![]() “It’s a comedy, but it’s also an allegory.” “I try to be as relevant as possible to today,” she said. “How do we ever have peace? How do we survive in that way without killing each other?”įor the University Theatre production, Smith has updated the play so it takes place in 2015. “The play is crazy because we’re in crazy times,” Smith said. ![]() Antrobus tries to face how to make peace with the divisive force within his own home. The last act takes place after World War II. In Act II, the characters must survive the great flood. It is both a celebration and a warning about the spirit of humanity. “It is perhaps best described as a story crafted by throwing all other stories of mankind's history into a big blender and then letting the particulates settle where they willed. “’The Skin of Our Teeth’ is a story of the archetypal suburban family,” Glassman said. The name Antrobus comes from the Greek word “anthropos,” which means “human.” The play is an allegory about the life of mankind, centering on this family in the fictional town of Excelsior, New Jersey. You never really know what she’s going to do next.” “The changes in intention and character between Act I, Act II and Act II have really been a challenge for me as a performer. It’s really almost like playing three characters all in one show,” Klammer said. Kayla Klammer, a senior theatre and dance major from Ainsworth, Nebraska, plays Sabina, the temptress. Woman’s ability to keep the family going and to keep the children safe is the other half of the knowledge and spirituality and philosophical thought.” For example, our actual set cracks open, and she’s able to close the cracks. “And she has almost magical properties for being able to keep the home together. ![]() Antrobus represents the keeping of the home,” Smith said. Emma Gruhl, a junior theatre major from Lincoln, plays his wife, Maggie Antrobus. Smith said his character is necessary for survival because he is the inventor and seeks knowledge, including spirituality and philosophy. Luke Glassman, a senior theatre and economics major from Ankeny, Iowa, plays George Antrobus. What’s more interesting than a crisis? It’s an interesting idea to think about whether we will survive.” When you hear on the news all of the stories about climate changes and oceans rising and bird flus and other pandemics, and I know we’re in an era of fear-mongering with the 24/7 news cycle. “And I think we’re at a time like that, too. “I think Thonton Wilder was looking at our past and seeing that the human race gets through by the skin of our teeth,” Smith said. The Nazis were still in Germany and had Europe under its thumb, while the Japanese controlled the Pacific arena. In the play, George and Maggie Antrobus their two children, Gladys and Henry and maid Sabina overcome ice, flood and war-by the skin of their teeth.ĭirector Virginia Smith noted that when the play premiered in 1942, World War II was still ongoing. ![]() in Howell Theatre, located on the first floor of the Temple Building at 12th and R sts. Performances are March 5-7 and 11-14 at 7:30 p.m. The University Theatre season continues this March with Thornton Wilder’s “The Skin of Our Teeth.” Emma Gruhl (top) and Kayla Klammer rehearse a scene from "The Skin of Our Teeth," which opens March 5. ![]()
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