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WE'RE FIGHTING FOR
YOUR LIFE
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Booked Theater
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(Paul Winter) sends me tons
of stories, and Shirley Benyas,
an actress, and Irwin Shaw
are other sources; he reads
voraciously — I think he's
reading all the time!
"But, a lot of it, I just read
in anthologies and in
magazines like Response and
Commentary. Some stories
just aren't as do-able as
others. Sometimes we find
this out just by reading them
aloud. Usually, though, when
I read, I know by the first cou-
ple of pages if it's a story I'm
going to be interested in."
Generally, Fleischer says,
the stories she chooses con-
tain a good bit of dialogue.
"That's one of the reasons
why I haven't chosen any
Israeli stories — the ones I've
seen are heavily narrative
and descriptive. I'm also pret-
ty fussy about the length of a
story. A single reader — I
don't care how talented they
are — has a difficult time
maintaining (audience) in-
terest in anything over 25
m _ inutes."
Usually, Fleischer tries to
present a "good mix" for each -
program. The group doesn't
stay away from "dark" stories
necessarily, or from more dif-
ficult or experimental fiction,
she explains.
After selecting the stories
for a season, Fleischer
chooses actors, all profes-
sionals and most, although
not all, Jewish, to read each
story. Usually, only two
rehearsals are held — first, an
informal run-through at
Fleischer's home, where the
stories are read, timed and
talked about. After this first
get-together, all readers work
on stories on their own for 3-4
weeks before meeting at the
DeRoy Theater for a final
rehearsal the Friday before
the Sunday show.
"At that time we work with
the host, who introduces the
stories during the program"
Fleischer says. "John Butler
fixes the lights. We decide on
logistics, like where are we
going to put the reading
stands, how we'll get from one
place to another onstage. In
the future at Readers
Theater, I'd like to include
other things besides short
stories and use the Theater as
forum for. Jewish
a
literature."
"For this next program, I'm
doing a radio play called The
Table by Ida Fink, which has
been produced in Europe," she
continues. "For this fall's last
production, Arthur Beer and
Miriam Yezbick are doing
scenes from Two, a play that
was very successful. at
Uriiversity of Detroit last
year. Then, in the spring,
we're planning on presenting
excerpts from a book, The
Testing of Hanna Senesh, for
half the program. Also, in the
future, one of our goals is to
try to diversify our audience
a bit, age-wise. Because the
IRP is connected with
Readers Theater, I think
there might be a misconcep-
tion that what we do here is
only for older people:'
Fleischer compares the con-
cept of Readers Theater to
radio programming. "We
don't use props, sets or
"We don't use
props, sets or
costumes .. .
Readers Theater
requires a lot of
the audience. Our
shows require you
to use your
imagination."
costumes, and Readers
Theater requires a lot of the
audience. Our shows require
you to use your imagination,
to listen — not just hear — but
to listen carefully, so that the
scene is enriched within you,"
she says. "Generally, our au-
diences have been very recep-
tive to what we do. Often
times; they go away involved
in spirited conversation. A lot
of the time, there are tears in
their eyes. A lot of the time, ,
they're smiling." ❑
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Local Entertainers
At Detroit Festival
The third annual Detroit
Festival of the Arts, held
this weekend at the Detroit
Cultural Center through
Sunday, will feature local
and international jazz,
, blues, gospel, classical and
pop musicians, poets and
dancers.
Today's performers in-
clude violinist Howard
"Louie Bluie" Armstrong
and the Kahurangi Maori
National Dance Company of
'New Zealand. Saturday,
Marcus Belgrave and Earl
Van Ryper Ensemble, Buddy
Folks and Mitch Ryder will
perform. Sunday's perform-
ers include Josh White Jr.
and Kathy Acker.
Korn Will Host
Poetry Readings
Financial consultant
Monte Korn, host of WWJ's
"The Monte Korn Financial
Report" at the West Bloom-
' field Public Library.
Korn will recite poems
from this summer's film
Dead Poets Society. He will
also recite poems from Ten-
nyson, Keats, T.S. Eliot and
other authors.
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