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Show Page 2 The Summerbird June 18, 1990 Shakespeare Festival opens July 2 SIX PLAYS TO GRACE TWO THEATRES THROUGHOUT SUMMER The Utah Shakespearean Festivals 29th summer promises to be not only its biggest season to date, but also one of its most memorable. With just two weekof intense rehearsal and construction remaining before the July 2 opening, carpenters, costumers, cast and crew are working to capacity to six prepare six shows for opening on consecutive nights. Weve never tried anything quite this ambitious before, Festival Founder Fred C. Adams remarked. Its just thrilling to see all this activity going on and know that well have six quality productions in such a short time. This week, fewer actors stroll the grounds memorizing scripts as they gain control of the lines for their three on stage repertory roles. are scheduled to give each production a fair share of available time. Christine Frezza, Festival composer and music designer, spends less time at her computer, as the new music is complete and has been turned over to Music Director Jeff Snedeker and the Festival consort of musicians. Scenery for the plays in the Randall L. Jones Theatre is designed this year by John Iacovelli, who was artistic director for the Disney film, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. Henrik Ibsens Ghosts, directed by Victor Pappas and starring Megan Cole as Mrs. Alving, is set against the spectacular backdrop of a Norwegian fjord. The beauty of the landscape contrasts with the Run-throug- The Two Gentlemen of Verona will grace the Adams stage this year, with Iwila Hafermann as behved of Proteus, played by Marvin Greene. Julia, undercurrent of disease and frustration in Mrs. Alving and her son, played by Benjamin Livingston, In contrast, Tom Markus, director of Samuel Becketts Waiting for Godot, has set his play in redrock country. The script calls for a road and a tree. It doesnt say where it is or what color the landscape has to be, he says. Markus has interpreted the play as a zany vaudeville routine. Rosemary Ingham, costume designer for Romeo and Juliet, says her costume builders are on schedule. We knew we had a lot of costumes to build in a very short time, she said, so we started out at top speed, Now we feel comfortable with the pace. Ingham has designed 30 costumes for Director Anthony Schmitts production, set in Renaissance Italy. Richard Rissos Titus Andronicus, one of the least produced of Shakespeares plays, requires more than 60 costumes. Elizabeth A. Novak, a long-tim- e Festival costume designer, is using brass and leather to emphasize the barbarian nature of the Goths. Box office activity is also brisk, added Marketing Director R. Scott Phillips. Some nights in the Adams Shakespearean Theatre are very close to sold out, so you should order your tickets very soon. We have a new telephone system now, and the box office can take your order by telephone and charge it to MasterCard or VISA. IS "'Mr, SOUTHERN UTAH STATE COLLEGE Thorley Recital Hall, Music Building 0 Free to the Public Thursdays, 11:30-12:3- JUNE 21, 1990 Kathleen F. Conlin Topic: JULY 12, 1990 Sharon Swenson Movement, Style and Psychology in The Two Gentlemen of Verona JUNE 28,1990 Bill Marcroft and Dean Paynter Topic: Topic: Topic: The Utah Summer Games: Media Impact on Building the Community" JULY 5,1990 Tom Markus Topic: Whos on First? User Friendly Theatre Food as Metaphor JULY 19, 1990 San Christopher The Wilderness Stones: The Arizona So 5 -- Topic: I Thoughts on Childrens Literature American Folk Ballet in Russi JULY 26, 1990 Dr. Charles Peterson Topic: AUGUST 2, 1990 Margaret Rostkowski AUGUST 9, 1990 Robert S. McPherson Power, Prayer and Protection: Navajo Sacred Geography of Southeastern Utah Topic: |