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Show 'Sandals' to be staged at SUSC Preview performances of "Scandals," the British comedy selected as the matinee performance for the 1978 Utah Shakespearean Festival, will be presented May 24, 26, and 27 at Southern Utah State College. "Scandals" director Fred C. Adams said that the production will begin each evening at 8:15 p.m. in the SUSC Auditorium. During the festival season, it will be presented as Wednesday and Saturday matinees. "The play is a delightful musical version of Richard Sheriden's 'School for Scandal.' The SUSC production will be a world premier of the new version recently completed by William Roy and L. Christopher Gore," Adams said. " 'Scandals' is a parady of Restoration England's drama," Adams said. "It involves two plots, one about the testing of two Km l.fc"J I ,i.r l' lip" - - PRODUCTION READIED. Francis Cook, Bountiful as Lady Teasdale and Wayne Goulding, Ilcnrievillc, as Sir Benjamin Backbite in the SUSC production of "Scandals." The comedy will be presented May 24, 26 and 27 at SUSC. It will be the matinee performance for the Utah Shakespearean Festival this summer. played by Grant Gottschall, Salt Lake City, and ASSUSC Student Body President Jeff Duncan, Vernal. The cast also includes Ellen Adams, Salt Lake City, as Maria; David Evans, Cedar City, as Sir Oliver; and Rich Dalton, Parowan, as Rowley. Also included, in the cast are Marc Deaton, Ely, Nev., Mark Blackham, St. George, Sally Hunter, Cedar City, Sherrie B. Griffiths and Micaela Nelliean, Salt Lake I City, as servants. Musicians for the production will also be costumed members of the cast. They include SUSC Music Department personnel per-sonnel Virginia Stitt and David Nyman, Morris Blackham, St. George, Marilyn Marshall, Panguitch; Jean Morrill, Sandy; Carol Ann Nyman and Todd Hansen, Cedar City. Droiners, ine omer involving Lady Sneerwell and her entourage of scandalmongers scan-dalmongers who take pains to destroy the reputations of everyone but themselves." "The two plots are brought together in Sheriden's famous 'screen scene' and, in the end, right prevails over the evils of gossip," Adams said. "We are pleased to invite local audiences to preview our matinee performance and to enjoy lower prices than will be charged during the festival season," Adams said. Tickets for the SUSC production will be available by contacting the SUSC Box Office, 586-3636. The "Scandals" set is being designed by Gary Mclntyre, lighting by Joseph Gilg, and costume construction con-struction by M. L. Baker. The cast of characters include SUSC alumni Frances Cook as Lady Teasle, Richard Johnson as Sir Peter and Forrest Hunter as Crabtree. Michelle Brinton, Salt Lake City, has been cast as Lady Sneerwell; Wayne Goulding Henrieville, as Sir Benjamin Backbite; Robin Stepp, Payson, as Mrs. Candor; and Jack Bartholomew, Anaheim, Calif., as Steward. The two Surface brothers, Joseph and Charles, will be |