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Show Page CIO THE DAILY HERALD; Get Aay Friday, Provo, Utah. Friday, August 20. I'm CASTLE 1989: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and "The Lion in Winter" (James Goldman) 1990: "As You Like it," "Mother Courage" (Bertolt Brecht), "The Continued from CI ,Helena in the ARTE production is played by Trish Reading, who also played that role in the 1989 production (and, as long as we're counting coincidences, was Edwards' assistant director in the BYU production this i If Y year). Storytellers There are plenty of actors, particularly in "Midsummer," who have no prior connections to' these shows, though. Ary Farahnakian is Lysander, Chris Glade is Demetrius, and Jennifer Erekson Knudsen is Hermia. Deric Nance plays the arrogant Hottom, and Tara Tanner is Puck. Director Baum said she wanted to do "Midsummer" different by NOT doing it different. "I was just tired of people trying to put it in all these quirky places, putting it in the 1950s, or whatever," said Baum, who recently earned her master's from BYU in theater for young audiences. "The actors just wanted to keep the court and the woods, and not have people think it has to be in this country or that coun- C 10 to actors) to do." So there were plenty of actors in town who were willing to do the classics, and Heiner said she and some ,"of her friends "snuck up to the castle, dressed in black, ;in the dead of winter. We'd heard about it and never seen 2 it." They were enthralled with the beautiful outdoor setting' and got permission from the state, which owns the property. which uses the heavy approach. I'm into the power of music and the power of sound, that's something I really respond to." The trio has each found some measure of success in solo ventures outside the band. De Young, who performed on Styx's current album "Brave New World" but is not touring this summer due to health reasons, released three solo records and played Pontius Nugent and Night Ranger's : Jack Blades. Young has fronted his own solo effort, aptly titled the James Young Group. "We had the best energies of five people that were willing to devote their lives to making something into an incredible success," he said of Styx. "We did some incredible work together." And some would say they're still doing it. "I love performing, love to make people laugh.' Jim Owen Heiner was a along with Kathy Biesinger and Ivan Crosland. Edwards was aware of the project, but was busy with the Young Ambassadors "Celebrating the Light" program that summer ("I was bringing light to the valley," she joked). Edwards got involved the second year and has been rh US ? u u Tried and true There hasn't been much change in ARTE's format over the years. There has always been one Shakespearean play and at least one other classic, with only minor tinkering! In 1993, for example, they did a Renaissance Festival, performing scenes from several plays. 1990 and 1991 saw the group trying three plays instead of two; in 1992, "we m J Meet the man involved ever since. ehind the music Wrote 'Louisiana Woman,. Mississippi August 26, 27 8 p.m. Man' Orem Senior Friendship Center, (93 n. 490 e.) TICKETS: $8.50 preshow or $10 at the door. For more information call 229-7- 1 1 1 . Proceeds will benefit the Orem Friendship Center. d "Dracula" that was performed in 1992. In 1998, there was connection between the plays. One was "Hamlet"; the other was "Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead," a Tom Stoppard play that tells the story of "Hamlet" from the perspective of two minor charac- "Midsummer" and "Lion in Winter" have little to do with each other, but next year's tentative lineup goes back to the we saw last year: "The Merry Wives of Windsor" will be paired with BYU's Tim Slover's "March Tale," dealing with Shakespeare's first production of "Merry Wives" for Queen Elizabeth. dove-tailin- g oPrcsents Internationally Renowned t Cl photo United Cerebral Palsy of Utah - Continued from production. Shaw also released several solo records and formed the band Damn Yankees with Ted ters. e, too. r- Musketeers" (Eberle Thomas) "Cyrano de Bergerac" (Edmond Rostand) 1996: "Much Ado about Nothing "Misalliance" (George Bernard Shaw) 1997:.'Love's Labour's Lost," "The Importance of Being Earnest" (Oscar Wilde) 1998: "Hamlet," "Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead" (Tom Stoppard) 1999: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and "The Lion in Winter" (James Goldman) start performing there. dark-theme- Shakespeare and drama. There was nothing for (those audi-enc- 1993: Renaissance Festival 1994: "Macbeth," "Three 1995: "Romeo and Juliet regained our sanity and went back to two," Edwards said. Neil Labute, a BYU graduate who has received much acclaim recently for his film "In the Company of Men" and for his several plays, wrote an adaptation of years ago ARTE began with one purpose in mind: Give actors something to do during the summer. "There were a lot of performers in Provo in the summer who weren't singers," Edwards said. "There was plenty of opportunity to do musicals, but not to do the group's organizers felt .there was a potential ourtesy pain: Scott Bronson and Barta Heiner star as King Henry and Queen Eleanor, a couple at odds over who the heir should be, in "The Lion in Winter." A royal try." Baum said the actors are "storytellers": When they're not onstage acting, they're sitting in the front of the audience, watching the show like everybody else. She thinks the charm of the show speaks for itself, without a lot of embellishments. "That Shakespeare, he's good," she said. "A lot of people don't know about him." 1 Miser" (Moliere) 1991: "King Lear," "Bus Stop" (William Inge), "Bedroom Farce" (Alan Ayckbourn) 1992: "Taming of the Shrew," "Dracula" (Neil LaBute) Pilate in a national touring STYX 10 Years of ths Castle Theetre Festive! o y " Pj til - n IN CONCERT Introducing Wet Cement 1 Saturday, August 28, 8:00 pm Tickets Available through Art University Tix at (801) 355-278- JOHN CAREY ARELEEN B0?EECtAN NOLAN LOUISE MURPHY 7 Cameo Performance: of Utah 's Virginia Tanner School of Dance All proceeds to Benefit UCP Of Utah SET A NIC Pear. Inc. FMIOO Continuous Soft Has !i9iiaiHiflI Mi"H- - iiik it 'in -- 1 Jg I'. |
