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Show Times Newspaper Presents Voice of SCERA May 1999 Actor James Arrington dances with a Maori Native in his unique one-man show "Tumuaki! Matthew Cowley of the Pacific." Senior Solutions and Associates is a group of skilled professionals serving a variety of insurance, financial and health care needs of Senior Citizens. We provide consultations, solutions and referrals at no charge to the general Senior population and 700 current clients. SERVICES WE PROVIDE INSURANCE PLANS INCLUDING: P.O. Box 1331 SENIOR SOLUTIONS, INC. LONG TERM CARE MEDICARE SUPPLEMENTS LIFE AND HEALTH MEDICAID DENTAL BURIAL PLANS INVESTMENT PROTECTION BILLING ASSISTANCE: TROUBLESHOOTING PROBLEMS LIAISON WITH INSURANCE COMPANIES AND PROVIDERS CLARIFICATION OF BENEFITS R.N. SCREENING , TEACHING & REFERRALS: QUALIFICATION FOR HOME CARE LONG TERM CARE REFERRALS HEALTH, DIABETIC AND NUTRITIONAL TEACHING BLOOD SUGARS, OXYGEN SATS, BLOOD PRESSURES Orem, UT 84059 Ph: lames Arlington Touches Hearts in "Tumuaki! Matthew Cowley of the Pacific" (Orem, Utah) Actor James Arrington remains a little puzzled by the reaction he generally gets from his one-man one-man show, "Tumuaki! Matthew Cowley of the Pacific." This portrait of the colorful LDS apostle who spent much of his ministry among the Maoris in Polynesia, where he was beloved and revered, is the least theatrical of the three one-man one-man shows the writerdirector actor will present at SCERA this spring. "Yet, as I portray the great (801) 765-4578 Fax:(801)765-4581 leader, I see people, lots of people, with tears streaming down their faces," he says. "I have to say to myself, 'What did I do?' What I hope is that . I have tapped into the soul of the man and shown him as someone some-one who had the ability to see goodness anywhere in the world." Arrington can be seen as Matthew Cowley May 13-17 at 7:30 p.m. each night at the new indoor SCERA Showhouse, 745 S. State St., Orem. Tickets are available for $8 (ages 3 and older) and are available in advance ad-vance and at the door. "This is an inspiring portrait of an important man," says Norm Nielsen, SCERA President. Presi-dent. "Although James says this is his most difficult work, when you see him perform, I think you. will agree with me that he is the only person who can really play the leader and give him the respect he deserves." de-serves." Arrington says he was not planning to play the actor, but he agreed to write and direct the show for BYU Hawaii. It was going to be part of their Pioneers of the Pacific celebration, celebra-tion, an adjunct of the LDS Church's sesquicentennial festivities. fes-tivities. "When my two choices fell through, I had to do it myself," he says. "I had only two-and-a-half weeks to pull it off. In some ways I was angry, but in some ways I was grateful. It was a greater stretch than the Farleys or any other character I had played. Here is a man who looks like an everyday sort of guy, he could have been a butcher on holiday, but he was a very complex individual. His voice and pacing are considerably consider-ably slower than mine, and he was so subtle, which is so different dif-ferent from me." - Arrington had to learn to project his voice in a deep, broadcast voice reminiscent of tne 1940s to portray a man who had a "general authority voice." "I have to work on the voice very hard every time I do the show," he says. "I would even say I have to relearn it. It doesn't come easily to me, but I need to capture his calm, thoughtful, philosophical speech patterns. The first day I got the voice right (he had recordings of the prophet), an astonishing thing happened. It changed the way I did the show." ' Arrington says what might be the most unusual part of the play is that people tell him they feel a difference in their lives. When I did it for the Maoris, they adored it. I actually have a piece of clothing they gave me that I wear in the show." The show's title begins with the word, "Tumuaki," a Maori word that means "great chief" or "exalted leader." "That is how he was revered," Arrington adds. For tickets and information, call SCERA 10-5 weekdays at (801) 225-2569 or 225-ARTS. |