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JILL CLAYBURGH AND AMY ROBINSON will be conversing tonight in the Inaugural James Turner Butler Creative Lecture, showing film clips, discussing their careers and lives and taking your questions. Sharing both the difficulties and the joys of the creative lives they have pursued for four decades, they also will touch on the differing challenges they have faced: Raising a family and having a career in Clayburgh's case and of being a single woman in Robinson's case.

Clayburgh has been nominated for two Academy Awards, for An Unmarried Woman and Starting Over, and for four Golden Globes and an Emmy Award. She has starred in over 25 feature films, including Running with Scissors, First Monday in October, I'm Dancing As Fast As I Can, Silver Streak, Semi Tough and Never Again. Television audiences know her from numerous roles in series and movies including Nip/Tuck (Emmy nomination), The Practice and Ally McBeal. On Broadway, she appeared in the recent revival of Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park, Richard Greenberg's A Naked Girl on the Appian Way, a revival of Noel Coward's Design for Living, the original production of Tom Stoppard's Jumpers and the Tony Award- winning musicals Pippin and The Rothschilds. Off-Broadway she was recently seen as "Virginia" in The Clean House, appeared in The Busy World is Hushed, and originated the role of "Sunny" in The Exonerated.

Robinson began her career as an actress. Her best known role was Theresa in Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets. She made a career change in the late 1970s, becoming a film producer, and has produced or executive produced more than 17 films, including Running on Empty, After Hours, For Love of The Game, From Hell and When Zachary Beaver Came To Town. Her films have won acclaim, including The Independent Spirit Award for Best Picture (After Hours), Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival (Martin Scorsese), nominations for two Academy Awards (Running on Empty), and the Truly Moving Picture Award at the Heartland Film Festival (When Zachary Beaver Came To Town). IS • ' | <.Y, • * j | . . ..-..„... . "..- ...... ' . . . ' . ''••-.-______:•. . ..,-•• ...... ''"••

PROGRAM

Welcome H. Douglas Lee President

The James Turner Butler Creative Lectureship Grady Ballenger Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences

Introduction of Jill Clayburgh and Amy Robinson Kenneth W. McCoy Associate Professor of Communication Studies and Theatre Arts and Chair

Julia Schmitt Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts

'Surviving Show Business: A Conversation with Jill Clayburgh and Amy Robinson'

Q&A

: " :i Closing Remarks Dean Ballenger ;-.;•" JAMES TURNER BUTLER CREATIVE LECTURESHIP

THE JAMES TURNER BUTLER CREATIVE LECTURESHIP was established by David T. Warner in honor of his grandfather, James Turner Butler, a Stetson alumnus (BA 1902, JD 1904). His gift also honors the Stetson legacy of other family members, including James S. Turner, a member of Stetson's original Board of Trustees (1885-1904), and Etter McTeer Turner (BA 1935), long- time dean of women and dean of students. Others also have generously supported the funding of this creative lectureship. The goal of the program is to support a campus visit or residency by a creative writer or artist who will interact with students and faculty and give a public reading or lecture. A faculty committee oversees selection of each year's lecturer. The current committee includes Gary Bolding (Art), Michael Denner (Russian Studies and Honors Program), Ken McCoy (Communication Studies and Theatre Arts), Emily Mieras (American Studies), Terri Witek (English) and Grady Ballenger (Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences). David T. Warner is the founder of Bellamy Road, a center for fine arts, literature and film near Melrose. A contributor to regional and national magazines, he is also a writer and producer of travel films and the author of "Vanishing Florida: A Personal Guide to Sights Rarely Seen," "High-Sheriff Jim Turner" and "Bimini: Tales of an Island Getaway."

Founded in 1883, Stetson University is a private, liberal arts university that consistently earns high rankings in national college guides. The Stetson University family is committed to intellectual leadership, through teaching and example; to active learning; and to fostering a close-knit community built on a foundation of values. The university's College of Arts & Sciences, School of Business Administration and School of Music are housed on the historic main campus in DeLand. The university system also includes the Stetson University Center at Celebration, and two Stetson University College of Law campuses in Tampa Bay. For more information, visit www.stetson.edu.