 |
Visiting
actor helps students with Picasso, Einstein, Steve Martin
Picasso and Einstein are characters in it. Steve Martin wrote the script.
The UW-Green Bay Theatre program is presenting it. And professional actor
Vergil Smith has a role in it.
It is ‘Picasso at the Lapin Agile,’ an absurdist comedy running
through March 11 in the Jean Weidner Theatre at the Weidner Center.
The production by UW-Green Bay’s award-winning college theatre program
promises plenty of thoughtful laughs. Playwright Martin places Albert
Einstein and Pablo Picasso in the famous Paris café, Lapin Agile,
in 1904 shortly before each man completes the work that transforms his
respective discipline. Guest artist Smith has the role of Gaston, an amicable
denizen of the café.
Smith’s arrival at UW-Green Bay is a story in itself. An actor and
teacher displaced from New Orleans’ Dillard University by Hurricane
Katrina, he wound up here via the professional contacts of staff and faculty.
Theatre chairperson Laura Riddle says UW-Green Bay students are gaining
much from Smith’s residency on campus, where he is teaching introductory
acting and advanced acting for the camera. His television and film roles
— he had a featured role in the CBS series, “Early Edition,”
and appeared in films including “Natural Born Killers” and
“Runaway Jury” — are in addition to a long list of live
theatre credits. (Smith, left, is shown here with students Josh Wintersteen
and Carrie Weis.)
To order tickets in advance, call 465-2217 or 1-800-328-8587
|
|
 “My
experience has been more than phenomenal...I believe that internships,
in general, are essential. I have been recruited quite heavily because
of it and have had many job offers over the last year or so.”
Justin Rebman, Green Bay, Senior, Business Administration
major
Recently cited as the top intern in a 10-state region by the Northwestern
Mutual Financial Network
Bypass Kress mess by following these directions
Visitors accustomed to using Sports Center Drive to reach prime parking
spots near the University Union, Mary Ann Cofrin Hall and Ecumenical Center
are finding their path blocked by excavation and construction on the Kress
Events Center project.
UW-Green Bay Public Safety is recommending that, during construction over
the next year, visitors using the MAC Hall/University Union parking lot
should be encouraged to arrive via Walter Way.
For patrons of the Phoenix Sports Center -- the facility remains open
during remodeling and expansion -- a temporary road has been built behind
the center. The road skirts the Phoenix softball diamond and passes near
what has always been the PSC’s back door (soon to be its temporary
front door). While the new road to the PSC lot will, in fact, offer a
way to “get through” for faculty, staff and students (those
who know the campus), the potential for congestion and confusion will
make Walter Way the preferred choice for many campus visitors.
|
|
