Show nl NEW W TYPE PLAY PRESENTED BY UINTAH STUDENTS IS BIG SUCCESS something new in the asod doduc lion tion of a play was the presentation of our town by the e speech department of the U tjan tah high school last friday and saturday at the auditorium under the direction of ursel allred speech director and jaynie student director the large cast of nearly 50 students brought to their roles a maturity which may not have been expected from a high school group the play was different in that it used no scenery and very few props and add part par of the play ing was done from the auditorium I 1 thereby tying actors and audience together and attention upon the acting though some of the elements ord ordinarily inari ly expected of drama are in our town its strong characterizations the warmth and insight of its philosophy make its appeal universal in watching the play progress the audience recognized on the stage people like themselves their neighbors and situations familiar to thi those se who ho live in little towns eddie davis as the narrator stage manager gave an excellent performance as did nannette War markuson kuson asermily as emily and marvin richardson chardson as george jean michl as dr gibbs doris kar ren as mrs gibbs francis palmer as mr webb newspaper editor and mary alice calder as mrs webb gave a naturalness to the interpretation of their roles worth complementing continued on page 8 17 1 7 LA ik ursel allred eddlo davis new type play continued from page 1 other members ot of the cast iw wye roger francke as joe agell Ca rowell norlan walker as howle newsome C carolyn a r 0 I 1 Y n wallis Js As rebe rebecca oca gibbs bobby hunt BS as wally webb henry morris as professor willard Wll lard lioy lloy bennett as the woman in the balcony grant richens as the man in the auditorium patricia jones as the lady in the auditorium demlar bastian as simon soh mary alice johnson as mrs So skarnes arnes garrett case as constable warren lynn as sl SI crowell Dew dewayne ayrie case ice and dee murray as baseball players don mine mille cam as sam craig jack haslem and joe stoddard gary ashby and roget rage francke as assistant stage managers all turned in convincing characterizations P people ale at of the town were portrayed by connie mcgraw violet hardy eugene holly henry morris gary ashby athly bodily glenna walker glenna maxfield betty swain carolyn coltharp Ool tharp carrie calder patricia jones lloy bennett brian johnson beatrice marshall melva alien allen edda harrison fern herrington fae eldridge joann york dewayne case doye johnson organ music was played by marquita Marq ulta goodrich personality sketches and program layout were done by elayne B hoffman pictures by laurence C cooper publicity by june stewart |