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I niversify ProgramoAmerican Theatre IsmicfCnference“Dialog: The American The-1--atre Today is the title and theatre in the major Americantheme of the Midwest Theatre cjt,es an(j the flourishing healthConference to be held on the 0f t^e community and college campus of the University of j theatres, the stage is set forChicago, August 4-6. a searching re-examination ofPresented by University Col* the condition of the Americanlege in association with the theatre today.(American National Theatre and ~ __j- 1 ~I I - 1 i * | Ml ! the American theatre will besional theatrethe American Educational The-« .atre Association, and the Uli- * maJor from Pr(rfesnois-Wisconsin Theatre Confer-, .ence the Midwest Thoatre Con- rector Harold Clurman* design’f 0 ^cionoH in inctjfufp er Mielziner, and actor Basil ference is designed to institute *conversatioas on the! Rathbone; men from the aea-from the Chicago daily newspapers and columnist Irv Kup-cinet will round out the weekend program of addresses, seminars, and panels.Set against the conversations on the theatre will be four performances. The conference will open on Friday, August 4, at 5:30 p.m., with a reception at producer-di-' which the Second City companywill perform its highly original satirical improvisations on the social scene. On Friday eve-nancial trouble, with even the more modest off Broadway the-demic wrorld—philosopher Kenneth Burke, sociologist Reuel Denney, psycho-analyst Charles Kligerman, and art historian Joshua Taylor: and practition-■s on the local theatrical scene producer Carl Stohn of Drury Lane theatre and Mary Cattellning the Court Theatre company at the University will present Shakespeare's “Henry IV, Part 1,” directed by James O'Reilly.publicproblems and hopes shared by the professional and tributary theatres of America.WITH THE commercial thea-tre cm Broadway in serious fi- ers on the local theatrical scene THE SATURDAY eve n i n gplay I will be Pirandello’s “SixCharacters in Search of an Au-’ directed bv Norbertatre having difficulties, with the of the Western Springs commu-concurrent rise of the cabaret nity theatre. Drama reviewersAf Des Plaines► -thor,” directed by Hruby; and the conference will close formally on Sunday afternoon with a performance of “Ulysses in Nighttown,” directed by Martin Roth. On Sundayevening there will be a concert reading by Basil Rathbone, an optional event not included in the conference feOn Sunday morning, August 6. there will be special workshops and meetings of the associated organizations, including the ninth annual Ulinois-Wisconsin Theatre Conference of Community Theatres.For further information write the University of Chicago Downtown Center, 64 East Lake St., Chicago 1, Illinois, or telephone Financial 6-8300.■ lt;Packed u ith ProteinThe Pacific salmon has the highest protein content of any food, according to the U. S. Department of Agriculture.TheatreMill Street £ Route 176WAVCONBA, ILLINOISJArkson lt;1421 24 Hour Answering ServiceLast Oay Thursday, July 20thDouble Feature ProgramFOXHOLE IN CAIROalsoHEROES DIE YOUNGFri. thru Tues., July 21st thru 25thParamount presentFRED ASTAIREDEBBIE REYNOLDS
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Arlington Heights Herald
Arlington Heights, Illinois, US
Thu, Jul 20, 1961
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