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Performances will be held each Monday, Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30 p.m. Written by Michael Bigelow Dixon with music by Jan Cole and Cami Jensen, Aladdin and Tales of Arabian Nights is the story of a Sultan (Danny Caldwell) bewitched be-witched by a magic scimitar (Sher Shivel), who decrees that he will marry a new bride each evening and kill her the next morning. To spare her own life, bride Scheherazade (Laura Money) tells her husband a story, but does not complete it by morning, which enchants the Sultan and he postpones the execution for one day. Scheherazade continues telling tell-ing stories to the Sultan for 1001 nights and through this is able to keep the Sultan from carrying out the scimitar's plan to kill her. Five of these 1001 stores are told in Aladdin and Tales of Arabian Nights. There is the story of a Fisherman (Mark Johnson) who releases an evil genie (Dane Hughes, Nick Christensen) from a bottle; the story of Ali Baba (Richard (Ri-chard Keele) and the Forty Thieves; the story of a snake charmer (Aaron Williams) who tries to keep his profession a secret se-cret from his wife (Ruth Jensen); the familiar tale of Aladdin (Kurt Christensen) and Princess Jasmine Jas-mine (Kristal Keele) and an Oriental Ori-ental tale of Prince Shukat (Ben T RIVIA Dougray Scott (Arabian Nights), who first gained notoriety in the 1997 movie Twin Town, became the father of twins in 1998. T RIVIA Alysoo Hannigan (Buffs the Vampire Slayer) is a seasoned actress. She started at the age of 4 in commercials for McDonald's McDon-ald's and Oreos. T fJTl 1 ' mM.skA Ml 1 1 IK W M)lk i If Lewis) who is possessed by three spirits (Haley Lybert, Samantha Gay, Sara Loveless) and almost east his Princess (Katie Loveless) Love-less) Tickets for Aladdin and Tales of Arabian Nights are $7 general admission, $6 senior citizens and students, $5 children 3 to 11 and $30 for a family pass. Children under 3 not admitted. The 70 cast members are participants par-ticipants in the Villa Youtheatre program, now in its fourth season. sea-son. The Villa Youtheatre is a performing per-forming arts educational program for youth ages 3 to 18. Partici pants attend a weekly class where Storytellers Lisa Carter, Susan Jensen, Kathy Keele, Kari Newman, Amy Nelson and they learn basic singing, acting Rebekah Taylor narrate the Villa Youtheatre production of Aladdin and Tales of Arabian and dancing skills. The Villa Nights. Youtheatre is run by Anna Murdock with a staff consisting of Karma Christensen, Cami Jensen, Joyce Jensen, Heather Allred, RuthAnn Jarvis and Melanie Kieffer. The Villa Youtheatre is currently preparing for their summer workshops and youth programs. Aladdin and Tales of Arabian Nights is jointly supported by a grant from the Utah Arts Council Coun-cil and the National Endowment for the Arts, Washington D.C. For more information on Aladdin and Tales of Arabian Nights or the youtheatre program or for reservations, call 489-3088. In Focus Eoll Ends For Sale 538 South State Orem 225-1340 Newsprint! c u E A P Best known for his comedic character Sam "Mayday" Mai one in Cheers, versatile actor Ted Danson is profiled in Biography Monday, May 1, on A&E Network. Net-work. Danson, who was sick with rheumatic fever when he was a child, began his mukifaceted career ca-reer with jobs in off-Broadway productions and a villainous role on the soap opera The Doctors. 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