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Show Red Ci iff players praise Kanab residents and each other EJj -i rra r-i fca if .auutl "'7;' l. " I u I a 1 . -. . i- Vaui.i 1 I i rT.-. . r v - , f ' ..fc 1 . , ' - J and costuming. Even the most ingenious would find it a challenge to costume three plays on a budget of $50.00 but the Kanab community helps out to stretch this limited fund beyond its limitation. Nancy Wilson pointed out that several of the young people with the cast are High School Graduate Apprentices who receive no salaries and must depend on parttime jobs to pay for rooms and meals. Several of them have found employment as motel maids or waitresses in the area. Four members of the cast who have formed close friendships during a summer of rehearsing and acting have tried to express their feelings in a song they have written. Frances Cook, Karla Adams, Jeri Jerome and Lynette Liddle say that the song goes something like this: "Passing our summer in a motel room for four, Lucky powers, laughing away the midnight hours, We've become part of a young mans dream We're helping him now to be come a reality. Working together, building together, just being together And we know its all worthwhile. wor-thwhile. Day after day, we think about the things we have done. We stand back and can hardly believe what we see. Standing there in front of you is a dream come true Built by small hands and warm hearts whether rain or shine." Lewis adds "We hope we don't lose this touch we have and become commercial. There is something about a company who loves each other and is dedicated to the project and who get along with each other." The "Something" results in a spark that lends their productions produc-tions rare charm and freshness. It WOULD be nice if it were never lost. have, at least, 12 local children under the age of 14. Although they have parts in the show they work as hard as we do on the sets." Terral S. Lewis, Director, who now lives in Cedar City with his wife and three children was originally a native of Kanab and once attended Seminary where the stage construction area and dressing rooms are now, says that the people of Kanab have taken the young students from SUSC to their hearts. Aware that the young actors are living on minimal incomes the townspeople town-speople strive for new ways to make life pleasant for them while the players are in their midst. "They invite the cast to steak dinners, watermelon busts and cook -outs. They call on them to talk in church, at MIA, Lions Club, the Rest Home and to do puppet shows. Last year, members of the cast were sitting in their motel room when the door opened and a watermelon rolled across the floor. The donor rushed away without identifying himself." i Lewis added "I started the theatre over here to give the youth of this area an opportunity in theatre awareness. It, also, gives our students an opportunity for summer stock." explaining that the Red Cliff Repertory Theatre was started in 1973 and financed by Southern Utah State College but is greatly dependent on community donations. The Kanab community has responded to the needs of the group with a theatre donated by the Kane County School District and tables (telephone company spools) for the concession area donated by the Kanab Catholic Church. The repertory company does all of its props, landscaping HELPFUL HAND. David Martin, Kanab, struggles with a bag of bark for the concession area of the Red Cliff Repertory Theatre, treated by the players earlier this summer. David plays the part of Kurt Von Trapp in "Sound of Music" and Tom I). Fitzgerald in "Papa Married a Mormon", By Dorothy E. See The players from the Red Cliff Repertory Theatre are delighted with the brand of hospitality they are receiving from the residents of Kanab, while they are putting on their theatrical productions there this summer. Nancy Wilson, Director of Public Relations and a nun in "Sound of Music" and querulous Aunt Cathy in "Papa Married a Mormon" says "Something interesting to me is the community com-munity participation. They feed us, have us to parties, we are hosted by the community. We |