HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 2014-12-17, Page 23Local high school
teachers co -produce play
Jesse Le
Special to the
Clinton News Record
On November 21 an acting
troupe from Toronto performed a
comedy play at the Goderich Dis-
trict Collegiate Institute (GDCI) in
Goderich. The troupe, entitled
Commedia DellArte (which means
"art of the professional comedian"),
performed a play called Fool's Gold.
The comedy is about a greedy
father selling his daughter's hand in
marriage to wealthy count, despite
the fact that she is in love with a
poor man. Accompanied by a serv-
ant tom between loyalties to both
generations of the family, the play
spirals into conflicts and laughs
aplenty. The play was actually per-
formed earlier that day for the
school body of GDCI, and it has
been noted that the troupe per-
forms, on average, two tours during
the school year.
The thoroughly entertaining
show was spearheaded by five
actors of the troupe: Stephen
Lafrenie, Arthur Burrows,
Rachelle Casseus, David Langlois,
and Geoffrey Armour. The heavy
responsibility of helping back-
stage fell onto the hands of Thom
Speck. The cast of Fool's Gold had
stated that acting in plays such as
these is "like ballet and comedy at
the same time:" The backdrop for
this performance of Fool's Gold
Jesse Le, Special to the Clinton News Record
The cast of Fool's Gold along with the producers and stage manager after
their second show. Top row: Stephen Lafrenie (Pantalone). Middle row:
Arthur Burrows (Lelio/Truffaldino), Rachelle Casseus (Isabella). Bottom
row: (left to right) Crystal Brennan -Yeo (producer), Thom Speck (stage
manager), David Langlois (II Dottore/Count Viagra/Tartaglia), Geoffrey
Armour (Arlecchino) and David Armour (producer).
was provided by Reed Needles
from London, Ontario. The masks
that were worn by the actors were
either crafted by Trish Leeper or
shipped from Italy while the cos-
tumes were hand -sewn by Marie -
Claire Jutras. All other stage props
were provided by R&R Staging.
This play was co-produced by
teachers Crystal BrennanYeo and
David Armour (from St. Anne's
Catholic Secondary School and
GDCI respectively) as a fundraiser
for the upcoming Sears Festival.
This festival is a collaboration of
eight different schools from all
over the country to perform nine
different shows. The festival itself
will take place from March 26 to
March 27 at GDCI. Tickets to the
Sears Festival will be available in
early January 2015.
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Problem Solved Right Here
Wednesday, December 17, 2014 • News Record 23
Jesse Le, Special to the Clinton News Record
Students are introduced to agriculturally -friendly campaign
Pictured here are the club members of the Students for Social Justice Club at St.
Anne's Catholic Secondary School outside of King's University College in London,
Ontario. Earlier this Fall the students of local schools were taught by the Canadian
Catholic organization Development and Peace about a new campaign named Sow
Much Love. This campaign is dedicated to protecting the rights of farmers and
allowing them to not rely on company-owned, genetically modified organisms to
assist their agriculture.
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