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Negro Ensemble Company to present
‘From the Mississippi Delta’ at Kimball
By Julie Naughton
Senior Reporter
The Negro Ensemble Company will
perform “From the Mississippi Delta,”
a play by Endesha Ida Mae Holland
tonight. “From the Mississippi Delta”
tells the story of the American civil
rights movement.
The play is an autobiographical
story; it tells Holland’s story as she
grew up in Mississippi. When Hol
land was a young girl, she had three
children and was forced to support
them through prostitution.
When Holland went to a civil rights
voter drive, she saw a black woman at
a typewriter, and it changed her life.
She was fascinated by the thought
that a black woman could use a ma
chine, and the incident compelled her
to seek a formalized education. Hoi
M. M.
land eventually was awarded a Ph.D.
in English from the University of
Minnesota. She is now a professor of
Black Studies at the State University
of New York at Buffalo.
Three actresses portray Holland’s
character, Phelia. The actresses,
theater^
Gwendolyn Roberts-Frost, Harriett D.
Foy and Lizan Mitchell, trade off
playing Phelia and the nearly 60 people
around her. The play follows Hol
land’s life from the time she is 11 to
when she receives her Ph.D. 20 years
later. “From the Mississippi Delta”
consists of nine scenes, covering the
years from the 1950s to the early
1980s.
The Negro Ensemble Company has
been involved in various dramatic
pursuits; the movie ‘‘A Soldier’s
Story” was developed from the Ne
gro Ensemble play “A Soldier’s Play.”
The play will be performed in
Kimball Recital Hall at 8 p.m. There
will be a pre-performance talk in 119
Westbrook Music Hall at 7:30 p.m.
During the pre-performance talk,
Dr. Bernice Dodd, executive director
for the Omaha Opportunities Indus
trialization Center, will speak about
African-American women in relation
to the story and in present-day Ne
braska.
Tickets for the performance are
$13 and $9. They are half-price for
students and youths under 18. They
are available at the Lied Center Box
Office; the box office is open from 11
a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through
Friday.
War-time patriotism, camaraderie expioreu
in Lied presentation of Canadian musical
By Jim Hanna
Staff Reporter
The expansion of Lincoln’s only
professional theater will receive a
financial boost this weekend with a
benefit performance of the relatively
unknown Canadian musical, “Billy
Bishop Goes to War.’’
The Nebraska Repertory Theater,
which will enter its third season with
a professional Equity contract this
summer, will receive the proceeds
from three performances at The Johnny
Carson Theater in the Lied Center for
Performing Arts this Saturday and
Sunday.
The play stars slate Sen. Dave
Landisas Billy Bishop, a transplanted
Canadian in the Royal Air Force during
World War II. Through songs and
stories, the show explores the fervent
patriotism and camaraderie that arises
in wartime.
“It’s very theatrical,” said Tice
Miller, Nebraska Repertory’s execu
tive director and chairman of the
University Theater Arts and Dance
Department “It’s really quite a mar
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velous piece. It’s not just fluff.”
While Vincent T. Learned appears
as the pianist and the narrator, the
play focuses on Landis, who con
stantly changes characters in telling
the story. The studio space of The
Johnny Carson Theater will help Landis
with his difficult task, Miller said.
‘ Tt’sa very intimate, cabaret-style
show,” he said. “The actor has to
work off the audience. It relies on the
actor’s charm.”
‘‘Billy Bishop” will open its run
at 8 p.m. Saturday, with a formal
reception at 7 p.m. Tickets for this
performance are S25.
Two additional performances arc
scheduled for 3 p.m and 8 p.m. Sun
day. Tickets are $10 for the two Sun
day shows.
Tickets arc on sale at the Temple
box office from noon until 5 p.m.
weekdays. Tickets will be sold at the
door of The Johnny Carson Theater
three hours before each performance.
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by many to be one of the best blues
saxophone players performing today.
Wednesday and Thursday, Mike
Morgan and the Crawl will return to
the Zoo Bar.
Thursday, Fusion Force will play
jazz music at Julio’s, 132 S. 13th St.
Rock:
Tonight and Saturday, Guerilla
Theatre will play at Chesterfield’s.
Guerilla Theatre plays both covers
and original songs.
Today and Saturday, Tight Fit will
play at The Royal Grove, 340 W.
Comhuskcr Hwy.
Today and Saturday and next
Thursday, Sirius will play at Sweep
Left, 815 O St.
Monday through Thursday, Red
Line will play at The Royal Grove.
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