describes a painting from Marable’s exhibition at the Leedy-Voulkos Art Center in Kansas City—“Many of the works feature bloodshed and brutality in a variety of contexts, as if such actions were inescapable. Typical is “...With God on Their Side,” in which a soldier loads his musket as he stands in the mouth of a much larger soldier who is reclining, a week’s worth of whiskers on his cheeks. On top of this enormous soldier stands a tiny George Washington reading from scrolled parchment. A woman tends to a nearby third soldier, who is wounded and dying. At least four or five realities occur at one time; one image fights for attention with the other and characters overlap in a fever dream of surreal, mostly Americana-inspired images.”
Marable’s images address what he describes as “the natural violence of growth” and the “light of confusion.” He refers to the figures in his paintings as “characters,” and says he is influenced less by painting than by literature and film, media that typically use the term to describe those who animate stories. He suggests that some of his characters discern “a better life through family—redemption in rediscovery of the traditional,” and he says that he hopes viewers will find their own stories in those of his characters.
Of his own motivations to paint, Marable suggests that there is self-discovery possible in the creation of a personal vision. Some of the characters are alter-egos that allow him to work out and express feelings and ideas in a constructed world informed by surreal visions, pictorial tradition and the mysteries of time. Awareness of such things seems also to shape his view of art-making as a career.
“Some try to climb to the top as quickly as possible but I see my development as a painter as a lifelong process.” There is more to an artist’s life than “being a star in a celebrity culture run amok,” he says.
—Rick Mitchell, Gallery Director, Lawrence Arts Center
Performances and updates
DRAMA
Krapp’s Last Tape
Thursday, Friday, Saturday,
September 21, 22, 23—7:30pm
Internationally acclaimed playwright and novelist Samuel Beckett was born 100 years ago. Among his many challenging theatrical works setting audiences and critics a-buzz are Breath (which lasts 45 seconds), Endgame, Happy Days, Waiting for Godot and the mime works Act Without Words I and II. Krapp’s Last Tape (1958) continues to captivate through the solitary character who appears onstage with his tape recorder. The play presents a picture of existence which is by turns bleak and comic, inciting and insightful — all in one hour. Ron Willis will perform in the Lawrence Arts Center production. It is directed by Jack Wright and designed by Del Unruh. This is geared for audiences 18 and older, plus high school students familiar with works by Brecht. Tickets: Adults $10/students and seniors $8.
2006-2007 Season
FALL
Saturday, October 7—2pm
First Saturday Players present Jack and the Beanstalk and Other Jack Stories.
Join us for an introduction to theatre for the youngest audiences, performed by 6th-8th graders under the direction of Jennifer Glenn.
Sponsored by Ron and Colette Gaches and family, and Gaches, Braden, Barbee and Associates.
World Premiere: Friday, October 13—7pm
Saturdays and Sundays, October 14, 15, 21, 22—2pm
Turns
This play is about a young girl who reconnects with her father through dance, which takes place at an arts center preparing to perform The Snow Queen (imagine!). The production, written and directed by Ric Averill, offers roles for students, adults and professional actors.
Sponsored by Sarah’s Fabrics, the Hammond family, Local Burger and Gould Evans.
Saturday and Sunday, October 28, 29—2pm
Cats and Bats
Join Lazy Lucy, Ranger the Dog and Belfry the Bat. Professional Seem-To-Be Players Ric Averill, Jennifer Glenn and Susanna Pitzer bring to life these “backyard” Halloween stories for the very young.
Sponsored by McDonald’s of Lawrence, Stephens Real Estate, and Tom and Barbara Hollister.
Tuesday, October 31—4:15pm
Halloween Concert/Costume Contest
Join us just before downtown trick-or-treating! STBs will perform stories and songs, and we’ll have a costume parade. Everyone gets a prize!
Sponsored by Brad, Susan and Sophie Tate, Lawrence Family Vision Clinic, Downtown Lawrence Association, and Fun and Games.
