ruye 0 jne lmautertrird Monday, January 30, 1984 Marriage is full of a number of surprises by Fletcher Matson Cedar City theatre-goer- s shows program. will of broad comedy and classical music when the SUSC theatre and music departments present The get a mixture Marriage of Figaro Feb. 2 through 4 at 8 p.m. on the Auditorium mainstage. Tickets for Mozarts comic opera of love and mistaken identities can be purchased at the theatre box office from 1 to 5 p.m. weekdays and 1 to 8 p.m. on performance days. SUSC students with ID will be admitted free, ticket prices for adults are $4, senior citizens and high school students tickets $3, and $2 for children. According to David Nyman, producer and orchestra director, the production is designed to appeal to people not especially interested in opera. The text has been translated from Italian to English and a detailed outline of the plot will be included in the It is a comic, fun, crazy, bizarre twist of events that will tickle everyone who sees it if they pay attention, says Stage Director Douglas Baker. Written in 1785, the opera depicts the problems and plottings of the barber Figaro, his fiance Susanna, a neglected countess and an unfaithful count who wishes to exercise his right of the lord by sleeping with his barbers wife on her wedding night. A series of mistaken identities further complicates the plot. You might say The Marriage of Figaro is a modern day Dallas set in the classical style, comments Nyman. Baker indicates that this production will feature colorful Spanish costuming and lavish grand opera scenery; he also intends to emphasize the comic, almost slapstick elements of the plot, j SUSC artist finds beauty in life by Jay Hill It is said that a picture paints a thousand words, and that an artist is a poet with canvas to write on instead of paper. Nina B. Marshall creates poetry on canvas, out of stone, or whatever medium suits her needs. Marshall came to SUSC from Jersey City, N.J., and she still carries a bit of New Jersey in her voice. I love teaching here, said Marshall. I like the art department because its a small, intimate department. The students are very interested in what they are doing. V Before she began teaching art at SUSC, Marshall studied various subjects in art at several uhiversities and colleges in New York, North Carolina, New Jersey and Texas. She said Any kind of art is communication; its certainly a language in itself. You cant pigeonhole art into one definition. and Currently she is teaching printmaking-relie- f screen printing, ancient art history and concepts of which adorns her wall. The SUSC art teacher encourages everyone to explore the creative possibilities which exist in the world of art. art at the SUSC art department. Before teaching at SUSC, she also taught at Texas Tech University. In New Jersey she taught art on the elementary and high school levels. Marshall said she came to SUSC because she thought that she was qualified and that it was a challenge for her, Utah being so different from Jersey City. And after coming to southern Utah and viewing the' landscape she became impressed with SUSC and the people she met on the campus. willing to hear your ideas. People here are anxious to see new things, she said. Although Marshall has sold some of her art work, she said she doesnt think being paid for her work means being successful. I feel success is when I feel satisfaction from working. she said. Her art work has been displayed in 29 exhibitions throughout the country, including the SUSC faculty art show this year. Even though she has exhibited her work in many art shows, it is not the way she earns a living. Im making my living from being involved in art, but not selling it, such as teaching. I would like to sell more work and spread the images around, and that is what people make art work for, so people will communicate with them and share ideas, said Nina. Marshall has won honors and awards for her art work including a teaching assistantship at Texas Tech and a plethora of awards from shows around the country. Even though Marshall teaches art, she says she is still a student of art, and learning art is an art. I would just like to continue working with my art and develop through it, seeing my work change and grow. That is what is important to me. Some people think an artist can produce a work of art naturally with the highest degree of confidence. But the art teacher said that isnt necessarily correct. Every time I start something Im positive that it is going to be a success, but Im willing at this point to know that you have to work some things out in order to do it. I think that any thing I do is a stepping stone to the next thing. So I dont feel shattered if it doesnt work because I know that Ive learned something from Southern Utah was what shed expected. It is a very nice place to get started in, because people are ..it.