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Show i ) itimate )2 Par itimate South la The quality of Utah collegiate the- be exhibited under one roof for the first time with the opening of the Utah College Theatre Festival at the Pioneer Memorial Theatre. Starting tomorrow and continuing through May 21, seven colleges and universities will atrical production I ? will present their talents in plays that of drasome three centuries span matic history. The first production will be the most modern. It is 'Coat of Many Colors the new play by Barrie Stavis that had its world premier at Brigham Young University last month. The same group will be seen locally. Saturday night Dixie College will move back a few years to Broadway to recreate the Arthur Miller play that has been hailed as one of the greatest of the modern American theatre, d Hazel Robertson, center, recounts the joys of her youth to Aralee Scothern, right, and Judy Sorenson in "House of Bernards Alba," to be cast from Weber presented by an "Death of a Salesman." Next Tuesday night College of Southern Utah turns to the playwright it honors at its annual summer Shakespearean Festival to bring the Pioneer Memorial Theatre audience the delightful fantasy, "A Midsummer Night's Dream This will be followed by the College of Eastern Utah and its version of another great classic, The Miser" by the 17th century French satirist, Moliere. A- - nother, more modern classicist, George Bernard Shaw, is featured on May 19, with the College of Eastern Utah production of the Shavian masterpiece, "Androcles and The Lion." The final two plays of the festival are modem. On May 20, Utah State University will present the Tennessee ' Williams study of the south, "Street- The festival car Named Desire. winds up with a work by Frederico Garcia Lorca, accepted as Spain's outstanding playwright of this century. His play, House of Bernarda cast. Alba," has an Each school handles all phases of e its production, including acting, direction, scenery, costuming and lighting. College at the Pioneer Memorial Theatre, May 21, as part of the Utah College Theatre Festival, opening May 13. State Guiding force of the Utah College Theatre Festival has been Dr. Keith M. Engar, who handled all arrangements Dr. Engar, executive director of the Pioneer Memorial Theatre, planned the festival to create wider awareness of the high quality of collegiate theatricals. To attract as broad an audience as possible, a new price policy was established, with tickets for orchestra and loge placed at $2 and balcony seats $1. Reservations may be made by dialing the box office. 322-6961- . the guide, may 12. 1966 pdge 15 |