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Show -- Arts& rJntertainment 'Editor: Jennie Squire Page 9 December 2, 1998 jcnnieinfowest.com Outstanding Actor Returns for Lead in Ruds Farm Sun News Services Jon Savage, Dixie College's "Outstanding Actor of the Year" is back to take the lead in the ongmal Musical Production of "Rud's Farm," m hopes of taking the show to the Western Region Theatre Festival m February the onginal musical, wntten by Brent Hanson and Lynn Dean, will December premier 2,3,4,5,10,11,12,14, at 8 pm in the Dixie College Graff Fine ARts Theatre and be entered in the region competition. was named Savage Outstanding Performer of the 1997-9-8 Theatre season for his work as lead singer m "Forever Plaid" and as Lucifer m "Dr Faustas" and was awarded a full Dixie College Theatre scholarship. His other theatre credits include 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat," and the 1998 "Utah" production and CD recording at Tuacahn. Besides playing the lead. Savage has also designed the set for the show As far as he knows, he is the first student at Dixie College to have that responsibility and hopes costuming, etc. will be given. Paula Tnmpey, usually the costume designer, will be the Technical Director, with Louella Powell, who has a one-yeappointment from Casper, Wyoming will be guest costume designer The actual production process of Rud's Farm will be exciting and unusual, according to Hanson Most theater groups perform plays and musicals that have already gone through the "debugging" process, but with this theatre expenence, Hanson expects the process to be evolving and fine tuning until opening night He is counting on the characters and story fine ar SUN NEWS SERVICE Dixie College Theatre scholarship recipient Jon Savage plays Rud with Li Sharp as Josie in an original production of Ruds Farm, starting Dec 2 at the Graff Fine Arts Theater |