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“THE FANTASTICKS” TO BE PERFORMED AT SNOW COLLEGE
EPHRAIM,
Utah—February 11, 2005—Snow College today
announced it will present “The Fantasticks” in the Eccles Center for the
Performing Arts on February 23-26 and March 3-5 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are on
sale for $7 (adults) $6.50 (seniors and high school and younger) and $2 for
Snow College students with their activity card. Tickets may be purchased at the
box office or by calling (435) 283-7478.
Written by Tom Jones and
Harvey Schmidt, “The Fantasticks” is about two fathers: Hucklebee, who has a
son named Matt, and Bellomy, who has a daughter named Louisa, who want their
children to marry someday but want them to fall in love rather than have an
arranged marriage. They decide to forbid their children from seeing each
other—even putting up a wall between their yards. Their plan works in the
beginning, with Matt and Louisa falling in love, but things change when the
feud ends and they’re allowed to be together.
“The Fantasticks” has
launched itself as the longest run in the history of American theatre. It has
established its place not only in America, but also throughout the rest of the
world.
The cast of the play
features Hillary Lewis as Louisa, Brad Davis as El Gallo, Keith Lutes as the
mute, Matt Kennedy as Matt, Robert Judd as a father, and Todd banks as a
father, Sky Anderson as Mortimer, Spencer Banks as Henry and Jessica Dennis as
Props Mistress. Directing the play is Dr. Kim Christison with Lacie King as
student director and Kathleen Hansen as musical director.
Tom
Jones and Harvey Schmidt
Tom
Jones and Harvey Schmidt wrote “The Fantasticks” for a summer theatre
production at Barnard College. Neither of them had ever planned on writing.
Jones was a drama student majoring in play production and Schmidt was studying
art with hopes of becoming a commercial artist. After successfully working
together at the University of Texas in 1950 on a musical revue titled
“Hipsy-boo” they began to write songs together more or less on a regular basis.
Jones
and Schmidt have also written “110 in the Shade,” “The Rainmaker” and “I do I
do.” They’ve received an Obie Award and a 1992 Special Tony for “The
Fantasticks.” They are the recipients of the prestigious ASCAP-Richard Rodgers
Award, were inducted into the Broadway Hall of Fame at the Gershwin Theatre,
and on May 3, 1999 their “stars” were added to the Off-Broadway Walk of Fame
outside the Lucille Lortel theatre.
Snow
College, founded in 1888, serves approximately 3,000 students at its Ephraim
campus. The college provides general education and applied technology programs
leading to Associate of Arts, Associate of Science, Associate of Applied
Science and Associate of Pre-Engineering degrees, and certificates of
completion in a number of occupational areas.
Once owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Snow
College became a state college in 1932.
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