Page 54 - 2002 DT 12 issues

Jul y ○ ○ ○ Jewel, continued from page 1 ○ totum, genially coaxes the line to order,
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unlocks the door, takes the tickets, sells
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decided to camp in Death Valley. We all ○ ○ Marta’s book and warms up the audi-
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have dreams, but it is not everyone who ○ ence with his droll sense of humor. The
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can say that a flat tire made their dream ○ house lights dim and we are transported
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Mon/1 R. Kinn R./W. Hetzler ○ ○ ○ come true. ○ into a world entirely of Marta Becket’s
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Tues/2 I. Grieco C. Gilmore ○ ○ Marta and Tom awoke to find they ○ creation.
had a flat. The nearest place to have it ○ The Goodtime Cabaret, just one of
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Wed/3 L. Vavak M. Burk ○ ○ repaired was Death Valley Junction. ○ ○ Marta’s delightful cameos, depicts in
While Tom was fixing the tire, Marta be- ○ ○ dance, pantomime and singing, the
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Thur/4 G. Sayles B. Wolin ○ ○
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gan to explore the small complex of ○
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Fri/5 R. Zeitlin J. Barrett ○ ○ adobe buildings. What was that ○ ○
building? It looked suspiciously like ○
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Sat/6 W. Barbuck W. Barbuck ○ ○
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a theater. Marta peered in. Indeed it ○
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Sun/7 R. Conductor B. Wolin ○ ○ was. It had, in fact, been the recre- ○
ation room for the staff of the Pacific ○ ○
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Mon/8 M. Slagle R. Kinn ○ ○
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Coast Borax Company. It seemed to ○
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Tues/9 I. Grieco J. Barrett ○ ○ be saying, “Take me . . . do some- ○ ○
thing with me . . . I offer you life.” ○
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Wed/10 M. Burk D. Powers ○ ○ The town manager showed them ○ ○
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Thur/11 G. Sayles R. Zeitlin ○ ○ around. The place had lain unused ○
for twenty years. The sun, pouring ○ ○
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Fri/12 H. Perlman E. Schliepp ○ ○ through a hole in the roof, lighted ○ ○
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Sat/13 G. Gabbert S. Kantrud ○ ○ ○ discarded items littering the floor. It ○ ○
would need someone with vision, ○
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Sun/14 M. Rosow S. Valladio ○ ○ someone superhuman to take on the ○ ○
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Mon15 M. Slagle C. Gilmore ○ ○ ○ task of restoring it—Marta Becket. ○ ○
She and Tom leased it for $45 per ○ ○
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Tues/16 E. Turkin I. Grieco ○ ○ month and set about restoring it. ○ ○
Wed/17 L. Vavak L. Vavak ○ ○ ○ Ballet lessons for the local chil- ○ ○
dren and income from printing jobs ○
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Thur/18 G. Sayles E. Schliepp done on a hand turned press kept ○ ○
Fri/19 A. Berg R. Zeitlin body and soul together until the ○ ○
Grand Opening night of February 10, ○ whole gamut of human emotions—jeal-
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Sat/20 J. Kiosondi R. Conductor 1968. An audience of twelve adults and ○ ousy, greed, grief and death. Two life
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Sun/21 L. Klasse M./L. Utah children took their places in the theater, ○ ○ size dolls, one a lady and the other a
with its white painted walls, red cordu- ○ soldier, are seated at cafe tables at ei-
Mon/22 A. Berg C. Gilmore roy curtain, and lights fashioned from ○ ○ ○ ther side of the stage. A waitress (Marta)
Tue/23 J. Barrett J. Geier old coffee cans. ○ enters and serves them drinks. She re-
Sometimes no one came. But the ○ turns and sits on the soldier’s knee. The
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Wed/24 M .Burk D. Powers ○ performance had (in true theater fash- ○ soldier’s wife, played by Wilget (alias
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Thurs/25 G. Sayles R. Zeitlin ○ ○ ion) to go on. So Marta put her artistic ○ Thomas Willett) enters and drags him
skills to work. The result is the striking ○ ○ off in a fit of anger.
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Fri/26 H. Perlman E. Schliepp ○ ○ interior which visitors see today. If the ○ The next scene concerns Hugo and
audience didn’t come to her, she would ○ ○ Hector. Hugo is wealthy and greedy, but
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Sat/27 G. Gabbert J. Barrett ○ ○
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create one. It took four years of pains- ○ no match for the intelligence of Hector,
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Sun/28 B. Wolin M./L. Utah ○ ○ taking work to fashion the tableaux. ○ who has no money. They make a deal
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When you take your seat at 8:15 prompt, ○ whereby Hugo will give Hector money
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Mon/29 R. Kinn J. Barrett ○
you will do so in the company of a cos- ○ and entrust him with making more.
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Tues/30 E. Turkin J. Geier ○ ○ mopolitan “audience” of kings, queens, ○ Marta’s next character is Senorita
gypsies, ladies of the night and people Dolores Morales, who has been deserted
Wed/31 L. Vanak M. Burk
from all over the world. Thomas Willett, by her lover. She mixes poison, takes a
Marta’s stage manager and general fac- sip and dies.The stage goes completely ;
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