NOVEMBER 18, 2004
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UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, NOV 15-19
University to Celebrate International
Education Week
International Education Week will be observed
with a series of events at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Nov.
15-19. Today's events include an Information Fair for Summer 2005 Study Abroad Opportunities at the East Campus Union
from 11am to 1pm and a Global News Report and Commentary by UNL and IEP Students at 2:30pm in the City Union.
International Education Week is a joint initiative of the U.S. Department
of State and the U.S. Department of Education to promote programs
that prepare Americans for a global environment and attract future
leaders from abroad to study, learn and exchange experiences in the
United States.
"It has become very clear that broadening our international understanding is
critical," said Rod Paige, Secretary of Education. "This will mean renewed efforts
to encourage the study of foreign languages and cultures, and to provide opportunities
for all students to broaden their knowledge of the world." Secretary of State
Colin Powell added that, "People-to-people diplomacy, created through international
education and exchanges, is critical to our national interests. Americans who
study abroad expand their global perspective and become more internationally
engaged. Foreign students and individuals who participate in citizen exchanges
return home with a greater knowledge of our democratic institutions and America's
enduring values."
In observance of International Education Week, the UNL Office of
International Affairs will promote international education under
the theme "Nebraska Innovates Around the World." For more detailed
information and a full schedule of events, visit the International
Affairs Web site or call (402) 472-5358.
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115 AVERY HALL, 3:45PM
Computer Science and Engineering Colloquium
Marsha Chechik, University of Toronto
211 BRACE, 4PM
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
- 'Resonances and Bond-breaking in Bio-molecules'
Paul Burrow, UNL
CULTURE CENTER, LOWER LEVEL, 6PM
OASIS Study Skill Series
- 'What is your Purpose'
Reshell Ray
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HOWELL THEATER, 7:30PM
UNL's University Theatre Presents
Dark Comedy The House Of Blue Leaves
UNL Theatre's University Theatre
completes its fall semester season with John Guare's
The House Of Blue Leaves. Guest artist Gil Lazier directs
the production, which starts this evening at 7:30.
Other performances are November 19, 20 and December 1, 2, 3, 4 at
7:30pm. The split schedule is due to UNL's Thanksgiving break.
All performances are in Howell Theatre, first floor Temple Building
at 12th and R Streets. Tickets are available at the Lied Center
Ticket Office, 301 N. 12th Street, Monday through Friday 11:00am
to 5:30pm and one hour prior to performance in Howell Theatre lobby. The
Ticket Office may be reached at 472-4747 or 800-432-3231. Tickets
for the sneak preview are $5.00 and may only be purchased at the
door. Regular
performance tickets are $14.00 regular, $12.00 faculty/staff and
senior citizen, $10.00 student.
The House Of Blue Leaves is set on October 4, 1965, the day the Pope
first visited New York City. Zookeeper Artie Shaughnessy (played
by undergraduate theatre major Jeff Nathan) is on a quest to revive
his stalled show business career. A darkly comic look at the underside
of the American dream, The House Of Blue Leaves is complete with
Artie's delusional wife Bananas Shaughnessy (played by undergraduate
theatre major Caitlin Brandes) and his mistress Bunny Flingus who
talks a mile a minute (played by undergraduate theatre major Brittany
Leffler). A look at how people expect miracles from fame and celebrity,
Artie's son Ronnie (played by undergraduate theatre major Brett D.
Waldon) can't get famous by being in a movie, so he seeks fame as
a mass murderer.
Gil Lazier stated, 'I am happy to be in Lincoln to direct The House Of Blue Leaves. The theatre program at UNL has a great reputation
and the show is an award-winning American classic. John Guare's play
is a very funny, very dark comedy about American life. We're having
a wonderful time working on the production, and are eager to share
it with our audiences.'
Lazier describes the play as "*not directly about politics or religion,
its themes touch on these dimensions of our lives as Americans. Guare's
America of 1965 was a nation at war, as we are today. We tend to
look to our current religious leaders for solace and inspiration,
as do Guare's characters. But The House of Blue Leaves deals with
even more basic human issues, our sometimes desperate need to succeed,
our assumptions that things are always better somewhere else, our
compulsions to validate who we are by what others think of us, our
aspirations for our '15 minutes of fame.'"
Dr. Gil Lazier is Dean Emeritus of the Florida State University School
of Theatre, where he served as Dean from 1982 to 1999. For the past
three years he was Director of the FSU/Asolo MFA Conservatory for
Actor Training in Sarasota. Under his leadership, the FSU School
of Theatre achieved international prominence as an academic program
of the highest excellence, consistently in top-ten listings by such
publications as US News & World Report.
As a theatre artist, Dr. Lazier has directed many dozens of productions
in the U. S. and abroad including musicals, new works and classics
by such masters as Albee, Brecht, Chekhov, Coward, Ibsen, O'Neill,
Pinter, Shakespeare, Sophocles, Stoppard and Williams. In Moscow,
his production of Neil Simon's "I Ought To Be In Pictures" played
for over ten years in Russian. He is a specialist in theories of
acting, especially those of Stanislavski. He is a member of the Society
of Stage Directors and Choreographers.
Dean Gil Lazier was awarded the two highest honors in his discipline,
election for life to the College of Fellows of the American Theatre,
comparable in theatre to the National Academy of Science; and the
National Theatre Conference, limited to 100 acknowledged leaders
in theatre in America.
Other cast members include Cecilia Stinner as Corrinna Stroller,
Carrie Brown as the Head Nun, Naomi Mitarai as the Second Nun, Jenny
Cary as the Little Nun, Seth Petersen as the M.P. Jeff Tinnean as
The White Man and well-known community actor Richard Nielsen as Hollywood
director Billy Einhorn.
The tech/design team is made up of graduate students Jeff Weber (scenery)
and Mike Legate (sound), undergraduate students Jaime Borchert (costumes),
Alicia Bailey (technical director) and Jennifer Dierking (stage manager). Faculty
member Heath Lane designs lights.
UNIVERSITY THEATRE ARTS
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ROSS MEDIA ARTS CENTER
Playing this week at the Ross: Tying
The Knot, A Dirty Shame
UNL's Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center
presents the John Waters' new film A Dirty Shame and the
documentary Tying The Knot, playing this week at the center,
313 N. 13th St.
From the wondrously fertile mind of writer/director
John Waters comes A Dirty Shame, America's first carnal
concussion comedy. Set in the Harford Road area of Waters' native
Baltimore, A Dirty Shame tells what happens when a horny
horde of "sex addicts" invade a blue-collar neighborhood, to the
shock and dismay of the "neuter" neighbors. Rude, joyous and full
of sexual anarchy, A Dirty Shame is a movie with a generous
heart and a dirty mind: in other words, a classic John Waters comedy.
When a bank robber's bullet ends the life of police officer Lois
Marrero, her wife of thirteen years, Mickie, is honored as her surviving
spouse but denied all pension benefits. When Sam, an Oklahoma rancher,
loses his beloved husband of 22 years, long-estranged cousins of
his late spouse try to lay claim to everything Sam has. As Mickie
and Sam's lives are put on trial, they are forced to confront the
tragic reality that in the eyes of the law their marriages mean nothing.
From an historical trip to the Middle Ages, to gay hippies storming
the Manhattan marriage bureau in 1971, Tying The Knot digs
deeply into the past and present to uncover the meaning of civil
marriage in America today.
More information is available at the Ross website.
MRRMAC | A
DIRTY SHAME | TYING
THE KNOT |
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