| Show 0010Tiok Amon 11)e Salt !Ake IV2 ARTS Tribune Febnuu-- Sunday 2004 1 9 Vit G Ae eils ecel)1 ve a (lI - i s 19- i 4 lir i to' 1: 11 ' '1'' 0 - 10431 n --- - a o Aeafqi--""4' ultod1hkt b : ll'i: i Jewu' C s i - 006:"k r01------------ - star in c 'i- '- ib::‘ wt1 ) A - 1 - i - -' 4a iF ' I 1 -- I At I "" S 'j7M- - 4- f ' f t 411s 4ON 4ter— i -- ' t:'' ''it s 41 f '4 -t or - '' V A - ' -7 1 - "' t vk I Dg Reb Fleming left and Ron Jewett ii t k 41 ' ' - "The Gin Game " a Pulitzer t play by DL Coburn Prize-winni- NANCY ROTH cards - seemingly not riveting theater But the simplicity of the play quickly gives way to corn plexity as playwright DI Coburn shrewdly develops the two characters Fonsia Dorsey and Weller Martin It's beneath that surface that MUM WPaVeS a tale -- - now nearly 30 years old but still milth a contemporary feel — which is at times funny uncomfortable tragic and even violent "The older you get the more you realize you're exactly the same as when you were 20 just with a few more aches and pains" said Nancy Roth the IXIClitive director of Pygmalion Productions Theater Company and the director of the company's upcoming perlOrmances of the Pulitzer Prizewinning play The classic play had a long run on Broadway but Roth figures it has been 20 years Real cards it" Fleming said Executive director of Pygmalion Productions Theater Company and The director of "The Gin Game" -- - f i f baking cookies" On the surface "The Gin Game" is the story of two elderly people in a mtirement home playing - IlEffre71:- Tou don't expect them to get angry like that People expect Mr and Mrs Santa Claus or their grandmother By MicuAELYouNT Mt Soh Lakfinbutir 1 - —- senior stereotypes: Jokes tragedy and lolence play out over games of cards at a retirement home -)14 - 4- ed i tr - if- (-- :1-S- No 4 t343111 't) ':I v I N''4 - 7 - a vty' t ---- ?‘: 1fre ''''4 ''''w:111tkt :'i A 41b14141mi :- - Through it all Fleming and Jewett have the added challenge of acting while playing gin Especially in a small theater there's no faking it "People were literally playing the game along with us" said Fleming recalling her previous appearance in "The Gin Game" when Pygmalion was still based in Ogden She remembers one night before a full house at Peery's Egyptian Theater hearing a woman in the audience saying "she's got gin" and later a male voice adding up the score The play is also a challenge for first-timdirector Roth who said she accepted the challenge not because she was concerned with the directing credit "but because I love this play" "It's difficult because you don't want the audience to go to sleep" said Roth who is confident the 1111101111110 since it was done in Salt Lake City Roth also applauds Coburn for an ability to turn elderly stereotypes on end with Dorsey (Reb Fleming) and Martin (Ron Jewett) "You don't expect them to get angry like that" Roth said "People expect Mr and Mrs Santa Claus or their grandmother baking cookies" Through a series of gin games the tragic lives of Dorsey and Martin filter out But as their relationship grows the Initial perception of the characters dramatically shifts "I lere's the dream of the actor that audiences will leave the theater be stunned get in their cars and talk about it or) get a beer and talk about "The Gin Game" by Pygmalion Productions Theater Company begins Friday at 8 pm and runs through Feb 29 at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center 138 W 300 South Shows are Thursdays Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm and Sundays at 2 pm Contains strong language Tickets are students) $15 (S10 Call play's stars will forestall slumber "One thing that makes it easier is when you've got the right people" Roth said "If you have the right people you say 'I want you to do this' and they Just do it" two-perso- n e myount41 sltrittcom - 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