| OCR Text |
Show 'Buried Child' Continues Prospector Run reading articles on the production, umers tnougni it would be a heavy, depressing piece of theatre. After seeing it, however, they agreed it was heavy, but not depressing. The laughter laugh-ter comes easy and often and belies the play's title. But Shepard has named his play Buried Child for a reason. That reason speaks at the very heart and life-threatening function of this family that has been identified by first names. Buried Child has one last go around this weekend if y m haven't had a chance to see it. It plays at 8:00 p.m. tonight, Friday, and Saturday Satur-day nights. Limited seating is available-reservations are suggested. Please call 649-6208. Tickets are $4.00 adults, $3.50 senior citizens and students. "Unquestionably one of the season's highlights" and a "compelling drama supported support-ed by a talented cast of local actors and actresses." That's some of what two local theatre critics had to say about the Intermountain Actors Ensemble's current production of Buried Child now playing at the Propsec-tor Propsec-tor Theatre. -The play has been well received by audiences from as far away as Ogden and Provo not to mention Roosevelt. Roose-velt. And this comes as a surprise to the play's director. direc-tor. Ron Burnett. "It never ceases to amaze me that play's thought of as being Jess than audience pleasers end up being IAE's biggest hits. This play has a title that works against it and a theme that is out of ordinary but it is an extraordinary theatrical event." Sam Shepard won a Pulit- zcr-prize for his experimen- 4 t Mt ' tal theatre piece that chronicles chroni-cles the lives of an American farm family. His characters are exjreme and vivid but he has apparently struck a' universal chord as IAE's audience continues to grow. .It's not a simple play nor is it always easy to understand but Shepard speaks to the heart and mind at the same time leading theatre-goers to comment at the play's conclusion on what they've just seen. The play has been a challenge to its actors as well as its audiences. In discussing how they managed to create their parts the words "challenging, "challen-ging, thinking and listening" become common denominators denomina-tors among the cast members mem-bers who include Madeline Smith, Rai French, Van Beere, Anthony Leger, Davis French, Susan Griffiths and Denna Wright. ; : i Several of them . have . .r ... ! If l(t commented on the completeness complete-ness and uniqueness o(f Shepard's writing style. Leger notes "the more I do the part (Tilden), the more I can see why Shepard won the Pulitzer-prize for it." Beere notes he wanted the part of Vince after talking to director Burnett, but after reading the play "I was captivated by the smaller part of Bradley. It had the word 'challenge' written all over it and I'm really having fun doing the part." Both Rai and Davis French said they put a lot of thought into their characters in order to come up with the -right way to express the author's . sentiments. Several concentrated concen-trated rehearsal sessions with Burnett were included. Audience members tend to ask questions of the actors and the director following performances. Many have said they didn't really know what to expect even after |
