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from the issue of April 28, 2005
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Theatre tours Voice of the Prairie statewide
University Theatre from UNL is taking The Voice of the Prairie, a play about the development of radio in the Midwest by John Olive on tour.
Performances will be May 3 at Central High School in Omaha; May 9 at Ansley High School; May 10 at Lincoln High School; May 11 at Lincoln North Star High School; May 12 at Beatrice High School, and May 13 at Hastings High School.
This John Olive story begins when radio is first heard across America and tells of a teenage orphan, his youthful adventures with a spirited blind girl and their bittersweet reunion later in life.
Radio and storytelling play an essential role in this dramatic exploration of memory, fear, laughter and hope. The Voice of the Prairie is a tribute to the art of theatrical storytelling with three actors portraying many colorful characters.
This production of The Voice of the Prairie was invited to the internationally acclaimed Podium Festival in Moscow, Russia, performing April 26.
Director, associate professor Virginia Smith says, "The Voice of the Prairie is a tribute to the energy and ingenuity of the American spirit; part con artist, part dreamer.
"It's about rules and regulations losing, and dreamers and lovers winning. It's about the magic of radio and the transcendent power of storytelling."
Smith added that The Voice of the Prairie is truly and actor's piece, with two MFA graduate and one undergraduate actors playing nearly a dozen characters through a span of history, from a free-wheeling adventure in the 1890s to the 1920s and the first days of radio.
GO TO: ISSUE OF APRIL 28
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