Let The Right One In at Provo, Utah

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Re: Let The Right One In at Provo, Utah

Post by gkmoberg1 » Sat Dec 08, 2018 2:18 pm

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Review: LET THE RIGHT ONE IN leaves nothing out by Miranda Giles, 29-October-2018

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Dates: October 19, 20, 26, 27, 28, 31, November 2, 3, 9, 10
Tickets: $12 - $17

Directors - Christopher Clark, Morag Shepherd
Prop Designer - Madeline Ashton
Lighting Design - Jaron Kent Hermansen
Sound Design - Miles Clark
Choreographer - Graham Brown

Oskar - Scout Smith
Eli - Brian Kocherhans
Hakan - Kacey Spadafora
Oskar's Mother - Ashley Wilkinson
Jonny, Mr. Avila - Tyler Fox


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Re: Let The Right One In at Provo, Utah

Post by Wolfchild » Sat Dec 08, 2018 4:09 pm

gkmoberg1 wrote:
Sat Dec 08, 2018 2:18 pm
Utah Theatre Bloggers Association
Review: LET THE RIGHT ONE IN leaves nothing out by Miranda Giles, 29-October-2018

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Brian Kocherhans (left) as Eli and Scout Smith (right) as Oskar.
No credit given for the photo
Am I the only one who thinks it could be really cool if the casting were reversed?
...the story derives a lot of its appeal from its sense of despair and a darkness in which the love of Eli and Oskar seems to shine with a strange and disturbing light.
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Re: Let The Right One In at Provo, Utah

Post by dongregg » Sun Dec 09, 2018 7:41 pm

Well, I could really see Scout Smith as Eli.
“For drama to deepen, we must see the loneliness of the monster and the cunning of the innocent.”

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Re: Let The Right One In at Provo, Utah

Post by Wolfchild » Sun Dec 09, 2018 8:23 pm

dongregg wrote:
Sun Dec 09, 2018 7:41 pm
Well, I could really see Scout Smith as Eli.
I was thinking what a turn-about it would be to have the gaunt and spectral Brian Kocherhans playing powerless Oskar (less the guyliner), and the warm and comforting Scout Smith playing monstrous Eli. This would be a departure from both films, where there is nothing to visually mark Oskar (or Owen) as a social outcast. Then again, in the novel JAL had Oskar be rotund.

How interesting could it be to start out with an Oskar who could be a challenge to sympathize with, based upon his appearance, while Eli would be instantly just adorbs?
...the story derives a lot of its appeal from its sense of despair and a darkness in which the love of Eli and Oskar seems to shine with a strange and disturbing light.
-Lacenaire

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Re: Let The Right One In at Provo, Utah

Post by JToede » Mon Jun 08, 2020 10:19 pm

Just a Post Script on this play
One of the directors for LTROI play in Provo,Christopher Clark, passed away on the 6th of June from ALS. He established and taught theater at Utah Valley University and was involved in many community plays. He was married for 25 years and has 5 children.
Veni, Vidi, volo in domum redire.

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Re: Let The Right One In at Provo, Utah

Post by dongregg » Mon Jun 08, 2020 11:25 pm

A good life.
“For drama to deepen, we must see the loneliness of the monster and the cunning of the innocent.”

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