Monday, March 12, 2007
Rock Chalk Revue raises its funds to donate to the United Way. Many long hours and late nights were put in to make Rock Chalk Revue: Hawk Wild a success.
There were sequined costumes and synchronized dancing, but only one play stole the show.
Rock Chalk Revue: Hawk Wild ended on a high note Saturday evening. The 58th annual variety show featured five skits that satirized pop culture from “Back to the Future” to “Pimp My Ride”.
The audience was rolling through endless wisecracks about cavemen, “Star Wars,” and of course, college rivalries.
“I’m goin’ to Mizzou where everyone’s ugly and it smells like poop!” said Junior, played by Tyler Kemp, in “Little Prom on the Prairie.”
Although seemingly effortless, the 10 fraternities and sororities involved in the event spent months preparing for three nights of performances at the Lied Center.
Dan Summerfelt, Mercer Island, Wash., senior, and Eugene in “Phantom of the Library,” said practicing took a lot of time and effort.
“It was pretty taxing,” said Summerfelt. “I haven’t been to class in about two weeks. I’d get calls to come fix something and had to go.”
Summerfelt said that although the men of Theta Chi were stretched for time, they had fun performing and even found hidden talent in the fraternity.
Finishing with a whopping 11 out of 14 awards for performance, the men and women of Kappa Kappa Gamma and Beta Theta Pi won Best Show with their play, “‘Til Dance Do Us Part.”
The play focused on a couple taking dance lessons for their wedding day, and the trouble that ensued after husband-to-be Phil, played by David Price, Salina senior, confessed he neither could nor wanted to dance.
Laura Davis, St. Louis, senior, and director of “Til Dance Do Us Part”, said every person brought their love for performance to the show.
“We are all very talented in different ways, and did our equal parts,” Davis said. “It’s 12:30 the next day, and I’m still blown away. The experience couldn’t have been any better.”
Davis won Best Supporting Actress for her role as Maria, a small salsa queen with a big attitude on the dance floor. She was one of the many seasoned dancers who helped the couple reunite at the end.
In addition to performance awards, all fraternities and sororities received Best Chorus Members and show specific awards. Best urination onstage by a prehistoric animal went to Gamma Phi Beta and Delta Upsilon in “Set in Stone.”
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It’s such a long and intense process. It really shows the commitment people put into it. I had audience members telling me all night it was one of the best shows they’ve seen in a long time.
-Rob Williams, executive producer
Comedic timing by Anthony Onofrio, Paola sophomore, who was trying on his wife’s high heels, won the Comedy-Shocking Shoe Moment award.
Even The University Daily Kansan was written into Rock Chalk this year. An embedded reporter, played by Ryan Lonergan, found his true love while dodging a half-Jayhawk, half-Wildcat freak of science.
Rob Williams, Manhattan senior and executive producer, said he was pleased with the final product of the eight-month long process.
“It’s such a long and intense process,” said Williams. “It really shows the commitment people put into it. I had audience members telling me all night it was one of the best shows they’ve seen in a long time.”
Kansan staff writer Katy Blair can be contacted at kblair@kansan.com.
— Edited by Lisa Tilson
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