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I listened to it better than I
played it," she said.
Her future career choice
was clear.
"Art was the only thing I
was ever good at. I was a
terrible athlete; I hated
math and science. When I
went to college I majored in
art because my father told
me I had to have a trade,"
she said.
After graduating from
Wayne State University,
Robinson taught art for a
year at Oak Park High
School. For the next eight
years, she raised three chil-
dren.
"Before my kids were
born, I made jewelry; I had a
blow torch, kiln and acid lay-
ing around the house," she
said. "So, while I was home
with the kids, I just started
painting because I thought it
was safer. And I got pretty
good."
Robinson enrolled in pain-
ting courses at the Bloom-
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compiled three Michigan
Watercolor Awards; a Rocky
Mountain National Water-
color, the Johns Manville
Award and the 1988
Michigan Women's Founda-
tion Award in Painting.
Hewlett-Packard, Detroit
Institute of Arts, Chrysler
Corporate Headquarters and
IBM Headquarters are three
of 22 places that own work
by Robinson.
Robinson, who has sold
more than 200 pieces in her
career, now produces about
12 painted-handmade paper
reliefs a year. But you won't
find them in her home.
"It's hard for me to hang
on to them because when I
exhibit them in a show, they
usually get sold." ❑
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field-Birmingham Art
Association and WSU.
"I had a couple of instruc-
tors who encouraged me to
start exhibiting."
Robinson's paintings were
first exhibited at Rubiner
Gallery, then in Royal Oak,
18 years ago. Since that
time, her work has been
displayed locally in many
galleries including Can-
tor/Lemberg Gallery and
Meadow Brook Art Gallery.
While her husband, Jack,
is running Perry Drugstores
at its corporate head-
quarters in Waterford,
Robinson puts in a full day
at her basement art studio
and generally doesn't break
for lunch.
Over the years, she has
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ne of the more grate-
ful aspects of living
within the Detroit
metropolitan area is having a
number of fine theaters. Even
more rewarding is having
those theaters take substan-
tial challenges with selecting
material. Such is the case
with William Hanley's Slow
Dance on the Killing Ground,
staged by the Jewish Ensem-
ble Theatre at the Jewish
Community Center's Aaron
DeRoy Theatre.
Make no mistake; this is
tough material which asks a
cast and audience to take an
itemized view of guilt, inter-
racial rebellion and social
acceptance.
Set in a small store in
Brooklyn's deteriorating fac-
tory district during 1962,
Slow Dance on the Killing
Ground deals with the suffer-
ing of three seemingly
desperate individuals longing
for self-worth.
A brilliant ghetto-driven
teen-ager rages against the
terrifying absence of love in
his life; an elderly Holocaust
survivor questions his right
to live while knowing that he
abandoned his wife and child
to the Nazi terror, and a
young college student strug-
gles with the decision of
whether to have an abortion.
Needless to say, the
challenge taken by director
Evelyn Orbach lies in the
sheer weight of the problems
facing these characters.
Hanley's script is solid,
agressive, yet not economical.
Each of the characters is
convincing and credible, but
often not as potent as one
might expect.
As Glas, David Fox would
simply like the world to leave
him alone. This is a man who
has had plenty of time to
reflect upon his guilt. His
methodical manner and
ritualistic, habits are pushed
early and often by Randall
(Roosevelt T. Johnson). His
discomfort and anger are ex-
hibited a bit too quickly,
depreciating his character
and disintensfying his credi-
ble effort.
As Randall, Johnson, at
first, reminds us of past, yet
familiar "Super Fly" per-
sonages (Glas to Randall: "Do
you always wear your
sunglasses at night?"). Seek-
ing refuge in the store, he
quickly lets Glas know that
he's in control. Without a
doubt, these are Johnson's
best moments. He "moves
and grooves" with the best of
them. However, his technique
becomes conspicious while
trying to abandon this
demeanor.
As Rosie, newcomer Stacie
Passon demonstrates honest
potential for comedy. Con-
sidering the circumstances
she faces, her sarcasm and
bantering add laughable
moments to the production.
High prasie should go to
Melinda Pacha for creating
the perfect atmosphere with
her set design, while Blair
Vaughn Anderson's lighting
enhances the somber mood of
Hanley's work.
Slow Dance on the Killing
Ground culminates the in-
augural season for the Jewish
Ensemble Theatre. Artistic
Director, Evelyn Orbach,