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Show 'Order is Love' appears in Kanab By Syd Kamsaur At first I was leery of seeing "The Order is Love" presented by the two year old Hod Cliff Repertory Theatre because 1 had seen it elaborately and professionally performed at BYU. However I was pleasantly surprised with this production and found it very easy to overlook the few miner difficulties dif-ficulties that occur in a company , of that size. The intimate setting with its small set and cooperative crickets was an asset to the production. The fact that the history behind "The Order is Love" happened in Kane County where the play was produced proved to be rather interesting also. Despite outside distractions such as babies crying and truck horns honking, the cast projected their lines and worked well together. The music was catchy, the choreography was cute and there were some touching moments. The end when the Order fell apart caught many a person sniffing. Dee Pace did an admirable job as Ezra Cooper, the visionary keeper of the Order's storehouse. Frances Isadore, Ezra's puckish daughter was delightfully per- formed by Karla Adams. Ted Woolsten and Sheila Buckley who played the roles of Brother and Sister Burrows, a drunken lout of a husband with a shrewish wife were quite enjoyable. The rest of the cast, particularly the romantic leads carried their parts well. For what they had to work with I thought that the Red Cliff Repertory Theatre production of Carol Lynn Pearson's "The Order is Love" was cute, clean, wholesome and well done. |