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Show 'Miss Jean Brodie' to Open April 8 at Egyptian Theater- i " "Vr HI r ! ( " -! - ' ' "'" i Dick Mitchell and Barbara Smith rehearse for "Brodie". ' i ! ' : ' Park City Performances continues its 1982-83 season Friday, April 8, when their production of 'The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie' opens at . the Egyptian Theater. Opening Open-ing night reception starts at 7 p.m. with curtain at 8. The show will continue through this weekend and run all of next. Tickets may be obtained at PCP. 'The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie' is a delightful, if somewhat staggering play about education, and not always one kind of education. educa-tion. Brodie's famous line 'Give me the girl at an impressionable impression-able age and she's mine for life' is carried out to see exactly how the spinster schoolteacher intends to direct the thinking of those under her tutelage while she is in her 'prime.' Conflict exists in the more than a little less than perfect atmosphere in the English public school where Brodie holds forth. Much of the sub-plots revolve around these 'differences of opinion' among the staff and with a former student. Barbara Smith plays Miss Jean Brodie in her prime. The past for Brodie is seen -by the audience through the eyes of a nun who was a former student of Brodie's. The nun is enacted by Val Thurnell. Brodie's sometimes love match is Mr. Lowther played by Dick Mitchell. The role of Mr. Perry, the nun's confidante, confi-dante, is taken by Van Martin. Brodie's direct antagonist is the head mistress of the school who would dearly love to Brodie fired. The role is filled by Teri Gomes. Other parts, including Brodie's students, are taken up by Steve Stanczyk, Amy Finegan, Pam Finegan, Liz Nesi, Karli Vernoff, Gena Glenne, Jaia Vernoff, Michelle Harding and Kelly Purdom. Scott Zogg is making his directorial debut at the Egyptian. He is well known in Salt Lake City for his acting and directing abilities. For further information, call 649-9371. |
