Show 4 tr w I. I r 1 s a Iu t I w Ia a cJ 7 THE MISER Chris Godfrey greets Frosene Linda during from Mollere's Molleres comedy The play will be presented four days this year The Miser featured in the round Vernal is scheduled for a double treat Nov 1720 20 17 stated Corey Grua Groa Drama instructor at Uintah High hUgh School The Uintah Theatre is currently rehearsing the famous Moliere play The Miser That is a treat in itself because The Miser has never been done here before The second treat will be that all aU four performances will be produced in inn the round with the audience seated on all four sides of the stage Special seating is currently being constructed right on the st stage ge geat at the high school TilE THE CONCEPT of theatre in the round Is s not new The early Greeks who began theatre for us in the Western world used this concept But Dut only during the last couple of decades have we begun to break away from Irom the stage opening with the audience sea seated ted in one place and the play viewed through a sort of picture frame Imagine the greater audience involvement when you are are right on stage with the actors sitting no more han rhan two rows away from the action Many high schools and cOll colleges in America are currently using this arena or orin orin orin in the round approach to theatre One high school theatre atre director in Utah stated that it completely changed the appeal of high school theatre in their city and added many hundreds JI of patrons to their audiences that had never been involved in theatre before The Uintah High theatre arena atena will only seat seal when completed next week By Dy limiting the size of the audience stated Mr Grua we can put on more performances per and thus increase the ability and experience level for our high school actors and |