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Show 6 The Wiz9 tickets on sale W 'l citizens and children 6-12. SUSC students will be admitted free with activity ac-tivity cards, and season ticket holders with their 1980-81 passes. Group rates are available on request. The main stage campus-community production pro-duction is being done in cooperation with the music, dance and theater departments at SUSC. David Nyman, chairman of the SUSC Department of Music, is the orchestra director. Vocal direction is by Ellison Glattly, instructor of music, with Nancy Stringham, instructor in-structor of physical education and dance, as dance director. Fred C. Adams is the theatrical director. "With the exception of 'Follies' in 1973, this is the single largest production we've ever mounted in terms of total number of people, costumes and general production," Adams said. "There are 43 people in the play, 95 Reservations can now be made for "The Wiz," Southern Utah State College's ambitious version of the .Broadway play which sent Dorothy and the Yellow Brick Road soaring into the space age. Tickets are available from 1 to 5 p.m. weekdays by calling 586-4411, extension ex-tension 234. Reservations can also be made on the days of performances May 22-23, 28-30 from 1 p.m. until curtain time at 8 p.m. '"The Wiz' will be popular with everyone from the ages of 6 to 106 and we're predicting that if you see the show once, you'll want to see it again," said Fred C. Adams, professor of tteater arts. "From the great amount of interest being expressed in the play already, it could well be our most popular musical." Tickets are $3 for adults, $2.50 for students over 12, and $2 for senior Performers from "The Wiz" pose before the play opens Friday at Southern Utah State College. The cast includes (clockwise) Dave Howard as the Tinman, Diann Christianson as Dorothy, Ken Blackwell as the Lion and Mark Blackham as the Scarecrow. costumes and a great number of special effects by way of lightning, flashpots, fire, magical tricks and even a melting witch." Aside from a National Touring Company production of "The Wiz" which ran for four days in Salt Lake City in 1978, SUSC is staging the state's first adaption of the popular Broadway play. |