Show Friday Febrary 28 THE GOLDEN 1188 EAGLE Page Three Desire Under the Elms The College of Eastern Utah Department of Dramatic Arts under the direction of Lee Johnson will present Eugene O'Neill’s “Desire Under the Elms” March 6 and 7th Curtain time will be 8 o'clock pm in Geary Theatre This outstanding production is being produced through the efforts of the college and Delta Psi Omega (National Junior College Fraternity for Theatre) Eugene O’Neill is considered to be America's greatest playwright and in the eyes of many critics is acclaimed to be the “best” since Shakespeare “Desire Under the Elms’’ surrounds a small New England farm family and their inner-grou-p struggle The setting occupies the period during the early 1800's O’Neill attempts through this story to portray man’s values both materialistic and spiritual and his unwillingness to com- production will be Sue Geary playing the part of Abbie with Brent Gardner playing the old man’s son The old farmer with the sought after wealth will be portrayed by Lee Johnson the acting director of the CEU Department of Speech and Theatre Arts Two brothers of Abbie's lover will be portrayed in supporting roles by James Bowen and Ricky Gilbert A number of contributing roles will come from the College of Eastern Utah beginning acting class promise The story revolves around a conflict within a girl named Abide and her conflicting motives for money and man In the play the viewer will find the young girl Abbie marrying a man twice her age for the possession of his wealth and falling in love with the old man’s son The conflict and struggle within Abbie envelopes her desire to have both Playwright O'Neill lived from to 1953 dominating the theatre stage during the 1920’s and 30's In many theatrical settings he is still recognized as the 1882 world’s most influential figure in contemporary drama O’Neill had the honor of being Pulitzer winner many times over in addition to being a Nobel prize winner Taking the leading roles of this Bill's Barber SHOP 39 East Main Capturing the story of one of the great playwrights of America and magnifying the talents nf many of the CEU students “Desire Under the Elms" will prove to be one of the outstanding strident productions of this year Tickets are now on sale at CEU reception desk in the administration wing Students of the local high schools CEU student body and faculty and members of the general public are invited to attend Tickets for general admission are $1 per person and student tickets will be 50c per person CEU students may attend this production on their activity cards Representatives Visit CEU Ned Alger University of Utah's representative came to CEU on February 19 He met and counseled the Sophomores who are anticipating attending University of Utah For further information one may write to: Mr Ned Alger Office of School Relation University of Utah Salt Lake Gty Utah Brigham Young University also sent its representative Bob Webb He was here the afternoon of February 25 Anyone hoping to attend BYU may write to him at the following address: Bob Webb Office of School Relations Brigham Young University Provo Utah CEU's most preferred man Mark Justice dances with his date Trudy Shaffer AWS Week and the Preference Ball CEU's Associated Women Students held their annual preference ball The King and I Friday February 14 1969 at the Elks Lodge in Price The Lonely Bulls played music which will sound in the ears of those in attendance for a long time They were serenaded in a lovely setting that consisted of pink serene streamers which were connected in the center by a gigantic heart which seemed suspended in mid air from the ceiling At one end of the hall was the band and at the opposite end was a large heart which represented the king On the two side walls were smaller hearts which were engraved with the songs from the musical The King and I All in all it was a very romantic setting 10 NATIONAL POETRY PRESS 8218 Selby Avenue Las Angeles Calif 10034 BELVA’S your Sportswear Centerl KELLEY’S Price Drug 1 East Main ADVERTISE in the (Golden Eagle Fjdi should be sent to the OFFICE OF THE PRESS make That YOU Can ANY STUDENT attending either junior or seniorcollcge is eligible to submit his verse There is no limitation as to form or theme Shorter works are preferred by the Board of Judges because of space limitations MANUSCRIPTS filled week Did You Know announces Its SPRING COMPETITION The closing date for the submission of manuscripts by College Students is poem must be TYPED or PRINTED on a separate sheet and must bear the NAME and HOME ADDRESS of the student and the COLLEGE ADDRESS as well preference will long be remembered by all those that attended It was a great climax to a fun Previous to the dance was a week of girls preferring their dates and anxiously awaiting the return of their invitations On Hie NATIONAL POETRY PRESS APRIL Wednesday Thursday and Friday the girls of CEU voted for the most preferred man on campus Mark Justice was chosen as most preferred man with Ken Reynolds and Art Schode as his attendants The loveliness of this year’s SEE Steve Johnson or Pat Johnson ask about our 'CLASSIFIED ADS' |