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Show r -. .. . . -s p. i ; i i W j T i ;vV; .!,????? . ' - . SUZANNE BURTON, Julie Hansen and Reed Hansen use their : ; talents offstage as well as onstage in the musical production j "My Fair Lady" coming April 1 to the Uintah High School j auditorium. Reed is the assistant conductor of the Uintah Basin Community Orchestra. Julie is the vocal specialist and Suzanne ! Burton is the prop mistress. All three are also performing in the ' production. Staff prepares play behind the scenes "Sometimes I would just like to be onstage again," says Kathy Tucker, student director of "My Fair Lady." "My family can stand me being gone all day or all night, but it's hard to be gone day and night." Kathy, one of a staff of fifteen people who work on the show night and day, has worked with Nels Carlson, director, in almost all the shows he has done in the last six years. She is also helping to build the set and is getting her feet wet in all the areas a director must cover to have a good show. Kathy's biggest professional dream, she says, is to be a full-fledged director someday soon. Costume designer Melinda Barlow begins to sew about 8 a.m. each morning morn-ing and keeps at it as much as she can until 10 p.m. at night. She is making nearly 100 costumes for "My Fair Lady." These include gray and black tails for the men and elaborate evening gowns and day dresses for the ladies. Melinda 's mother Helen Millecam, and sister Diana Maxfield, Nancy Cardoll, Lois Bennion and Becky Migliori have also turned their homes into dress shops to make sure the costumes are done in time. Suzanne Burton has been to Salt Lake City and Nels Carlson has made two trips to Logan and one to Ephnam to round up the period furniture needed to make the sets authentic Victorian. Being Be-ing a prop mistress is very time consuming, con-suming, and it takes a person with a great deal of patience, perserverance and organizational skills to do the job in a manner that will keep the show moving mov-ing smoothly, Carlson commented. Shannon Carlson is doing the light design for "My Fair Lady." A sophomore at Uintah High School, he has designed the lights for this year's high school production of "Sound of Music" and "Pirates of Penzance." Last summer he designed the lights for the dinner theatre production of "The Odd Couple" at Bottle Hollow. Marlene Luck, the choreographer for "My Fair Lady," studied dance at the Washington School of Ballet in Washington, D.C. Her dances add used charm to "My Fair Lady" just as tbej did in "Fiddler On The Roof last year. Marlene, who has a wealth of experience ex-perience as a dancer, will also dance with the company. Dr. Dennis Griff en comes down frea the Logan campus each Tuesday ti conduct the rehearsals for the Uiiul Basin Orchestra. A specialist in eke-tronic eke-tronic music and percussion is-struments, is-struments, he is an Associate Professor: of Music at USU and also works ri the University Band. Julie Hansen is the vocal specif for "My Fair Lady" and has helpedol the leading roles, the Cockney Quaral and the Maids Chorus develop tier" voices for their parts. ' Pat Gabbitas is designing tie hairstyles of the Victorian age for ae show. Kristy Sullivan as the maie-? designer must make sure everycceV make-up fits his character. ! Nels Carlson and Paul Heafcidv technical director, and a stage crew i 12 work from 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. make sure sets are ready for cuTi call April 1. t Carlson has been working on tfie si since last April acting as producer business manager for his shows. "Mj Fair Lady" will be presented April IK 3 and 5" in the Uintah High ScKtf auditorium. Tickets are now oosial the University offices in Rooseveit ud Vernal. Call 789-6100 for ticket prices. Special family night rates wJl & available for April 1 and 5 performances. |