HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1988-08-10, Page 19THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1980. PAGE 19.
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man-eater on its hands
Blyth Festival workshops
5 new plays this month
Five new plays will receive a
workshop at the Blyth Festival in
August.
Two of the season’s selections,
“The Cookie War” by Kathleen
McDonnell and “The Mail-Order
Bride” by Robert Clinton under
went the workshop experience
during last year’s winter writer’s
workshops. Because the Blyth
Festival has always maintained a
strong rapport with the commun
ity, it is fitting that many of the
summer and winter workshop
sessions conclude with a public
reading of the plays. The five new
scripts workshopped at the Blyth
Festival in August involve many of
the company members as actors,
directors and stage managers.
workshop is like being an archi
tect’s assistant”, says Ron Ga
briel, Associate Artistic Director
and star of “Lucien” this season.
’’Thearchitect(playwright) ar
rives having designed this wonder
ful mansion, and over the next few
days, if you’re lucky, you feel as if
you’ve helped to paint a few walls,
hang up some curtains, re-model
the kitchen, maybe even build a
porch on the back - so by the time
the workshop ends, you’ve helped
to make the house much more
habitable and attractive and peo
ple can’t wait to buy it!”
Workshops in August include
“Dinosaurs” by Bryan Wade, the
Playwright-In-Residence this sea
son at the Blyth Festival. With
direction by Ron Gabriel and actors
Carol Sinclair, Nancy Roberts,
Andrew Wheeler and Peter Smith,
a final public reading of the play
will take place in the Blue Room on
Thursday, August 18th, 5:15 - 8:00
p.m.
Other plays being workshopped
include Thomi Root’s new script,
“Caged Birds” which is being
directed by Peter Smith. “Seven
Crosses for Uncle Bill,” directed
by Jackie Maxwell is written by
Layne Coleman who also wrote
“Blue City” for the Blyth Festival
several years ago. The workshop
takes place the week of August
22-27 and the public reading date
and time is to be announced.
“Perils of Persephone” is the
newest play by Dan Needles who
created the popular comedies
* ‘Wingfield ’ s Progress ” and “ Let
ter from Wingfield Farm”. Kath
erine Kaszas, Rod Beattie and
Doug Beattie will oversee the
workshop scheduled for the week
of August29toSeptember3. Norm
Foster’s latest play, “Jack and
Ruth at the Theatre” pokes fun at
the people behind the scenes in the
theatre and will be workshopped
during the last week of August.
“The number of our shows
(workshops and premieres) pro
duced elsewhere in Canada illu
strates perfectly how effective this
type of play development pro
gramme is”, says Katherine Kas
zas.
A rose is a rose is a rose. But
Audrey II is the bizarre and hungry
hybrid in “Little Shop of Horrors’ ’
running at the Playhouse from
August 23 to September 10.
Audrey II is being constructed
by the multi-talented Props Build
er Tom Levely from Toronto.
Her original habitat was a
down-at-the-heels Flower Shop in
skidrow Manhattan, but she
thrives in climates as diverse as
Iceland and Australia. Locally
she’s just starting a scenery
chewing stand in the zany Little
Shop of Horros musical at Huron
Country Playhouse.
Oh, and one more thing, she
demands a diet of human flesh and
blood. In fact, she swallows a man a
day just to get her going on stage!
Little Shop of Horros, a horticul
tural tale of horror plays at Huron
Country Playhouse from August 23
to September 10. For tickets and
information, call the Playhouse at
238-8451.
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