Graduate theater students take
talent to Shakespearean shows
By Liza Holtmeier
Senior Reporter
Shakespeare will join five Univer
sity of Nebraska-Lincoln graduate the
ater students in Cedar City, Utah, this
summer.
The students — Andy Gutshall,
Ahna Packard, Mike Peters, Dawn
Schaefer and Theresa Shook — will
spend two months participating in the
Utah Shakespearean Festival.
They will join 300 theater profes
sionals and advanced students to work
in two different theaters on six differ
ent shows.
Gutshall, Packard, Schaefer and
Shook will work at The Adams
Shakespearean Theatre. It is an outdoor
venue modeled after the Globe The
atre, where most of Shakespeare’s
plays were first performed.
The shows that will be performed
at The Adams include Shakespeare’s
“Pericles,” “Twelfth Night” and
“Henry V.” The students’ work will
range from set construction to prop
artistry.
The four also will work on The
Greenshow and The Royal Feaste. The
Greenshow consists of a group of trav
eling players who entertain the shows’
patrons with the music and dance of
Shakespeare’s day.
In the past, The Royal Feaste has
resembled the feasts in the days of
Henry VIII, when meals were eaten
without utensils and served by waiters
in period costumes. This year, how
ever, The Royal Feaste is inspired by
“A Midsummer’s Night Dream,” and
plans include the introduction of the
fork.
Peters will work as a carpenter at
the Randall L. Jones Theatre, an indoor
facility that will show two non
Shakespeare productions and a 19208
style “Hamlet.” The other two per
formances are “The Boy Friend,” a
musical, and “Charley’s Aunt,” a com
edy.
The festival will run through late
August, but the students will have only
five to six weeks to finish their work
on all six shows.
In order to finish, the group will
work 10-hour days, lodging in both
hotels and student apartments at South
ern Utah University.
The fast pace of the festival will
provide an opportunity for the students
to hone their skills, Peters said.
“Repertory theater is such a big
challenge,” Peters said. “We’re build
ing shows that have to completely
move out of the theater so another show
can come in. It’s a lot of different work
that will improve our skills.”
Peters and Shook also have partici
pated in other Shakespeare festivals
around the nation. Peters worked at the
Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and
Shook worked at the Illinois
Shakespeare Festival.
The five students are looking for
ward to this festival because it is na
tionally known, they said.
“We’ll have a chance to meet
people from bigger theaters and other
universities,” said Shook. “The oppor
tunity to network is really valuable.”
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about city council meetings and car
accidents, I’ll be thinking back to the
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shake a stick at. I’ll miss college.
Against her will, Stack has been
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Daily Nebraskan senior reporter.
New comedy has ‘powers’ to be funny
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(played by Elizabeth Hurley).
The expected fish-out-of-water
situations ensue, as Powers is forced
to adapt to a world without free love
or vinyl records, among other things.
Myers obviously set out to spoof
not only the James Bond image of in
ternational jet-setting, but also the
mores of the ’60s and the British mod
lifestyle of that time. For the most part,
he succeeds. Myers’ ability to pull him
self into a character and make the au
dience believe in him is almost unpar
alleled.
Powers’ nonstop pursuit of sex does
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wonder just how many double
entendres can be heaped upon a script
before it collapses. But for the most
part, Myers’ delivery and sense of co
medic timing save him.
As expected, Hurley plays the
straight role to Myers’ clown, and she
does it well. But the script, which was
written by Myers, doesn’t leave much
room for secondary characters.
Jay Roach serves well as director,
allowing Myers to play off the script
and the other actors, which is what
marquee comic players should be al
lowed to do.
Overall, “Austin Powers” is a com
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Film: "Austin Powers"
Stars: Mike Myers, Elizabeth
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Director: Robert Wagner
Rating: PG-13 (Language, Sexual
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Grade: B
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just good
edy that occasionally — OK, usually
— wallows in the sophomoric, but
stays just funny enough to make it all
worthwhile.
Movies pack action
for summer viewing
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May 23:
“The Lost World” — The
heavily-anticipated sequel to the
blockbuster “Jurassic Park” prom
ises more dinosaurs, equally-im
pressive special effects and long
lines at the theaters. Jeff Goldblum
reprises his role from the original
film as the cynical Ian Malcolm.
June 6:
“Con-Air” — Nicolas Cage in
one of his two big summertime re
leases stars as a U.S. ranger on his
way home from prison to see his
wife and child, only to get caught
up in a mid-air hijacking of a pris
oner transport plane.
witn an an-star cast including
John Malkovich, Ving Rhames and
John Cusack, and production by
Jerry Bruckheimer, this may be one
of the top three grossing films of the
summer.
June 13:
“Speed 2: Cruise Control” —
Keanu Reeves is out, Jason Patric
(“The Lost Boys”) steps in as the
hero and Sandra Bullock is still
here. Director Jan DeBont has also
come back for the sequel to his
mega-hit “Speed.”
June 20:
“Batman and Robin” — Holy
Identity Crisis! The fourth
“Batman” movie brings in the third
actor as the Caped Crusader, this
time George Clooney (“From Dusk
‘Til Dawn”) donning the cape and
cowl.
Along with Robin (Chris
O’Donnell), the Dynamic Duo this
time faces the evil duo of Poison Ivy
(Uma Thurman) and Mr. Freeze
(Arnold Schwarzenegger), along
with breaking in a new partner of
Batgirl (Alicia Silverstone).
Expect lots of one-liners,
nipples on the Bat suits, and possi
bly a surprise cameo from
Catwoman (Michelle Pfeiffer).
June 27:
“Hercules” — Disney’s ani
mated release for the summer. Af
ter some lackluster reactions to
“Pocahontas” and “The Hunchback
of Notre Dame,” they need a big hit.
“Face Off” — Nicolas Cage’s
second entry for the summer teams
him with John Travolta in a John
Woo (“Broken Arrow”) film, thus
a virtual promise of overdoses of
action, even for the action junkies.
July 4:
"Men in Black” — Will Smith
took home a nice paycheck last year
at this time for “Independence Day,”
and he’s probably hoping for his
tory to repeat itself with this comic
based sci-fi comedy.
“Titanic” — James Cameron’s
$200-million epic is largely a pe
riod piece about the ill-fated ship
and boasts an all-star cast, includ
ing Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate
Winslet and Bill Paxton.
July 25:
“Air Force One” — Harrison
Ford plays the President of the
United States. When terrorists take
over his plane, the commander in
chief decides to kick some butt.
August 1:
“Mortal Kombat 2:
Annhilation” — The video-game
based flick follows the “plot” of the
game, with Shao Khan threatening
our heroes.
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