Friday and Saturday, November 3 and 4—7:30pm
City Youth Theatre presents Bang Bang You’re Dead
William Mastrosimone’s edgy play was written as a reaction to the shootings at Columbine and the culture of violence in America at large.
Sponsored by A & E Legal Services.
WINTER
Saturday, December 2—2pm
First Saturday Players present The North Wind Pays for His Supper
Fridays and Saturdays, December 8, 9, 15, 16—7:30pm
Sundays, December 10, 17—2pm
The Snow Queen
SPRING
Friday and Saturday, Feb. 23, 24—2:30pm
City Youth Theatre presents its Cabaret Showcase, “No Pain, No Gain”
To sponsor the City Youth Theatre Cabaret Showcase, please contact the Drama Program Advisory Board, lacdrama@sunflower.com.
Great Greek Myths: Theseus and Icarus, Fight or Flight
The professional touring production of Great Greek Myths: Theseus and Icarus, Fight or Flight will be at home in February or March for one performance only.
Sponsored by the Hollond family and CEK Insurance. We are seeking other sponsors, too. Please contact the Drama Program Advisory Board, lacdrama@sunflower.com.
Saturdays, Mar. 2 and May 8—2pm
First Saturday Players (titles to be named later)
In February, Amelia Earhart will be performed for 4th graders here at the Arts Center
Sponsored by Laidlaw Education Services.
Ice Cream Social
We’re also looking forward to an ice cream social sort of event early in the spring, featuring a picnic and a production of The Ant and the Grasshopper.
Sponsored by Bev Billings, in honor of Bob Billings, Bill and Marlene Penny, Rose Marino and Sarah Randolph, and Michael Treanor Architects. We are seeking other sponsors, too. If you’re interested, contact the Drama Program Advisory Board, lacdrama@sunflower.com.
Thursday, May 10—6pm
Drama Education Showcase
Make plans now to join us for this annual favorite in which students enrolled in our Drama Program perform their spring play.
What’s New in Drama Classes?
Lots! Film, Acting for the Camera, Voice Lessons, Improvisation, Directing, Shakespeare, Family Theatre, Audition Prep, Acting, Dance, Broadcasting, Technical Theatre. . . plus a few new Saturday workshops! Check the course listings for specifics.
Curious? Come to Play Readings
Wonder how plays move from creative imagination and early drafts to the stage? Come to play readings where $5 per person buys you some snacks and the opportunity to hear these plays in early readings: Great Greek Myths: Theseus and Icarus, Turns, The Ant and the Grasshopper, and The Snow Queen.
Join us on Wednesday and Thursday, September 6 and 7, beginning at 7pm in the Theater — enjoy one, two, three or all four readings.
DANCE
News from 940 dance company
940 dance company will be off to a quick start in September! Beginning with a performance of “Coffee Clutch” at Dance in the Park the evening of September 9 in Roanoke Park in Kansas City, Mo., the company will proceed to full rehearsal days beginning September 11.
The focus of the company’s work this fall will be producing the Choreographers’ Showcase on Saturday, November 11. After surveying local and regional choreographers, it became clear there is overwhelming support for a new format to include an evening showcase of works by professionals, an informal afternoon showcase of works by amateurs, and master classes in the morning. Dancers from throughout the region are hungry for an opportunity to network with each other in a full day of activities and are very grateful that the Arts Center will provide this opportunity! For details, visit lawrenceartscenter.org.
We’re sad to say that Susan Warden has resigned from her position as artistic director as of January to pursue other opportunities. Susan will create new work for the company this fall; next spring, the company will operate as a collective under the leadership of Candi Baker. This is a great opportunity for the Arts Center to rethink the notion of a dance company at the Arts Center and customize the dance company to its needs. Susan is extremely grateful for the opportunity she has had to work with 940 dance company dancers during the past two years.
