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Show New Theatrical Ensemble Annourrces First Production Gomes said, adding that the stage area is well-suited for producing plays. The gym floor will be entirely closed off for the productions; the stage, which has a lot of wing space, Gomes said, will seat anywhere from 100-150 people. "I'm real excited about the space," he added. And Gomes said Inter-mountain Inter-mountain Actors Ensemble may also work with Com-;, Com-;, munity Wireless to produce 1 radio plays. The studios for Park City's new FM community-supported radio station sta-tion is located upstairs in the Memorial Building. David Gomes stressed he does not feel the new theater . group should compete with the already well-established Park City Players; in fact, he said the two theater companies compan-ies will hopefully complement comple-ment each other and offer the community a diversified selection of plays. "We definitely don't want to create a schism between the Park City Players and Intermountain Actors Ensemble," En-semble," said Gomes. "We'd like to work hand in hand with the Kimball Art Center and the Park City Players in creating a total theater program." v With both groups working throughout the year, David Gomes said the ultimate goal would be to firmly establish a thriving theater community in Park City. " I'd like to see Intermountain Intermoun-tain Actors Ensemble become be-come a training ground for anybody interested in theater theat-er on any level," Gomes told The Record. "We definitely have a direction now; we're moving on." ; Once their play production begins, Gomes said that between the Parke City. Players and I AE, there will be. two shows every eight weeks, instead of just one. "It'll double the opportunity opportun-ity for people to be involved in theater, " he added. Intermountain Actors Ensemble En-semble meets every Wednesday Wed-nesday night at 7:00pm in the Memorial Building. For more information, call Anne Burnett at 649-6208. A new theatrical group was formed recently in Park City which promises to offer local residents a wider variety of stage plays by such notable playwrights as Tennessee Ten-nessee Williams, Tom Stop-pard Stop-pard and Edward Albee. Intermountain Actors Ensemble, En-semble, a semi-professional group whose members you have probably seen in previous plays produced by the Park City Players, will present its first production, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, in March. This popular Tennessee Ten-nessee Williams play, as well as the remaining plays scheduled to be produced during the year, will be performed on the stage in the Memorial Building, according ac-cording to David Gomes, a prime organizer for Intermountain Inter-mountain Actors Ensemble. Following Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, Gomes said the new local theater ensemble will present a spring show at the end of May featuring an evening of one-acts, including includ-ing Tom Stoppard's The Real Inspector Hound and Albee's Zoo Story. This summer, A Mid-Summer's Night Dream and Taming of the Shrew are scheduled, followed by Who's Afraid of Virginia Wooif? in the fall. It all sounds like a fairly ambitious beginning for a new theater group, yet David Gomes said the organizers of IAE have had many years of experience. "We'd like to do a whole different type of theater, one that hasn't been touched yet in town," he said. "Our main emphasis will be on American and European classical plays." One of the key goals for Intermountain Actors Ensemble En-semble is to help train people who have an interest in the theater, and the training will , cover a variety of aspects of stage production. "We'd like to pull in a lot of people and train them in classical styles of acting, method and technique as well as directing," explained Gomes. The technical side of theater will be emphasized in order to give a broader ) - -:a understanding of what it takes to produce a play, Gomes added. "We want to give people an opportunity to learn, technically, what's happening happen-ing in the theater," he added. "What makes a play become a reality." The founders of IAE and present Board of Directors are Ron and Anne Burnett, Jean Piatt, Robin Kaari, Leslie Miller and David Gomes. There are over twenty local residents, overall, over-all, involved in its creation. Two months ago the En- semble was incorporated and plans, to remain a nonprofit non-profit organization A fund-raising fund-raising committee, presently headed up by Jere Calmes and Robin Kaari, was established esta-blished recently whose members mem-bers will try to get donations from the community and also apply for grants. Hopefully , Gomes said, the actors will eventually get paid. The City has, given a verbal agreement to the Ensemble group to use the Memorial Building stage, |