During the week, performances were staged for the children in the Douglas County and Lawrence schools. Story Theatre was adapted for the stage by Paul Sills from stories in the Grimm brothers' collection and Aesop's fables. Shaw is working with an ensemble of eight actors to present the children's tales.
Actors transform quickly from storytellers to animals and humans and even inanimate objects.
Shaw is artist in residence and technical director at the Coterie Theatre in Crown Center, Kansas City, Mo. Shaw's residency at KU is partially funded by the Julie Stough Lecture Series through the Department of Theatre and Film. This site is maintained by University Relations, the public relations office for the University of Kansas Lawrence campus. Copyright 1996, the University of Kansas Office of University Relations. Images and information may be reused with notice of copyright, but not altered.