Royce Matthews will be joining the company as an apprentice, training and performing educational work. Susan and the dancers are eager to work with Royce’s positive energy and enthusiasm — he will be a wonderful addition to the company. Bridget Bartholome will not be returning this year; her exceptional ability anchored the company over the past two years and we are very grateful for the time we did have her! We know she will be happy in her new home in California. Also, Josh Gregory will be dancing with Kacico Dance in Kansas City full-time and will perform once with us this season (in September at Dance in the Park). Tuesday Faust, Whitney Boomer, Michael Ingle and Kathleen O’Connor all are returning as core company members. Susan is eager to work with these returning dancers and everyone is eager to begin!
Carmine Ballere Fall Dance Scholarship Recipients Named
The Arts Center is pleased to announce the recipients of the Carmine Ballere Dance Scholarship for the 2006-2007 year: Adriana Gramly, daughter of Marlena and David Gramly, and Juliet Remmers, daughter of Bill and Ruth Remmers. Olivia Fox, daughter of Laura and Bryan Fox, was selected as an alternate. The award winners were selected through an audition process on May 22.
The Carmine Ballere scholarship fund has been established in honor of an anonymous donor’s grandfather. Its purpose is to reward excellence and commitment to dance, and to encourage rigorous training in ballet. The scholarship fully funds four ballet technique classes per week at the Arts Center, plus participation in The Snow Queen production in December and Lawrence Youth Ballet Company in the spring.
“Presenting these scholarships is a wonderful way to encourage and reward our dance students who have made dance a real priority in their lives,” says Candi Baker, director of the Arts Center’s Dance Program.
Choreographers’ Showcase
Join us at the Arts Center on Saturday, November 11, for our annual Choreographer’s Showcase. This year’s event will be an all-day affair, starting with master classes in the morning, an informal showcase of works by amateur choreographers in the afternoon, and the traditional showcase of works by professionals in the evening.
For more details and registration information, please call us at 785-843-2787 or visit us online at www.lawrenceartscenter.org.
The Snow Queen
In the tradition of A Kansas Nutcracker, this year’s winter holiday production — The Snow Queen — will be filled with magic and excitement. This colorful ballet/drama is set to wonderful new music composed by Ric Averill and arranged by Jeff Dearinger. The ballet is choreographed by artistic director Deborah Bettinger. The production will once again cast more than 130 community dancers and actors as well as professional dancers and actors of all ages.
Make plans now to join us in December! Performances will be held at 7:30pm on Fridays and Saturdays, December 8, 9, 15, 16; with 2pm matinees on Sundays, December 10 and 17.
For more information, visit www.lawrenceartscenter.org.
Art Moves
Art Moves, an exciting evening dance/art event involving dancers from the Lawrence Arts Center, will be presented at 7pm on Thursday, September 28, at the Spencer Museum of Art. Deborah Bettinger has choreographed several works inspired by paintings and sculpture at the Spencer, including “Around the Cake” by Wayne Thieband. Ballet Ensemble dancers and apprentice dancers will perform.
The evening is part of a series of events at the Spencer that includes presentations, talks and a panel discussion focused on the concept of “art inspired by art.”
Candi Baker, director of the Arts Center’s Dance Program, will present a Gallery Talk at 12:15pm on Thursday, September 7, about the choreography and music of Carl Sandburg’s “Prairie” and the role of the 1940 costume sketches of John Steuart Curry.
Art works for everyone
Lawrence ArtMarket
Lawrence’s newest art fair, the Lawrence ArtMarket, returns in 2006 for a second year — but for one stop only at one of Lawrence’s most visible landmarks, the Lawrence Visitor Center, or the “Depot.”
The ArtMarket will be held on Saturday, September 23, 9am-4pm, rain or shine, and will feature artwork by local and regional fine artists and artisans. Media include ceramics, fiber, glass, jewelry, metalworks, mixed media, painting, photography, sculpture and wood. Artwork will be displayed outside in tents, under the Depot’s trackside canopy and inside the Depot.
