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Show Curtain To Rise On Weber Play by David Berube Communications Instr. Shakespeare's "As You Like It" will be the final offering of Weber State Theatre in its 1983-84 season -a season which has been highly successful thanks to the introduction of guest directors."As You Like It" will open on April 30 under the capable directorial tutelage of Brooklyn-born William Shorr. Wiliam Shorr comes to Weber to direct Shakespeare's finest pastoral comedy. He claims "As You Like It" is one of the Bard's "more successful comedies." It's not about difficult problem choices as we find in the tragedies. It's a surface story about people falling in love, people courting and people getting married. The play's title refers to how "we would like the world to be meanness is vanquished and magically so." Rosalind, the female protagonist, "reminds us that love is still one of the best things in the world. In the play, as in life, it should always triumph." Love is to be felt not analyzed into components. Love is and should be relished as a state . of being and nothing less. Shakespeare's "As You Like It" does just that. After 400 years, Shakespeare remains the most produced playwright in the world. His works, according to Shorr, examine "the fundamental, if not, elemental character of man -love, power and living." "As You Like It" treats "love as it is-irrational, sad, wonderful and oftentimes simply crazy." Accordingly, as the curtain rises, "the audience will be swept into a world of fantasy. Things justhappen-peo-ple fall in love, hate one another, are banished in an inexplicable quest for happiness." Shorr, when asked about directing at Weber, concluded, "in all honesty, I was expecting to force feed the student actors. However, I'm sincerely impressed. They've mastered the language - complicated puns and arcane phraseology. They've Correction In the Tuesday, April 22, edition an article was printed entitled "Author Speaks Tonight. " The author was not to appear but the works were to be discussed in the Eccles Art Center. f fC; 0t o Q ?CD0 EVENTS CENTER) It .M. .'.?!',! brought imaginative choices to their characterization." If all goes well, Shorr would like to see this production entered into the American Theatre Association competition. "As You Like It" will be playing, April 30-May 5, in the Allred Theater at 8 p.m. with a 2 p.m. matinee on Saturday. Tickets are $4 for adults, $3 for students and senior citizens, and $1 for WSC students for the Monday and Tuesday evening performances and the Saturday matinee. For more information call 626-6433. Signpost-Friday, April 27, 1984 9 .1 , t t . Mr t ' v , . v i x- r ' v - - V' I ; ' f Michael Trujillo (left), Roxanne Stragier-Williams (center) and David Berube (right) rehearse a scene from "As You Like It" Photo Courtesy ol WX Theater Dept. playing April 30-May 5 in the Browning Center at 8 p.m. Tickets on sale now in the theater box office. Second Annual Weber State Alumni fe "School Is Out" JUNE 1320, 1984 Special for WSC Alumni, Students and Guests. I $629. Quad, $669. Double. I Tour Price Includes: Orientation Breakfast Briefing III I Roundtrip Airfare from SLC via United Honolulu City Tour III I Airlines Hawaiian Alumni Party II I In-Flight Meal & Beverage Service Roundtrip Transfer tofrom Airport & I Complimentary In-Flight Movie Hotel I I I Flower Lei Greeting All Tax and Service Charges I I "Deluxe" Hotel Accommodations for 8 "Deluxe" Flight Bag I I Days Nights at the Prince Kuhio Hotel Personally Escorted II Optional Tour Package. $60.00: l I Haunauma Bay Pearl Harbor Polynesian Cultural Center. Ill 'Limited Space. For reservations, send $100 deposit per person. Send with attached ill I registration form to Fishburn World Travel 205 26th St. Ogden. UT 84401 (801) 394-2667 III: I' T I f-T j 1 V For additional information call the WSC Alumni p II JL JrL JJL VJXL Office 626-6569 or Fishburn World Travel 394-2667 I I j WORLD-TRAVEL-1NC J,- I Second Annual Weber State Alumni Excursion HSt June 13-20, 1984 n s . jrJWumi; . . JJM jjj Reserve places for me on this trip. 1 1 (" li Enclosed is $ deposit (make 11 II mmtf&ZZZm. ''X'';i'C:'- II I, deposits payable to Fishburn World Travel). l 'x'- ' "'" l I Address ' . '-'K. I Send depMitandthis form to ' |