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Show The Salt Lake Tribune, Sunday, August 1 I", 19, 197.1 NJ. actor finds success despite limitations P) Naniy Funk Tribune Staff Wri'er 3 hs . I vl v&'r-- If you are tall, thin, young and male, vi'h an a ting bug firmly plan'ed in your bran youe git more than thre strikes arunst you Put Christopher Counull, a Nev Jirse nat'e transplanted to the Iniursdy of Itah, and taptalitd has ignor'd Ins limitaUins on di s.re and cnergv The result 10 unpres sive p rformantes in local productions during the hst year and an acting fellowship to Detroit s ayne State Iniversity this fall t rwMf x, ' r "V .4 -- f .A if i ' - C ' f f J V" t ft? - , 4l f v ; 5 , .,' Xi- r : ff C.'Sf A ,7 f X K J , , 5 t. ,m - i ' ' SAi W . ' - me Talent : ' S. VV - AA .$ . , . " 4 f ' '2MS ,- .f t 4 y - . - . 4-- , St eks L S (tins will be acting at the Ihllbirry Stu dent Hejtre when he goes to Detroit in First impression offstage is urmulia'e His handshake is firm, energetic and his blue eyes simultaneously smile wi'h (us mouth as he remarks, 'So ury nue to meet you Somehow you feel he means it Si fondin ss A 4 I 1 X 1 Acting Habit I came to tlm university a few years ago to be part of David Jones c Shakespeare Plavers guess I got the acting habit from my father (an actor on the F.ast Coast ) My first part was plaving Piter in "The Diary of Anne Frank when I was 11 1 also of was in our high school production Antigone Then came college and word that he could obtain a theater degn e come to the D and earn a little money at the same time, for acting I realize I am somewhat hatd to cast My face is boyish, my body very thin and Im tall 1 just dont look right for many parts But I made up my mind to act and so 1 tiled out for everything " t 9 ir'' V,rc !'f.. 's f,. r X ry .'-- 1 vi. it 'M Vs & fji1'" i h,' ' . vi 'U f I V .tj x X MT& 7 nti J VV f ,,, f - ( b' rounds addition to the previously mentioned plays, Chns has had roles this past season in The Night of January 10th," Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Pans, John Browns Body, the touting Volpone, company of tamelot and is currently starring as Starbuck in Theatre lJ8s "110 in the Shade In ( C " . at Theatre 138. Utahn to choreograph for L. A. company Rine-- oodbury Dance Com- Shu ley panys Rme, is scheduU'd to leave Sunday for Los Ange'es to choreograph a dance for the Bella Lew it sky Dame Co The Los Angeles company is directed by Bella Levvitsky, former soloist with the Lesti'r Horton Co The group is scheduled to tour Europe, Asia and the U S next season Ms Rine will choreograph Clouds, which will be part of a chddrens concert developed for the National Endowments Artist m the School Drama white helium filled balloons to give the cloud effect Rine, the first guest choreographer with the Company, II) Wests will reThurs- turn to Salt Lake City day. ing raphy by Ben Lokey Costumes will be designed by Keith Gibbons The play opens William Glover who directed last years production of Dolls House will return Salt Lake City from California to direct The School mr Sid Perkes, costume Wives designer for Utah State University will be gues costume designer for the comedy Vern n Adix will design the sets goes up March 28 Cui-tai- The final production of the season, Rodgers and Hamm-erstem- s The King and I. also features a University of Utah theatre alumnus, Keene Curtis, the first graduate to win Broadways Tony Award, earned for his performance m the musical, Th? Rothchildx Keith Fngar will direct the play with choieog- - Mav 9 The 1972 73 season gave Pioneer Memorial the largest of season number ticket holders in its history Of the 13 000 available seats to each production, over 11 000 were sold as season tickets According to Dr Engar, the run of each show will follow the same format as Iasi Beason, opening on Thursday, plaving 13 performances, and closing on a Wednesday Evening performances will open at 8 p m with one matinee on the second Saturday of each production 33UZZZS7 it 4 v, X ryt ..A. - r M VuVrtA choreoBalan- Dance, Square