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Show X- o'"1 "N- TfHTflli i d i mi 1 1 ii i -ii -y. i .1 1- - . --, i, 1 .-w: . .y - : unn.mu.nimm.ju - u M?y ' ' r 1 , yy -A ; .7: r u - " 4pf : I - , '1 L ii -i - uHmomwnnmn-iM - ..... . - l. -l. ,. '' Saint George (Doug Wildfoerster) who doesn't believe in poetic dragons (David Dean) gets a hasty warding off by Craig Ferre. 'Dragon' Starts Off Summer Play Series to the "pretty awful stuff" that they sometimes see on TV. Entertain and Instruct With our plays, "we entertain and give a message along with it," he continues. "The Reluctant Dragon," for instance, teaches tolerance tol-erance and understanding for good people who are only different than we are. Vern Adix came to the University Univer-sity of Utah from the University of Minnesota in 1943. He designed the University's Summer Festival series since its premiere in 1947 with "Promised Valley." Including his duties as Young Peoples Theatre Thea-tre Director, Mr. Adix has designed de-signed and directed more than 350 theatre . productions. , Mr. Adix also conducted a workshop work-shop in young people's theatre this summer. "I Love Kids" "I get particular enjoyment out of seeing the development of students stu-dents and children" who perform, Mr. Adix explains. "I love kids you have to, to work with them in a show." Tickets for the summer Young Peoples Theatre can be purchased at room 101 on the bottom floor of Pioneer Memorial Theatre, daily 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., June 12 through August 5. Tickets are 50 for children and 75? for adults. A "reluctant dragon" who recites poetry instead of breathing fire and has to yell down a rain barrel to excite anyone kicked off the summer Yourtg People's Theatre season yesterday in Babcock Theatre. Thea-tre. "The Reluctant Dragon," by George Fosgate, based upon a story by Kenneth Grahame will continue through Saturday. It is the first of three plays to be performed per-formed daily, except Sundays and July 4 and 24, at 2 p.m. in the basement theatre of the Pioneer Memorial Theatre building. "The Misadventures of Mickey McAttee," by Allen Cook, about a boy and his ventures through time, and "The Land of Oz," based on L. Frank Baum's first sequel to his story, "The Wizard of Oz," are the other two productions. Each play will run for one week, then they will be performed on a rotation basis through August 5. The Afternoon Players, a company com-pany of children and University students, will perform the series. Director is Vern Adix. Strength of Impact "It is surprising the strength of the impact" the Young Peoples Theatre has on children .according .accord-ing to Adix. He recalls when his own 2y2 year old son ran screaming scream-ing from a performance several years ago when the "reluctant dragon" dabbed his claw at the boy from behind stage. "I've done things to minimize violence," vio-lence," Mr. Adix says of his subsequent sub-sequent productions. He feels that this summer's series is a "service to the community." The plays give the children a "release" through fantasy instead of subjecting them |
