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Show 2 Lakeside Thursday, April 16. 1998 Lakeside Review Theater company has something for everyone Play On! is entertainment the will enjoy I used to struggle with whether or not the theater is important whole family by SUSAN TANNER HOLMES Standard-Examine- r a cup of Farmington and could in peoples lives, correspondent - Take ; the time he better served by doing something else. Finally I of Pour in a gallon of talent. Stir in food for the body and soul. Bake for an hour and a half and voila, its the production of Play On! by the Farmington Community Theater Company. Tickets for the production, which runs Friday, Saturday, Monday and Tuesday, are already going fast at $10 each. We dont want to turn anyone away, so if were totally booked, well try Calto open another night, said Jo-Alahan, chairwoman of the Farmington Performing Arts Committee. Being totally booked is not uncommon for these very uncommon players. Toni Asay is the director, as well as playing the director in the play, and its a lot of fun to work with her, said Callahan. Play On! is about a play within a play, and so it is sometimes hard to figure out if Asay is giving stage directions as the director or the actress, said Callahan. realized I was letting other peoples beliefs of what was good influence me and I gave myself permission to go back to doing what I love to do. -- Toni Asay nn Farmingtons Performing Arts program strives to capture for audiences and participants alike the best of all worlds: the intimacy of adult dinner theater, childrens theater and the summer theater program, which includes adults and children. Its an opportunity to use my talents, stretch myself and a great cure for depression, said Asay, who has directed dinner theater productions since its beginning three years ago. She began her acting debut in Splendor in the Grass in high school. At Brigham Young University she ended her career for a time when her first child was born on opening night. Then she stepped back onto the stage when she moved to Farmington. Its a chance to break out of your natural routine and feel the applause. Theater has given me a chance to discover things about myself I didnt know, Asay said. I used to struggle with whether or not the theater is important in peoples lives, and could the time be better served by doing something else. Finally I realized I was letting other beliefs of what was good influ- t peoples ence me and I gave myself permission to r go back to doing what I love to do. T Ive always loved theater and the arts," said Colleen Paddock, actress in the play. Paddock also directed the first I summer theater production on the Park stage. Theater is a j Woodland to get to know yourself, and it j chance out the best part of any personalbrings ity. The theater arts program in Far-- 4 mington has been nurtured by a small i core of dedicated people, Asay said. 2 That same group has helped develop 2 offended. Our audiences can also enjoy productions with a high quality of performers. Our theater isnt something we would be ashamed to have our mothers-ochildren watching. Asay said, Its amazing we dont really have the facilities, but the support ; from the city is great. They have never balked at anything, but it would be nice if we had real lights, a real sound system, a real stage. Were limited in what we can do because of our facilities. Though limited by physical surroundings, the players are not limited by talent. Utah has the highest per capita artist rate in the United States and its incredible how many musicians and artists Farmington has in residence, said Asay. Farmington people foster the arts and believe in developing arts pror -- grams. ' JOHN Jarom Rich (left), Colleen Paddock and from their upcoming production. PLAY ON! and build the dinner theater concept by gong out into the community and including and involving others. We would really love to get even more people involved. Theater gives everyone the opportunity to come together, to establish relationships, have wonderful feelings and just have fun. In the beginning the core group knew what we wanted and we all set out for it We've seen the theater programs grow into something wonderful, said Paddock, who began her acting and di April recting career putting on plays in her garage using the garage door opener as a curtain. She also taught adult theater and acting classes. There have been so many who have joined us, and once they get involved, its contagious. It gets into your blood. Asay tells of one actor who tried out for his first play and is still going strong seven plays later. Players like the intimacy of a small dinner theater. You have more give and take with the audience. You become more closely associated, said Paddock. Its growing in stages into something wonderful, powerful and endearing. The Farmington players gear productions toward Farmington community values. Our entertainment is safe. You dont have to worry about language or anything, said Asay. Its a good solid moral experience, said Paddock. Theres no vulgarity or profanity. We're oriented toward the morals of our area. We want to have a production people can go to and not be 451-500- 3. . e From 1 learning experience that brought J new insight into the man he ad- mires. 