| Show MO MUSICTHEATER The Salt Lake Tribune Sunday January 12 1992 Playwright rintrigued by response to 'Babies' By Nancy Melich THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Rick Gould has seen his "Babies" on three distinct stages: one 1 ' d-in Salt Lake City another in Seati tle the third in Los Angeles At 4k each stop audience members have taken exception to his depiction of t a vapid yuppie couple while nodding in agreement at his interpreA A tation of Brother and Sister Featht erstone the Mormons e ‘ ) 1)1 The playwright finds the reinwas not his sponse intriguing it ! ler: ? c 0c-rtention to have either couple k'41 i ' viewed in a rosy light 1 l— ' "I wanted to present two disf ' ittr illy tinct and perhaps perverted aci c'‘m-9tpcounts of what parenting is all V i ' 1 'ulti Mr about" said the ) 1) t'ff Ai Gould "In my mind Neil and ' Z) : Laura the yuppies do not come )4 i1 off any better than the Feather-stone- s ' but for some reason audi11' I I) ences — those hip artistic types in r ' 6 les- I1 their black clothes — don't want me to lambaste liberal ideas They Steve Griffin'The Salt Lake Tribune don't mind however if I take a Cast of "Babies" — clockwise Richard Scharine Michael Behrens stereotypical view of Mormons" Trudy Jorgensen and Marilyn Scharine — also performs "The Bald "Babies" opens Wednesday at Soprano" on an absurdist double bill at the Art Barn the Art Barn under the auspices of dealt with it" She is certain that hearted musical" Theatre Works West The play beonce people hear her side they Director LL West said "Bain and Neil Laura's living gins will is dark with nothing subtle understand bies" room two weeks after the birth of Enter the Featherstones a deabout its broad humor "The Mortheir daughter The couple have vout Mormon missionary couple mons are certainly stereotypical plied themselves with material in the business of saving souls Sister Featherstone wears an to when unable pleasures and Mr Gould admits that on paper apron bakes cookies and thinks think of anything else to own add it's wonderful to have fruit floata baby to their possessions When the premise sounds horrifying This not his is Brother Featherrealism desire but ing in Jell-decide don't like they being they is stone is absurd theater of the employing extremely patriarchal and parents they eat their baby Laura is startled by the reaction broad humor "It can be awful and is committed to saving souls" He described Neil as a lovable to their unorthodox resolution In it can be funny" said the author vacuous and successful man who "Some audience members thinkan attempt to explain — not justify — the action she turns to the ing they were coming to see the rarely says anything significant musical 'Baby' have Laura slightly more thoughtful is audience and begins to talk "We looking for something beyond the saw a problem and this is how we been aghast My play is not a light -4- r '''sk 11 1 ' ' I 4 1 1 r s - 4 soft-spoke- t n 1 4 ''' 4 ? 11 t I ( r t rt 4 - 0 light-hearte- d material world She wants to embrace a yuppie spiritualism that believes can have all of the toys forever" At the heart of the play said the director is a theme suggesting that "we are all raised with a fundamental belief system and at some point we either accept those bads embrace them or run away from them" Mr Gould who was raised a Mormon served an LDS mission to Japan and later married in the LDS Temple said he rites in reaction to the theology of his background "I don't want to be perceived as someone who has an ax to grind with the Mormon church but at the same time what I write about is not The play is not a Mormon play per se but I use Mormons as metaphor It is such an American relifaith-promotin- Gary Aldrich is featured as ' i 4 : I ' Soprano Martha Thigpen returns to Utah Opera to sing the title role of Floria Tosca the fiery diva Ms Thigpen appeared as Antonia and Giulietta in the company's 1989 production of "The Tales of Hoffmann" She made her Metropolitan Opera debut in "Die Walkure" in 1986 and has also appeared with such companies as New York City Opera and Cincinnati Opera Idaho native I tans Gregory will sing the role of painter Mario Cavaradossi Mr Ashbaker who is now the lead Italian tenor and occasional conductor at an Austrian opera house made his first Utah Opera appearance as the Duke in 1990's "Rigoletto" and was featured soloist in last year's gala concert honoring the company's founder the late Glade Peterson Baritone Greer Grimsley makes his Utah Opera debut as Baron Scarpia the villainous chief of police The New Orleans native recenty appeared in "Salome" with the Scottish Opera and has also sung at Glimmerglass Chautauqua Israeli Opera and in Europe and the Middle East I The MormonAmerican theme surfaced in two previous works by Mr Gould: "The Best Years of Our Lives" about two missionaries in Japan and "The Possibility of Precision at a Distance" a look at patriotism and apathy The two one-act- s were included in Theatre-Work- s 1326 Mr Gould's most recent work is "Every Tongue Confess" which is being considered for production next season The drama is based on an incident in Logan in 1981 when Utah State University student Rodney Lundberg fatally son in a stabbed his of the biblical sacrifice of Abraham Mr Lundberg was found not guilty by reason of insanity spent 312 years at the South 2100 East Salt Lake City 84108 tlft4TA! 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