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Show SCENE The Park Record. Editor: Scott Iwasaki arts@parkrecord.com 435.649.9014 ex.113 FILM SERIES PLANS TO SCREEN ‘REAL BOY,’ C-4 DEER VALLEY FESTIVAL FINDS ITS VOODOO, C-5 www.parkrecord.com C-1 WED/THURS/FRI, MAY 9-11, 2018 ‘Cheerleaders vs. Aliens’ kicks up girls’ roles NEWCOMERS CLUB OF GREATER PARK CITY Newcomers Club of Greater Park City will host its monthly coffee from 10-11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 9, at Park City Community Church, 4501 N. S.R. 224. This month’s speaker will be Sally Elliott, historian and former Park City councilwoman. She will discuss Park City’s mining history and efforts to preserve the historic mining buildings. A light brunch will be served. The event is free and open to the public. For information, visit www.parkcitynewcomers.org. BRAIN STORM FILM FESTIVAL: ‘HEROIN(E)’ FREE SCREENING CONNECT Summit County’s Brain Storm Film Festival will present a free screening of Ellen McMillon Sheldon’s Academy Award-winning documentary “Heroin(e)” at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 9, at Park City Library’s Jim Santy Auditorium, 1255 Park Ave. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion moderated by Aaron Newman of the Summit County Health Department. For information, visit www.connectsummitcounty.org. ‘OF MOOSE AND MEN’ AT THE SWANER ECOCENTER Sam Robertson, wildlife technician at Utah State University, will present his research on Utah moose population fluctuations and factors affecting their survival at 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 10, at the Swaner EcoCenter, 1258 Center Drive at Kimball Junction. Attendees will learn how he radio collared moose in the Wasatch and the north slope of the Uintas, and how he tracked them throughout the year. The cost is $10 per person and $5 for Swaner EcoCenter members. To register, visit www.eventbrite. com/e/of-moose-and-men-tickets42544695329?aff=erellivmlt. RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE A Red Cross blood drive will be held from 1-6 p.m. on Friday, May 11, at Shepherd of the Mountains Lutheran Church, 4051 N. S.R. 224. Appointments can be made by visiting www. redcrossblood.org/give.html/donation-time. For information, visit www. redcrossblood.org. CLIMBING WALL AT THE SWANER ECOCENTER The Swaner EcoCenter, 1258 Center Drive at Kimball Junction, offers climbing on Saturdays and Sundays from 1-3 p.m. The climbing wall is open to most ages. The EcoCenter will provide the climbing harness, but climbers must wear closed-toe shoes. Climbers under 18 years of age must be accompanied by an adult to sign a liability waiver. The cost is $5 per climber or free for Swaner EcoCenter members. For information, email swanerecocenter@usu.edu or call 435-649-1767. Play will celebrate its world premiere with Egyptian’s YouTheatre SCOTT IWASAKI The Park Record There’s more to “Cheerleaders Vs. Aliens” than a team of cartwheeling girls PHOTO BY AMY LIVINGSTON The Greenville High School cheerleading squad from the YouTheatre play “Cheerleaders Vs. Aliens” take a breather on the Egyptian Theatre stage, unaware of the extraterrestrial threat that awaits backstage. The production opens Thursday. kicking extraterrestrial invader rears. The play, produced by local youth drama organization YouTheatre and written by Emmy Award-winning playwright Rachel Bublitz, will open Thursday for a three-night run at the Egyptian Theatre. It’s one of the first scripts that was written with girls in mind, said YouTheatre Director Jamie Wilcox. “Rachel and I met for coffee and we talked about how in all levels of theater there are almost always more female participants than males, and an abundance of great parts in any production are for males,” Wilcox said. “So the chance of getting a good female part is small because there were so many females who would audition, so the competition was higher.” Bublitz told Wilcox she wanted to help remedy role inequality. “She told me that one of her goals for the coming year was to write six fulllength plays, and that one was going to be a play she wished existed when she Please see Girls, C-2 Ballet West will follow the Yellow Brick Road Dancers will present ‘Wonderful Wizard of Oz’ on Saturday SCOTT IWASAKI The Park Record Peggy Bergmann Ballet West Academy dancers would love Park City to accompany them as they follow the Yellow Brick Road during its new production of “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.” Curtain is 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Saturday, May 12, at the Eccles Center for the Performing Arts, and the production features original choreography by Cati Snarr, the principal of the Peggy Bergmann Ballet West Academy, and Michelle Player, the schools director of contemporary dance programs. “Park City’s Ballet West campus is so unique because we offer training in a variety of styles, and not just ballet,” Snarr said. “So my thought was to cre- ate a production that was a showpiece that will tell the story with the different genres.” The story is based on L. Frank Baum’s beloved children’s book, and features Sophia Simmons as Dorothy, Mia Sosnowski as Scarecrow, Allison Lambert as Tin Man, Mia Taylor as Lion, Holly Moffatt as the wizard, Cleo Abbott as Toto, Joanna Lazzarnoi as the Good Witch and Cassidy Cook in a dual role as the Wicked Witch of the East and the Wicked Witch of the West, who are twin sisters. The dancers were also matched to the roles that best fit their personalities, Snarr said. “That’s not to say the Cassidy is a witch,” Snarr said with a laugh. “The roles also match the dance styles that the dancers love. So they perform each piece with passion, and since this production is many of these dancers’ last performance with us, we wanted to make it special.” Snarr enjoyed choreographing and Please see Ballet, C-3 KIRA HOFFELMEYER/PARK RECORD Sophia Simmons, center, stars as Dorothy in Peggy Bergmann Ballet West Academy’s “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.” Dorothy is accompanied by Cleo Abbot’s Toto, lower left, Allison Lambert’s Tin Man, back left, Mia Taylor’s Lion, center left, and some munchkins. The ballet will be performed at 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Saturday, May 12 at the Eccles Center for the Performing Arts. |