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Show --------------------•••W~»H~Ui~fl-------------------- ARTS &LEISU 1liE TIIUNDERBIRD• SOUiliERN UTAH UNIVERSITY· 11-IURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1992 • PAGE 10 'A Christmas Carol' opens tonight A Lavish production of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol by the SUU theatre department a spook show, but getting to the heart and essential meaning of Christmas. will highlight the school's holiday season programs this year. "I want to create an environment which we all remember from Christmas when we were Directed by R. Scott Phillips, the classic C hrisonas story will run Dec. 3-5, and 10.12 in the growing up," he said. Auditorium Mainstagc Theatre, with curtain times at 8 p.m. There wiJI also be a matinee That environment will include 35 minutes worth of pre-play entertainment in front of the theatre and in the lobby; similar to the Utah Shakespearean Festival's popular Greenshow, but presentation Dec. 12 at 2 p.m. With a cast of 36, and a technical crew of 50 , A Christmas Carol will be a large-scale with a Christmas theme. productio n on par with such shows as Peter Pan, Ann ~, A Funny Thing Ha p~nul on w Way Of the 36 cast members, 11 are youngsters auditioned from Cedar City, several of whom ID t~ Forum, and Hrllo Dolly staged in recent years. have theatre experience from SUU's production of Peter Pan. Other major roles include SUU Phillips said of the play's grand theatre veterans Morgan Anderson as scale of production "We' re using Ebeneezer Scrooge, Bnan Vaughn as the cechn ical capability of the Bob Crachat, Jenney F~lson as M rs. Audatonum Theatre to its fullest. Crachit, and R. Matthew Benton as From scnpt to special effects, Ph11l1ps sa,J he is attempong to Jacob Marley. Scenic d~ign is h} Rebecca White, I n~.,the new late and me·mang into with costuming b,,: Sandra StiJ:lmski. DKkens' ottcn produced AJthough both White and Staglamki Chmtma~ fable. are long-tame theatre faculty members, "I went through three ur lour Phillips said A Chrnunas Carol as different scnpcs and didn't hke their clo~~t collalxH,mon on sets and any of them," he said, "so I've costumes to date. basically written my own script for ln addition, Ph11l1ps said that Bnan this production. I'm giving at a W ilham Baker, the theatre different twist-what I'd oil a department's resident computrr· cinematic twist." assisted keyboard wizard, has written By "cinematic twist," Phillips an original score tor the production. means that d,e SUU proJw."tion "It's absolutd) clC\.mfying," Phillips will be strong on visual and said of Baker's 5\.-ore. special effects. Pro-image W id, as large a casr and ere\\ as projt.'Ctors wall be used an addition ChristmtH Carol has, \llpport 1~ being to ~ts to enhance scenes. drawn fmm a vam:t) of sources. G Ebeneezer &rooj.ie's beJ will be at McLain McIntyre, head of SUU's d,e focal poant of many ~ix.>cial theatre department, is acting as effects scenes. production manac:cr, and Dorcas "&rooge's whole concept here Adams, SUU theatre/dance graduate, as lake a bad dream. Ba.-ausc of and dancer m the American Folk that, everything that happens to Ballet, is acting as choreographer. him comes out of his bed," he For re..ervatioM and ticket explained. " It's been a r~·al information, contact the SUU Theatre challenge for lighting anJ special Box O ffice at 586-7878, between I 0 effects designer Todd Ross." a. m. and 5 p.m ., Monday th rough However, Phillips said his focus Buddy Wat.en and Enn Hyact aprw tilt Chrutmas spirit as carolers in w thtatrt dtpartmfflt's 'A Chrutma5 Carol. ' Friday. is not about turning the tale into Handel's 'Messiah' to be performed The Choir of Southern Utah and the Orchestra of Southern Utah will present the 52nd commemorative performance of Handel's Messiah, Sunday, Dec. 13, in Southern Utah U n iversity's Centrum. Messiah, a three-part oratorio which originally premiered in the city of Dublin in 1742, will be directed by Aoyd J. Rigby and Hal IC. Campbell, with Evdyn Jones as accompanist According to Rigby, "Messiah was written down in 24 days, and is the product of Handel's working as if possessed by a miraculous force." The Choir and Orchestra's performance of Messiah features the talents of several soloists, among them Sheila Johnson, Christine Winterrosc as soprano soloists, Beverly Robbins and Gina Pac.k as Alto soloists, Blaine Johnson as tenor soloist, and Brent Hunter and Rigby as bass soloists. SUU students, f.lculty, and Cedar City and regional community members ma_kc up the more than 200.member choir, with 48 local persons composing the orchestra. The performance is scheduled for 7 p.m., and in the spirit of the season is free to the public. ARTY FACTS ART FIIM TO BE SHOWN: In continuing the series of art films shown for the benefit of her art appreciation class, as well as for the benefit of the SUU student body in general, SUU art department member Martha Macleh;h will show both Jean Cocteau's Blood of a Poet and David Lynch's Eraserhttul Thursday night at 7 p.m. in the Srudent 1V lounge in the Srudcnt Center. "Both films contain elements of surrealism which make them highly unique in the field of cinema, so students will definitely get a lot out of it, in te.nns of observing and understanding art," said MacLeish. Blood of a Poet is a 58-minute 1930 film highly respected for its poetic, avan~c tone. Eraserhtad is a 1978 cult classic, by Twin Peaks and &phant Man director David Lynch, which promises to be •very unusual," according to Macl.ei!h. Blood of a Poet and £ ~ are preceded in the series by Camilk Clal4del, a £tench film chronicling the relationship of sculptor Auguste Rodin with his apprentice Claudel, and Swedish director Ingmar Betgn1an's Fanny and Alaander, among other well respected art films. Blood of a Poet and Eraserhtad will be the Last twO films shown in the series this quarter, so students are encouraged to attend this showing if they have been meaning to do so, but have not yet four,d the lime. MUSIC DEPARTMENT PLANS CONCERTS: The annual Christmas Concert presented by the SUU Choral Department will be held Dec. 6, with performances at 4 p.m. and again at 7:30 p.m. in the Thorley Recital Hall. Bart Shanklin will direct the Concert Choir and OPUS in a set of Chrisonas songs that will include music by Michael Fink for choir and harp, arrangements of traditional Christmas songs, and the "Christmas Canata" for choir and brass by contemporary composer Daniel Pinkham. The SUU W omen's Cl)oir, directed by Suzanne Draayer, will also perform a variety of ~nal songs. Concert admission is $3 for all adults, and students and children will be admitted free. Proceeds from the concert will go to the Music Scholarship Fund. In other music department news, several SUU musical groups will perform Dec. 4 from 6:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. at the St George Visitors Center. Performing will be OPUS, the Women's C hoir, the Brass Ensemble, the Autc Choir, and the String Ensemble. Additionally, Silliman will be performing on his cello selections from Bach Suites No. 1. The presentations will be outside, so those interested in attending are asked to dress warmly and to bring their own chairs. |