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from the issue of September 29, 2005
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University Theatre opens with quirky comedy
University Theatre, the academic year production program at UNL's Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film, kicks off the 105th season with "Wonder of the World," a comedy by David Lindsay-Abaire. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 6, 7, 12, 13, 14 and 15, and at 2 p.m. Oct. 9 in the Howell Theatre, Temple Building.
| | Erin Dinneen as Cass and Caitlin Brandes as Lois face Niagra Falls in the Univeristy Theatre production of "Wonder of the World." Doug Smith/Courtesy photo.
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Ever "discovered" something in your husband's sweater drawer that made you run away from home? Cass did. A firm believer in destiny, she boards the bus to Niagara Falls armed with a "things to do in life" list. With husband Kip in hot pursuit, Cass journeys through a series of absurd encounters with eccentric characters.
Erin Dinneen and Chad Brown play Cass and her husband Kip. Cass's sidekick Lois is played by Caitlin Brandes. Kate Lottinville and William Heafer play Karla and Glen, and Mark Romano plays Captain Mike. Other cast members include Jesse Glasgow, Kate Garst, Gabrielle Stewart, Darrin Hemmer and Steve Lenz. All are undergraduate theatre majors. G. Valmont Thomas, assistant professor, directs the production.
"Playwright David Lindsay-Abaire's work often focuses on the individual who is outside of the life most of us experience, but with 'Wonder of the World' he starts from the inside of an existence that most of our society would readily recognize as 'regular, normal, everyday life," Thomas said. "From this starting point we are plunged into an intense search for meaning, a last-ditch effort to make sense of the world, an open-ended odyssey of self-discovery launched by the pressure of years of self-denial."
Joy Barlean designs costumes, technical direction is by Mitch Critel, and stage management is by Jenny Schenck, all undergraduate theatre majors. Na-Ri Lee designs scenery, lighting is by Erik Vose, and sound by Mike Legate, all graduate design students.
Other productions in the 2005-2006 season are "The Seagull" (in November), "Wiley and the Hairy Man" (Jan./Feb. 2006), "The Learned Ladies" (March 2006), and "Fires In The Mirror: Crown Heights, Brooklyn and Other Identities" (April 2006).
Tickets are $16, $14 faculty/staff and senior citizen, and $10 student/youth. Five-admission season passports are $50, $40 faculty/staff and senior citizen. Passport admissions may be used for one production or one for each of the five productions in the season, or in any other combination. Tickets and passports may be obtained by calling 472-4747.
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