we . re . “ar _ _—— \ an es _ There was standing room only at Terrace Little Theatre’s Mc- Coll Playhouse Aug. 25. for the final performance of their * summer school students. by Sylvia Golke Z This performance rolled for- ward on a. wave of youthful “energy.and exuberance. The au-_ dience roared in laughter at skits and high jinks. Much of the per- formance was created by the students themselves, putting adults into a kids’-eye view of the world. ’ “The show was designed in the . format of an evening of televi- sion. viewing, complete with newsbreaks and commercials. Ingenuity and creativity was the trademark. It was fresh, funny and the audience could feel the ” energy in the air. Children in the -. audience couldn’t help but join jn with some of the dialogue and songs. Humor was the resound- ing theme and was very well done. - It- was a large cast and ‘dif- ficult to single out individual performers because they were all so good. But some of the skits = - that were especially funny were “‘HKooshty Poosty Cooking -- Show’? with Lindsey Roberts as -Hooshty Poosty and Cindy. ‘Oates’ as Crazy Carla. The “Clean. You. Up Detergent’’. commercial played by Matthew and Kevin Zakresky had an ele- ment of surprise to it, The _“Flexo-Twins”’ played by Sonia Sheppard, Sarah Weston, '. Jocelyn Coxford and Lisa Gardener was a hilarious sight gag. Plays on words and names were prolific, especially in “Happy Haunting’’ where “high goals, high society and high spirits’? were the school motto at the seminary. for young witches, played by Sarah Weston as Miss Magicia, Lisa Gardener as Miss .Goblinette, Rachel Nadeau as Miss Spectre, Heidi Turner as Wilma Witch, - Sonia Sheppard as Fanny Phan- tom, and Jennifer Brown as Pol- ly Poltergeist. Lara Tessaro as Kitty Litter played the host and newscaster, always on clue. “Little Red Riding Hood” proved that little girls are smarter than they used to be, played by Rachel Corp, with Chris Kerman and Matthew Zakresky. : Director Daniel Barnswell recently cast his next play for the -~ Terrace Little Theatre, ‘‘The Art of: War: An Adventure?’ by Canadian playwright George F. . Walker. _ by Sylvia Golke Walker is a contemporary ._- playwright based in Toronto at the Factory Lab Theatre. He’s written’ about 15 plays so far. ~. ©The Art of War’? first came out in 1983 and is classed as film. noire’, a genre similar to an old grade ‘B” black and ' white movie, ‘It*s an intelligent script with - gorny dialogue,’’ explained - Barnswell, “and very funny.” "The humor comes from the “genre, The play opens with a ids’ show, create Techniques for the skits . varied, sometimes using narator with actors as in ‘“‘Where the Wild Things Are’, with Lisa . Gardener as narrator and Ben Weston as Mad Max. Katie Dediluke played’the mom and creatures were: Josh Striker, . Matt Smith, Megan Corp, Niki Aird, Cournay Stewart and Angela Beaupre. The set for. “Where the Wild Things Are”’. looked exactly like the picture. book it was drawn from. *‘Bubba’s Beauty. Tips’’ with Bryan Crampton as Bubba and Sherrill Waldie as the model was | an interesting comment on beau- ty culture. ‘Dreamy Dessert | Topping’ had Krista Collis | playing a body and Jocelyn Cox- ford playing arms without body. . The performance showed the: ] result of direction without -. domination. It was a marvel of - ‘coordination and cooperation | among the students. Theirs was a spirited group effort; rather than being an adult’s idea of a kids’ show, it was a kids’ show. By all appearances, they just loved doing it. Talented teens guide | young performers || The Summer School of dramatic arts is a wonderful program provided for the community by Terrace Little Theatre. For at. - least 10 years now they have offered children and young adults oS ; the opportunity to explore their talents in theater. Being involved. - in the fun, fantasy and creativity.of theater activities as well as the social cooperation that this entails is a beneficial way to spend the summer months. Insome cases whole families are in- | volved in these programs. vpn age dh heed ie cabal ew aee ne : rn) . es ere eee See cee aed antics ge cae Sy pu teens d by kids [ . Acknowledgement of the coordinator and instructors.must be . | made here. They willingly spent the summer with a total of 46. students of varying ages and had the full responsibility of manag-. . ing them and producing the shows. They did an admirable job as: evidenced by both performances. Their students seemed to | thoroughly enjoy themselves which is a side