Show a ‘Singin’ Sam’ collection ‘Dreamcoat’ set to open tonight at corralled by Utah State By Elizabeth Walker USU Information Services StageStop half-centu- Smithfield Main Theatre at 141 N Main in Smithfield announced the opening of Joseph and the Technicolor Amazing Dreamcoat at 7:30 pm on the popular 11 The show will then continue every Monday Thursday Friday and Saturday through Nov 23 The play is the 54th produced by The StageStop Theatre Companies Inc and the seventh in its newly renovated home in Smithfield It is under the direction of Andrew Lorin Bamis A popular rock-ope- ra based on the Bible story of Joseph and his eleven brothers the musical was origiLloyd Webber and Tun Rice of Cats and Phantom of the Opera notoriety Employing many styles of music from cabaret to rock and roll with a little bit of country in between this is a show with something that everyone will enjoy When the StageStop Theatre then located in the old barn in Collinston originally produced the show in 1995 it immediately became the most popular show ever played by the company John Caldwell will be playing the role of Joseph while the Narrators will be played by Patti Papworth and Elizabeth Noyes Call 563-3922 ry Buttars acting curator “It also includes his collection of others' recordings and his interviews with ordinary people from the 1930s nally written by Andrew Local performer including a John Wardcll portrait of “Singin' Sam" the cowboy's bandand na several hats leather visor and a lariat he used for rope tricks hand-toole- “Singin Sam" Agins celebrated the common folk in the songs he wrote and performed and the stories he told he loured during the throughout the West Now the late singersongwriter's extraordinary collection of songs poetry recordings and interviews with ordinary people will he preserved in Special Collections and Archives at Utah State University “It's a wonderful collection because it includes his original writings poetry lyrics and recordings" said Ann The StageStop Theatre located at the historic Friday Oct V 'Singin' Sam' Agins singersongwrttar created a collection of poetry recordings and interviews that ooiotxatB ordinary people in the West The collection is now a part of Special Collections and Archives at USU through the 1970s He was all over the West performing at guest ranches in Wyoming Montana and Colorado — being in a wheelchair since childhood never slowed him down” Agins’ widow Frederica personally drove the more than a dozen boxes containing writings and recordings including several unpublished manuscripts to USU from Sun City Ariz She also brought significant artwork It w ill lake about a year to inventory and catalog the collection to make it accessible to students and other researchers A preliminary inventory should be completed within the next jew months Buttars said “The collection is in wonderful condition” she said “Ideally we would like to transcribe all of the interviews he taped but that would be very costly This collection will greatly enhance the national reputation of our folklore archives The monetary value of the Agins collection is in the artwork but the original information about common people is invaluable" Special Collections and Archives at USU also is home to the John 1 White Lonesome Cowboy collection one of the nation's laigesi cowboy poetry collections the papers of the American Folklore Society and the library and papers of folklorists Austin E and Alta Fife Cache Community Theatre rehearsals under way Rehearsals are under way for The Cache Community Theatre’s dinner theater The play will be Visitor From Forest Hills which is from “Plaza Suite” written by Neil Simon The play is the story of a family on its daughter’s wedding day As the curtain rises we are transformed to Suite 719 at the Plaza Hotel Norma Hubley played by Jackie Fullmer is trying to talk her daughter Mimsey out of the bathroom The rest of the bridal party is waiting downstairs for the ceremony to start Out of desperation Nonna calls her husband Roy played by Dr Will Ressling to talk sense into his daughter Hie emotions and banter flies between the couple like electricity This humorous fast moving play is sure to entertain all The play stars two local talents Fullmer is the dance director at the new Sports Academy an academic advisor at USU and has choreographed many of the Cache Community Theatre productions including My Fair Lady and The King and I Kessling is a world renowned conductor and director of choral and orchestral activities at USU He also conducted the orchestra for The UnsinkaNe Molly Brown and Shenandoah The play runs Nov 1st and 2nd in the Carousel room at the Bullen Center next to the Ellen Eccles Theatre The evening will start at 7 pm with dinner catered by the CoppcT Mill Restaurant The waiters and waitresses will be performers from previous Cache Community Theater productions such as The King and 1 Music Man Annie My Fair Lady South Pacific Shenandoah and Molly Brown 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