Show c&Sfca T he Miss Firecracker Contest" I comedy by Pulitzer Tbester uts n tfiiniiVr mi rnAaiifri-itiftr- i V yweiafglr iniUi9am ' Hell I do dcclaro it's rllss Firecracker a Prize-win--: Beth Henley is State Theatre April and 6 The production 9 staged in the Morgan Theatre of die Chase Fine Aits Center on the Utah State University campus begins nightly at 7:30 pjn According to director Lynda Unfold “The Miss Firecracker Contest” is an upbeat comedy with a 23-2- 17-1- jntieATOTkiro fB7i30 Contest ring Aprilv1719 and tn lL ii MOffpxt inMVBin vm Chase Fine Arts Center Available at An Smith Spec trum Ticket Office (435) 7?70305at An Customer H-- l Sefvice vonfQfOrino laager j:5tudent Cqrita’raoinfi 2T2 (8 Id S thrill and at die svTiart ffi'SUts $6 for ysj pptorid sludentsare non-jJa- U valid students USU admitted ID Children finae under mMsfc antriat admHtod great deal of heart and a universal message While it has been made into a movie Linford has taken a more heartwarming approach to this version of the play she said Set in the late 1950s and early 1960s “Firecracker" contains a feel of Southern nostalgia with an anchored history Linford said “The play will have a definite flavor of die South complete with tensions heat and humidity serving as metaphors for the emotions that surface within the family” Linford said “It is a great play about living your own life and going forward into die future even if the future seems frightening or unfathomable ‘Jump when you have the chance’ is a great message for everyone” “Miss Firecracker” is the beauty pageant title that goes to the young lady judged loveliest and most talented in Brookhaven Miss each Kristin Clement left Christian Shiventocker Firecracker Contest Independence Day Camelle Scott (Kristin Clement) an orphan raised by her recently deceased aunt hopes that by winning the contest she can leave town in a blaze of glory and live down her nickname among the town's “Miss Hot Tamale” Mac Doubled by her seedy Sam (Lanny Langston) and discouraged by her former-M- i aunt Elaine Rutledge (Heather Hunsaker) Carnelle tries to convince everyone that she belongs in the contest and deserves to win Delmount Williams (Christian Schiverdecker) who just returned from an involuntary stay in a mental institution becomes men-fol- k: ex-lov- er Last call for trans-AUant- lc are now bong accepted study abroad in Northampton England from July 11 to August 16 Students will study period clothing interior design and acting with field trips to see the real thing at Bath Warwick Castle Hampton Court Brighton Sulgrave Manor and a week in London Applications Stratford-Upon-Av- on Bering some of die world’s best theatre visiting die Victoria and Albert Museum and Shakespeare's Globe Professors Lynda Linford Nancy Hills and Dennis Hassan from Utah State University’s Theatre Arts Department will teach the course Students attend class four days a week and then travel to see actual examples and Heather Hunsaker wi appear In USU die love interest to Camelle’s d seamstress strung and Popeye (Page Petruka) and the desire of the pageant director Tessy Mahoney (Meridith Hutchison) The rest of the cast is built by pageant contestants (Amber Dawn Zane Andrea Lyman and Tami Eastman) “The characters are a mixture of many descriptions — crazy unique wonderful hysterical sweet innocent and genuine are alL words that come to mind when pondering the personalities in Brookhaven” Linford said “The Miss Firecracker Contest” is a relatively new play by Henley The play came to the stage in T 984 at the half-blin- man-hung- ry The Miss Theatre’s upcoming production Manhattan Theatre Club on the tail of Henley’s “Crimes of the Heart” for which she won the Pulitzer Prize Today audiences recognize the then- unknown star of the production Holly Hunter along with film star Mark Hunter also starred in the 1989 film version of “The Miss Linn-Bak- er Firecracker Contest” “The play wonderfully transforms from faded and aged to bright and crisp” Linford concluded “I hope the warmness — complete with parades cookies and grandmothers — and message of the play can help the audience relate to the production and enjoy a great play” adventure of the costumes furniture and architecture they have been studying Students enrolled in the acting course rehearse and perform an Oscar Wilde play in an elegant manor house Each course is worth three credit hours from the University College of Northampton transferable to Utah State University Accommodations including cooking facilities Friday field trips tickets to two plays and academic fees total $3600 This price excludes plane fare and personal costs For more information please contact Nancy Hills at the USU Theatre Arts 3046 or Department (435) 797-304- 9 797-125- 3 at the Kay Forsyth (435) USU Study Abroad Office : w |