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5:00 am
Wed February 6, 2013

In And Out Of The Labyrinth

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Credit Marlo Angell / Lawrence Arts Center
Actor Spencer Lott, as Icarus, and Anwar Yadullah, as Theseus, during a recent rehearsal of 'Escape from the Labyrinth.'
Credit Marlo Angell / Lawrence Arts Center
Patrick Vincent, the Lawrence Arts Center's printmaking artist-in-residence, created screenprint images for the shields.
Credit Marlo Angell / Lawrence Arts Center
The minotaur, designed by Spencer Lott, during a rehearsal.
Credit Marlo Angell / Lawrence Arts Center
Students and their shields provide the walls, the sets, and the visual image of a labyrinth.
Credit Laura Spencer / KCUR
Students at Liberty Memorial Central Middle School demonstrate the movements of the minotaur puppet.
Credit Laura Spencer / KCUR
Writer and director Ric Averill (at left) and actor and puppeteer Spencer Lott (standing, at right) talk to students about the production.
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Performance
12:36 pm
Fri November 11, 2011

"Avenue Q" at the Jewish Community Center

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The Tony-award winning musical "Avenue Q" satirizes children's television programs, like "Sesame Street." But it echoes the life lessons with a subversive twist. "Avenue Q" has its Midwest premiere at the Jewish Community Center.

The mission of the Jewish Community Center is this: "To serve people of all ages in an environment of Jewish values and Jewish traditions." So, what does that have to do with "Avenue Q" - an R-rated musical with full-puppet nudity?

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