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Show Thursday, July 24, 2008 NORTH COUNTY NEWSPAPERS Page IS WILLY WONKA JUNIOR Driers Hale Center Theater Orem The Hasty Heart Hale Center Cen-ter Theater Orem's production of "The Hasty Heart" will appear ap-pear through Aug. 1 through Sept. 13 at the theater located at 225 W. 400 North, Orem, with performances nightly except Sundays. Evening performances begin at 7:30 p.m. Saturday matinees are scheduled for Aug. 30 and Sept. 6 and 13 at 3:30 p.m. The theater will be dark August 5, 6, 12, and 13. Ticket prices range from $11.50 to $15.50 depending on night and seating location. Tickets may be purchased pur-chased by calling the box office at 226-8600. The play is directed by veteran vet-eran actordirector Maureen Eastwood. Set in a makeshift British Army Hospital in Burma during dur-ing WWII, its tale of a fiercely proud and independent Scot who discovers he is dying and finally is able to make friends with other inmates is told with compassion, humor and sensitivity. sensi-tivity. Little Women: The Broadway Musical Louisa May Al-cott's Al-cott's beloved book, which has been transformed into a new Broadway musical, will appear through July 26 at the Hale , Center Theater Orem, 225 W. 400 North, with performances nightly except Sundays. Evening performances begin at 7:30 p.m. Saturday matinees are scheduled for July 12, 19 and 26 at 3:30 p.m. Ticket prices range from $ 13.50 to $ 17.50 depending on night and seating location. Tickets may be purchased pur-chased by calling the box office at 226-8600. The play, directed by Chris Clark with musical direction and choreography by Korianne Orton-Johnsoa focuses on the experiences of four sisters growing up in New England during the Civil War. SCERA "Pride and Prejudice: A Musical" Musi-cal" to make world premiere Jane Austen's beloved novels is presented as a new musical in the SCERA Shell Outdoor Theatre The-atre world premiere of "Pride and Prejudice: A Musical" AUg. 1-16. The adaptation of Austen's popular book appeals to directors direc-tors Jerry Elison and Robert Bar ham, in part, because of its "wonderful writing and lovely staging." Elison says Austen fans will especially enjoy this new theatrical version and believes others will appreciate it also. "Deborah Morris, who wrote the books and lyrics, has done a clever job of keeping the flavor and phrasing of Austen's work intact, and Ann Kapp Andersen's Ander-sen's music is dramatic and i ... m . TV '(( C " ' Si ' J , rJt.: - i Mrhtimhrnu. ..v.nm..,,: 'A 110, Sponsored by: CARDON LAW OFFICE, LLC 1149 West Center Street, Orem, Utah 84057 beautiful," Elison says. The music will play Mondays, Mon-days, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. in the SCERA Shell Outdoor Theatre, located at 699 S. State, Orem, in the middle of SCERA Park. General admission tickets are $ 10 for adults and $8 for children (age 3-11), students (with ID) and seniors (65 and older). Patrons may bring blankets blan-kets or rent a chair for $ 1.00. Reserved seating areas range from $12 to $14 for adults and $10-$ 12 for children, students and seniors. Tickets are available avail-able from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays and Saturdays from noon to 6 p.m. at the SCERA Center for the Arts, 745 S. State St., Orem, by calling (801) 225-ARTS, 225-ARTS, online at www.scera. org or at the Shell gate one hour prior to each show. Composing team Morris and Kapp-Andersen have local ties. Deborah Morris graduated from Orem High School and later lat-er magna cum laude from Utah State University in Theatre and Choral Music Educatioa Morris Mor-ris continued with two years of graduate work in Writing. "Pride and Prejudice" had its origin 20 years ago when Deborah Debo-rah began jotting down lyrics for what she hoped would be a musical version of her favorite book. The project was shelved, however, until Deborah met Andersen in Bavaria, Germany in 2001 where their husbands were stationed with the Department Depart-ment of Defense. Andersen was born in Ogden, and attended BYU as a piano major for two years before getting married and eventually landing in Fairbanks, Fair-banks, Alaska. She and her husband, hus-band, Thayne, live in Lava Hot Springs, Idaho. This SCERA production will feature a set designed by Steve Purdie of Utah Valley University. Univer-sity. Music director is Martha Glissmeyer, costume designer is Debbie Bowman, and Michael Handley is lighting designer. Mary Linda Thomas is the choreographer. cho-reographer. SCERA's production of "Pride and Prejudice: A Musical" Musi-cal" will travel to Provo for several performances at BYU Education Week. Audition notice: The SCERA Center for the Arts in Orem announces auditions for its upcoming up-coming fall 2008 production of "Seussical: The Musical." The show will open the 2008-2009 SCERA Encore Season and is part of SCERA's 75th Anniversary Anniver-sary celebration. "Seussical" will be directed by David Whit lock and will play in Showhouse II at the , SCERA Center for the Arts Sept. 19 through Oct. 13 on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Thurs-days, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. Watch SALE l HEFiiAGE 1 F.ST. as? mm ' tjiifi Bates: August 5th 6:008:30 August 26th 6:00 8:30 Jeffrey Q. Cardon Attorney and Counselor at Law L n Aecka Osmond surveys her daughter Suzannah's hair after braiding J q her pigtails backstage, prior to the first performance of "Willy Won-E-ka Junior," a musical production put on by children ages 10 to 16, at the Hale Center Theater Monday, July 21, 2008 in Orem. The show, which is an adaptation of the classic story "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," will also run Tuesday and Wednesday at 4 p.m. Auditions for performers ages 8 to mature adults will be held Monday, July 28, and Tuesday, July 29, from 7-10 p.m. in Room B3 of the SCERA Center, 745 S. State Street in Orem. Auditioners should come prepared to sing 16 measures of a Broadway-style song. An accompanist or boom box will be provided All roles are available and special casting needs include performers of odd sizes and shapes, gymnasts and acrobats, carnival or circus acts and novelty nov-elty talents. "Seussical" weaves together several of Dr. Seuss' most beloved characters, including Horton the Elephant and his love, Gertrude McFuzz, The Grinch, Thing 1 and Thing 2, Yertle the Turtle, Sneetches, Cindy-Lou Who and the citizens of Whoville, as well as the Cat Horki hr Mr 15, Mr 1 1. OOi Tha Chi licloa of Nartiiat Princa Caspian Naifcr Mir 00 1 MO Emma Smitht My Story Mwtfay VH, M, 7 A I I J fM. ii'iTHurnm mm Fluihod Away for 22 years! It's been a nice ride! n. FINAL DAY SATURDAY, JULY 19! Come Enjoy Refrtsments! WAT for our BLOWOUT September 4-6, 2008! GG 3 ' r't 1 4 19 PG I hi p.m. p.m. in l W ata i -. . in the Hat, who serves as the story's narrator. "Seussical" is from composing team Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Aherns, who also wrote "Once on This Island" and the score to "Ragtime." "Rag-time." For more information, contact con-tact SCERA at (801) 225-ARTS or visit www.scera.org. BYU Mahonri Stewart's "Prometheus "Pro-metheus Unbound" to open July 31 The Brigham Young University Experimental Theatre The-atre Club's world premiere of "Prometheus Unbound," will run July 31 through Aug. 9 at 7:30 p.m. in the Nelke Theater "V I s.' 1 Hi v, spsctcXGurarpnzes! vvavw.hcraldextraxomsummergivcavvay f , ,.),, f!,t, ,,',,' , i II !" 'ZJT77T''-rt ' - .-'-Taste It. Lova It. Crave It. . Ml V ! I I t of the Harris Fine Arts Center on BYUs campus. Seating will begin at 7 p.m. Derived from a long tradition of plays about the Greek Titan Prometheus, national award-winning award-winning playwright Mahonri Stewart taps into the traditions of Aeschylus and Percy Shelley. Shel-ley. Stewart's story, however, uniquely follows a group of heroes recruited by a temple aide claiming to have received a vision that will guide their quest to free the titan. "I consider it a kind of spiritual spiri-tual allegory or mythological morality tale," Stewart said, "This ancient story has a modern mod-ern context." Also unique is the fact that 1 T agoon day passes Hoe;i Yogi Gift certs 1 TiSalga Datenite Spra Shell Ticfet ItV'ee&ffjfe lo feto V if n n nr nr .op CELIA TOBINDaily Herald this marks the first major collaboration col-laboration between the ETC and students from neighboring Utah Valley University. Students Stu-dents from both universities are involved with all levels of the production: directing, stage managing, costumes, lights, acting act-ing and producing. "This has been a great opportunity op-portunity to acknowledge the work that each university is doing to create professionals in the arts," said ETC board member, mem-ber, Dave Mortensen. Tickets are $8 for pre-sales through the BYU ticket office at (801) 4224322 and www. BYUarts.com. Tickets may also Continued on Page 16 (M My' P J i if fi f 1 T - ,-" 1WM m .... parses sundance summer theatre 1Twltff tm Aiajutl I to i ), Xht W Mnrlt 'nursH frvify nu mtO ft IhMtrx DnrtmK Vi tJrwvtJ. M |