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Show Genesis of Seagull Theafc Folsom has to recast. Rehearsals roll on, opening night approaches, approaches, looms and suddenly is here. The actors joke, sweat a little, open a bottle of wine. Folsom, Fol-som, the director, fumes and worries, wonders if his special 10 o'clock show will attract college students like it's supposed to. Then it goes Then the event, then it goes, goes before an audience that doesn't fill the seats (so what?), goes a trifle awkwardly at times (damn), but it goes and is just as suddenly gone, leaving thoughts of paychecks, pay-checks, a bitter aftertaste like unsweetened chocolate and a load of experience for the next time. Folsom, the promoter, wants to fill the seats next time, pull in the college audience. He talks with Hall about a uM i tour wondcrs whether ing worth knows he m,t ; Theater-birth erotica ' S ybe the birJ haustion, a cigaretl Maybe ,tsmo that-butoncebomj: and squalling brat.-! 't must have love to Psion, not public good reviews in all lovers who want to seei;; By H.D. ROBERSON Chronicle Staff t.s a miniature history of the Seater in itself. It's also the fulgent ful-gent of many idle dreams w,th S origins in the department of theater at the Umvers. y. It s the new Seagull Theatre located at 1458 South Main. What is the genesis of a small theater? It must lie in the deter-mination deter-mination of its founders to make a real go of it. Kim Folsom a student director at the University is interested in becoming involved with small theatrical production-so production-so what? all director-students are, it's congenital-he even has a little money he'd sink into it. Even when they get together, why should the result be more than an average Utah dramatic student bitch session? Because they are determined to get it done. Then the fun begins. First a building Where will it be? You have to find a building. Not any building-one the fire inspectors will approve. Folsom and the inspectors reject 50 buildings before finding a suitable suit-able choice. You need curtains and seats; someone locates a theater going out of business and they sell you what you need for what you can pay. You need lights, sets, costumes and actors. Hall finds interested people. Folsom casts for the play. The actors build sets, make costumes, cos-tumes, hang lights. And the fire inspectors check up. All this time, everyone you hear is saying it won't work, it'll fold. It can't succeed. People are touchy, |