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Show Sept. 28, 1973 Page 15 Signpost 'Our Town Alumni Community Theatre production appeals to all Marking the debut of the Alumni Community Theatre (ACT) on the Weber State campus will be their performances of Thornton Wilder's "Our Town" Sept. 28-29 at 8 p.m. in the Little Theatre of the Fine Arts Center. The new organization was formed to promote community theatre for Ogden and adjoining communities and to provide theatre buffs with more involvement and to create further experience for the seasoned actor and future experience for the novice. It also creates an opportunity for alumni to participate on campus again. Alumni Association Coordinated with the WSC Theatre Department, the group plans to hold regular auditions and to produce two or three future shows ranging from musicals to Reader's Theatres in an effort to compliment the yearly theatre program on campus.Under the direction of the Alumni Association Board of Directors, a theatre advisory 0 A I El PRICES: committee has been set up to handle productions, policies, publicity, etc., of the new theatre group. Funds for the group will come from the Alumni Association, the Weber State College Fine Arts Center and box office receipts. A grant has also been applied for through the Utah Institute of Fine Arts to provide Federal Cultural Art funds. Coordinating director Thatcher Allred, a former theatre department chairman, serves as coordinating director and Dr. Ron Ross, an Ogden native and Weber State alumni, will serve as guest director of "Our Town." Dr. Ross' wide and varied theatre experience includes work with Ballet West, the Utah Symphony and many collegiate and professional theatre groups. The 22-member cast ranges in-age from 10 years to upper middle age and features Ted Bunnell, Jan Noyes, Dick Slater, Geneva Patterson and Scott Jensen, who joins the Weber State faculty this year. FALL QUARTER SCHEDULE MONDAYS -12 : 00 & 8 : 00 p.m. LA STRADA - Fellini (Oct.8) WORLD OF APU - Sqryajit Ray (OCT.22) YOJIMBO - Kursawa (Nov. 5) WEDNESDAYS -1 : 00 & 8 BULLET -Oct. 3 CARTOON FESTIVAL - Oct. 1 0 CITIZEN CANE -Oct. 17 LORD JIM - Oct. 24 THE HORROR OF DRACULA - Oct. 31 WEEKEND MOVIES THURSDAYS THRU SATURDAYS 7:00 & 9:00 p.m. THE HOSIPITAL-Sept. 27-29 THE GODFATHER - Oct. 4-6 THE WILD BUNCH - Oct. 11-13 THE SKIN GAME -Oct. 18-20 FRENZY -Oct. 25-27 With I.D. Card 50s 1.00 MON. WED. WEEKENDS 1.00 UNION BUILDING THEATRE Main Floor, U.B. North Entrance Faculty members Other WSC faculty members in the cast include Terry Allan, who is also a new addition to the Weber State Theatre Department, and Dr. Elmer Erickson, professor of English. Written in the 1930's and first . produced in 1938, the play remains contemporary in content and chacterization and is widely produced by professional and amature organizations. One of the most popular plays ever written, "Our Town" has been translated into several languages and was the first to use symbolic -scenery. Sets are suggested with pieces but a great deal depends on the imagination of the viewer as well as the skill of the author and the actor. Set in a small town in New Hampshire the comedy and poinancy of the play makes it one that appeals to all age groups. Weber State students will be admitted for $1.50 if tickets are purchased at the Little Theatre Box Office. All other tickets are $2. LAST YEAR AT MARIENDAD - Resiuais (NOV. 1 9) THE VIRGIN SPRING - Berman (DEC. 3) : 00 p.m. CAT BALLOU-Nov. 7 GREEN BERETS -Nov. 14 THE MAGIC CHRISTIAN - Nov. 21 THE BEST OF GENESIS - Nov. 28 COOL HAND LUKE - Dec. 5 SKYJACKED -Nov. 1-3 CAMELOT- Nov. 8-10 BEDKNOBS & BROOMSTICKS - Nov. 15-17 NICHOLAS 8 ALEXANDRA - Nov. 29 - Dec. 1 BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE - Dec. 6-8 Without I.D. Card 1.00 1.50 1.50 (' J W f'" w vi-" THE WEDDING SCENE from "Our Town" is practiced by Jan Camp Noyes, Scott L. Jensen and Ted Bunnell (from left.) "Our Town" will be performed tonight and Saturday night. Hermitage makes historic comeback A unique history is retold in the rustic surroundings of the early 1900's at the recently remodeled, soon to open, Hermitage Village and restaurant located in Ogden Canyon. In its early days the Hermitage was a hotel housing such reknown visitors as former President of the United States Howard Taft, who would arrive from Ogden by the now defunct Union Pacific Trolly. These facts and other historic information is now enshrined in the modern art form of decopage on the resilient tables of the family-oriented Hermitage Inn restaurant. The inn offers family style menus from steaks and shrimps to hamburgers and serves breakfast, lunch and dinner. It is open from 6 a.m. to 3 a.m. beginning Oct. 10. Entertainment is offered at the Hermitage Village dance hall with Merrilee Rush headlining the opening Oct. 9 through 15 at 8:30 p.m. Admission is $1 on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and $1.50 on Friday and Saturday. Upcoming concerts include "Sweet Release" from Seattle Oct 14-22. Only persons over 21 can attend the previously mentioned shows. However, every Monday night a concert will be held for all ages at 8:30 p.m. The first group appearing will be "Callus." A $1 admission fee will be charged and no liquor will be served on these nights. The Hermitage was bought early in March of this year and the new owners have spent nearly $200,000 in the redecorating of the Inn and dance hall. UNION THEATRE Sept. 27, 28, 29 Shows at 7 S 9:30 p.m. |