graphed by George will be danced to the chine, music of ivuldis Conccrti and Corellis Suite Grossi, for Stnngs The ballet parallels the actions of classical dance and the steps of square dancing Dancers use traditional movements of ballet to the music of a string quartet and the rhythmic words of a caller " repertoire Swan Lake" Act II is choreograplv'd by Wiliam F Christensen with music by Tchaikovsky The original four act ballet was first staged in Moscow by the Russian Imperial Ballet in 1877 In 1895 it was reproduced by Marius Petipa in St '1776 returns to BYU JBw The performances will continue through Sept 15 with a All matinee that afternoon productions will be with the Utah Symphony Orchestra Petersburg by Borodin. was staged for Ballet West by Aurek Lazovv-skformer ballet master with Michel Fokine It will feature the Polovtsian Dances from the opera "Prince Igor which was first performed in 1909 in Paris for Ballet spokesman West lddcd that the company USO singer return. Special to The Tribune BROWN WOOD, TEX -- A Salt Lake student. Jack Barton, has returned from a ISO tour of Newfound land, Greenland. Iceland and Labrador Mr Barton, affiliated with the 13 member How ard Payne Heritage Sing'rs, v is ted American troops at air rtie (Tide base's near the The tour was sponst red bv the I mted Service Oigannation y fH5gEgg8L3Eggm Swan Lake," featuring Janice James, will be part of Ballet Wests season opening Sept. 12. 10th Anniversary Offer ifyu order 1 k 2 jt THE NUTCRACKER A cnristmas tradition Last year over 20 OOO peop e saev this tt nllmg Christmas production .. Saie Lake aione (February VTe ,1 in 1940 music now! Dr. Ivan R. Crosiand, left, and Mark Hopkin star In 176, opening Tues&av at Brigham Young University as part of education Week. The production, directed by Dr. Charles Met- runs through !?aturdayv Curtain K 8 pm Ufen, upon 10th anniversary The first Amencan produc tion was m 1911 m New York Mr Christensen staged the first full length production by an American choreographer with the San Francisco Ballet is the first m the world to have the Russian ballet in its December A sf-- will Tickets v) scheduled first of eight through May, 1974, discusses problems present m todays society In the play, a small towns economy is booming because of a health institute which relies on several miraculous re f '4 . W Jav Eldndge, theater manager, said the production, VkwBa,lc,vvest 4 s K kV 13 to say so, someday Ill be pretentious of invited back to appear as a guest artist in a local production I d think that just fme sh A U . L f come back here I would never be able to return in the same capacity as now, but maybe, if its not too Ballet West 25 Discount! . V Promised Valley Playhouse, opening its coming season Sept 28, wdl present "An a Enemy of the People, drama by Hennk Ibsen The play, a Playhouse Guild production, will run through Oct Prince Igor launches season Continued from Page E 1 formers Carol Pendergrast, Manly n llolt, Roy Gibson and ivaf ivat Larry Roupe run Feb will Regina1 21 March 6 The third Heritage Season play chosen is Molieres comedy, The School for Wives James Jansen, a university theater department graduate, stars in the production Mr Jansen finished his training with the drama school at New York University and went on to professional seasons with the Mdwauhee Repertory Theatre and Seattle Repertory Theatre Currently he is m rehearsal for an off Broadway play schedul'd for fall open-- i 'Enemy of People coming 11 And yes, I would like to Ballet sea se n Si'pt 12 at Kingsbury Hall at 8 30 om Two Salt Lake premieres also are scheduled for the opening performances, Square Dance and Prince Igor " ( ifibmu In the dance th Mage is transformed by means of projections and soft blue lights ter suggest a cloudy sky Dancers, meanwhile, manipulate large ct Using Toe-tapp- er 1 y Tchaikovskys Swan Lake, Xlt Ohio, last fall and was presented by Kin W ooelbury Dance Company Lewitsky The final production of the Snow-- , speare Players in "Play It Again bird summer season will feature Sam