The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current, January 28, 1985, Page Page 10, Image 10

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Daily Nobraskan
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Friday's WalpErgisstScM celebration
included the face pskitiisu booth, where
10-yesr-old Stacy EsgkHd gets a ras&e
over from UNL fireshziaii Marie Kaxt,
end ccnediaa Alax Cole, who performed
for more than 7C0 pacpla, in the Ne
braska Union Ballroom.
Cole's show included nsimerous johes
about bodily functions and esx, some of
which even he admitted he shouldn't
have ssid. His biggest tegha ctme when
he tailed bout teaching Ida children
how to esc the toilet. "Girls have grav
ity working for them, there's no prob
lem. Bnt little boys, that's like a Cre
he...The first time Esy little boy tried
it tmdta3 up, fee gst geared. He started
jumping around yelling "Kiss it, kiss
it," I said, "no, none of thst here J'
He also spent a lot of time talking
about public bathrooms (Wcaen spend
a long thae waiting to cse the b&ihrocEi
in public. That's because yon Lrvs etalb
and doors, we (men) don't. If you took
those away, you'd be out of there
quick.") Ee elso talked cf dreams. ("The
dream thst wakes me up the most is the
one where I'm being chased by a one
eyed bear. He even messes up my e;ex
dreams. Yon know, yen always wake
when yoti get to the gocd part fa sea
dream. So what do yon do? Yon try to fall
asleep agsln. Only yea can't ever gr.t
that irl back. One tiine I dreaned I was
la the backseat cf a bine Cadillac with
this crgsss glrL osly I wcke cp before
assything happened. I went back to sleep
and actually found the car again. Only
when I got there, the bear was behind
the wheel, saying "Part two, gst in!")
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At the Sheldon
Sweet Hours, directed by Car
los Saura, will be shown &t the
Sheldon Gallery Theatre today at 7
and D p.m. The Foreign Film Series
features this Spanish film about a
young playwright who becomes obses
sed with the past and decides to
restage his childhood scenes by get
ting actors to portray his family.
Television
Part two of a three-part series
called, Robert Kennedy and
His Times airs tonight at 7. In this
part, after he recovers from the
impact of his brother's assasina
tion, Kennedy is elected to the U.S.
Senate and focuses on the plight of
the socially deprived and the dis
enfranchised. The series airs on
CBS, Channel 10.
O The Joy That Kills is featured
on the American Playhouse
tonight at 8 on ETV Channel 12. The
film is based on Kate Chopin's short
story about a frail young bride in
turn-cf-the-century New Orleans
whose husband keeps her in a do
mestic prison.
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By Beth Aniedco
EtsSTEepO'itsr
Presenting an unfamiliar show with
an unfamiliar actress may give a feeling
f uncertainty. But the Lincoln Com
munity Playhouse decided to do it
anyway when they featured "Monday
Alter The Miracle."
The play is st 20 years alter William
Gibson's earlier "The Miracle Worker,"
an award-winning piay or. the life cf
Helen Keller.
The uncertainty was alleviated when
Jcdy Ettiner arrived in Lincoln to play
Helen Keller.
SMner is based in Boston and was
with the National Thericr cf the Deaf
for two years." She' learned sigzi lan
gausge in the company and in perfor
mances, she both signed sad spoke her
own .parts and voiced the parts ofdesf
actresses. She is now working with an
access group in Boston to publish a
guide on how to make theaters access
ible to the physically disabled and to
deaf and blind actors. Steiner also is
working on a guide for listing theaters
that already are accessible to handi
capped and dec! people.
Director Michael Mitchell said that
when the playhouse decided to do the
play in October, two professionals were
considered for the starring role. The
playhouse contacted one of the two
actresses who seemed interested in the
part but eventually declined it
The National Theater cf the Dsif
imisisdiaiely recommended a desf act
ress for the pert, but this didn't pan cut
either. So Mitchell went back to his
first two choices and called Steiner.
She was surprised, but said she gladly
toek the part.
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The rest of the east had rehearsed
during December with an understudy
doing Steiner's blocking and lines so
tha ether actors could get a feel for the
play's rhythm. Actor David Landis said
he noted a change in the atmosphere
onstage when Steiner arrr.eil Emo
tional delicacies that coaM criy come
cut rhen an actor understood md fdt
the part were added, as well as natural
things that a deaf and blind person
might do in isteractiens with others all
were brought to tha play by Steiaer,
Landis said.
Steiner said she thinks that theater
and drama chsng3 people's lives, and
commuricatisn Is the key to that.
Communicatioii is not restricted to
hexing people, and all people Ices to
know how to express themselves.
Steiner eaid that ia drsma, actcss
get a chases io step sisMa of them
selves tad try m diSrest feeUcs tad
chsractczs. She sild mtk on the stp
is very Important to her eqsdly
impcrtant is idesini tha actor b
everysse, tedsdlsi the dssMsd, sha
sdd.
For that rsasoa, Steiner is doing
workshops thrc'out Lincoln Uh
sha is fosm, Thr.3 include cretlv
drama workshops in Lincoln schools,
woricshsps at UKL t!:c::;h the Eakky
Memcrial Center for deaf education
and workshops far Lincoln and Omaha
pubUc school teachers on drama in Uie
dsssreom. SSis also will work with
phydedly disabled children on self
swarencss mi expression, Steiner says
been wonderful
Tbssieif-goffs can see Steiner as
Kelsn Keller at S tcriht, to 31, and
Feb. 1 tsd 2. A matinss will be at 2:C3
p.m. Feb. 3. F.eservatlcrj may be made
by calllsg the Lincoln Community Play-
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