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UNIVERSITY OF UTAH’S 34th CLASSICAL GREEK THEATRE
FESTIVAL TO PERFORM AT SNOW COLLEGE
Performance titled “Agamemnon”
EPHRAIM,
Utah—September 17, 2004—Snow College today
announced that University of Utah’s thirty-fourth Classical Greek Theatre
Festival will perform “Agamemnon” on Wednesday, September 22 at 6:00 p.m.
(preview at 5:15 p.m.) at the Crane Amphitheatre, 200 East Center Street (where
the old Crane Theatre was located), on the Ephraim campus. Tickets are $3 for
students and $3.50 for others. You may purchase tickets at the Eccles Center
for the Performing Arts box office—(435) 283-7478, or on site. In case of
inclement weather the outdoor event will be held in the Snow College Activity
Center.
“Agamemnon”
is considered by many to be the granddaddy of all Greek tragedies, with
characters larger than life and twice as bloody. The plot revolves around the
warrior king, Agamemnon, his wife, Clytemnestra, and his soothsaying
concubine/prisoner of war, Cassandra. When Agamemnon sacrifices their daughter,
Iphigenia, Queen Clytemnestra, wicked, calculating, and now revengeful, murders
Agamemnon, setting in motion a bloody cycle which threatens to wipe out the
house of Atreus forever.
Sarah
Shoppobotham is directing the performance, composer of the tribal music is Joe
Payne and the choreographer is Michael J. Eger.
The
Classical Greek Theatre Festival is an annual event created to introduce and
sustain the appreciation of ancient Greek theatre across communities and
campuses in various southwest states. It is unique in its attempt to bring
ancient Greek theatre to a broad American audience through modern translation,
original sound and dance, and an utterly entertaining theatricality.
The University of Utah’s
festival began in 1971 under the leadership of Dr. Keith Engar, past Chairman
of the University of Utah Theatre Department, and Dr. Jim Svendsen, who has
served to the present as producer and dramaturg. With a professional director,
professional designers, composers, choreographers, and actors, the CGTF has
established a track record for excellence, receiving critical recognition and
awards. In 1999, the production of Aeschylus’ “Libation Bearers” won a regional
award from the Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival.
Snow College
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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