NG TOGETHER :
GOES. PROVINCIAL |

A Terrace production |
: wins the zone drama festival

The “Terrace Little ‘Theatre ‘dia it again last
“weekend at. the Skeena Zone Drama Festival in
Smithers. .In :
‘competition with
_the Bulkley Val-
ley Players’ play.
Keeping Charlie ©
Company, — Ter-
‘race Little The-
atre took top
-honours: for Liv-
ing Together..
> Annette
Canute was
“awarded special
merit backstage,
‘Ken Morton was
- named best direc-
-tor, and the. the- -
vatre | company’
‘received acco- oa Vig Sy
lades for best ensemble. The: e-Liviig Together cast.
and crew. were honoured with best production and .
_now have the opportunity to participate at Mainstage
''92 (the provincial drama festival) to be held in
Campbell River June 7-13. They will be one’ of 10°”

Ken Morton: best director,
of best play.

. zone winning productions to be Presented for:compe- %

- tition at Mainstage. —
. Best.visual presentation’ ‘werk: to. the: Bulkley:
Malley Players’ Keeping Charlie Company. Set and.

lighting were both designed by the. play's director

Hans. Saefkow. Best supporting actress went to”
Raéjean Laidlaw as Pigeon People (a bag lady):i in:

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Keeping Charlie Coinpany.' For ‘the third year ron-
~ ning, Bulkley Valley, Players’ Jenn Feenan was

awarded the honour of best actress, this time for her
outstanding performance as Helen, Charlie’s widow.

Of Keeping Charlie Company, adjudicator Ted
Price encouraged the cast "to find the discoveries in
this plot." Keeping Charlie Company was written by
playwright John Toland in 1980, Price noted, “It’s
not an easy script. There are parts of it that don’t
work. This cast gave us a very intelligent rendition
and a well-prepared presentation. I got'a ‘lot from
this production. It could go further." Price described
the play as "about ‘survival under adversity. The
playwright takes a stand against the culture of the
jungle philosophy."

Keeping Charlie Company was also selected by
-the adjudicator to participate in the provincial
Mainstage festival as a workshop play. Each produc-
tion gives an initial public performance, is re-worked
-by a professional workshop director and performed

publicly again in its revised form in the fascinating

and instructional "before and after” process.

In his public adjudication of Living, Together
after Friday evening's performance, Ted Price .com-
‘pared playwright Alan Ayckbourn to Woody Allen.
- ‘He. described them ‘as "the two most intelligent
comedy writers of today, in dealing with. relation-
«. ships and charactérizations of women.” |.

: <, He commended. the cast ‘as being, “very tight and
| very giving — you took care of the audience." He

‘paid, "If I-could tell the actors to work: on anything,
“it would be relationships and position (be very clear

“On your: objective. at that moment)." He praised the

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