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Show Page 4 Monday, April 22, 2013 University Journal CO! i X i ! i 0 X Xj D il 1 U .u j rl I r 1 s' u i t m L'i Hi r'i U i I 1 i ! j j ( 1 j i mt f 1 P I E u 1 Jo) j L PHOTO COURTESY OF UTAH SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL Shakespeare Festival Artistic Directors David Ivers as Aisling and Brian Vaughn n as Simon in the show Stones in His Pockets. The show, which ran in Cedar City during the Festivals 2012 Fall season, ended its Chicago run on April 14. Utah two-ma- USF play ends in Chicago 4HVi no costume changes or wigs to help distinguish character changes. nhoodsuunews.com Showing the audience when he was switching The Utah Shakespeare Festival performance of from the old man to the woman, for example, n Stones in His Pockets, a play that ran at relied on his posture, gestures or silhouette, the Festival for the first time in 2005, went to the Vaughn said. The gesture became the sort-o- f linchpin into Northlight Theatre in Chicago this spring, where each character; a specific shape or gesture that it was praised by reviewers. Stones in His Pockets, which ran from March 8 could be easily definable for the audience and to April 14 in Chicago, was even recommended help us link into who they were, he said. Ivers said in the podcast that what helped him for nomination for a Jeff Award, a Chicago area in preparing for this production was highlighting theatre award. Nikki' Allen, media and public relations each characters lines in different colors. When preparing for a role, I read from manager with the Utah Shakespeare Festival, said taking the show to Chicago was about expanding beginning to end, skipping from blue to blue to the reputation of the Festival and making new blue, he said in the podcast. Ivers said he enjoyed the opportunity to take the contacts in the theatre world. We work a lot with members of other (theatre show on the road, and getting back to his roots as and an actor was a great experience. companies, trading actors and such, she said. This opportunity allowed us to Working with Vaughn is a dream, he said. We started here as actors, and its always great in and do some national get exposure networking to be reconnected with our craft. the process. J.R. Sullivan, who directed the production both Vaughn said he especially enjoyed doing the at Northlight and at the Festival, said in a podcast show, which is set in Ireland in a city with a large with the Talk Theatre in Chicago that the show Irish population, but he is glad to be back in Utah. One of the things that is fantastic about the is mainly about two characters who go from a Festival is that people come and see six shows in couple of nobodies to a couple of somebodies. David Ivers and Brian Vaughn, both Festival three days, immersing themselves in theatre, he art directors, each played several roles in this said. In Chicago, people see a lot of theatre, and production, ranging from children to women to its a routine they have in their lives, rather than a destination theatre. old men. Vaughn said in the podcast that playing so This story continues online at suunews.com. many parts was challenging because there were By N3SHA HOOD two-ma- iDIM fell lrii it' Wi KMfr 0) t i ft iccii Mmm set-cre- tin ;agaift;iiiJ!liNiiimfjjK !isiiiirliiniaiis V I fht. Us o'm For a Farewell Reception in honor of President Michael T. and Debi Denson On Tuesday , April 23 , 2073 the Gilbert Great Hall of the Haze Hunter Conference Center In I R. I beginning at j : 1 SUU 5 o'clock. SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY |