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Show USF names directors I .11 ' ,t , HP A .( .' ' Howard Jensen fc Fred C. Adams Leslie Reidel This sometimes difficult play was extremely well received by Festival patrons last summer, and Reidel's production received national critical acclaim. Reidel is associate chairman of the theatre department, a director and an acting teacher in the Professional Actor Training Program at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. He served on the faculty of the theatre department at Temple University for eight years and has directed for a variety of regional theatres, including the Villanova Guild. His most recent directing credits include "Tiger at the Gates" by Jean Giradoux as well as several Shakespearean productions. . In addition to the three Shakespearean plays, summer audiences may attend matinee performances per-formances of "The Guardsman" and "Revels of the Queen" as well as participating in tours, seminars Three veteran directors direc-tors have been named to guide the Utah Shakespearean Festival through its 20th anniversary an-niversary season July 16 through Aug. 29. Howard Jensen, who has been associated with the Festival since its inception, will return to direct "Henry IV, Part I." Fred C. Adams, producing director for the Festival, will direct the 1981 production of "Hamlet," marking the first time in five years Adams has personally directed a Festival production. Leslie Reidel will return for his second summer with the Festival to oversee "Much Ado About Nothing." Douglas N. Cook, associate festival producer, stated that with selection of this strong trio of directors the Festival will be well prepared to accommodate ac-commodate the full summer of activities planned to celebrate the Festival's birthday season. "We have chosen directors who have proved themselves popular with Festival audiences, and who are able to provide expertise in the areas of Shakespearean history, tragedy and comedy. This balance has always , been successful for the Festival," Cook stated, "and this summer appears ap-pears to be no ex- he will direct "The Guardsman," one of the two Festival matinees scheduled for the summer sum-mer season. "The Guardsman," a Ferenc Molnar comedy of marital fidelity and suspicion toured Utah during the spring under a grant from the Utah Arts Council, and will be presented for Festival audiences each Tuesday and Friday during the production season. Leslie Reidel, director of the Festival's 1981 comedy "Much Ado About Nothing," is known to Cedar City audiences for his 1980 production of "Measure for Measure." "Henry V" in 1983. Contracting one director for three successive summers is a new Festival innovation, and will offer audiences the unique opportunity to follow the entire development of King Henry V from the point of view of one director. Fred Adams, Founding Director for the Festival, is a member of the drama faculty at Southern Utah State College, a position he has held since 1959. During this time he has directed over 60 college productions and several operas, as well as carrying a full teaching load and providing leadeship for the Festival. He has been prime mover for the establishment establish-ment and construction of the Adams Memorial Shakespearean Theatre, and during the 20-year life of the Festival Adams has directed 33 Shakespearean plays. In addition to directing "Hamlet" this summer, ception." Howard Jensen, a native of Redmond, began his theatrical career at Southern Utah State College. he is presently Associate Professor and head of the acting and directing program at Indiana University, Bloomington. He holds a BA degree from the University of Utah and a Ph.D. from Wayne State University. During the past year he has directed "Hedda Gabler" and Sam Sheppard's "Buried Child," both at Indiana University. His directing credits at the Utah Shakespearean Festival include "Two Gentlemen of Verona," "Julius Caesar" and most recently "King Lear" in 1979. His production of "Henry IV, Part I" will, commence presentation at the Festival of the historic trilogy. Jensen will produce "Henry IV, Part II in 1982, and is scheduled to present |