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Show V 1 9 WW? " W G-TO'TT- PAGE 8 MONDAY, JULY 7, 2008 EDITOR Eiyssa Andrus 344-255- 3 eandrusheraldextra.com Utah Shakespearean Festival Reviews . 1 " I I ; - -- it I ; r ( I m 'i" A V'' I CHRIS TOALSONWashington Post was born without legs, toured the globe on his skateboard, taking pictures of curious passersby. Kevin Connolly, who r t Disability gives fresh perspective Rachel Beckman THE WASHINGTON WASHINGTON P2 W- - ' "V slack-jawe- ' I - - - I' ' - v - : . :'A r Photog- rapher Kevin Connolly is used to people staring at him. The Montana native was born without legs, and he gets around on a skateboard, propelling himself with his hands. "Before pity, empathy or sympathy, there's a moment of shock and curiosity," Connolly says. "It's What's mostly just ' - POST if v 4 r f d: that?" In 2007, Connolly traveled around the world and took 32,728 pictures of people staring at him. Fifteen of his photos are on display in the Kennedy Center's Hall of States. He calls it "The Rolling Exhibition." Rich, poor, young and old all stare at Connolly in photos from 15 countries, including Japan, France and Malaysia. In Romania, a man in religious garb chats on a cellphone and looks at Connolly with a confused expression. In the Czech Republic, two castle guards in light blue uniforms march at attention, looking straight ahead. Connolly's camera catches a third guard's eyes glance downward at him. To make people feel comfortable staring at him, Connolly held the camera near his hip and looked in the opposite direction. That way, people wouldn't fear getting caught. Because he was unable to use the camera's he memorized how to frame shots from his street-levperspective. He shot most of the photos while in motion; thus, "The Rolling Exhibition." People imagined all kinds of view-finde- , Betsy Mugavero left as Agnes and Kevin Kiler as Horace in KARL HUGHUtah Shakespearean Festival the Utah Shakespearean Festival's 2008 production of "The School for Wives." Schooled wives, big noses and tradition Cody Clark only $60 (with a seat cushion, blanket, complimentary bottled water and early seating privileges), and you can save money by attending he 2008 summer season of the weekday performances or buying ticket packUtah Shakespearean Festival ages. Children younger than 6 are not admitin Cedar City features three of ted to any shows, though the festival provides the 37 known plays written by child care at a cost of $ 15 per child ($ 10 per William Shakespeare: "Othello," sibling after the first child), per play. All reviews are by Daily Herald film "the Taming of the Shrew" and "The Two Gentlemen of Vero critic Cody Clark. Edmond na." Three additional productions Rostand's "Cyrano de Bergerac;" "Fiddler on Trapped pupil the Roof" by Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick, Four walls can't smother 'School's' and Joseph Stein; and Motive's "The School love lessons cast the spotlight on the Bard's for Wives" There is only one student in the school in. more recent peers. Moli6re's "The School for Wives," an instituYou probably wouldn't go wrong by making a reservation to see each of them. Because tion of comedic learning in session three times a week at the Utah Shakespearean Festival most people prefer to pick and choose, howin Cedar City. Who's actually being schooled, ever, the Daily Herald has done the heavy however, and by whom, and what the ultilifting for you: We have reviews of all six mate thrust of that instruction may be, is a plays. Reviews of "Othello," "The Taming of truth that doesn't entirely reveal itself until the Shrew" and "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" were printed in the Life & Style section the very last line of the play, which is neatly followed by its very last squeal of inarticulate on Sunday. Today's reviews are of "Cyrano de Bergerac," "Fiddler on the Roof" and "The petulance. School for Wives." Anyone who has an appreciation of lively The summer season runs through Aug. 30, wordplay and broad satire also dame with at least three plays in performance every satire, femme satire, lady satire and more than a little gentle(man) ribbing will enjoy day, Monday through Saturday. seats at the festival are Moliere's feisty and surprisingly unsparing The DAILY HERALD r 1! I transposition to the stage of circumstances in his own life. Husbands and wives may get a little extra satisfaction out of the play. Only the supremely would attempt to , d apply its teachings to marriage, but it provides fodder for hours of flirtatious ;.v'.' teasing, V, The would-b- e headmaster of "School" is wealthy Arnolphe, who has taken to calling real-worl- himself de la Souche. As Moltere did, Arnie has a young and lovely ward, a lass he has sheltered, clothed and fed since childhood. Moltere had planned to wed his young charge at the time of the play's writing (he did so shortly thereafter), and the big A has identical designs on delicate and untutored Agn6s. Agn6"s is quite literally untutored, which is important to Arnie he's convinced that a "total dunce" will adhere to their union with total fidelity, so he's planned her utter lack of education with care. "Even the servants here are total morons," he brags to his dubious friend Chrysalde. Arnie's craving for spousal surety is because the great terror of his existence is the social embarrassment of becoming a cuckold, losing his reputation on account of his wife's marital misbehavior. There are, naturally, no plans of broadening AgneYs horizons once See most-expensi- mi I fAifafoi'tt njgii. Ain ili n S3 .IP iS V it 'tQA fife SHAKESPEARE, B7 r, scenarios to explain why there was a man with no legs skateboarding next to them. A little boy in New Zealand asked him if he had been eaten by a shark. Someone in Sarajevo assumed he was a victim of the Balkan war. In his home town, Helena, Mont., a man asked him about Iraq and if he still wore his dog tags. Lots of people tried to give him money, thinking he was a beggar. (Ukrainians were the most aggressive. When Connolly refused their handouts, they shoved cash in his backpack.) The real story: Doctors told him it's a "sporadic birth defect," which Connolly interprets as they have no idea why he was born without legs. "My parents made the decision to not put me in a wheelchair or a hospital," he says. "They just took me home." He wears what he calls a "boot" on the bottom of his torso, which keeps his posture straight and protects him from the ground, like a shoe. Connolly started riding a skateboard during his freshman year at Montana State University in Bozeman so that he could quickly move from building to building while wearing a backpack. Trying to carry a backpack while in a wheelchair is difficult, he says, but he keeps a wheelchair in his apartment. "It's great for cooking rolling around and carrying hot dishes." He traveled alone for half of his three months abroad for "The Rolling Exhibitioa" The only snag was when he got hit by a car in Bosnia because of a narrow sidewalk. He fell off his board and bruised his ribs but didn't have to go to the hospital. 2 |