The ArtMarket is open to all artists. Completed registrations are due September 1 or until exhibit spaces are full on a first-come, first-served basis. Artists interested in exhibiting should send an email message to artmarket@lawrenceartwalk.org or visit www.lawrenceartwalk.org.
The Lawrence Visitor Center was originally used as the Lawrence Union Pacific Depot and was restored completely in March 1996. The trains that still come by every 15 minutes or so preserve its original atmosphere. The site features an outdoor French-themed flower garden highlighted by Lawrence artist Shellie Bender’s “Mobility” sculpture, commissioned by the City of Lawrence in 1997. In the middle of the Depot’s circle drive is Lawrence sculptor Jim Brothers’ homage to Douglas County war veterans, “From the Ashes,” installed in 2004.
Lawrence ArtWalk
Be sure to mark your calendars for the 12th annual Lawrence ArtWalk!
In what has become one of Lawrence’s most eagerly anticipated annual arts events, many of Lawrence artists’ private studios and other art spaces in and around Lawrence will once again open their doors to the public.
This year’s ArtWalk will feature more than 60 Douglas County artists — including three artists’ groups. This is a fabulous opportunity to meet some of the area’s finest artists in their creative work environments, see demonstrations of their arts and crafts, and purchase locally produced art.
The ArtWalk, which is free, is scheduled for Saturday, October 28, 10am-6pm, and Sunday, October 29, noon-6pm. Maps for the ArtWalk, which is self-guided, will be available from the Lawrence Arts Center in October.
Visit the ArtWalk on the Web at www.lawrenceartwalk.org for more information and to view samples of each artist’s artwork, all of which are for sale. For more information, contact John Wysocki, Lawrence ArtWalk director, at info@lawrenceartwalk.org or 785-865-4254.
Lawrence Art Guild update
The Lawrence Art Guild is an independent, non-profit organization created to promote art awareness in Lawrence and the surrounding areas. This guild supports the creative growth of our members and area artists. Meetings are held on the third Monday of each month, 6:30 to 9pm, in the Lawrence Public Library auditorium at 707 Vermont Street. The public is invited to attend and to become members. Artist Forums on various topics begin at 7pm, following the 6:30pm business meeting:
DUAL EXHIBIT: August 1-31
The Lawrence Public Library Gallery will feature a dual exhibition by Lawrence painter and printmaker Sue Suhler and Topeka painter Kaye Abbott. The library and its gallery are open 9am-9pm on weekdays, 9am-6pm on Saturdays, and 2-6pm on Sundays.
HOLIDAY ART FAIR: December 2
The Lawrence Art Guild’s Holiday Art Fair is held the first Saturday in December every year. This year’s fair will be held at the Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New Hampshire, from 10am to 6pm on December 2. A reception will be held from 6 to 8pm. This fine art fair is a great opportunity to find special Holiday gifts for family and friends. Strolling musicians add to the ambiance of this wonderful event!
For more information about the Guild and its upcoming events, or for a membership form, visit www.lawrenceartguild.org or call 785-887-6010.
ART GUILD MEETINGS
- September 18—Michael Caron. Michael’s presentation will focus on saving the Wetlands.
- October 16—Elizabeth Rowley. Elizabeth will present an encaustic demonstration.
- November 20—Film: “Rivers and Tides.” This documentary by award-winning Scottish artist Andy Goldworthy shows the beautiful, playful, often transcendent and usually transitory work of creating art from the nature around him. It shows how he uses natural materials such as flowers, leaves, ice, stone or reeds, interplaying them with the flowing forces of water, wind, light and time. This movie will make you gasp with awe and delight and inspire you to go out rearranging nature as well. Film is approximately two hours long. Popcorn and soda will be served.
