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Show it y l z. i 1 i x j y-- K I i 1 ( 1 ) ' I i ? ' ! UTE STUDENTS PERFORM Prixrose (Timi Bigelow) tells Marshael (Leah Robling) and Katt (Diane Davis) how her family died by arson in "The Wake of Jamey Foster," the U of U's annual Acting Emphasis Showcase production playing at Theatre 138 May 10-12 and 17-19 at 8 p.m. jors are cast in special productions as part of the faculty's on-going evaluation process. BAI.LIF created the sets and costumes, and Richard J. Harris designed the lighting. Stu Falconer is the production stace manacer. Call Theatre 138's box office (322-0093) or Pioneer Memorial Theatre's box office (581-6961 ) for tickets. Beth Henley's oflbeal. contem-: contem-: :porar comedy. "'The W ake of ; James Foster." opens at Theatre I3S as the University of Utah's ;silh annual Acting Emphasis Showcase production. DIRECTED bv Ariel Ballif. it -runs May 10-12 and 17-19 at 8 p.m. ... "The Wake of Jamey Foster" centers around an eccentric, small-low small-low n Mississippi family drawn together at the funeral of Jamey : Foster, an alcoholic dreamer who rsuffcred a fatal stroke after a cow kicked his head in one night while ;he was drunk. Jamey's estranged iwife Marshael lays him to rest in Ithe cheapest pine coffin she can Hnd. "Two weeks ago I filed for di-:vorce." di-:vorce." the widow says flatly. ;"and now he pulls a tricklike this. ; You can see 1 view this event with mixed emotions." "MISS HENLEY know s that the underbelly of tragedy is often the comedy of the commonplace." wrote New York Post critic Give Barnes after its opening. "Her new play sweetly combines the dotti-ness dotti-ness of eccentricity w ith the little ordinariness of life that seems at times immeasurablv touchint:." Ballif describes "The Wake of Jamey Foster" as a tragic comedy with "aloneness" as its prevalent theme. "THE PLAYWRIGHT brings loneliness to focus at a time when most families are drawn closest together." observed Ballif. "Yet she tells the story w ith a great deal of humor." The cast is comprised of students stu-dents from the U of U's Acting Majors Ma-jors Program in the Department of Theatre. Each year the acting ma- |
