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"The problem is trying to
show character through a
variety of underwear," director
William R. Morgan said,
describing the costuming
problems for the comedy,
"Steambath."
The UN-L 1975 Repertory
Theatre will stage Bruce Jay
Friedman's play July 11, 12,
15, 16, 23, 26, 29, 31, August
4, 6, 16, 18, 22, 28, September
2 and 5. Performances will
begin at 8 p.m. in the Studio
Theatre, lower . level of the
Temple Building, 12th and R
Streets.
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"Portraits" by Nebraska
Repertory Theatre. Howell
Theatre at 8 p.m.
Phantom India-Part Four:
Dream and Reality. Sheldon
Film Theatre at 7 p.m.
Admission is $1.
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Theses, dissertations and
final reports due for July 11
graduation. '
Bicentennial Film
Festival-America; A Fireball
in the Night, America:
Domesticating a Wilderness and
Joshua in the Box. Nebraska
Union from 1 1 :30 aon. to 1 : 30
p.m.
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"Carmen", , summer opera
presented at Kimball Recital
Hall at 8 p.m. Tickets are
$2.50 for students and $3
general admission.
Ciiy Lights and Modern
Times starring Charlie Chaplin
at Sheldon .Film Theater.
Shows at 7 and 8:30 p.m. and
10 and 11:30 p.m. Admission
is $1.50.
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Final day of 8-week and
first 5-week summer sessions.
General Registration for
second 5-week session at the
Nebraska Union. Eight to 11
a.m. and 1 to 4 p.m.
Reception for graduating
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students at 4 p.m. at the
Nebraska Union.
. "Steambath" by Nebraska
Repretory Theatre. Howell
Theatre at 8 p.m.
Qty Lights and Modern
Times at Sheldon Film
Theater. Same times at
Thursday showings.
Saturday; jajy 12;
Saturday Matinee: The Cay
Ranchero and Rootin Tootin
Rhythm. Sheldon Film Theater
at 1:30 p.m. Admission is
$1.50.
"Carmen", summer opera at
Kimball Recital Hall at 8 pan.
Tickets are $2.50 for students
and $3 general admission.
"Steambath" by Nebraska
Repertory Theatre. Howell
Theatrs at 8 p.m.
Cty Lights and Modern '
Times at Sheldon Film
Theatre. . Same times at
Thursday and Friday showings.
Sunday; july 13
SUNDAY ,4Carmen
summer opera at Kimball
Recital Hall at 3 p jn. Tickets
are $2.50 for students and $3
general admission.
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"Portraits by Nebraska
Repertory Theatre. Howell
Theatre at 8 p.m. V
The play takes place in a
steambath in lower Manhattan
on the day the "Laugh-in"
, television show was cancelled,
Morgan said. So the entire
theatre, which seats 99 people,
is being decorated to look like
a steambath. However, the
audience will have to use its
imagination as far as the steam
is concerned, according to
Morgan.
Dry ice used
Besides the use of some dry
ice, the presence of steam will
be established by the gestures
of the actors, by the sound
system and by costumes such
as those worn by towel-clad
ushers handling out programs
to theatre-goers.
In the play a group of
' people of different ages and
backgrounds find themselves
talking to God while they wait
in limbo between this world
and the next in the steambath.
But God is not the "Cecil B.
DeMille kind," according to
Morgan but instead the
steambath attendant who
decides the fates of humans
with the use of a console.
"God takes various forms
and plays games with the
people but he is also probing,"
Morgan said. "He gives Tandy,
the central character, a little
more time because Tandy likes
life and doesn't want to leave
it."
"However, God also tears
down all of Tandy's defenses
for wanting to stay alive until
Tandy himself sees that he has
no reasons to live."
According to Morgan,
Friedman deals with the
ultimate concerns in his play.
He is interested in "the
tapestry of people, people with
stories to tell. They may have
tunnel vision and be absorbed
in their little obsessions but
there are no villians," Morgan
added. "In the play we opt for
mankind against the whimsical
God."
Contributed to 'Oh! Calcutta'
Friedman is a young writer,
born in 1930, vho established
himself in 1964 after writing
"Stern" and "Mother's Kisses."
(Continued on pg. 11)
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