KU design professor presents solo exhibition
Elissa Armstrong, KU assistant professor of ceramics, is presenting her first solo museum exhibition entitled “Elissa Armstrong: Objects of Innocence and Experience” at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City, Mo. The exhibition opened in July and continues through October 1. Curated by Elizabeth Dunbar of the Kemper Museum, the exhibition features nearly a dozen of Armstrong’s kitschy clay and plaster ceramic works.
Armstrong treats her ceramic figurines with a variation of glazes, hand-molded appendages and materials such as decals, china paint, glitter, resin, felt and colored polymer clay — substances not typically associated with ceramics.
“My recent works combine elements of the figurine and the sentimental knick-knack collapsed together with modern compositions of form and surface,” Armstrong says. “I am interested in creating work that, while evocative of its ceramic heritage, is something new, is something other, something modern and fantastical.”
Armstrong, who has been at KU for four years, received her BAH in English literature/art history from Queen’s University in Ontario, her bachelor of education in English literature/visual arts from the University of Western Ontario, a diploma in ceramics from Sheridan College: School of Crafts and Design in Ontario, and her BFA in ceramics from Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. She graduated with an MFA from the New York State College of Ceramics.
Armstrong has had her works in numerous exhibitions throughout the U.S. and Canada, and participated in various residencies and workshops. Her many awards and honors include a 2006 grant from the Art Council of Ontario Emerging Artist program, a general research fund faculty grant from the Hallmark Faculty Grant and the Kansas Arts Commission Fellowship in 2005, a Center for Teaching Excellence Teaching Grant in 2004 and the Alfred University Graduate Fellowship in 2001 and 2002.
The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art is located at 4420 Warwick Blvd. in Kansas City, Missouri. Museum admission and parking are free. For more information about the exhibition, visit kemperart.org or call 816-753-5784.
http://www2.ku.edu/~sma/
Spencer Museum to renovate 20th/21st Century Gallery
A s the first phase of a major initiative to examine how best to present its deep and diverse collection, the Spencer Museum of Art will close the 20th/21st Century Gallery, located on the fourth floor, for renovation beginning in August. Museum visitors interested in seeing this part of the collection are encouraged to call ahead, 785-864-4710.
All other Spencer galleries will remain open throughout the renovation process, which is expected to last through the fall semester. Museum officials anticipate that the 20th/21st Century Gallery will reopen in the spring of 2007.
This fall, the fourth-floor Kress Gallery will serve as a visual laboratory where museum staff will invite public comment as they experiment with ways of presenting the 20/21 collection. As well, the Spencer will present a number of 20/21 works in the Central Court, the museum’s primary gathering space located on the main floor.
Hallmark Design Symposium Series
Every year for nearly 25 years, the Hallmark Design Symposium has been offered by the KU Department of Design, sponsored by an endowment from Hallmark Cards, Inc. Each semester, creative and articulate designers, writers, artists and educators are invited to speak to enrolled students, faculty and interested members of the community. Presentations range in length from 60 to 90 minutes. Typically, presenters also provide opportunities for audience questions following their prepared remarks. All lectures are free and open to the public. Please join us on the campus of the University of Kansas, at 3140 Wescoe, unless otherwise noted. Lectures begin at 6pm on the following Mondays.
- August 28: John Hendrix, illustrator
- September 11: Yang Xiao Yin, photographer
- September 25: John Cuneo, illustrator
- October 9: Kurt van Dexter, landscape architect (held at Alderson Auditorium)
- October 23: Bazillion Pictures, animation production company
- November 6: Denise Gonzalez-Crisp, graphic design professor
- November 20: Bruce Branit, CGI visual effects artist
- January 29, 2007: Karin E. Borke, intellectual property lawyer
- February 12, 2007: John Utgaard, ceramics
- February 26, 2007: Jeff Zwerner, graphic designer
- March 12, 2007: Andreas Hogan, designer/typographer
- March 26, 2007: Joe Wood, metals
- April 9, 2007: Craig LaRotonda, illustrator
- April 23, 3007: Julia Danahey, movie/tv producer
Healing Through the Arts III: Surviving and Thriving
A Breast Cancer Prevention Awareness Project
October is Breast Cancer Prevention Awareness Month, and this year it brings some wonderful workshops plus an exhibition at the Arts Center about the arts and its potential to heal emotionally, physically and spiritually. Now in its third year, The Healing Through the Arts program is inspired by the challenges brought by a major illness and the capacity for us all to not only survive in the face of adversity, but to thrive. Special Thanks to our major sponsor, AstraZeneca Pharmaceutical Company.
