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Show g Q DESERET NEWS, Decemtr Friday, 5, 1969 Youth Play ot Lcaygh-PiiSle- dl r? By CLINT EAREER I)cctct News Staff Writer $ RMVq 4 , fcr.d the A -- After a slow -- tart, Homer Pine," a Yourg PecjJr' The ater production at the University of I'tah, becomes a lively, laugh-filleexperii nee. 9m The play, actually two plays in one. adapted from a book by RoU'rt MeClo-keopened Thursday at the Pioneer .. siF v, Theater. y) 1 V v . XL x - E . s - i, ) A iv The most laughter occurs near the end of the first half when the crowd seeing an overload of doughnuts in the doughnut shop, rashes to boy them. , - , yrh s - 1 J V I The ijetter of the two segments is The Ca-- e of the Sensational which Scent, Inii'-hethe production. The - grnent is funnier and brought more appreciation from the young audience than the oiemng. i jf . it will be repeated today at 1 13 p m. and 7 :30 p.m., and Saturday at 10 a m. and 2 and 1 13 p ni. A traxehng production dKo will lie given Friday, l'ei. 12. at Yiewmort High Si hoed, Bountiful. I ' 4nM c f. I The Scent" is climactic re when Homer Price, joung hero ef Iwth play s, captures four rob- Most roles by University ale and Skyline High. well-piaye- d of Utah stu- dents and some from East - Highlight of a bers red handed while they rce in this part cf the plaj dir fugue is slow, particularly for the V st few minutes. The first laughter begins when the sheriff, piajed by Randy Milligan, appears on the scene. He Ls a typical swaggering sheriff, and gets his mixed in a sort of pig latin. m David Bryan, Geoffrey Screnson and Craig Pease star in "Homer Price." Vivacious parts are earned by David Ryan and Barbara Boyc. Shelley Osterloh and Cindy Barnes do their jobs well, but the roles are small. Homer Price was a group of short stories for children, written by Mr. McCloskey and published in 1943. They have been extremely popular with the joung, having gone through several publishings. amm U. In the introduction to the second part of the plav, voung Pease told the audience that if they would like to enjoy the stones more they should go to the library and rend the book. It is at times difficult to fol- low the thread of the story in DRASTIC CLEARANCE WE HEED MORE DISPLAY ROOM! vr i the early stages because many in the audience cannot hear enough of the dialogue. But the children seemed to enjoy the performance even if they are not alw ays aware of whats going on. The play at the Pioneer Me- INCLUDED: Lowrey, morial Theater was both adapted into play form and directed fcy Vera Adix. He has done a strong job of molding a group of young actors into Opt. Michael Moss, U.S. Marine Corpr, will be in the University of Utah Union Building Wednesday between 9:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. to select college students and graduates for officer training in tne Marines. OME imi SOME NEW -S- n nn n gk n good performance-- '. A Marine Signup Celdwiv, Wwr litier, Thomas, Hammond, Conn. USED Take the Freeway Exit at 7th East USE NEWS ACTION ADS dent (Hi!lsidc,i, jet plays the lead role of Homer in both parts of the play, besides introducing both parts to the audience. badly-mattresS- M. A slunk named Aroma, played by Oakridge Elemen- tary student Sharon Wolffe, adds to the hilarity. The four robbers aie all funny, but the best funny role is played by U. student Jeff Wallis, who is tall, terriby skinny, and looks funny without trying. The other robbers are played by Joe Hall, Ed Fritz and Chip Healy, also students. The part of Homer is not c but particularly funny role he is more of a Craig straight man plays it with poise and very few hitches. The joung crowd laughed heartiiy, and applauded often for The Scent play, but it was slow wanning up for the opening "Doughnut play Thursday. This tells about Homer fouling up his uncles doughnut machine. 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