search articles:     from the issue of May 8, 2008         Cartmill delivers 'Nebraska Dispatches' May 9 Playwright Christopher Cartmill is on a journey. Commissioned by the Lied Center for Performing Arts to create a play about the historic trial of Chief Standing Bear, Cartmill has spent time in Nebraska learning about the historic figure and immersing himself in the lives of Native Americans. His experiences will be shared in the one-man performance, "The Nebraska Dispatches," at 7:30 p.m. May 9 in the Lied Center's Johnny Carson Theater. A former Lincoln resident, Cartmill has gone on to acclaim as a playwright in New York City. In "The Nebraska Dispatches," a playwright is commissioned to write a play about Standing Bear. The writer naively steps into the contemporary Native American world - a place he once called home. The story is a personal, political and spiritual journey of unlikely connections with Dickensian characters, a very small car and profound revelations. "The Nebraska Dispatches" was conceived as a changing work - a solo performance of experiences that have changed the playwright. Cartmill will also guide a post-performance question and answer session. Tickets for the performance are $18 general admission, and $9 for students with a valid NCard and youth age 18 and younger. For more information, go to www.liedcenter.org or call 472-4747. GO TO: ISSUE OF MAY 8 ARTS HEADLINES FOR MAY 8 White to open Jazz In June American Life in Poetry Cartmill delivers 'Nebraska Dispatches' May 9 Drum and bugle corps play Memorial Stadium Hillestad Friends announce textile art outreach curriculum June 7 jazz concert on NET 'Love, Peace and the Psychedelic Sixties' opens June 3 'Passport' continues at the Ross POETRY TALK 'Reverie' dedication is May 22 733170S38251X