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Show PCP heads into second decade Park Record Thursday, March 1, 1990 Page C5 by RON GEORG Record staff writer . Since the termination of Egyptian Egyp-tian Theatre manager Ed Britt, the daily business of Park City Performances has been left to interim in-terim managers Richard Scott and Rafael Colon Castanera. And apparently the board of directors of the theater group has been impressed with the duo as well as the string of hit shows they've been at least partially responsible for because they have been named to official positions posi-tions with the theater through the 199091 season. The positions are essentially of Castanera and Scott's design; in filling the void left by Britt Castenara naturally leaned toward managing the artistic aspects of the theater while Scott tended to pick up the business of the operation. The months they've spent in those positions since last summer haven't dimmed their ' ambitions both are eagerly anticipating an-ticipating a possibly major threshold for PCP. "This organization will be ten years old soon, and that tends to add legitimacy to a group," said Scott. "While we have always enjoyed en-joyed the support of the community communi-ty we exist primarily on earned . income just being ten years old will open up new opportunities for grants and donations." While the theater operates, as it most always has, on a shoestring, that slim budget is becoming more dependable and the theater's resources are still growing. grow-ing. "It's amazing when you don't have to go to the D.I. (Desseret Industries) three days before a show," said Castanera. But the growth which comes naturally to a company isn't easy to manage. "It's extraordinarily difficult, if not impossible, to stand still in this business," said Scott "We face constant struggles strug-gles not only from our failures but also from successes. Success brings br-ings new challenges, new and greater demands. We have to ask more from our actors and designers and from our funding sources." Not counting on the possibility of grant money coming in, Scott says part of the business he intends in-tends to see to involves public relations. "You have to have a base in order to expand, diversifyI diver-sifyI think we have earned that, yet I don't think we've done a very good job of p.r." said Scott. "I don't think we've done a very good job of convincing the com- see EGYPT on C8 Scott stars in'Ghostman' One of the ambitions of Park City Performances to provide a breeding ground for local talent, and with his lead role in Salt Lake Acting Company's new production, Ghoatman, Parkite Richard Scott has shown PCP can offer a valuable theatrical education. "They were all big; they were all the next step," says Scott of his work with PCP, which includes everything from Cuckoo's Nest to Guys and Dolls. "This is another step, and it is one of the biggest big-gest challenges, particularly in that it is a straight dramatic role, not a musical part." This step also has the potential poten-tial to be a fairly prestigious one; SLAC's of Ghoatman is one of the first productions of the play by playwright Wendy Hammond, a writer with strong Utah ties who's gained national fame since her 1973 graduation from the University of Utah. Ghostman borrows from Hammond's experience in Utah as well as her Mormon upbringing in Rhode Island, and while she's never been to Helper, Utah where the play is set Hammond's brother worked as a coal miner in the small town, just like lead character Scott, the role played by Richard Scott. The story takes place just after the death of Scott's father. A deeply religious Mormon, Mor-mon, the coal miner begins to have trouble balancing the illusion illu-sion of his belief with the reality reali-ty of his loss. He begins to hallucinate as his mind plays games in his search for some ultimate truth. "It is a very visual show," said Scott. "Is he having delusions, delu-sions, or are some of these things true?" Scott says director direc-tor Ed Gryska's technique is fairly minimal. Scott says working with in a different theater with a new cast and crew has been inspiring inspir-ing to him; the experience should give him some ideas about how to run the Egyptian Theatre and it will give him a better appreciation of the sacrifices made by some Egyptian actors and crew. "The worst part is that drive there and back every day now I know what some of our actors go through to get here." Ghostman will onen March 2. with nreview niffhta FVh 95? VJ and March 1. 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