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Theatre’s latest project ..-+'
has swept away.

alocal household —

The family that plays
together, spends a lot of time at
the McColl Theatre, if you’re
referring to the Westons. The
Thornhill residents have three
‘members of the family involved
in the Terrace Little Theatre’s
production. of The Wiz.
Marianne Brorup-Weston is
assisting in costume design while
husband Alan and daughter
Sarah,10, are members of the
acting troupe. mo

Alan studied Theatre Arts in
Toronto at Ryerson, and was in-
volved in stage, film and televi-
sion work in southern Ontario.
He acted in movies with names
like Jack Palance. and Lee
Remick, and did a training film
for Toronto General Hospital.
About eight years ago, local
television station CFTK pro-
duced a cooking show called
“Foodstuffs”? with Alan as host.
These days you can catch him on

the tube having words put in his:
mouth in the “extra prints —
please’ commercial...
Last year Alan ended a |.
17-year absence from the stage-: |
when he appeared: in TLT’s
Heavens to Betsy and then
Mothers and Fathers. This time, -
he’s Scarecrow. :

Sarah’s acting experience and
education is not as vast, but in-
cludes the important and time-
less role as an angel ina Christ-
mas play, a butler in Joseph and
his Amazing Technicoloured
Coat, and drama school this
summer, where she portrayed a
number of characters.

Sarah has also received critical

Nov. 18 and 19 performances.

Half of the Weston household is involved with the Terrace Li
The Wiz. Marianne, left, Sarah and Alan are lending their art

ttle Theatre’s production of

istic and creative talents forthe .

acclaim for a speech recital, ty-
ing for first in last year’s festival
for her recitation of the poem,
The Story of Augustus.

Sarah will sing, dance and
deliver a total of 16 lines in her

role as third munchkin.
Marianne has been working
with costume designer Rose
Lynn Fleury by lending her ar-
tistic talents as an illustrator.

Putting the ideas for the concept
of each group of .costumes on
paper helps to visualize the look.
“It also helps kids to see what
they’re aiming for. They don’t

have the experience to interpret:

a script,’? Marianne says, so a
pictorial respresentation is a
good tool..

Marianne studied at the On-

_ tario College of Art in Toronto,

and has been working as an il-
lustrator for about 15 years. Her
work includes story illustrations

in school readers for Gage and
Ginn publishers, and a coloring _

book and calendar for the Inter-,
national Childbirth Education:

Association, Her latest project
was illustrating the Thornhill. .
Fire Department’s fund-raising.

‘calendar. -

The rest of the family also has
an interest in theatrical

endeavours — Emma, 9, and

Ben, 7, both took in drama
school this summer, while four-..
year-old Simon seems content.
for the time being in acting silly.

His antics appear to elicit a lot --
of laughter in this busy and. _

creative household...

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