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Show Director Profiled , ' . . . Susan Jarman inn mil. (i"-:Jt, ft T I I - - - T -y -y f ; i , - I $ A V:! fM- 11 H V 1; lKi by De Fisher The Scene: The Egyptian Theater The Participants: The "Cabaret" cast and directors The Staging: On stage, Susan Jarman, Director and Choreographer; . In the audience section, the cast, carrying on several conversations at once. All of a sudden there is a piercing whistle in the theater and the cast immediately immedi-ately is silent. Ms. Jarman has started rehearsal. To an outsider watching, the scene might seem comical, since Susan is probably the smallest person in the theater, but the entire cast and crew know of her extensive experience in theater thea-ter and respect her as an individual as well. Hence, when the petite redhead (who has been known on occasion to have a temper to match) whistles, her singers, dancers and actors and actresses listen. In addition, the group knows Susan can do herself anything she is asking of them, so they tend to try harder to do their best, be it the lead in the play or the person who changes the sets. They also know Susan will take as much time with each and every one of them as they need to perform their part in the production and respect her for that too. "Cabaret" is the first play Susan has directed, and to add to her responsibilities, she has undertaken to choreograph the show as well. The latter category, however, is almost old hat to her since she has choreographed choreo-graphed such shows as "Oliver", "Fiddler on the Roof", and "Applause" previously for Park City Performances and "God-spell" "God-spell" for Pioneer Memorial Theater in Salt Lake as well as "El Grande de Coca Cola" for the Salt Lake Acting Company and "God- R225StLTntOC:"3 2B Susan Jarman More Director Profile she also ' finds time for tennis, skiing, swimming, and has gotten hooked recently on bridge. All the theater parts are almost second nature to her since she started dancing at five, and kept up with it through college at the U ol U, where she majored in modern dance and minored in theater, as well as getting her secondary teaching certificate. certi-ficate. After graduation, Susan spent four years at Rowland Hall, a private school in Salt Lake, teaching dance, speech and drama, as well as being the registrar. Upon leaving there, she spent the next year at Ririe-Woodbury : Dance Company as the ' company manager and only quit when she became pregnant. When quizzed about her theater past, she relates her most memorable moment was at the ripe old age of six, when she .'; was performing for the Kiwanis Club and her top fell off. Besides that, she says she probably had the most fun doing "Birdie" here. At the grand old age of 29 (sorry, Susan) she's a thoroughgoing thor-oughgoing professional and is certainly viewed that way by those with whom she has worked. The little red- . haired, freckled girl gets lots of attention from those whistles. Continued from Page 1B spell" again for Weber State ' College. As far as directing goes, Susan has been the Assistant Director in several productions produc-tions both here and in Salt Lake, including "Fiddler", "Bye Bye Birdie", "Paint' Your Wagon" and "Damn Yankees". She also served as the House Manager for the Laguna Opera House in 1975. As a performer, Susan has also had a plethora of experience of wide variety. In Park City, she was Rosie in "Bye Bye Birdie", put on by IAE, Mrs. Sowerbury in "Oliver" for PCP, Juliet in "Romanoff and Juliett for PCP, as well as several roles in Salt Lake at the University, Univers-ity, the Phantasy Acting Co., and the Laguna Opera House. Yet she's never played the role which would most approximate her personality, that of Mollie Brown of "Unsinkable" fame. For that's very much her personality. person-ality. This effervescent lady is om; the Board of almost every art forum in town, finds time to do special projects like the "Cabaret at the Art Center" which Kimball Art Center sponsor ed as a fundraiser and Susai choreographed, keep up with a busy newspaper editor husband and an even busiei one-and-a-half-year-old son, known throughout town as the "Famous Elliott". Somewhere along the way, |