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An opportunity to study
theatre with some of the
best in British Columbia is
being offered in the Theatre
Energy Workshops Summer
77 series which runs July 11
through August 19 this year.

Georga Ryga, well known

Canadian playwright, is
among those who will be
leading workshops in the
series. He will lead a twa
‘day lecture-discussion
workshop ‘which will deal
with regionalism in
Canadian drama and the
playwright's relationship to
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All totalled, there will be
17 workshops held over a six
week period. “This is an.
expansion of our last year’s
program," stated Cathie
Marrion, coordinator of the
workshops. “‘Last year’s
workshops were very well
received, but our contacts
were few and as a result not
as many people heard about
them as would have liked to.
We received several
complaints that people did
not hear about the
workshops in time to
register and as it was, we
had to turn people away.”

As a result, the program

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has been enlarged and
people from all over the
province are being invited to
attend.

This will be the second
pear of the workshops. They

gan last year out of
community need for theatre
education. ‘‘There has been
a great deal of interest in
theatre in our area for
several years,” continued
Ms. Marion, ‘and people
were feeling a strong need
for an opportunity to
acquire new skills and
polish up the ones they had.
So we decided to ask some
theatre people from Van-
couver to come up here to
share their skills and in-
formation with us, as it was
impossible for most of us to
go to them.” They did and
thus was born Theatre
Energy Worshops.”

“People from all over the
province have been ex-
pressing interest in the
workshops,’ said Ms.
Marion, ‘‘to participate as
teachers as well as learners.
We are looking forward to
an exciting summer.”

She _ attributes _—_— the
widespread interest to the
fact that the series is quite

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unique in B.C. ‘“‘Most
summer theatre programs
in this province are several

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therefore expensive and
they are usually held in
larger urban areas,’’ she
explained. “Our workshops
appeal to people because
they get a chance to work
with «highly qualified
professionals, but for
shorter periods of time, at a
reasonable cost and in 4
beautiful relaxing rural
environment.”

Workshops have been

scheduled in voice,
movement, writing, acting,
mime, technical, and
directing. In addition there
will be separate workshops
specifically for men, woman
and young people.
Norman Young,
nationally known theatre
person will also be teaching
at the workshops. His
course, “How to make the
best theatrical use of
nothing, OR Three boards,
two trestles and a passion”
will be dealing with the
technical and organizational
aspects of theatre. Mr.
Young is currently technical
director for the Freddy
Wood Theatre at UBC andis
on the staff of the theatre
department there.

Other workshop leaders |

include Jace Vanderveen, a

‘well known Vancouver
director; Linda Rubin,
founder of Synergy in
Vancouver; Ronnie Gilbert,
formerly of the folk song
group, the Weavers, and the
Open Theatre in New York
and currently with Theatre
Energy Performing En-
semble and Larry Lillo of
Tamahnous Theatre
Workshop, an actor and
director who is well known
about the province.

The B.C, Drama
Association recently in-
dicated its support of the
workshops by making $500

“available to its members for

tuition grants.

The workshops § are
sponsored by  Kutenai
Theatre Energy Society of
Winlaw. The society also
sponsors Theatre Energy
Performing Ensemble,
whose original play,
“Renderings’' recently
toured parts of the west
Kootenays and the
Okanagan. The group is
currently - working on
another original production,
“Voices: Now and then in.

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Kootenays and the
Okanagan in May and June.

“Most of the workshops
are to be filled on a first-
come, first served basis,”

people who are interested
should get their applications
in quickly so as not to he
disappointed.”

For further information
about the workshops write
Box 67, Winlaw, VOG 2J0.

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