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Show A PUBLICATION OF SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY'S SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM • CEDAR CITY, UTAH • AUGUST 2, 1993 USF to present Plays in Progress D n a first step toward its long-term goal of a third theatre to present the plays of -shakespeares of tomorrow," the Utah Shakespearean Festival will offer staged readings of four new plays-in· progress during the month of August. The 1993 New Plays-in-Progress series will present Rings by Aden Ross (August 5 and 6), 62 Homers by Red Shuttleworth (August 12 and 13), The Brother's Silence by Festival Literary Seminar Director Jerry L. Crawford (August 19 and 20), and One Family by Jim Leonard (August 26 and 27). All four will be presented Thursdays and Fridays at 9 a.m. ·n Thortey Hall, which is located in Southern Utah University's Music Building south of the Adams Shakespearean Theatre. The staged readings will be presented and directed by members of the Festival acting company. The playwrights will also be in attendance to discuss their works after the performance. Admission to the New Plays-in-Progress series Is complimentary, and no seats are reserved. However, contributions will be accepted at the door to hefp support and develop this new Festival performance program. Except for Rings, none of the plays in this series have been produced before. Rings was produced this spring in Park City. Rings (August 5 and 6), directed by Leslie Brott, is written by Salt Lake City playwright Aden Ross, resident playwright and dramaturg of the Salt Lake Actors Theatre Company. The play, a convoluted look at guilt, responsibility and the bonds of sisterhood, is based on an actual incident in New Mexico; the setting is an Albuquerque courtroom and the mind of Judge Madelefne Crowder. 62 Homers (August 12 and 13) will be directed by Rod Ceballos and is written by popular Washington playwright Red Shuttleworth, a finalist in the O'Neill and Shenandoah festivals and a member of the Cowboy Poets of America. An ex-baseball player himself, in this play Shuttleworth explores a retired major league baseball player's present and past-his marriage, his lover, himself. What will he do, what can he do, for love or fame or glory? The Brother's Silence (August 19 and 20), directed by George Judy, is, 8CCOf'ding to playwright Jerry L. Crawford, ·a fictionalized treatment of the final weeks bearing upon the life and death of Robet1 F. KeMedy." It (CONTI UED ON PAGE 4) SU-ER 1993 CALENDAR (r1trough ~ 4) ......... 2: Utah Shake8pea,8an Festival, Royal Family, 2 p.m., Tartuffe, 8:30 p.m., Randall Theatre, Midsummer Night's Dream, 8:30 p.m. 2-5: Early Childhood Conference August 2-8: United Spirit C8mp August M: Camp Shakespeare August 2-8: Behavior Management for M/M Disabilities Auguat 2-13: Shakespeare and the Renaissance ..._.. RICHARD II: Jack Wetherall (left) as Richard embraces his queen, Karla Nielson, before being taken to the Tower of London by the Earl of Northumberland, played by Mikel MacDonald. It's part of the Utah Shakespearean Festival's 1993 season here. ....... 2-28: Stage Combat for Actors A ....... 3= Utah Shakespearean Festival, Tour, 11 a.m., TIJ/'tuffe, 2 p.m., Royal Family, 8:30 p.m., Randall Theatre, Royal Feasts, 5:30 p.m., King's Pavilion, T,mon al Athens, 8:30 p.m., Adams Theatre . Augllat 4: Utah Shakespearean Festival, Tour, 11 a.m., Tartuffe, 2 p.m., Our Town, 8:30 p.m., Randal Theatre, Midsummer Night's Dream, 2 p.m., Main Auditorium, Richard II, 8:30 p.m., Adams Theatre. Auguat S: Utah Shakespearean Festival, Tour, 11 a.m., Royal Family, 2 p.m., Tartuffe, 8:30 p.m. , Randall Theatre, Midsummer Night's Dream, 8:30 p.m., Adams Theatre. A11911st 8: Utah Shakespearean Festival, Tour, 11 am., Our Town, 2 p.m. Royal Family, 8:30 p.m., Randal Theatre, Royal Feaste, 5:30 p.m., Kings Pavilion, T,mon of Athens, 8:30 p.m., Adams Theatre. Autfust 6,8: Shakespeare for Teachers 2 August 7: Utah Shakespearean Festival, Tour, 11 a.m., Tartuffe, 2 p.m., Our Town, 8:30 p.-m., RandaU Theatre, Royal Feaste, 5:30 p.m., King's Pavilion, Midsummer Nighrs Dream, 2 p.m., Main Auditorium, Richard II, 8:30 p.m., Adams Theatre. Aug t 7-13: Canyon Lands Summit (CONTINUED ON PAGE 7) |