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Show life MONDAY-DECEMBER 5 ^2005 A7 Impressive production I UVSC theatre department brings Shakespeare to life in play-making process Luke Hickman Worst Christmas Movie Editor For those who don't know, there is a lot of talent and effort that goes into the playmaking process. Looking at UVSC's latest production, A Marrying Man, is just such an example. And understanding the process will maybe help you see the theatre in a new light, and help you to appreciate it much more. Each play starts off as an idea. UVSC and BYU professor Christopher Clark put a lot into writing this new production. A Marrying Man is based on the life events of the most famous playwright of them all: William Shakespeare. Instead of writing a play about him, Clark decided to tactfully piece together lines from all 37 of Shakespeare's plays to form an interesting, entertaining, and even comical biography of the poet's life. After writing a play, you've got to set it gifts 10 The NetXNews Staff Gone Wild video Braided leather belt, white socks, and sandals. (These made the top ten in theBYU paper up. The stage, costumes,.and props created for A Marrying Man are amazing. Set in the Blackbox theatre, the two stands of audience seats face each other with the stage placed in the middle, kind of a half-arena style sealing. The unique set design is creative and realistic. The costumes arc great and appeared authentic looking. After you have the script, stage, and costumes, you need a cast. The cast of A Marrying Man was excellent! Rvery performance was just as good as the next. which created a consistent How Ibi the pacing of the story. Every aspect of A Marrying Man was well done. Our underrated theatre department has done yet another great production. The next time this ensemble does a show together.'do yourself a favor and don't miss it. y photo/rootsv.-eb com What is CF? 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Caldiero's work Alex Caldiero has many titles; is equal parts comedy and tragsonosopher, wordshaker, poly- edy, with the words themselves artist, but after his latest perfor- opened up, deconstructed, and ofmance he might just add rock star ten reconstituted. to the list. Lee Mortensen. who puts togethCaldiero, who teaches in the er the Guest Author series, was humanities department as well excited to invite one of her colas being UVSC's Artist in Resi- leagues to perform. "! once told dence, brought his unique vocal Alex that I just wanted to stand up style to last week's Guest Author in his readings and scream." Reading Series and in the process Mortensen tries to make this changed what many people's no- series an eclectic mix of national tions of what a poetry reading is and internationally diverse writall about. ers. Past authors have included When Caldiero performs, his Andrei Codrescu of NPR fame. own spoken words become mu- Judith Ortiz Cofer, Phillip Lopate, sic, and it isn't uncommon for and the controversial poet Ai. him to accompany himself with Future installments in the series drums or perhaps a jaw harp. This are scheduled to include Canadian time around he was joined by poet Erin Moure and slam poetry Theta Naught, one of Utah's most pioneer Jean Howard. talented bands. As for Caldiero's reading Caldiero has performed with Mortensen said he took his act Theta Naught in the past, and to a new level. "As the music what is so surprising is that they and chanting and screaming got never rehearse. When these two louder, 1 just wanted to fall on forces join together it is a very the floor and moan," Mortensen improvisational performance, said. "My head felt like it might more like a free-form jazz piece explode. This, I thought, is why than a poetry reading. I live." 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