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Show The Elephant Man' presented by SUSC "The. Elephant v Man," an original presentation in en-viromental en-viromental theatre, will be presented May 30 at Southern Utah State College by Lon Wilston, noted professor of theatre in charge of design at Colorado Womens College, Denver, and an eight-member cast. The presentation will be a featured event of "The Works 76," an outdoor festival of the arts sponsored by the SUSC Fine Arts Guild over the Memorial Day weekend. "Elephant Man" will begin at 1 ,. p.m. on the Utah Shakespearean Festival Stage. The public is , invited to attend the performance per-formance free of charge. "The play depicts a historical account of a circus freak touring Europe in the late 19th Century," notes Steve Rohl, "The Works" director. . 'Environmental theatre is not an unusual art form but it is not widely practices," Joseph Gilg, assistant professor of theatre arts at SUSC, explains. "In most dramatic presentations an actor accepts a role then adapts himself to fit that role; in environmental en-vironmental theatre, roles are developed through confrontation and transactions between the actors themselves." Professor Winston's group will conduct a workshop in environmental en-vironmental theatre May 29 at 1 :30 p.m. at the USF stage. They will intorduce a method of performance training and production techniques incorporating in-corporating the theories of Meyerhold, Artaud, Brecht and others. . "We are very pleased to have Professor Winston with us for 'The Works,' " Rohl said. "His work with enviromental theatre t is well .known and through him,J we will have the opportunity to become acquainted with an unusual theatrical process." Visitors to "The Works" will also have the opportunity to attend make-up workshops May 29 at 11 a.m. and May 30 at 3 p.m. on the SUSC quadrangle. Keith Wurtz, visiting professor from Iowa State Universtiy, Ames, will direct these sessions in aging and fantasy. He will serve as make-up designer this coming season with the Utah Shakespearean Festival as he has done in the pasat two years. "The Last of Mrs. Lincoln," a dramatic presentation written by American playwright James Prideaux, will begin at SUSC May 25, continuing through the. first two days of "The Works". Performances- will begin each evening at 8.15 p.m. in the SUSC auditorium. Under the direction of Fred C. Adams, associate professor drama at SUSC, the spring quarter presentation will be in tribute to America's "heroes gone". Ticket information may be obtained by contacting the SUSC box office after 3 p.m., weekdays, week-days, at 586-3636. "Best of the directing class" one-act plays will be presented, free of charge, May 28, 29, and 31 in the auditorium arena theatre. Performances will be held from 12 noon to 1 p.m. each day and will include a great variety of theatrical styles as directed by SUSC's advanced drama students. "We are pleased with the theatrical portions of 'The Works' and invite everyone to visit SUSC to participate in these and other exciting art and music presentations during the four-day four-day weekend," Rohl said. |
