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Show ~l !TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2000 == I UNIVERSITY JOURNAL ARTS PAGE 31 Shakespeare thrives on SUU campus BY KIRSTEN TATE SENIOR STAFF WRITER The Cherry Orchard is written by Anton Chekhov. It is dramatic with most of the play being talking, not action. "It is a play where most of the audience will be able to relate to the characters. It is very interesting," said Fudge. It plays Wednesday and Saturday nights and Tuesday and Friday matinees. Peter Pan is the other non-Shakespearean play this season. It is not a musical, but was adapted and directed Wednesday and Saturday matinees. In addition to the plays, There are Backstage Tours, Greenshow, Royal Feaste and seminars to help visitors become more acquainted with the theatre. Let's Play! may be the slogan for the Utah Backstage tours begin in the Randall L. Jones Theatre Shakespearean Festival, but plays are not the only feature of the festival. everyday at 11 a.m. The tour shows participants the inside information about actors, designers, make-up, In addition to the six plays, numerous entertaining and costuming and scenery shops. Tickets can be purchased educational opportunities are offered to those wishing to in the Box Office for $7 learn more about the theatre and The Royal Feaste begins at 5.30 p.m. every Shakespearean era Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday in There are six plays offered in the summer . the King's Pavilion, also known as the middle season; three are written by Shakespeare school, north of the theatre complex The cost 1s and performed jn the Adams Shakespearean Theatre. The other three . $30 and tickets must be purchased before noon are by various playwrights and performed in on the day of the show, but anytime earlier is the Randall L. Jones Theatre. The schedule appreciated. The Royal Feaste 1s a five course meal served as it wQuld have been in of plays allows visitors to see all six plays in three days. Shakespeare's time. The actors from the Greenshow become the Lord of the Manor and The price of tickets varies depending on the Master of the Salt. It is an interactive the day and where you sit. Monday, experience. The actors talk to the diners and the Tuesday and Wednesday tickets arerange diners have to talk back. • from $15 to 0.$36. Tickets on Thursday, Friday and Saturday tickets are between The Greenshow is held nightly at 7:30 p m. on the green and courtyard surrounding the Adams $19 and $40. Bench seats are offered for ~ Shakespearean Theatre, and is free to the public. the Shakespeare shows a half hour before show time for $10-$12 « "It is to get the audience into the spint of ~ Shakespeare. Into the time, language and Students get half off on all tickets, any day, a half hour before the show. On August ~ costuming so the audience isn't j\,Jst thrust into it,· 23 all tickets are $5. Either matinee or j said Fudge. There are three shows, a Scottish, evening performance The plays being z Irish and Welsh night. shown that day are Merry Wives of Windsor ffi The Scottish night is a rivalry between two and Peter Pan , and the evening clans. There is music, games and dancing. The Utah Shakespearean Festival performers Justin Winterhalter (left), from performances are Merchant of Venice and Minneapolis, Minn., and Mark Matthews an SUU junior theatre major from Las Scottish show is held Wednesday and Saturday The Cherry Orchard. nights. Vegas, Nev., perform for audiences in the festival Greenshow. The Irish night has fire, juggling and magic Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice has along with Irish music It is held Tuesday and been the best seller this summer. It plays Friday nights. every Wednesday and Saturday night. The Welsh night is mostly authentic Welsh The War of the Roses 1s a new adaption of Shakespeare's Henry VI plays, condensing music and dancing, held Monday and Thursday nine hours of script into three hours. This nights. play is the battle between the Lancasters Other activities include Play Orientations, and the Yorks, both fighting for the crqwn Literary Seminars, Plays in Progress and and England. "It is interesting to watch", said Performance Seminars. Ken Fudge, Utah Shakespearean Festival The Play Orientations are held at I p.m. for the marketing and public relations assistant. matinee performance and at 7 p.m. for the The War of the Roses plays every ,:uesday evening performance. All orientations are held 1n aod Friday night the Auditorium Theatre. They give a quick ;J, overview of the upcoming play with a synopsis of The Merry Wwes of Windsor is the comedy this season. This play is about ~ the play, the playwright and problems there might Falstaff, a character from the Henry VI ~ have been in making the play. plays, and shows how he tries to deceive ~ Literary Seminars are a chance for audience two housewives out of their money. But the ~ members to interact with the directors and give z their advice and opinions about various aspects women catch on and try to teach him a lesson. "It's great, I laugh all the way r.....--~---..Jffi of the play. They are held Tuesday through through," said Fudge. It plays Monday and Sunday in the Seminar Grove. The seminars Performers Agatha Gibbins (left), a senior dance major from Pleasant Grove, Thursday nights and Wednesday and . discussing the previous day's plays in the Adams Utah, Franis Taua'a, a senior theatre major from Maui, Hawaii, Staphanie Saturday matinees. Theatre are at 9 a.m.; plays in the Randall Hancock from Cedar City, Laura West from Natchitoches, La., and Kristi Cox, Theatre are at 10 a.m. Noises Off, a great deal of fun, i$ written a sophomore theatre major from Las Vegas, Nev., perform in the festival by Michael Frayn. It is about a group of Plays-In-Progress is a chance for new Greenshow. actors trying to put on a play, but have a playwrights to work with members of the Festival . company for a week. At the end of the week the bit of trouble. "It is a fast-paced British farce that keeps getting funnier throughout the play. It play is produced as a staged reading followed by a by Fred C. Adams. It is the classic story, with Peter. the is just crazy,· said Fudge. It does contain adult discussion with the playwright, actors and audience. lost boys, the Indians and of course, Captain Hook and They are presented at 10:15 a.m. each Thursday and his pirates. In this production seven of the characters fly! themes and situations. Noises Off plays in the Randall L. Jones Theatre Tuesday and Friday nights, Monday "The set and the costumes are amazing,· said Fudge. Friday in August, also from Aug. 29 to Sept. 1. and Thursday matinees. Call 586-7880 for more information. Peter Pan is on Monday and Thursday nights, Pr~fessors to perform at Carnegie Carol Ann Modesitt SUU music professors Michael Dean (clarinet) and Carol Ann Modesitt (soprano) will be performing a joint recital at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York City in the spring of 2002. "Professor Modesitt and I will perform together on a couple of works and then each of us will perform several works as a soloist," Dean said. "We will be performing a mix of new works and standard repertoire," he said. Dean is the assistant professor of clarinet and saxophone and also directs the clarinet choir at SUU . He has been at SUU for six years and is an active soloist, recitalist.and clinician. He will be appearing as a chamber ...., musician and soloist on a soon-to-be released CD entitled Red Mesa Trio. Modesitt is the associate professor of voice and director, of the SUU Opera program. She has been at SUU for eight years and is a frequent recitalist and chamber musician. She has performed nationally and internationally for more than 20 years, including recent tour:s of the British Isles and South America. · we are very excited about performing at Carnegie Hall and are thankful for SUU's support, especially that of our music department chair, Bart Shanklin and College dean, Charles Metten;" Dean said. Michael Dean |