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Show U. Comedy Hit 'Born Yesterday" Scores Theater-In Round Success BORN YESTERDAY, a three act comedy by Garson Kanin, opened opened at the University of Utah's theatre-In-The-Round, Playbox, last night to an enthusiastic enthus-iastic audience. A comedy of peculiar situations, Born Yesterday is for the mature mind. It concerns a Blonde who has thought of nothing for the past nine years because she has reached the ultimate in her career by obtaining two mink coats, a Junk dealer who is a rugged individualist indi-vidualist in getting what he wants by force or shenanigans, and an idealistic Reporter who is hired to educate the Blonde so she can mingle with Washington, D. C. society. The wonderful part of Billie Dawn was played wonderfully by box office is open daily from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. and seats may be obtained prior to showtime. Lake City's leading musicians, makes her first appearance on stage in the University Theatre as Mrs. Hedges to the delight of her many friends throughout the area. Miss Almond is as delightful and sure of herself as an actress as she is on the concert stage. Congratulations, Con-gratulations, Becky! Mitchell Makris, one of Salt Lake's leading football players, is cast as the stooge for Harry Brock. A large man in a small part, he does a fine job of acting as Eddie Brock. Don Farnsworth, constantly cast in mature roles, plays Senator Norval Hedges, a crooked politican from an outlying, outly-ing, unknown state, with competence. compet-ence. Roberta Roberts, who has a dual part in the production as Helen and the Assistant Director, does an excellent job with a small part. Others in the cast are Trevor Tre-vor Lees, Martin Allred, Russ Mc-Omber, Mc-Omber, John Young, Verlene Patterson Pat-terson and Ralph Takata. The direction of the play was up to the usual Playbox standard. Jay W. Lees, Theatre Arts Director Di-rector at Westminster College, directs di-rects with a sureness and a sense for comedy. His suspense scenes and climaxes are particularly well done. Comedy is always the most difficult theatre to produce and Mr. Lees is to be congratulated for the excellent pacing and movement move-ment of the show. Others on the Production Staff besides Miss Roberts are Jerry Lanning, Stage Manager, Marilyn Gillette, Properties, Proper-ties, James Low, Manager, and Carol Selby, Programs. For an evening of exciting entertainment en-tertainment don't miss BORN YESTERDAY at the Playbox. It plays the rest of this week, ending Saturday, June 23rd. Action begins be-gins at 8:30 p.m. Seating is limited in Playbox where the audience sits on four sides of the acting area. Patrons are urged to make reservations early. The jfcuie ivianer. misa ivituier pur-trayed pur-trayed the 'oeautiful-but-dumb blonde with an excellent characterization. charact-erization. This charming actress has an enviable ability to adapt herself to a part rather than to adapt the part to herself, as is so frequently seen. Her performance as Billie Dawn is completely different dif-ferent from her other roles in Playbox productions and as competently com-petently acted. Her costumes are really beautiful . . . and she did become a blonde. Her timing and interpretation are perfect and a real pleasure to watch. Another versatile actor who is frequently cast with Miss Maher in Playbox productions is Fred Goerner who plays Harry Brock, the ambitious Junk dealer, to perfection. per-fection. An inspired and dedicated actor, Mr. Goerner brings a long experience in theatre to the local stage and his interpretation of Harry Brock is masterfully portrayed. por-trayed. Carl Dern, as the reporter, Paul Verrall, shows constant improvement improve-ment since his first appearance in the U. Theatre earlier in the year. His attempts to educate Billie and to counteract Billie's efforts to educate ed-ucate him are the reasons for much of the comedy. Mr. Dern combines a boyish charm and a serious intent in his part to create a perfect buffer for Billie and Brock in an hilarious situation. Westminster theatre-goers will be happy to see Keith Waggoner, another young actor on his way up, in the part of Ed Devery, the lawyer who provides the brains for Brock. This is Mr. Wag-performs Wag-performs excellently, goner's first character part and he Miss Becky Almond, one of Salt |