The Show Must Go On . . . And Does at Weber The Community Theater and Theater Workshop have given Weber College students the opportunity to work in dramatics and have also provided entertainment for the students and community. The year's first Community Theater production, Eugene O'Neill's AH! WILDERNESS was a success despite the predictions that it was doomed to failure because Amos Sargent had not memorized his lines by opening night. Delbert Parker was outstanding with his portrayal of Sid, a character whose main weakness was getting "soused." Living up to theater tradition, he went on stage all four nights with a broken foot. Weberite John Elzey took the part of young, lovesick Richard Miller, who learned much about the ways of women before the conclusion of the play. Belle, a chorus girl who led Richard off the sawdust trail by getting him drunk, was excellently played by talented Mary Ziemer. Under the direction of Carl White, AH! WILDERNESS supplied playgoers with four nights of real entertainment. Other productions planned for the year are FAMILY PORTRAIT and the annual spring comedy, not yet chosen. The Vagabond players appeared in A WAY TO A MAN'S HEART, which was presented at different locations throughout the city on a haywagon stage. This is the method that the English used in play production during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. A WAY TO A MAN'S HEART was one of director John Kelly's Theater Workshop productions. A unique experience was shared by everyone who attended the Weber College Theater Workshop production of Noel Coward's play BLITHE SPIRIT at the Bertha Eccles Hall. Presented in the basement, this arena style theater provides an effective means of bringing out an actor's ability. The audience seated on three sides only a few feet from the stage becomes almost a part of the action and identifies itself more closely with the actor. In the play Eldon McLatchie plays the role of Charles Condomine whose dead first wife, Elvira (Pat Jensen) materializes (for his benefit only) as a result of a scene conducted by eccentric Madame Arcati (Pat Olsen). As the play progresses his present wife, Ruth (Mary Ziemer), is killed in an automobile accident; subsequently she materializes also. Finally, with the cooperation of the maid, played by Elaine Creer, Madame Arcati gets rid of both ghosts, and Charles is left alone in a house of jiggling lamps and vases. Other members of the cast are Verla Gardner and Kent Fuller, who play Mrs. and Dr. Bradman, friends of the Condomines. The Cellar Theater productions are under the direction of John Kelly, who was assisted by Miss Carolynn Glasmann in the presentation of BLITHE SPIRIT. MALE ANIMAL is a future attraction listed on the Cellar Theater agenda. Above at left: When Richard didn't come home, the entire family waited up. From left to right are David Jacobs as Tommy, Luacine Pingree as Lilly Miller, Carol Folkman as Mildred, Jack Buckley as Arthur, Amos Sargent as Nat Miller, Delbert Parker as Sid Davis, and Mary Ellen Bailey as Esie Miller. Above: Spring fever and moonlit beaches go well together as do John Elzey as Richard and Chyrrel Olsen as Muriel. Below: It's a crucial moment when the two best cooks in the Kingdom of Hearts sample the Queen's tarts. From left to right are Ann Rasmussen as the queen of Hearts, Ray Fielding as the king, Eldon McLatchie as the chancellor, John Elzey as the knave, and Mary Ziemer and Pat Olsen as the two best cooks. 14 The Stranger by Margaret Harbertson The clouds began to darken; the wind shuffled the dead leaves along the entrance to the City Hospital. It looked like rain as Sue entered the large bronze doors to the building. It was a strange place to her. The newness stunned her momentarily, until she found herself being drawn to a blue neon sign "Information." Sue stood there looking, but seeing nothing. The second time the attendent asked what she could do for her, she was still wondering how to explain her situation. "I came to see my a a friend. I don't know what her married name is, but her maiden name was Vivian Vivian Lane." "If you don't know her married name I'm afraid it will be difficult to find her. You see, the files are kept by the." "Her husband told me she was on the third floor." "Her husband? You don't know his name?" "No, you see he called me last night. I got here as soon as I could; I've never seen him." A line was forming around the desk; people were waiting for their turn. Sue heard a mumble from the impatient visitors, for it was the visiting hour, and the time was passing by. "I'll I'll go see if I can find some of her relatives on the third floor." With a quick thank you, she turned from the desk to find the elevator. She felt the eyes of everyone on her as she fumbled at the panel of the self-service elevator. She had stood out in the crowd of visitors. There were other countenances with as strained a look as hers, but there was something different about the small blond. She fumbled with the keys in her white gloved hands; keys to an automobile a Cadillac convertible. The car was not the only sign of her wealth. Her clothes were fastidious, and in the latest style. She carried herself erect with an air of independence mixed with sophistication. The elevator stopped on the third floor. She stepped out and the door closed behind her. A desk was in front of her with nurses there, making reports. In every direction ran a maze of corridors which gleamed from the reflection of the lights on the polished floor. She stepped to the desk. By this time the nurses had stopped their work and were staring at the elegant figure with the blond hair framing a flushed face. "Could you help me?" She stood helplessly bewildered. "What do ya want?" asked a tall nurse with peroxide hair showing under her cap. She didn't seem like the type you would picture as a nurse. She reminded one more of a waitress in a cheap restaurant. "I'm trying to find Vivian Lane. I know she is on this floor." "There ain't no Lanes on this floor." "I mean Lane was her maiden name. I don't know her married name." "Well who is she; what's the matter with her; what does she look like? We ain't no mindreaders." "She's my sister," Sue blurted. The nurse turned to the other woman at the large desk, and with a raise of her eyebrows said. (Continued on page 20) 15