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Show UNIVERSITY JOURNAL ARTS !PAGE 12 THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 2000 'The Crucible' opens Monday Thies to perform tonight BY LIZZY RUGG JOURNAL ARTS EDITOR a senior theatre and English major from Hastings, New Zealand. Matt Bennett, a junior theatre major from Salt Wien questioned as to whether his play The Lake City, plays Rev. Hale. He said these people were unwilling to accept their own hardships and Crucible was a direct comparision to the McCarthy trials ~ur Miller said "the looked to the supernatural to explain things they comparison is, inevitable, sir." did not understand or want to believe. "With all the madness and Beginning Monday, Jan. 17, chaos that flows freely from this Stage II will perform The play, Miller offers us hope and Crucible. Stage II Production Board Manager Amanda re-emphasizes the power an Hughes, a senior theatre major individual can have when faced from Roosevelt, Utah, said "the with public pressure,· said Waihi. thing that makes the show Stage manager Alane Benson, unique is that it is the only a sophomore theatre major from Stage II producion on the main South Jordan, said "The show stage this year. It is entirely student designed, directed and ~ has developed into an amazing produced." ~ look at human character. The Crucible performs every ~ Something new comes out of it night from Jan. 17 to Jan. 22 at I!! every night I see it.· 7:30 p.m. with a matinee on ~ Hughes said "it's a great Jan. 22 at 2 p.m. There will be ~ showcase of the talent of the a post-show discussion on students in the department." Jan. 19. Tickets for the show Francis Taua, a junior theatre The Crucible is set in the time are $2 with student I. D. and , major from Maui, Hawaii, and period of the Salem Witch Trials. can be obtained at either the Sarah Loritz, a freshman It is about a town that is almost Auditorium Box Office before theatre major from St. George, completely destroyed because of the show, or at the Randall L. rehearse for 'The Crucible., the fals~ accusations o~ ~th~r people m the town. Wa1h1 said Jones Theatre between 9 a.m. · and 5 p.m. that "despite his failings, Proctor (lead male Francis Taua, a junior theatre major from character) represents an ability to be true to Maui, Hawaii, plays Rev. Parris. He said that this himself and his friends no matter what the cost.· Many people in the cast and crew for this show is "about people." Senior Sharla Lundberg, production were pleased with what they have a theatre major from Kansas City, Kan., who accomplished and believe that this will be an plays Abigail, added that "by these people's own enjoyable show for the audience. hands they annihilate themselves.· Bennett said that this has been a · positive "The Crucible ...finds relevance as irrational experience,· and one that · everyone needs to be fear has been and will always be a part of the human experience," said director Duane Waihi, exposed to." 8 BULLOCH DRUG Otd.-1a1hioned. Jee Cream Sod.a 1ounla in i-.. -B"7iy'On-;, Gct 0~ Fr;e- - "1 I I I I L Ice Cream Cone Or Get $1 Off a Milkshake 91 N. Main• Cedar City• 586-9651 Evan Vickers, R. Ph. Open 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Sunday One coupon per item. Coupon must be presented. -------------- 1 I I I .J will also be conducting a master Robert Thies, the first United class in piano for selected States pianist in four decades to ·advanced students from SUU," win a major international said Carol A . competition held in Modesitt, associate Russia, will be in professor of music. "It concert in the Randall not that often that Jones Theatre tonight university students at 7:30 p.m., tickets have a chance to are $5 with a student work one on one with I.D. card. a world-class artist David Nyman, like [Thies]." Modesitt chair of the board of said. Cedar City Music Arts This performance is said, "[Thies] part of Thies' sevenperformed here in month tour of more Cedar City two years than 30 U.S. cities. ago, and people were Thies will be so impressed with his performing preludes playing that requests by Chopin and poured into Music Pianist Robert Thies will Rachmaninoff, Arts for him to come perform in the Randall Ravel's "Alborada del back." Jones Theate tonight. Gracioso," This performance is Schumann's the fourth in the "Fantasy in C Major,· Prokofiev's Founders' Series presented by the · sonata in A Minor" and Mozart's CCMA. "Fantasy in D Minor." "In addition to the concert, Thies Play audition· is slated Auditions for Man of La Mancha will be held here Jan. 24. Auditioners are asked to have prepared a one-minute monologue of any style and a 30 seconds of a Broadway number. There will be an accompanist provided. Students are asked to bring their own sheet music. A capella singing is discouraged for this audition. For an audition time, please sign up on the sheet outside of GC 406. If there are any questions or problems, please contact Amanda Hughes at 865-8582. |