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Show Begin summer with comedy at playhouse By MARCELLA WALKER One good way to get in the proper mood for summer would be to attend the presentation of a comedy, "Hold On To June," which is now being performed at the Valley Center Playhouse in Lindon. Performances are at 8 p.m. each Friday, Saturday and Monday.The theater is located at 780 N. 200 East, Lindon. Tickets are $3.50 for adults, $2.75 for students and senior citizens and $13.50 for families. "Hold On To June" is the humorous story of two families who meet on a camping trip. In one family there is a single father. In the other is a schoolteacher, who is not married yet. There is also a meddling, med-dling, but loveable, mother of the schoolt acher. The i ttle children of the single parent re outspoken and honest. This leads to a great deal of humor in the play. A good family play, "Hold Onto June," is written by Ruth and Nathan Hale. It has a bit of everything, with romance, comedy, and suspense. The cast includes Diane or Jenny McKendrick as DeAnna; David Barry or Todd Bristol as Roger; MeKette Miner or Angela Williams as Jennifer; Marie Ludwig Miller as June, the schoolteacher; Debbie Gibbons as Kelly, June's younger sister; Jason Draper, as Butch, Kelly's would be boyfriend; Grant Draper, as Tim, the single parent; Michael Christiansen, as Art, a music lover to whom Kelly is temporarily tem-porarily attracted; Tawni Bristol or Reva Peterson as Bonniebelle, the young siren who attracts Butch and Art; Claudine Boothe, as Jamie, the mother who gets involved; Chuck Gillett or Mark Stockwell as Ralph, the longstanding boyfriend of June; and the policeman is played by John Renstrom and Ted Gibbons. Claudine Boothe, who was an excellent Aunt Eller in "Oklahoma" here in Pleasant Grove a few years ago, again makes an excellent performance. per-formance. She is a convincing mother who has the best interest of her daughter at heart and this leads her to do something she probably would never do in other circumstances. cir-cumstances. The performance by the children is enjoyable. They put a lot into their roles and it adds to the interest of the show. Jason is an excellent Butch, a typical teenager. He has quality. The audience responds well to Marie and Grant, as the main characters in this comedy. Their story seems genuine and really romantic. The real emotion of the show is presented by Debbie as Kelly. A teenage girl, she is caught between the show of money and nice "things" and the real true love between a man and woman. Jody Renstrom is the director of this play. Mel Taylor and Tawni Bristol are the assistant directors. Keith Renstrom is the producer. The lights and sound are by Mike Renstrom. |