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Show sQuilters' pieces fun togetherfor crowds By Jenny B. Scothern Signpost staff writer "Quilters," an all-women play by Molly Newman and Barbara Damshek, depicts the life of a mother, Sarah, through the blocks of her legacy quilt. Set in the intimate Monson Theater, in the basement of the Val A. Browning Center, the audience enters into the lives of the women on stage, as if sitting right next to them. The audience is shown, through blocks on a quilt, not as acts in a play, the sometimes cheerful and sometimes sorrowful events in the character's lives. A well-choreographed musical, the actors did an excellent job of bringing the story to life through their song and dance. The shift between blocks were dramatic and effective, quickly moving from one emotion to another.The women in the play take on different roles, sometimes portraying a father, a child, or another woman in Sarah's life. The stage was subdued and bare, leaving the actors to create much of the imagery a prop would give, which, through deliberate hand motions, was very effective. At one point in the play, two of the actors portrayed the turning arms of a windmill. The actors also used brightly colored fabric, flipping it up and down, to represent wa ter and fire. The play was orchestrated by a keyboard and a violin set behind the stage. The music filled in some of the missing gaps, setting an intense or an uplifting tone. The cast all gave an excellent performance, and their voices blended harmoniously, but it was hard to distinguish what character the actor was representing at times. The program listed them as, "Daughters (in order of speaking)," not leaving the audience with a clear image of who played whom. Besides depicting quilts as the stages of women's lives, "Quilters" also gave a historical look of quilting as a necessity, a socialization, and an art form. The blocks of the quilt were all artistic patterns used in quilting, like the The Signpost REVIEW "Log Cabin" and the "Windmill". At the end of the play, an enormous quilt, with all the blocks they had acted ou t, was suspended from the ceiling showing the full picture of Sarah's life. Audience members were in awe of the image of the story that had just been told. to uummmuui wiiujiihi DEVOTIONAL Jerald Francis Simon it? Instructor, Ogden LDS Institute Toured with Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians Recorded with various orchestras Institute Devotional 10:30 a.m. 621-1800 D Q i o o o LI Advertise in the Classifieds on Monday and Wednesday and get FRIDAY FREE o People laugh at our work and we love it. Utah Musical Theatre! For a good laugh and a good cry, join us this summer for our 1 5th Anniversary Season. For tickets, call the Dee Events Center Ticket Office at 626-8500. Oliver! June 30 - July 15 She Loves Me July 21 - August 5 Guys and Dolls August 1 1 - 26 Forever Plaid July 7 - August 19 ccnler . hcMs l50 $eaJ Director's Cm a y o o MM r-,m i iiii--iu .ft tf: i u ii w' ' c MAY 4 WAGNER Just a few notes about our upcoming concert. Joseph Silverstein conducts an emotional and passionate program of orchestral drama. Wagner's Prelude & Liebestod is one of music's most sublime interpretations of love and death. Shostakovich's "Leningrad" Symphony is a musical remembrance of Hitler's devastating siege on Russia in 1 94 1 . This composition reflects die composer's belief that "By every means available to die artist, we must rouse in our people die spirit of faith in die triumph of dieir task.. .and summon them to heroic achievements in batde and in labor" For additional infonnation or to order tickets, call die Ogden Symphony Ballet Association at-399-9214. Ticket prices range from &7-$ 1 5. Ogden Symphony Ballet Association 2580 Jefferson Ave. Performance 8 p.m. Weber Stale University Val A. "Browning Center for the Performing Arts UTAH SYMPHONY OSETH SILVERSTEIN MUSIC DIRECTOR . it " H I |