EXHIBITION: October 6-31
Reception: Friday, October 13, 5:30-7:30pm
This exhibition of works by 30-40 area artists will express a wonder of the world and a wide range of feelings and ideas ranging from anger to joy to new understandings. Each work will be accompanied by insights and stories from the artist.
Call for Artists: Artists who have been cancer patients and artists who are interested in healing issues are invited to submit work. Applications are available at the Arts Center or at www.lawrenceartscenter.com. Completed applications are due by Friday, September 15.
WORKSHOP SERIES
We are planning an amazing series of encouraging, inspiring workshops this year. They will be offered at various locations throughout the community and with the involvement of visual and performing artists, a therapist from the Kreider Rehabilitation Center, the Lawrence Breast Cancer Support Group, several women’s groups and possibly instructors from Kansas City’s Turning Point, a Center for Hope and Healing.
Of special interest is an exciting workshop called Motivating Moves® by Janet Hamburg, professor of dance at the University of Kansas. Ms. Hamburg is doing extensive work in the field of exercise programs for special populations including those with Parkinson’s disease, seniors and cancer survivors. This workshop is scheduled for the Breast Cancer Support Group. See description below:
Motivating Moves®
Monday, October16—5:30-6:30pm
Presbyterian Manor
Janet Hamburg, MA, CMA, RSMT, professor of dance,
University of Kansas
This approach to exercise is appropriate for people of all ages and abilities — and it’s fun to do. The program’s movement sequences emphasize diaphragmatic breathing, spatial awareness, stability, flexibility, sense of balance, postural alignment, facial expressiveness, and dynamic movement and vocal range. Specific problems experienced by mastectomy and breast cancer survivors will be addressed.
Open House at the Arts Center!
Saturday, August 19, 10am-2pm
- Early enrollment in fall classes
- Information tables for all programs
- Faculty Art Exhibition in the Gallery
- Audition information for Turns and The Snow Queen
- Activities tables, video clips, balloons and more
- Performances including:
- Summer Youth Theatre songs and performers from Three Penny Opera and Caucasian Chalk Circle
- Lawrence Ballet Ensemble and apprentices
- Award-winning history/drama performance of Elizabeth I by Timmia Hearn Feldman
- Children’s songs and stories by the Seem-To-Be Players
Van Go presents Teaching Artists Show
Join Van Go Mobile Arts, Inc. on Friday, September 1, 6-9pm, for a reception to open their Teaching Artists Show. The show will feature the work of past and present artists who have taught young art apprentices in the Van Go Jams program.
Van Go is Lawrence’s premier arts-based youth employment program for high needs teens. Van Go is one of just 17 youth arts and humanities programs in the country to receive the 2005 Coming Up Taller award, an initiative of the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities.
To date, area artists participating in the Teaching Artists Show include Jackie Berra, Jack Collins, Bob Gent, Dan Hermreck, Kendra Herring, Rex Howard, Vicky Howard, Lauren James, MaryAnne Jordan, Cathy Ledeker, Sandy Merryfield, Marty Olsen, Sally Piller, Ardys Ramberg, Laura Ramberg, Dave Van Hee and Mark Watson.
Works in a wide range of media by these professional artists will be for sale, and 40 percent of the proceeds will benefit Van Go. The public is invited to attend.
