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VEISHEA Keynote Speaker - Broadway Bound - Randall Wreghitt
PM – Central Campus (Rain Location: Great Hall, Memorial Union) - Randall Wreghitt is currently represented on Broadway by Mary Zimmerman's acclaimed production METAMORPHOSES. Earlier this season he produced HEDDA GABLER on Broadway starring Kate Burton. He won a Tony Award for Best Revival for producing One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest starring Gary Sinese. On Broadway Randall has produced Martin McDonagh's The Lonesome West, which was nominated for four Tony Awards, including Best Play; McDonagh's four-time Tony Award winning play, The Beauty Queen of Leenane; the acclaimed revival of ELECTRA starring Zoe Wanamaker (nominated for three Tony Awards, including Best Revival) and the musical, Band In Berlin. He was the Associate Producer of the Tony Award winning Broadway revival of Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing. He received a degree in journalism from Iowa State University in , and is a graduate of
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The Orientalists – Part 1
Author’s note: Many of the books and authors mentioned here are well-known. There are dozens more from writers of various nationalities, and only a lack of space precludes complete inclusion. It is my hope, however, that any bookish reader with an interest in Orientalism may find something to enhance their interest with some works still to be discovered. The prevalence of British authors here does not indicate prejudice, but does reflect the books that are actually on my shelves.
There has been much debate about the authenticity, or otherwise, of Orientalism and its influence on socio-political thought. The books and authors figuring in this essay had, with the exception of Kipling, Lawrence and Gertrude Bell, no political axe to grind. Most of them were travelers who found the East, indeed, "other" than what they experienced at home. Their quest was a personal enthusiasm for the Orient. I would contend that their writings and translations had no•
Geography of Friendship
Two Poems and Some Thoughts
Recently I was reading a book called The Geography of Thought. To my surprise, the author claimed that Eastern and Western people had different types of cognition, meaning that they think differently, perceive the world differently, explain relations of causality differently, and solve their problems differently. As inom was pondering all these differences, a friend of mine, Kelli, ebulliently came up with an idea. We would each separately write a 'Where I'm from' poem and compare them. Since I was born in the East, and she was born in the West, we would see the differences between us, as well as the similarities, helping us to understand each other better and enrich us culturally and informatively. In beställning to write the poem inom began to think about my roots and heritage and also my personal experiences. The experience made me dive deep in my thoughts and feelings, and explore myself again. Writing this poem was helpful and good