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Show Page 8 y?f The Thunderbird Monday Aprif 14, 1986 Arts EnterMinmenl gWET Hedda Gabler to open BY PAIGE WHITE But killing his child thing a father can do. that's not the worst Hedda Gabler Hedda Gabler is slated to run April ?3 through the 26 at 8 p.m. in Auditorium 108. A matinee is being offered April 26 at 2 p.m. Limited seating is available by general admission $2 for SUSC students and $3 for all others except those with season theatre ticket B. Ibsens play, notes director Rick VanNoy, is an excellent choice for a Stage Two production. Its a classic play with a small cast, and it can be even more powerful in the intimate theatre setting. Hedda Gabler is a play about behavior, says VanNoy. Hedda is a frustrated and bored woman who manipulates the lives of others and who lives vicariously through them. Yet her behavior is never really explained, so its considered a problem play in that sense. VanNoy also suggests that the play is for mature audiences, not because of language or content but because of its complexity. However, several cast members have said that the play is full of sexual undertones, buried deep within the context of the play. Ibsen did a wonderful job creating tension on stage in this play. It is so full of innuendos that only a close observer will catch the repressed sexuality that is present thoughout each act say cast members. Cast members also feel that Hedda Gabler will be the most intense play of the year, if not the best. Connie A. Layton, a senior theatre major, plays the title role as villainess Hedda Tessman. Layton has been seen in several performances at SUSC, including The Lion in Winter, The Dining Room and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Layton states that this role has been the most challenging role of her career so far. It is the hardest role I have ever had! Layton One of the objectives of the SUSC music department is to obtain a fine pipe organ says Jan Harrison. planned, To give area music lovers a preview of some of the fascinating music available for organ, said Harrison. The recital is being held at the LDS Stake Center so that the pipe organ rr - said. Douglas H. Baker, an assistant professer of theatre arts at SUSC and a member of Actors Equity Association, will play Jorgen Tessman, Heddas husband. Baker was pre-cafor the role, VanNoy says to give students a chance to work with a professional actor. Baker says his role is both difficult and easy. It is difficult to be vulnerable to a point of allowing myself to be seen as a less than desirable personality. It is easy because my character doesnt realize no one respects him, said Baker. He said Tessmans relationships are all one sided. Baker most recently directed Crimes of the Heart another Stage Two production, and was last seen as Captain Corcoran in H.M.S. Pinafore. Lisa Berger plays Mrs. Elvsted, who is in love with Ejlert Lovborg, played by freshman Jerry Whittemore. Berger has been seen in both of the other Stage Two productions this year. As Lenny in Crimes of the Heart, and Mrs. Culver in The Constant Wife. Whittemores last performance was as Balthasar in Romeo and Juliet. Whittemore was also understudy for Tybalt in that production. Kenneth Wheeler, who plays the notorious Judge Brack, was last noted as playing multiple roles in the musical The Rn.k. Wheeler states that Ibsens play is extremely well written. Wheeler gets Music faculty recital slated A spring recital featuring members of the SUSC music faculty will be presented April 18 at the Cedar North LDS Stake Center, 61 North 900 West. The performance starts at 8 p.m. and admission is free. One of the objectives of the SUSC music department is to obtain a fine pipe organ, said Jan Harrison, an organ instructor at SUSC. This would be a marvelous addition for solo organ, vocal and instrumental performances. Baroque music will be predominantly featured in the spring recital being f there can be used. We thank the North Stake for letting us use one of the few pipe organs found south of Provo, she said. Harrison will perform Bachs Prelude and Fugue in C Minor on the organ. Other pieces utilizing the instrument will be a Trumpet Tune and Bell Symphony by Purcell featuring Amanda Mortensen on trumpet, and music for violin by Loeillet and Mozart featuring Sara Penny. Nancy Lamb will perform piano works by Scarlatti and Bach and Julia Quick will perform the elaborate Vitali Chaconne for violin with Evelvn Jones on piano. Bruce Walker will perform a Handel sonata for flute with Dave Naylor as his pianist and Sarah Solberg, clarinet, will join Mortensen for a Cununic Sonata by Telemann. Vocal selections will be presented by Ron Aden, tenor; Jackie Riddle-Jacksosoprano; and Michael Mitchie, baritone. Allan Buethe, Jana Bunnell and Naylor will be the pianists for these pieces. In a departure for the other Baroque works, Jackson and Aden will present two duets from Puccinis La Boheme. V I I V k Elizabeth Leisek, Douglas H. Baker and Connie A. Layton are featured in Hedda Gabler, which opens on April 23 in Auditorium 108, known as SUSCs Stage Two. enthusiastic when he speaks about his part. It is wonderful, he says, I love my part! Its the first time I get to play a letch! Junior Elizabeth Leisek is Juliane Tessman, Jorgen Tessmans aunt. Leisek appeared as the Nurse in Romeo and Juliet and has been seen in several other performances as well. Leisek says that Hedda Gabler is not an average play. Ibsen is incredibly complicated. This has been an incredible learning experience. Kelly Van Hooser is seen as Berte, the maid. Van Hooser was last seen as Lady Montague in Romeo and Juliet. For ticket information call SUSC Box Office at 586-787- 6. WIPS presented this week BY ANNETTE GROOMS The theatre departments Works will be presented April 18 and 19 at the SUSC Thorley Recital Hall at 8 p.m. Admission is in Progress free. This gives the students an opportunity to perform who are not n currently working on like Hedda Gabler" productions says Doug Christensen. There are no credits earned for WIPs, just good experience, said Jeffrey Ingman. Christensen has been working on his play, which has gone through at least 15 drafts, for more than a year. Ive spent so much time working on this, its become a real part of my Sander is life, said Christensen. about learning to tell the difference between simply being alive and really main-seaso- living. Christensen states that work on this play will continue until it has reached its full potential. Ingman states that directing the third act of The Childrens Hour is a labor of love for him. Ive wanted to do this play since I first read it. It is such a powerful play, I think it has a lot of say to todays audience. Every time I read it I discover new levels of meaning and emotion. The play deals with two school teachers who are accused by a vindictive child of being lesbians. This play is not about homosexuality, Ingman said. It is really about how a childs lie can destroy innocent lives and how quick people are to believe the worst about someone. Gary Owen is directing Present Tense. Owen says Most good comedy is based on reality and real problems, this pluv I' no exception. But it is a comedy, first and foremost. It takes a very funny look at a young mans love for a beautiful girl, and how his imagination and inferiority complex gang up on him. |