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Show U , T arFeiftesecnheaddudlietidonal performances for the Utah Shakespearean Festival this sum-mer. Themed to "Shakespeare's Magic," the 1984 season runs July 12 through September l in the interna-tionally acclaimed Adams Memorial Shakespearean Theatre. Near sellout of the regular season created tinviat crowd pleascr as audiences once again watch ICatherina and Petruchio battle it out. rtobbins is a returning director for the Festival, remembered for his productions of LOVE'S LABOROURS LOST In 1976 and TWENLFTH NIGHT in 1978 Douglas Marmee is costuming th( 1984 production, and Ron Ranson ii scenic designer. magician on an enchanted iie,-tv-a- - " been seen as Shakespeare himself, and the work interpreted as his affir-mation of the human spirit. Scenic designer for the 1984 summer pro-duction is Tim Bryson. THE QUEEN'S FESTE, a musical ; matinee presented each Monday and s Friday afternoon during the the need for extended performances, Festival season, features the which are being added the last part of August for a special "Fall at the , Festival" week. Plays for 1984 are THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, THE TEMPEST, and TROILUS AND CRESSIDA as well as matinee performances of THE TAMING OF THE SHREW and THE QUEEN'S FESTE, a musical matinee featuring "tea and crumpets." Shakespearean plays are chosen each year to bring to life various aspects of the Bard's genius, including tragedy, history and com-edy performed with the historical in-tegrity and authenticity which are continuing Festival traditions. The Festival is located on the campus of Southern Utah State College, host school since the Festival's beginning in 1962. THE TAMING OF THE SHREW opens the 1984 season. Directed by Sanford Robbins from the theatre and dance department of the Univer-sity of Wisconsin, THE SCHREW is Shakespeare's contribution to the war between the sexes, and is a con- - Festival Chamber Concert musi-cians playing Renaissance music on authentic instruments. Sonnet reading and other poetry will com-plement the music, and light refreshments will be served in the Elizabethan manner. David Gatts is returning musical director for the Festival. Again this summer the repertory performances are designed to allow patrons at attend all three Shakespearean performances in two days by including a Wednesday or Saturday matinee. Matinees are performed on the Indoor Stage beginning July 21 at 2 p.m., and all matinees replicate evening perfor-mances as nearly as possible. Rounding out the traditional Festival experience are seminars, backstage tours, orientations and a nightly greenshow preceding each performance, this summer's Exhibit Hall display from the World of William Shakespeare features a recognition of the 400-ye- ar anniver-sary of exploration in the New World, a theme touched upon in THE TF.MPF.ST and thp F.Yhihit Hall will TROILUS AND CRESSIDA, a rarely performed play incorporating history, comedy and tragedy, is be-ing presented for the first time at the Utah Festival.. The play makes a powerful anti-w- ar statement, and gives audiences an unusual oppor-tunity to expand their experience with the Shakespeare canon. Directed by Libby Appel, who chairs the theatre department at the California Institute of the Arts, the play will be costumed by Beth Novak. Rounding out the summer's Shakespearean productions is THE TEMPEST, chosen by the Festival this summer to commemorate the 400-ye- ar anniversary of colonization in the new world. Directed by David Knight from the University of Il-linois, Urbana, and costumed by Rosemary Ingham, THE TEMPEST was written near the end of Shakespeare's life, and has been regarded as his final comment on life. The play has all the trappings of a fairy tale; the leading character, a bring almost to life the Indians, co-lonizers and artifacts of the Jamestown colony. For ticket information concerning the 1984 Utah Shakespearean Festival please write Utah Shakespearean Festival, Cedar City, Utah 84720, or telephone (801) 0. lJ ti i fageant of the Arts i the closing event of the Pageant season. An ambitious arts expansion pro-gram for young people is offered throughout tljfi year at the Pageant Center, a former school building restored to house the Pageant con-struction and arts programs. A vigorous fund raising program is now in progress to purchase the land and existing school buildings, plus construct a new performing arts center. Box offices in May for Pageant performances, 54 East Main (downstairs), American Fork. Hours: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., except Sun-days and holidays. (801) 756-35- or (801) 1. Development office (open year round) (801) ' Utah Pageant of the Arts CHESS GAME. Utah Pageant of the Arts: This unique "new kind of theater" has become a tradition on Utah's cultural scene. Presented each June and July, the "tableau vivant" pro-duction has grown both in profes-sional expertise and in length of the run, growing fror.i four performance since 1973 to 35 in 1984. The Pageant itself is presented at American Fork High School Theater. Living models bring sculpture and masterpiece - paintings to life on stage, using the techniques of lighting, costuming, narration, stag-ing, music and all of the elements of professional theater, except our cast members learn no lines or make no dramatic entrances or exits. We just ask that they stay perfectly still for the time they are in their set on stage. In conjunction with the annual Pageant, a professional art exhibit of national scope is also presented, along with a statewide Youth Art Exhibit, plus a display of the works . of the winning art scholarship win-ners and a charming display of art objects to be auctioned by the Pageant Guild at the Pageant Ball, a a BEDS 9 a c W double (with this ad) SALT LAKE'S FINE ECONOMY MOTEL KITCHEN UNITS FRIENDLY SERVICE QUIET EAST SIDE LOCATION CLOSE TO UNIVERSITY & HOSPITAL COLOR TV PHONES POOL within 25 min. of resorts For information & reservations 486-103- 4 The Country Club Inn 2665 Parley's Way Exit Foothill Blvd. to 21st South SHAKESPEARl UHDEB THE STABS r- - " " '' 1 For ticket Information and brochure write: Box Office, Utah Shakespearean Festival, Cedar City, Utah 84720 (801 ) 586-787- Come Create 'Memory I I ' j AMERICA'S PREMIER INDOOR j ENTERTAINMENT MALL FEATURING: USA F I Bowling Green il'T"' I Blackboards Miniature Golf Gasey's Dugout Batting Gages mm' "u Galleria Downs ij ?T 1 Cafe Pol l'- 1 Arcade m 1 Free Live Entertainment --3 1 Lj j 265-FUN- N I just off Freeway. .. ; Take 53rd exit west - """" v and follow the signs if r , lune 9 fhru lu,Y 20 v sic - 533-066- 1 ? 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