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Show 10 The Magna TimeiWest Valley Newt, November 7, 2002 Hale Theater continues to thrive in By SHIRLEY B. GOODMAN GuesTWriler rent production lay, "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor DreamcoaL" The total system was developed by the Gala Company in Montreal, Canada at the request of the Hale's. Gala first turned the Hale's down but after thinking it over they came up with a "Slinky" spring like system they designed especially for the Hale's theater. What they first thought they could not do, they did along with the foresight of die Hale's to improve the interest of their play performances and quality of their theater. Last year 208,000 people attended the Hale Center Theatre with a 530 seating capacity and giving them about 85 percent of the entertainment market share in Utah. "We are second in entertainment to the Utah Symphony," Dietlein said. What about the talent? "There is so much talent right here in our region in Utah," said Dietlein. Although the talent primarily consist of nat- - The Hale Centre Theatre in West Valley City across from it is a the theater originally community supported and launched by millions of dollars from several benefactors. With performances year round, die Hale theater is enjoyed by the state-wid- e community audience. "Many of our season ticket holders come in from back east, California, Nevada and Wyoming for example," said Sally Dietlein, one of the four Hale family producers. Although there are many Center Theater's or Theatef dotted across the country, the Hale theater is unique in its own right of how they offer enrichment to many of their performances and adding extended audience excitemenL This is done with the help of a million dollar spiral system extending die stage high and divided into five sections for special effects and scene changes. It is operated by a radio-wav- e computet ized This system. system is used 50 times during the theatre's cur- - Ruth Hale still performing at Legacy Retirement Home. ural talented amateurs from the community, the Hale's have had producers and agents come and take a lode. Many of the actors have had opportunities to go on to Hollywood and New York to benefit in extending their acting careers professionally. 'Every year we go to New York to die script-housand read through scripts to find the right comedy based plays," Dietlein said. "After reading the first we can tell if die play is suitable for family entertainment or not" es ; w COMMUNITIES n A v! 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'People have us to franchise but we don't feel it would run quite the same without that Hale family dedication and commitment," Dietlein said. - Along with die professional run plays, die Hale's will still one of Ruth) original plays from time to time. '1 need to get back on the stage." Ruth said. '1 did foiget some of my lines that last time And, who started all this? Founders of the Hale Theater were Ruth and Nathan Hale, who married and lived in Granger. They blossomed into die drama of it all by answering die call as drama leaders in their church. After' writing many of their own plays, they moved to . California to try to sell to ... Hollywood. '1 crawled on my knees, nearly, from one agent to another, in hopes that one of my plays might be made into a movie." Ruth Hale said, " They asked me, has this play been on Broadway?' No, I answered. But it almost made it Then they turned away." From that first beginning, Ruth and Nathan started their own Hale Centre Theatre in Glendale, Calif., performing their own plays. Although buildings have changed, their theater in Glendale is still thriving and being run by one' of their sons. The Hale's have another theater in Orem, Utah as well as the one in West Valley City. Another theater is proposed for Gilbert Arizona. non-prof- u Valley Model located at 6805 West 3500 South HUNTER VILLAGE West Valley City 200 Acres Development 20 Acres of Park Walking Trail $ when it comes to building a new home. Landscape package we build homes with inteigrety, quality, detail, and customer service. How else would you build your greatest investment? ! A - with the purchase of a home through October 15, 2002 with this ad. hi-x-n u B?K frrm 1 1 fe 7 tf L HalbiaeicHoiies '7 v . C I -- Ptjmm IokS on 6 23 APS, VI frn.ipd mom 4 $ 2C.3X, Ptjmmt fmdfid, mtaat, ana, mJ rumet. 1 254Wfft47CX)bcvth . kJt-A- $& is A? 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