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Show ' 1 ?ni,,IJlJJ -JT , ' . I V ""Af I If M PREPARE FOR SEASON. Pre-show dancers add to atmosphere at Utah Shakespearean Festival. Plans for innovating the pre-show events will be coordinated by Ms. Betsy Hamilton. Pre-Show director named for Festival plans for an essentially separate program for each night's play, although there will be some repetition of the crowd-pleasing, favorite dances. For "RICHARD II," she plans a quieter, more thoughtful program, for "THE MERCHANT OF VENICE," a medium-high comedy type pre-show, pre-show, and for "TWO GENTLEMEN GEN-TLEMEN OF VERONA," she will try for a delightful, high-comedy high-comedy introduction to the play, one that will take the audience to their seats ready to laugh again, and to enjoy more comedy as the play progresses. Ms. Hamilton brings a strong background in theatre and dance to her new position, having studied at the University of Texas, and Berlin, Germany. She worked with the green show at the Ashland, Oregon Festival for three years before accepting her present position. She brings with her to Cedar City two dance assistants, Nancy Dickson and Patrick Shimpock, both of Long Beach, California, and in addition she will utilize and depend on Cedar City townspeople and community involvement. Barbara Adams will supervise the recorder group, Vernile Terry will again present the puppet show, and the Madrigal singers will be under the direction of Mickey and Melinda Wilson. Pre-show festivities will receive new emphasis at this season's Utah Shakespearean Festival. As part of the continuing con-tinuing effort to build and expand the Festival, the introductory hour this year will feature a separate director and coordinator. co-ordinator. Stressing the idea that these pre-show activities are to warm up the audience and set the level of audience enjoyment for the play that follows, Ms. Betsy Hamilton, newly named coordinator, coor-dinator, will oversee all of the dancing, singing, instrumental music and puppeteer groups. In addition, she will choreograph the green dancing, supervising 10 dancers who will perform over 18 Elizabethan dances. "The idea we are trying to foster with this type of open staging is an informal, one-to-one contact between audience and performer," Ms. Hamilton continued. "The traditional Tudor stage separates audience and performer very effectively through the proscenium arch, and we are trying for the opposite op-posite effect in the pre-show performances. Our goal is to send the audience into the play comfortable, relaxed and responsive." Regarding the dances she will choreograph, Ms. Hamilton |
