The Lucknow Sentinel, 1998-08-05, Page 5Roulston s play ta Ides issue
from the '90s in a comic way
by David Emile
Jot% Dohs, Jabs is both
the promise of the mayor
and the name of the play in
which he appearsin the
Blyth, Festival production
of Keith . RoulstQn's latest
work:..
When jobs, nabs, Jobs
opens on Aug. 6, it wilt
mark Rouiston`s, fourth
solo effort as a playwright
for the Blyth stage.
A founder of the
Festival, .Roulston, while.
being a playwright, is also
the. t:urarent president ot•the
theatre's board of three-
. tors.
The Festival staged' his
comedies The Shortest
Distance Between • `Lou
Points in. 1977, and His
Own . Boss and
MeCrillicuddy's Lost
Weekend followed in 1978.
and 1979 respectively.
•Reuiston also ce-wrote
Another Season's Promise
with. the Festival's current
.. artistic •director Anne
Ctisiett. • This play
-appeared on the Festival
stage during both the 1986
and 1957 seasons;
With his new play, ..
Roulston said he is making
"sort of a return to" The
Shortest Distance Between,
Tiro Points andis Own
Boas in that, he is'"tackling
serioat. tidings irk. a g' kP,
way'
Jobs is: set in the fkctien
al town of Wtndstead, "It's
a town of. 3,000 or so,": the •
.playwright •stated, .noting
this town is mere of a
Clinton, or a Winghamn,
than a Blyth. This town.has.
an empty board of eduea-
tion,. building, 'elope,.: with
air empty factery; While
the factory in the play, is a
cannery; Roul'stort stated`
Thathe had in uaind the for
,fuer; piano factory, which
was located in Clinton,
'Giving a brief descrip-
tion' of the ,,play, .Roulston
noted that • Windstead was
hard hit by the loss, of the
Qannery,, which moved to
Mexico. A businessman in
town,. however. feels that if
only hie had • the; time, he
Could run the town better
than anyone etre, and get
Wind"stead back on its feet,
and he wins the nnayer's.
seat ' on the eamipaign
promise. -ok' -"jobs, jobs,.
jobs".
"Ffe kinds it's a little hard
to deliver," Rouiston said,
Rob Bundy, publicist for
the Festival, explained that
Thomas Fiauff •will portray
Windstead's. • mayor.
Theatre=goers inay ,have,
already • caught Rauff's
portrayal of another mayor
on the -Festival 'stage this
year in Yesteryear,
- "Tont is just. perfect • for
Bundy, in the play. Por.
trays the waiter at a, classy
country inn, which, he said
Parallels the Ben.tnilier
Inn. "Having worked at the
.Ben.miller Inn in high
sehupl. I've come full c,ir '
cle," he said.
While Jobs is now in ;the
rehearsal stage, it hasbeen
a play, that has been a long
time in development,, •
Roulston noted Attefind
written two drafts before it
was workshopped ' two
years ago, He then did a
few quare drafts, before it
was workshopped in
November and "December
of that year, and since that
time,' he has been working
nuttgam
the part, Roulston said.
"The uutyer is
dynamic...fuli of energy."
While the play looks at
the fears,people have in the
'90s, such as downsizing,
globalization and amalga-
mation; Roulston noted
there is "also a very nme
1Q'(0. $t4rY iby4lved,"
Bundy, while working as
publicist for the Festival,
will also be taking .'an.
active part in : R.oulsten;'s
play. While he has written
and acted. in fundraisers.for
the Festival; such as Come
Beek:: to the• 'Gym
: MaryLQu, Mary,Lou, 'and
Waiting For 0; Doe, his.
role as ."The Waiter" will
mark: his; professional: act-
ing debut.. •
Wort ing on the profes-'
sional stage :in .Blyth,
I3tindy said, is a :"wonder-
ful opportunity". With the
strength of the east in Jobs.,
he said, "Even just watch-
ing them is a joy, To work
with them is a dream Colne •
true."
froni page 4.
„Ecuador olio having nothing," said, Vichy
The group raised over $3.O0U,
Come January, Vicky and Roger will•'be taking a
mission Grip to Ecuador through 1Vien for Missions
International. Thoy'll • be part -of a crew, of=10.who will
,work. on a project that involves. renovation and mainte-
nance to a $ible school ini Guayaq;,uile. The crew
.indludestwo carpenters, two electricians, two
plumbers and four general workers, Vicky, says she's
one of the "generals.'r
Men for Missions International' was formed; in 1954
and is the '.laymen's, .voice of oriental Mi;siotiar',y
SSoeiety, that was formed in 1901. Mon for Missions. is
dedicated.,to, spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ by
'providingpractical support for GMS missionaries inn
11 countries around the World.. Work :teams comprise
part of that•goal
•
OD the script with Chislett.
"Writing, for the stage is
so precise," the playwright
noted, adding,: , that
although he has been
"hanging around" the the-
atre for over 20' years, this
time around he has learned
much by working with
Chislett •
He noted, for example,
that he has. been workin •
on writing tines that will
trigger a response :from
another character,; along,
with building beats,.
where -in a conflict ir! char-
acters' dialogue continues
until one person wins,
"`1 have had a. real course
in that;" . he said, frroth:.
Chislett, over the• past two
years. "Even now, Anne
sits in rehearsal, leans`
over, and says cut that line,.
half aline t'
• He added thak; Chislett<. is.
Q. attuned . to' theatre,.. arid,
know& how to keep "the•
rhythm flowing in a script.
"Anything not- :adding is
subtracting," he: said;:
•
•
•
•
Bondy pointed out that
aside from work On' the
script, and the• perfor-
mance of the n tors, the
work of namy .people
behind the scenes is impar.•
tont to mounting a prcailuct,-
tion. He mentioned specif-
ieally the; work of set and
costume designer V Clutha.
Wallace, whti looks at
every tiny detail, from how
a costume will move on a
shatacter, •to how it looks,
to whether the t"httracter
will. be comfortable in that
costume.
Roulston added that
Wallace works with . the
actors, and,. "A lot • of the
time, it is those things that
help an actor thrid . their
part,"
He noted that „Wallace
brought in a set model for
the actors to see, and.
:showed them where there
would be, a fireplace to
learn on, and where there.
would be: a 'counter en the
actual set; •
"lt is choreographed so
well," Bundy said, noting.
for example that actors
will know that when they
pickup a,glass on the set, it.
istime to •deliver a certain
line. '
Roulston added that such
chorepgraphy is. rtecessary,
as the play will feature a:
split stage. Half of the
stage will bean inn, whtla:.
the other will be; the,.
m.un,icipal office of
Winstead With sbt actors
at times during the play en
half the stage, he .noted:
that without. choreography,
actors would ;be getting in
each other'sway. or block-
ing the view- of the : audi-
ence.
The work .of the many
,people involved in putting
the play on the stage. from.
the writers, to the, • actors,
and frarn designers to car
penters will .all be brought
together when the play is
Officially 'opened on the:
Blyth•, Festival stage on
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