2 I sat there while I was at work and studied him, Call said, 3 explaining that hes been an em- ployee of his grandfathers at J&J Nursery and Garden Center in Layton for about as long as he - can remember. Z Call said his inspiration also came from old wedding photos j by his uncle and aunt. ; supplied e finishes at The two 2 the art show are just two of many recognitions he's received for his first-plac- . KENNEDYStandard-Examme- r Frampton of the Farmington Community Theater Company rehearse a scene v r There is room enough and more for everyone who would like to participate,' said Asay. We are always in need of music people, choreography, makeup artists, ticket takers, cue people and those who are good organizers. ' Being involved in the dinner theater as well as the other productions gives people a sense of community and belonging. Its important, said Paddock. I want my children to be involved, and if I set an example of community they wont be afraid to be part of their community. Asay said, We have such talent in our community, and it gets better each year. Im really excited about the direction theater is taking throughput the country. Theater should elevate, add something to, even if its only for an hour and a half. So many of the new shows celebrate dance and are pulling people back up out of the gutter. The- ater fulfills a legitimate need in the community and in peoples lives. It is a positive, uplifting, fun force and a nitch for the adult who has an interest. The dinner will feature roast beef catered by the Red Flame in Bountiful. Performances begin at 7 p.m. and are in the Farmington City Offices, 130 N. Main. All seats must be reserved by calling Callahan at talent incredible artwork we keep seeing from students, she said as she passed out award certificates to those found to be the best from among the approximately 115 entries. Teachers are doing a wonderful, wonderful job teaching. According to art juror Rob Adamson, The show had many strong pieces. Flis comments were posted atop a list of all student competitors. It was especially difficult to choose the best ones, he said. The juror congratulated each school for its fine representation of art We desperately need to keep the art programs in our schools running strong. A show highlight was the mixed media rendition of a womans silhouette produced by Dana Jones of Woods Cross High School. The flat image of a woman adorned with positive affirmation messages appeared on a brown, more appearing background that appeared to be hanging from a wall. Jones entry, titled Yes I Can" was somewhat a portrayal of himself. Jones, who suffers from cerebral palsy, began taking art classes when he entered high school even though his condition best-of-sho- w Call will start college this fall e 2 at Ricks College with a ? art scholarship. He already has sold two draw- 1 ings at a wildlife art show held at llogle Zoo in Salt laike City. Fn 2 addition. Call has two limited Z edition prints that are sold at dog 2. shows. Sheila Mavin, fine arts dircc- tor for the Davis School District, 2 said Call is just one of many stu-- Z dents w ho impressed her with ex- hibits in the art show. Were always amazed at the Z full-rid- ' limits him from being able to draw a straight line. Jones said the woman in his artwork is not particularly beautiful to look at. He said he believes that everybody is beautiful in the inside as portrayed by his positive messages. Also winning a first-plac- e award was Alan Detton, Bountiful High School, with a pencil drawing titled "First Kiss. The drawing featured a boy and a girl dressed in oversized clothes who were smiling as they leaned together. Emily Hansen, representing Northridge High School, captured top honors for prismacolor with her lifelike rendition of an elderly black man tipping his hat Her work was titled "Quiet Gral-titud- e. Bitter Silence," a digital pho- tograph by Jessica Campbell, Bountiful High School, was another winner. Campbell had altered the colors in the photo largely to peach and black. It featured a teenage boy and girl facing each other with heads sadly hung in silence. A silver line streak outlined them both. The top ceramic award went to Johnny Gardiner of Woods Cross High School. Brilliant streaks of gold, blue and black gave life to his vase titled Naked Leopard Pot. A vase carefully carried on the head of an African girl doing her daily chores earned top honors for Davis High School's Melissa Hales. Her oil pastel was titled Balancing Act. Viewmont High Jared Hurst received Schools first-plac- I xaciios: NACHOS! Famous Shakes! e honors with a scratch board rendition of a bicyclist flying through the air with an open mouth titled Big Air. A watercolor of a mans face with a slight frown featuring a slight yellow hue titled Afterhonors glow" earned first-plac- e for Jessica Hewlett of Davis High School. Perhaps one of the most noteworthy pieces in the show was a papier mache image of a clown made by a youth in the county's Youth in Custody program. The student, experiencing some difficulties in his or her own life, created one of the happiest images in the art show: An orange-haire- d figure with big clothes and a huge nose. One overgrown sunflower adorned the clown's hat. He held another out in an overemphasized gesture of greeting. NACII0S!! 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