opening Thursday at 8:30 p ;n. John Fulton as Bogart, Jahnna Bee-iha- continuing through Saturdays for as Linda with the Utah Shake four weeks. Joe Kase directs. Ballet opens with 'Swan Lake Pt Clouds, a mood Program piece, piemicml in Toledo. Ms be roomState ing with Michael Ruud (another actor of considerable talent) who is back there studying After I get my degree I plan to take a year-ofand catch up on my reading I think it s so unpoitant for actors, of all people, to be informed on all subjects and I want to enlarge that aspect of my life I also want to concentrate on budding my body into a d.ffcrent form Perhaps if I change its shape 1 be offered a wider variety of roles My real love is drama and so far I ve done mostly musical-comed- Other Roles out his Utah 110 Starbuck in Council Christopher acting career starring as in the Shade, currently So off I go to Wavne 20-2- 3 1 FIREBIRD One of the great "rtory ballots, choreographed by V i.am Chr.stensen, w th the fascinating music of Shavn-k- y A NCV dALLET TO BE ANNOUNCED PLUS $ great Xj3 shows for as little as 7.45 1 In 77-ui- jl CARrvtiNA BURANA (Premiere) A magnificent oimax to our Tenth Anrivr'yy3ar The brilliant John Buter production Mh the pt.A',-u- l mujc of Carl Crtf, plus a 100 voice Clip LS ALL PERFORMANCES WrH THE UTAH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Maurice Ab'av ir cl, Mis a1 D recor A Nan V.ads, Conducting jL , . "v J?2k J a Oh Bogie, Please Stop ! 11 - Atf4'W66t bn "I wish 1 could stav I like Salt Lake very nmi h and theater has bten good to me here But theres absolutely no way I can live finanuallv, as an actor in tiis city If I depend'd on my acting for support, it would average out to about $10 per month end well, that s just impossible Be Informed oft, Xt . 4, 4 p .,w 'XV 44- if I & 1 i ' ptimbt r will be working for a masters ditTree and am required to auditu n for every piav Hilbtrry produces I only need to take six credit hours per quarter so I will be able to get alot of acting into my Lfe 1 ' three weeks cut cf tt,-when Chris ws rut rehearsing yi.r w hire on a ical s', ge 1 hns C si wue Ciood Oppoitumtv The opnorturdy m thi- - city for actors is There s a it of the ,'er ti rnf'c," said Chns 'e you Thru gomg on and no unirs to h ttrs can opirite ehuply (compared to oher large cit s) and th re i" an abunHar'e of tui ent Se'ir.l good ac'ors are coming oat of Salt lake The one orfortunate thing is the aud i nits h 're won t aett pt nw i leas in the ater lou lave to s ok to convcrtional plavs prmianlv muucal coritdy if yea want tj sar vivo and th at sums a hane If th. much hiatir were bung offend in any othi git v, minus unions, there would be all tipes of pr d ' ons going on with g od auciitnces watching mem Maybe in time that will happi n here in ev mhiog f,oin Mv eing Fair I adv to She Loses Me' to Editing for uodot" to Threepenny Opt ra," an opinion , has been formed he is one of the finest local 1 talints around His st ige piesence c,.n t be ignored whether he's standing in a c hoi us I.ne or out front tracking a whip He has a fact seemingly made out of putty th.t tin foim into nnv shape and his long sli nder boils becomes compact at the turn of a lire fier X i ' P.r ,p . F 1 ( 4 Th-I- st some -- U4 i f ir- j one of springs Dr Stockman, characters, the principal discovers the springs are contaminated The doctor's brother, the mayor, reaLzes that if this news gets out the town wfll be financially ruined The result is a soul searching drama Mr Eldndge said the play will be presented to the general public on Fndays and Saturdays for three successive weekends and to stake and other local groups Tuesdays through Thursdays for two weeks He added that the box office, 132 S Stale, would open Tuesday at 1 pm and would be accepting reservations fur the full season Regular box office hours will be from 1 to 5 30 p m daily except Sun days. 'Messiah planned Handels Messiah presented Sunday at at the Highland will be 7 30 p m Baptist Church, 1724 E. 21st South, by adult students of Edna Crow-the- r Rine. The public is im d |