| Show Curtain To Rise On New Student Activity By G. A. Chronicle Staff Writer The curtain is about to go up on a new student activity the University THE PROPOSED according to Byron lecturer in the University department of theater aits and who has been appointed to Investigate and implement the will include talent on all levels from beginners to graduate students and will not be just for drama Explaining he commented that the theater is a complex unification of many talents set business managers and a host of others and with this multiplicity of specialized knowledge all departments of the University should be represented in the operation of the University THE continued will be an autonomous student activity much like the the Pen and other campus but of obvious will be under the direct supervision of C. Lowell Lees' department of theatre he the group will have a permanent home in the Pioneer Memorial Theatre which will be the last word in theatre in the smaller of two performance halls in the who spent 30 years on Broadway before joining the University the past few there has seen some fantastic theatre talent in our department and it has long been a dream to nurture this student talent in all its And I think this program will be the answer to this Outlining the concept behind the he noted that an eastern university has achieved what the University has They have companies touring Europe and Asia as well as the U. S. They also have two summer IT COULD be an entirely self-supporting and it could actually bring money into the school in addition to worldwide prestige and noted the University drama isn't difficult to perceive the Players touring neighboring states and even abroad declared there are funds available from such sources as the Ford Foundation and the U. S. Department of State for these overseas I HL W- jk v nf H UNIVERSITY Jim McDonald Audrey Becker and and Gayle Crandall are busy planning to enter into activity in the newly organized theater The organization will unify undergraduate and graduate students in all fields of theater Byron McGrath is a faculty representative at the University this |