JTPS Update
Interested in printmaking? Why not try a class? Check out the silk-screen and letterpress classes that the John Talleur Print Studio has to offer. The Introduction to Printmaking class is a fabulous way to explore and sample different printmaking processes.
We welcome our new studio intern, Taryn McMahon. She is a recent graduate from Penn State where she received her BFA in printmaking and sculpture. Along with printmaking activities, she is also teaching a Drawing I class this fall at the Arts Center.
A generous donation has allowed us to buy some new equipment. One addition makes it possible to use a photographic process with silk-screen. We give a sincere thanks to our donors.
The annual show of the John Talleur Print Studio at Art Affair in Baldwin City is in September. This fabulous exhibition combines drawings and paintings with the prints that are featured. Join us at the opening reception on Friday, September 15, 7-9pm. Then be sure to visit again — the show runs through Sunday, October 15.
Got Youth?
Wednesdays @ Liberty Hall
- WHO: All Junior High-aged students in Douglas County
- WHEN: Wednesdays from 2 to 4:30pm
- WHERE: Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts Street
- WHY: It’s downtown at Liberty Hall with cool people, awesome activities and great experiences with your friends.
- HOW: After you get out of school on Wednesdays, head downtown to Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts, sign-in at the door and head on in to find out what’s going on that day. Pre-registration is not required.
Wednesdays @ Liberty Hall was created to address our community’s need for safe, structured and supervised activities for teens in 7th-9th grades who are downtown on early release Wednesdays. It is a city-wide initiative to improve teen health by promoting healthy choices, voices and relationships. It is also an educational program that builds on the strengths of the community and the power of teens, providing learning opportunities that encourage teens to connect with people in their community. W@LH empowers youth to make healthy choices in life, to use their voices in positive ways, to establish healthy relationships, and to recognize their strengths and their assets as members of our community. W@LH partners work with teens to inspire friendship, appreciation, respect and celebration between youth and adults. W@LH is sponsored by GaDuGi SafeCenter.
W@LH FALL SEMESTER:
- 8/16/2006 ~ Pool Party at Lawrence Outdoor Aquatic Center
- 8/23/2006 ~ W@LH Kick-off Party
- 8/30/2006 ~ Five Star Crush! With LPL Battle of the Bands Winner opening
- 9/6/2006 ~ TBA
- 9/13/2006 ~ Lawrence Hunt scavenger hunt!
- 9/20/2006 ~ Lawrence’s Got Talent! The 3 Minutes or Less Talent Show
- 9/27/2006 ~ Chillin’ with DCCCA
- 10/4/2006 ~ Creepshow — Teens Read!
- 10/11/2006 ~ Tales from the Crypt — Teens Read!
- 10/18/2006 ~ Celebrate Teens Read Week
- 10/25/2006 ~ Kids Rock the Vote
- 11/1/2006 ~ Dia De Los Muertes Battle of the Bands
- 11/8/2006 ~ More Scary Stories
- 11/15/2006 ~ Improv Show
- 12/6/2006 ~ ART PARTY!!!
- 12/13/2006 ~ Chillin’ with DCCCA
- 12/20/2006 ~ Winter Break Dance with THE LAZER
W@LH PARTNERS:
- American Red Cross-Douglas County Chapter
- Americana Music Academy
- Body Works
- Celestial Ironworks
- Central Junior High Afterschool Program
- Community Mercantile
- DCCCA, Inc.
- Douglas County Aids Project
- Downtown Lawrence, Inc.
- GaDU Gi SafeCenter
- Gould Evans Associates, LC
- Hand to Hand Studio
- KU Center for East Asian Studies
- KU Multicultural Resource Center
- KU Spencer Museum of Art
- Lawrence Arts Center
- Lawrence Central Labor Council
- Lawrence Community Theatre
- Lawrence Memorial Hospital
- Lawrence Public Library
- Lawrence Transit System
- The Lawrence Hunt
- The LAZER 105.9 FM-KLZR
- Liberty Hall
- M&M Office Supply
- 100 Good Women
- Prairie Pond Studio
- Roger Hill Volunteer Center
- Sacred Sword
- South Junior High After School Program
- Southwind Health Collective
- Third Palent
- Watkins Museum
- World’s Most Local Burger
- White Chocolate
- The World Company-6News
- WTCS
If you are interested in becoming a partner of W@LH, contact Mary Olive Thompson, W@LH project coordinator, at 785-843-8985.