effect of real learn- ing. Pam Kerr, this year’s coordinator of the program, has had a long history of involvement with Terrace Little Theatre, She spent many of her younger summers helping out. This year she leaves for University. of. Victoria to study for a bachelor’s degree in music and performance. Music has been her main focus for the past 10 years. She.attended Courtenay Young Music Festival for several years, and Opera East in Nova Scotia last summer. She has supplemented her formal voice lessons from Eileen Brodie-Feay in Vancouver with actual. performances, such as her . role as Dorothy in the TLT’s production of “The Wiz’’. ; Buck Zimmer, a recent Terrace arrival from Vancouver, has been in theater every year since Grade 9. He attends Caledonia this year as a Grade 12 student. He alternated doing lights, sound program development. _ and stagework with his fellow. instructors and contributed to the Kelle Pegg has been in drama since Grade 8 at Skeena. Grade 9 ‘was spent in the Queen Charlottes without a drama department. Returning to Skéena in Grade 10, she was involved in “Glimpses’’, but because of “work to rule’ that year by the teachers, the play was not performed until the following year. Kelle spent her own time after classes at Caledonia to go back to Skeena and take part in the second year of ‘‘Glimpses”’.. This year she will attend UBC, taking her first year in atts. After that, being a practical person, she plans to go into commerce, in that way combining her interests. Kevin Oates came to Terrace in 1987. He has been active in drama in Grades 8, 9 and 10 at Skeena. He performed in the “Wizard of Oz’ put on by Skeena and taken to Vancouver. He was also in ‘*The Wiz’? put on by the Terrace Little Theatre. Previously he lived in Cloverdale and his interest in theater is shared with a passion for golf. murder and from there con- tinues with intrigue, spying and investigative journalism. There are good guys and bad guys, the Canadian government being one of the bad guys. Satire and melodrama predominate, and the lines between good guys and bad guys are very clearly drawn. - ‘It’s like an old detective movie, like Casablanca,’ Barnswell said, «| There are six main characters, four male and two female. The parts are: Tyrone Power played by Alexis Maikapar; Jamie McLaean, Jim Branch; John Hackman, Alan Weston; Brownie Brown, Gordon Oates; Karla Mendez, Paula Baruch; Heather Masterson, Matianne Brorup-Weston. Technical peo- - Dinner theater next for TLT ple are Mark Dohler and stage Manager Suzanne Wilberg. The sets will be simple. “‘I’ma minimalist as a dirctor,’’ states | Barnswell. ‘‘The actors carry the show.’’ There are three main locations in the play and they’ve already begun designing the sets. The play will be performed as dinner theater at the Northwest Community College cafeteria November 3 and 4 at 7:30 p.m. After that, the cast and crew hope to tour Prince Rupert, Kitimat and possibly Kemano. Kim Cordeiro from North- west Community College is co- ordinating the play with Barns- well in conjunction with the Ter- tace Little Theatre. Rehearsals are underway at McColl Playhouse. by Kaeleen Bruce’ a - A‘recent weekday was the occasion for some good but cer- tainly not clean fun for children aged six to 12 years old at the Splat Olympics. ae . ' ‘The event was jointly sponsored by the Terrace Youth Cen- tre and Parks and Recreation Department and took place at . ~ Lower Little Park. CO . Children were divided up into teams with names like the Mud Moasters, Slime Slickers and Gooey Gorillas. The teams _competed in events such as the jello limbo, egg toss and mush tug o’war, which featured a bed of rotten fruit in the middle. | Buckaroo Banzai’s Bonus Bonanza obstacle course and Mad Maxx’s Moving Minefield, which involved a lot of water ‘balloons, were two other popular races. a, The energetic enthusiasm of the organizers and volunteers was contagious and the-Jelly Jumpers team was spurred on to victory, The afternoon was judged a success by participants. _/. and it is hoped that Splat Olympics will become an annual - tradition. Whatever you wear » re’, We clean with ca sefremBéR cio16 — | 3 for the price of 2 for Ladies’ Slacks and Men’s Trousers w Only drive-thru in town » Best, most rellable and cleanest service ~ Drop off point at Thornhill Public Market Rickards Cleaners 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. — Monday te Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. — Saturday KIDDIE CORNER FROM THE POST OFFICE