Thursday, December 20, 1979 4 Page 15 ' Is The Best Yet Oliver vr It's a combination of talent, singing, kids and obvious hard work that makes The Park City Player's production produc-tion of Oliver their most energetic and entertaining play to date. While some of the previous plays produced by the local theatre company have suffered suf-fered briefly from flagging energy late in the performance, perfor-mance, Oliver maintains high voltage throughout. Much of Oliver's energy derives from the songs that tie together and embellish scenes and from the skillful deliverance of those songs by the Oliver cast. Indeed, most of the actors in Oliver project their character best when singing. Musical Director Jonathan Gochberg and Director Don Gomes are working with a talented cast. Particularly Particu-larly good at their singing are actors Amy Finegan (Oliver), Susan Erickson (Nancy), and Ralph Carlson (Fagin). The casting of Finegan, a ninth-grade girl, as the orphan boy Oliver was a clever choice by Gomes. Finegan has a fine voice and isn't afraid to use it at volume. Both Finegan and Erickson, who used to sing on tour with the USO, continually stole scenes with their singing. From his first number, 'You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two,' Ralph Carlson won instant audience au-dience applause as the thief Fagin. Even the briefest sketch of the Oliver cast must have a word about the 10 elementary elemen-tary school-aged kids that made ,up the children's ensemble in the play. Though of limited dramatic experience, the children presented pre-sented a unified stage presence pre-sence and showed good musical timing. The audience's audi-ence's first applause during the play last weekend was in II 1 1 II 1 1 , 1 11 1.1 HT . UI111UUC11 D .7 - ., . rh opening number as oiptaij&W1" nes an? extolling the virtues of food: were able fo cue the adults in All things considered, Park City's community theatre group has given their community com-munity an excellent Christmas Christ-mas present. Most Ambitious Play Oliver represents the Park City Player's most ambitious ambi-tious project yet some 70 people were involved in the production, half of them appearing on stage. That such a large group was orchestrated into a successful success-ful whole can be attributed to a lot of hard work, according to Director Gomes. "We spent eight weeks in rehearsal for Oliver com- ' fiw fm'm ' KHiiiii i iuujhi mi ,in iiii.iM.ijiii in minim i.kui.u mm- ujj i mm ii.nmi wwwi.in" wm.- KS, JT f. '" Ik " ; ' I . I PI ? ' . -( u (I1 ; . ;k m I 4 ll OPENING FRIDAY, 10 a.m. Build your own Omelettes Man Size Sandwiches Veal PiccataFilet of TroutLasagna ScampiCrepesQuiches 7 days a week, 10 a.m. to 10 a.m. Parking in Rear 402 Main Street 649-9998 mm 'Oliver' principals left to right Amy Finegan as Oliver pared with six weeks preparation pre-paration for our previous plays," the director of the Park City Players said. "Also, the rehearsals were very intense... we had no time for screwing around. "One factor that really aided our preparation was the enthusiasm of the kids," continued Gomes. "When we started rehearsing for the play, many people commented com-mented that it was brave to work with kids. Actually the kids were a breeze. They lAQtmoH fViA rlov n 1 1 i L 1 7 lull 1ILU Li I V-. U1UT Ullll-niJ Ralph Carlson as Fagin; Michael Hunter as Artful Doger; and rehearsal." Gomes feels that Oliver, a play about children, has served as an educational experience for the Park City children involved in the production. "The director must start from the beginning with inexperienced actors. Theater Thea-ter jargon, direction cues, the proper way to warm-up, and an appreciation for the discipline of theatre had to be taught to the kids," noted Gomes. "Those children that took part in Oliver will be way ahead of the game the next time they enter into dramatic production." Gomes extended appreciation appre-ciation to the Prospector Square Hotel and Convention Center for its donation of stage space, and to Sunn Classic Productions for its assistance with furniture and costumes. The contributions contribu-tions are part of what Gomes sees as an ever-increasing feeling of affection Park City has for its community theater. thea-ter. "With every play we put on, and Oliver is our fourth, I feel there is a greater feeling of ownership and belonging between the cast and crew of the Park City Players and the community at large," he said. Oliver will conclude its run this Thursday through Saturday, Satur-day, December 20-22. All performances begin at 8 p.m. and are held at the theatre at Prospector Square Hotel and Conference Center. Tickets cost $3 for KAC members, $4.50 for non-members, non-members, and are available in advance at the Kimball Art Center. Consolidated Offers Shares The Park City Consolidated. Mines Company has announced an-nounced that an offering of Common Stock and Convertible Conver-tible Notes, registered earlier with the Securities and Exchange Commission, has become effective. 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