This past week, more than 100 alumni and friends joined us
for the fifth year of Alumni Days at Shakespeare, held June 25-27. Alumni Days
continues to grow in popularity and we are
excited each year to offer alumni
the opportunity to return to our beautiful campus, enjoy the summer season of
the Utah Shakespeare Festival (at a discounted rate) and participate in unique
events planned specifically for them.
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| The Adams Memorial Theatre |
This year’s Utah Shakespeare Festival (USF) plays included Amadeus, The Taming of the Shrew, Charley’s
Aunt, Henry IV Part Two, South Pacific, and King Lear. All of the productions were phenomenal, but it was
especially poignant to see the Shakespearean plays in the Adams Memorial
Theatre for its final season as a part of the Festival. We will surely miss
that wonderful theatre and all the memories we have collected during its 38
years.
At the traditional Dinner
in the Pines, we heard from SUU Vice President for Alumni & Community
Relations Mindy Benson, USF Associate Education Director Josh Stavros, USF
Executive Director R. Scott Phillips, and SUU
Associate Vice President for
Advancement Staci Carson. In addition, SUU student Samae Allred (actor in the Greenshow and various productions)
talked about her role at the Festival and told her moving story of her battle
with cancer and the university’s impact on her life and love of theatre.
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| A great turnout to the Dinner in the Pines |
The heat was sweltering all throughout last week, but that
didn’t stop some of our alumni and their families from visiting the Frontier
Homestead Park to learn the ins and outs of life for both the indigenous people
of Southern Utah and pioneer settlers. They also had the chance to cool down by
participating in a backstage tour of the Randall and Adams theatres and an Ice
Cream Social, where they could interact and thank the Festival’s 2015 cast and
crew for their awesome performances.
Alumni Days at Shakespeare 2016 will be held around the same
time, next June. Mark your calendars now (tickets will go on sale early in
2016) and plan to attend the Festival’s first year in the new Beverly Taylor
Sorenson Center for the Arts. You won’t be disappointed!
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| Alumni Days at Shakespeare can be a family affair, too! |
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| This year's Italian Green Show is directed by SUU Alumnus Josh Stavros |
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| National Alumni Board VP of Programming Jessi Allen loved mingling with the Festival cast & crew |
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| We really appreciate the Festival actors for mingling with us after a long day of performances |
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| Thanks to Alumni Board VP of Programming Melissa Corry, her husband, and Lex Allen for scooping all of our delicious ice cream |
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| Our tour guide is an SUU alumnus that is Stage Managing for King Lear |
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| Our alumni loved finishing the backstage tour among the portraits of actors from all the past Festival productions |
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| Our alumni will never starve because of the atlatl hunting skills they learned at the Frontier Homestead Park |
