Wednesday, February 26,1986
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By Bill Allen
Fntpftainment Editor
Coping with loneliness is sometimes
funnv and sometimes sad, sometimes
trltic and sometimes comic. Either
Wav or in any combination, it is a
human emotion.
spnior theater major Jeff Talbott
f ..cos the difficult task of presenting a
these men were dealing with the same
problem coping with loneliness."
Despite this, Talbott said, he had
few problems keeping the plays sep
arate in his mind, partly because they
are different genres.
It was interesting to see how differ
ently loneliness is dealt with, comi
cally and dramatically, he said.
comedy and a d Jrad.eflJ; and British by playwright Steven Berkoff,
loneliness, on. ne same n.gm m iwu Talbottsaid; the challenge was to con
plays. By himseii. vey this aspect of the character) yet
Talbott will present two one-act, still make it interesting to a U.S.
one-person plays by modern playwrights audience, he said,
for the first performance of the Nebraska Ch is a comjc , wrf jten b
Directors Theatre in its new location. Ren Jenkins ,t win be presented
The plays' premieres will be Thurs- second.
dayatSp.m.inthetheater's newhome, Altnough he had t0 mem0rize more
the basement of St. Mark s un ine than 4Q pages of monologue) Talbott
Campus, 1 3th and K streets. said naving one character from London
The NDT was forced to move from and the other from Indiana made it
1110 Q St. because of construction of easy to keep the lines straight,
the Lied Center for the Performing jalbott's most recent performances
Arts. include Mozart in "Amadeus" and Mar-
Talbott will present "Harry's Christ- ley in "A Christmas Carol," both
mas," a drama, and "Chug," a comedy, presented by UNL theater last semester.
Talbott said he is impressed with
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Lindsay Reading Korth, a graduate
of I'NL's theater department, will direct
both plays. Korth directed "Old Times"
in January at the Lincoln Community
Playhouse.
the theater's new location in the base
ment of St. Marks, but that the former
Q Street location was "perfect."
The plays run Thursday through Sat-
Talbott said that when he began the urday starting at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2
plays he thought he had two dissimilar p.m. Tickets are $3 for UNL students,
works. But, he said, he "found that both $4 general admission.
Authors meet public
By Scott Schmidt
Staff Reporter
Several Nebraska authors will meet
the public for coffee and conversation
about t heir works today from 6 to 8 p.m.
at Bennett Martin Public Library, 14th
and N streets.
Authors John Janovy, Robert Knoll,
PaulJohnsgard and Reba Cunningham
will speak at the library and are among
18 authors scheduled to appear for the
Nebraska Author Book Fair. The Ne
braska Literary Heritage Association
sponsors the fair.
The authors will discuss their work
and autograph copies of their books at
the library. The Heritage Room Gift
Shop will sell copies of the books. Pro
ceeds from sales will go to the NLHA
and the Heritage Room.
Many of the 18 Nebraska authors
have done readings of their work or
have been involved with the NLHA in
the past.
"We set the limit at 18," said Joanne
Casullo, Curator of the Heritage Room,
"because the Heritage Room is very
small."
Casullo said she hopes to have more
book fairs in the future with different
Nebraskan authors.
"There were some authors that I feel
shouldn't have been omitted," she
said.
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Freshman
spends time
in producing
cable show
By Chris McCubbin
Staff Reporter
The first year of college is a time
of challenges and new experiences,
but one UNL freshman has the chal
lenge of producing a monthly TV
show.
Sean Newman, a computer science
major from Waverly, is the president
of Community Lincoln Video, Inc.
and the producer of the TV show
"Camera One."
Community Lincoln Video, or
ComLinc for short, is a group of Lin
coln residents interested in com
munity TV. Using studio space and
equipment donated by Lincoln's
Cablevision, ComLinc lets local citi
zens produce their own programs
for the Cable Public Access Channel.
ComLinc grew out of a previous
group called PeopleVision. ComLinc
has existed since March 1982.
Newman was elected ComLinc
president 10 months ago, while he
was still attending Waverly High
School and ComLinc was still in a
state of transition from PeopleVi
sion. He said his active participa
tion during that crucial time led to
his current standing in the group.
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Newman