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Show The Sail Lake Tribune 4 Wake is a story of alienation Bv John Paul Brophy At the center of the play is Leah Robling as the widow Her feelings regard. ng the direction her life has taken are the substance which holds the story together. Ms. Robling shows a good range with her mixture of anger, love and isolation, giving one of the more credible performances. Diane Davis is also good as , the domineering living her life behind a lonely facade of former collegiate beauty and loving, devoted wife. Alienation is definitely one of the stronger aspects of the For The Salt Lake Tribune Theatre 138 is playing host to the University of Utah's sixth annual Acting Emphasis Showcase Beth Henleys The Wake of Jamey Fos- - Theater review sister-in-law- ter, this year's production under the direction of Ariel Ballif, who also designed the set, opened Thursday to a small audience Wake is a simple story, a drama spanning a script. It seems that the closer these people get to each other, the greater the distance between them. At times the only thing anyone has in common Is a bottle of gin. two-a- ct period with all the action occurring in a rural Mississippi house and yard. A motley collection of characters comes together to prepare for the funeral of an alcoholic, failed writer killed by a cow, including the widow of the deceased, her g sister and younger brother with a speech impediment, the boy's girlfriend from the orphanage, the dead man's brother and his wife, and a neighboring pig farmer. The interactions here are bizarre at best a cauldron of emotional chaos and family fighting. The sister is portrayed by Jensie L Anderson with a brassy flair that works well, a good contrast to the meek, demure fast-livin- party-lovin- g Mav 5, DM Mturdav, A9 iIronweed, destined to be a movie By Janet Mashn .New York Times Writer false bravado The wvdow s younger brother is sensitively played by Richard Haddock, and the old man is Brandon Anthony Although there are some good portrayals here, the play is fragmented and never achieves any real cohesion Argumentative group scenes, lighting miscues and minor dialogue difficulties contribute to this division, as does the unwieldy room set-uThe performance continues Saturday and Thursday through Saturday through May 19 at 8 p m "Ironweed.'1 the Pulitzer novel by William Kennedy has been purchased by Gene Kirkwood, who is also producing a screen version of Kennedy's earlier novel Legs" Kennedy will write screenplays for both, will be executive producer of Ironweed," and will probably be actively involved in the production of both ' H.s input is very valuable, and he really knows Albany, where they both lake place, Kirkwood said "We re going to keep him chained to the desk. Prize-winnin- g p. Mickey Hourne will star in the film version of ' Legs as the gangster Legs Di imond land dunrg the filming will live in Diamonds Alnd bany house, which Kennedy Kirkwood recently bought together) Stuart Rosenbtrg will direct the film, which will be titled Legs Diamond," and Kirkwood says he thinks Rosenberg may direct Iron-wee- too Who will play the leading role of Francis Phelan, an aging Albany I see Sam Shepard, derelict Kirkwood said. He's young, but we want to go a little younger with the character, because you have to see An epc adventure of a man caught between two different worlds. h.n. as a yuurg handsome man m the flashbacks 'Ae hope to find all new actors and actresses for the other roles " Ironweed." said Kirkwood, "is about the homeless It s about every bum you ve ever seen on the street and wondered where'd he go wrung, how'd he get here' Its just " something I have to make Among the other properties with which the producer is working are Geoffrey Wolffs Duke of Deception" ("That's been a hard one to crack) and Mark Helprin's Winter's Tale" His credits include " "Gorky Park NOW SHOWING! rr delivered convincingly by Timi Bigelow as the orphan with an arson fixation. The men in this production, for all their posturing, actually have little influence. 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