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The Brussels Post, 1978-07-05, Page 27KATE TROTTER kt\ MARNI WALSH Best Wishes to the BLYTH SUMMER FESTIVAL From ainion SINCE 1894 Factory Outlet THE ORIGINAL OLD MILL TELEPHONE 523-9666 (Area Code 519) IN BLYTH at the railway tracks. A Landmark in Huron County In this authentic old mill you will find the heritage and tradition of the Bainton family. A unique wool and leather business. Factory Outlet LEATHER COATS & JACKETS For men and ladies at prices you can afford. LEATHER ACCESSORIES Gloves, Mitts, hats Handbags, Belts, Etc. PURE VIRGIN WOOL BLANKETS All Sizes, many colours at fantastic savings. SHEEPSKIN RUGS -- A Bargain priced according to size. SUMMER: HOURS Monday to Saturday 9 airit. to 9 p.in. Sunday -1 pan. to 9 thin. Open all Hcithlays Air conditioned or your comfort Old 11101 ,&c1o.v OUTIft WOOL LEATHER PRODUCTS THE BLYTH SUMMER FESTIVAL ISSUE,-JULY 5, 1978 — 15 Associate director Anne Roy has "done it all " Kate Trotter will be a familiar face in the Blyth Summer Festival' to those who caught her perfor- mance in The Blood is Strong and her imaginative characterization in the children's play Turkey last year . K4-te did four years at Brock University where she got an Honors B.A. in Theatre Arts and English. Then she did three years at the National Theatre School in Montreal from which she just graduated this May. She has done a workshop at the National Film Board in Montreal in which she was developing script ideas that could potentially be made into children's films. Last summer was Kate's first in Blyth. The summer before that she worked at the Stratford Festival in the box office. While working in Stratford she heard about the theatre in. Blyth, came to visit and really liked the company. "It was wonderful to see the interaction between the theatre and the community," Kate says. When artistic director James Roy came to Montreal, Kate auditioned for him and that is=how she came to the theatre last year. "Turkey been really exciting, so I came liack," Kate says: When asked about her acting method, Kate says, "The training I had at the Theatre School was classically oriented. It was one Although he's only 30 years of age, Clark Rogers has had experience directing plays in theatres all across Canada. This includes a position as an assistant director at the Stratford Festival Theatre, the Neptune Theatre, the Manitoba Theatre Centre, resident director of Theatre Calgary and many many more. For the last three or four years he has been working with Theatre Passe Muraille as a director and a dramaturge which means he works with the. writers on scripts. He has also directed some things for CBC. He recently won an award • from the Ontario Arts Council for a script that he is writing. For the last little while he has been concentrating on his work as a director on the development of new plays. Kate Trotter Familiar to Blyth that tried to relax the actor physically and mentally, so you approached the character through that. I guess coming to it through yourself is the thing that you would do because you're your own greatest tool, You're your only tool as an actor.— "I think they tried to teach many different approaches and you found a conglomeration. You used a bit of each and carne up with a system that worked for you," she adds. Of her own method of acting, Kate says, "I guess I try to come to it from myself. I think probably an approach is something it takes years to develop. "Your approach changes as you change as an actress and as a person. It's hard for me to say- just having graduated. I know it will be a learning process, for me, a growth.'' Kate had dOne a production for CBC television entitled Tyler which is one of the shows in the program, For The Record, to be aired next fall. "There's a pleasure that you get from performing on stage that I don't think you get from TV," .Kate says. "In theatre the character feeds itself. In film or TV you have to learn to keep your energy up." "I think actors can change from one media to the other, I think it's a myth that says we can't," she adds. "That's a hard road, meeting the right people, taking the right risks," she says. ' Besides the theatre, Kate's other love is her two cats. She'll be going to Manitoba after the Blyth season is over to be in a production of Midsummer Night's Dream and as for future plans, well Kate , says she'd probably come back to Blyth if asked. Clark got his - theatre experience, the old fashioned way--learning from others and hard experience. "I got my 'training right in the theatre working backstage, watching how other people did it. It was more sort of an apprentice- ship than anything," Clark said. Asked about his future ambitions for the theatre, Clark says "to improve it." After • the Blyth summer Festival season is over he plans to go back to work on his film script the locale of which is Perth County. ANNE ROY Marni Walsh to study theatre Although she will just be going to Grade 13 in the fall, Marni Walsh from Blyth who 'is working as an administrative and production assistant at the Blyth Summer Festival this year, already has ambitions toward a career in theatre. Meanwhile, in her present job though, Marni helps in the theatre office, sews costumes, and will probably be helping production manager Bjarne Christensen with props. She will also work in the box office as well as putting up and taking down sets. Marni, who worked at the theatre as a volunteer last year, plans to go to Grade 13 and then continue her education at York University in theatre. Marni has already gotten a start on her chosen career as she played the part of Goldie in the F.E. Madill Secondary School production of Fiddler on the Roof. She lilts been in quite a few plays in high school and has also worked with the Wingham Towne Players. This is Anne Roy's fourth year at the Blyth Summer Festival and as she says, "Anne Roy has done it Although she currently holds the title of associate director, Anne first worked at the theatre as an administrator, which means she did everything, including painting sets. Two years ago, she also worked as an administrator and directed. the children's show Turkey, Last year she did an, admirable job of adapting Harry Boyle's. novel, A Summer Burning, for the Festival production. She also gets involved in all the events the theatre holds after. the Summer Festival, season is over. During the winter she helps husband, artistic director James Roy, plan for the Festival's new season and goes with him when he auditions actors for the new season.- Anne did a lot of reading this year for potential plays, and 'was also working on two of her own plays. When you audition people, she says, you go down with the parts 'you have in mind. YOu're looking for somebody who can fill tw9/ roles or at least someone who looks like they have the dedica- tion and ability to fit into the company in Blyth for a season. This year, Anne is spending much more time in the theatre office than she has previously. Anne Roy has indeed, done it all. CLARli. ROGER'S' • Clark has worked with CBC Congratulations to the BLYTH SUMMER FESTIVAL from OLYMPIA Restaurant Brussels For Tasty Meals at Family Prices Open daily frorn 6 a.m. . . . Sunday from 7:30 a.m. .