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Show Utah Shakespearean F~stival opens 32nd season m fter months of planning and six weeks of intensive rehearsals the Utah Shakespearean Festival began its thirty-second season June 28 with pomp and ceremony, and with critical acciaim over the light and airy A Midsummer Nighfs Df'88l11. Shakespeare's popular play was preceded by an opening night gala at 6 to 7:30 p.m. In the Great Hall of the Haze R. Hunter Conference Center, on the campus of Southern Utah University and adjacent to the Festival facilities. A short program featured Utah Gov.-and SUU graduate-Michael 0. Leavitt as the guest speaker. Opening remarks were made by Festival Founder and Executive Producer Fred C. Adams, followed by a presentation by Festival Board of Directors President-elect Verl A. Topham, who is also president and CEO of Utah Power. All those with tickets to the opening performance of A Midsummer Nighfs Dream, as well as invited guests were invited to the reception. Discussing the upcoming season, Adams said, "Audiences will never believe the quality they are about to see. Every year gets better, and every first time guest gets hooked." Festival administrators expect 1993 attendance to exceed 130,000. Officially opening the season June 28 in the Adams Theatre was the perennially-popular A Midsummer Night's Dream. Puck, the king and queen of the fairies, and various lovers will appear on stage every Monday and Thursday at 8:30 p.m. and in matinee in the Auditorium Theatre every Wednesday and Saturday at 2 p.m. Timon of Alhensopened June 29, also in the Adams. This rarely performed tragedy offers patrons a seldom seen side of Shakespeare every Tuesday and Friday evening at 8:30 Initial reviews forthe opening night p.m. say that this may be play to see this season. Gallery exhibits run through Sept. 4 Krista Yell, a junior from Minneapolis, Minn., majoring in languages, checks out the costumes as part of the exhibit "Shakespeare: Designed and Realized' at the Braithwaite Fines Arts Gallery on campus. The exhibit is in the large gallery, while in the small gallery is "Illuminating Literature," a collection of rare and old books dating as far back as the 17th century. The Gallery, located in the Braithwaite Liberal Arts Center, is open Mondays through Fridays from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays from 1 to 5 p.m. The third play in the Adams Theatre is Richard II, which opened June 30 and plays every Wednesday and Saturday at 8:30 p.m. This tale of a sensitive but flawed king who is deposed by his efficient but passionless cousin offers the perfect mix of Shakespeare's beautiful language and the history of early · · England. Opening the Randall Theatre on July 1 at 2 p.m. was Our Town, a sentimental look at small town life in America. It is a play of hope and dreams, dealing with life, death, compassion, and spiritual promise. After opening week, Our Town is peliormed every Wednesday and Saturday at 8:30 p.m. and in matinee every Tuesday and Friday at 2 p.m. All performances are in the Randall Theatre. Tartuffe, a French farce of deceit, phoniness, and sanctimonious fraud, opened July at 2 p.m., then continues in production every Monday and Thursday at 8:30 p.m. and in matinee every Wednesday and Saturday at 2. Again, all performances are in the Randall. Last to open is The Royal Family, a saucy satire of tenderness, sophistication, shrewdness, and a lot of humor, This modern classic opened at 2 p.m. on July 3 then continues every Tuesday and Friday at 8:30 p.m. and ln matinee every Monday and Thursday at 2 p.m. All performances are in the Randall Theatre. Tickets are still available for most performances in both theatres. "There are a lot of people who think we don't have anything lett,•-said Jay Decker, box office manager for the Festival ·tn fact, you can get excellent seats on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays, and we still have a lot of good tickets for all the plays." The Festival runs through September 4. For tickets and OUR TOWN-: Christine Williams as Emily Webb and Ashley Smith as George Gibbs infonnation call 801-586-7878. share sodas, and young love, in the USPs 1993 produiction of Our Town. ·········!I···· World Champion Aero ymnasts to offer clinics (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) instruction," Dail points out. "This is an exceptional opportunity for interested athletes, but enrollment will be limited." Clinics will run from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. daily, with some variation, depending on the activities for a particular day. Cost for each five-day clinic is $325. This charge includes housing and three meals each day. Special arrangements can be made for participants who want to pay for only clinic training and lunches each day, according to Dail. . Registration may be arranged by contacting SUU's office of conference services at (801) 586-7853. Sports acrobatics Includes· individual athletes, who perform in platform tumbling, rmd five varieties of groups of athletes. Women compete in "women's pair," and "women's trio." Men's events are ·men's pair" and "men's four." There is also a "mixed ,pair" event. Athletes in the group events complete three routines: a balance routine, a tempo routine, and a combined balance-tempo routine . Individuals in platform tumbling perform on a 130-foot track with straight and twisting passes. "Sports acrobatics is an intriguing sport with tremendous audience appeal," Dail says. "And we have some of the wortd's best working in our clinics." THE SUMMERBIRD • PAGE 7 |