Snowflakes will fly! The Snow Queen
T his holiday season, the Lawrence Arts Center is thrilled to premiere this remarkable story of loyalty, love and determination written by Hans Christian Andersen.
In the tradition of A Kansas Nutcracker, The Snow Queen will be filled with magic and excitement. This colorful ballet/drama is set to wonderful new music composed by Ric Averill and arranged by Jeff Dearinger. The ballet is choreographed by Deborah Bettinger, artistic director of the entire project. Costumes will be designed by Jennifer Glenn. Anna Wieczorek, who designed the 2005 University of Kansas production of The Snow Queen, has designed the stage set concept for our production.
It will cast more than 130 community and professional dancers and actors of all ages.
About the Story
Adapted for the stage by Ric Averill, The Snow Queen is the tale of the journey of Gerda, a young girl, who is searching for her dear friend, Kai. Kai has fallen under the evil spell of the Hobgoblin King and no longer sees the world clearly. He is whisked away by the cold Snow Queen of the North. Gerda’s journey to find and save Kai takes her to many places where she meets a wonderful array of characters and faces various obstacles. It is an amazing tale that makes a wonderful family holiday event.
Funding
You can be a part of making the magic happen. We are looking for donations, large and small, to help defray new start-up costs for costumes, music, script and set. Send donations or pledges to Snow Queen Project, c/o Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New Hampshire, Lawrence, KS 66044. Or call Mary Devlin or Candi Baker for more information or a donation form, 785-843-2787, lacdance@sunflower.com.
Auditions:
Sunday, September 17, 1-5pm
- Auditions are held to cast the performance. We will make every attempt to include everyone at the audition in the production.
- Dancers and actors will be needed.
- Most participants will rehearse one to two times a week until final week beginning December 2.
- The participation fee of $87 helps cover the costs of the production including costumes, sets, professional musicians and more. Some scholarships are available.
For details, see www.lawrenceartscenter.org or visit the Arts Center’s Open House on August 19, 10am-2pm.
Schedule of Events
- September 17—1-5pm~ Auditions
- October 1-7 ~ Dance rehearsals begin
- November 6 ~ Drama rehearsals begin
- December 2-7 ~ Final rehearsal week
- December 8, 9, 15, 16—7:30pm ~ Performances
- December 10, 17—2pm ~ Performances
Production Staff
- Deborah Bettinger
- Artistic Director, Head Choreographer
- Ric Averill
- Composer, Drama Director, Story Adaptation
- Candi Baker
- Administrator, Choreographer
- Jeff Dearinger
- Arrange, Conductor
- Jennifer Glenn
- Costume Designer, Construction
- Anna Wieczorek
- Set Designer
- Lee Saylor
- Lighting Designer, Technical Director
Sneak preview?
Wonder how plays move from the creative imagination and early drafts to the stage? Come to a day of play readings where $5 per person buys you some snacks and the opportunity to hear these plays in early readings: Great Greek Myths: Theseus and Icarus, Turns, The Ant and the Grasshopper and The Snow Queen.
Stay for one, two, three or all four readings! A brief talk-back will follow each “show,” with refreshments in between.
Wednesday, September 6
7pm Turns (read by volunteers and professionals)
8:15pm The Ant and the Grasshopper (read by the professional Seem-To-Be Players)
Thursday, September 7
7pm The Snow Queen (read by volunteers and professionals)
8:30pm Great Greek Myths (read by the professional Seem-To-Be Players)