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Show rfe-'V. rJ.,",y - to. t . , ... . LONGEVITY RECORD. Mary Judd, costume designer design-er for the Utah Shakespearean Festival became affiliated af-filiated with the Festival in 1963, and except for Mr. Adams has been with the group longest. This year she is in charge of costumes for the opening production, produc-tion, "Kins Richard III." Shakespearean Festival costumes are handled by competent, staff Mary Judd, costume design -erf or "King Richard HI", opening op-ening play of the ninth annual an-nual Utah Shakespearean Festival Fes-tival to be staged at Southern Utah State College July 16 through August 8, is second in seniority for participation in the summer event. Fred C. Adams, founding producer, alone can claim longer tenure. Miss Judd, also costumer for the SUSC Drama Department, began work on Festival costuming cos-tuming in 1963, second year of production. For the past two seasons she has been designer design-er and wardrobe director and has been responsible for costuming cos-tuming "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and "Romeo and Juliet." Ju-liet." Regular season productions produc-tions she costumed at SUSC iduring the past year were "Barefoot in the Park," "Me- where she also designed costumes. cos-tumes. She also worked with the Westbury Music Fair in New Yok and has performed in "Waltz of the Toreadors," "The Critic," "Little Mary Sun. shine," "Bye, Bye, Birdie," "South Pacific' and "Blood Wedding." Miss Judd said that nearly 100 new costumes are needed for the three productions. Costume Cos-tume assistants working toward to-ward the July 9 dress rehear-, sal deadline are Terry Lewis, Kanab; Sara Naqvi, Riverside, Calif.; Deborah Love, Sherman Sher-man Oaks, Calif.; Jennifer Dalton, Salt Lake City; Leith Howard, Tucson, Ariz.; Laurie Considine, Arcadia, Calif.; Paula Kuhlins, Toledo, Ohio; and Kathryn Myers, Las Cru-ces, Cru-ces, New Mexico. idea" and "Fiddler in the Roof." She also provided costumes cos-tumes for "Still the Mountain Wind,' "Royal Hunt of the Sun" and "A Thurter Carnival." Carni-val." In 1959 she appeared in the SUSC production of "The Children's Hour." Also returning as a Festival costume designer is Beth Robinson, Ro-binson, who is responsible for designs for "Twelfth Night." Miss Robinson, currently completing com-pleting work toward and MFA degree at the University of California at Riverside, created creat-ed costumes for the 1969 Festival Fes-tival production of "Othello." She is costumer for the Grad-uadte Grad-uadte Repertory Ensemble at UCR and during the past year designed costumes for four one act and three full length plays. She received a BA degree de-gree from the University of California at Irvine and did graduate work at Michigan State University where she designed de-signed costumes and sets for "Oh, What a Lovely War." Designing costumes for the third Festival production, "The Merry Wives of Windsor," is Deirdre McGuire, a graduate of Hofstra University and a graduate student at Penn State University. She also has a diploma in drama from the the University of Manchester, Manches-ter, England. The current season sea-son is her first with the Festival, Festi-val, She has served as scenic designer for the Carriage House Theatre in Rhode Island, Is-land, the Gretna Playhouse in Pennsylvania, and the University Uni-versity Theatre in Manchester, |