HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1993-08-18, Page 23Graduation
Elizabeth Van Den Assem,
nee Boven, graduated from
Redeemer College In May
1993 with a Bachelor of
Christian Studies In English
and a Bachelor of Christian
Education. She has
accepted a teaching position
at Heritage Christian School
in Beamsvllle.
50th
Anniversary
The family of Stan and
Leona Black invites you to
come and celebrate with
them their 50th Wedding
Anniversary on Saturday,
August 21, 1993 at 8:30 at
Beigrave Arena Community
Centre. Music by Terry Hoy.
No gifts, your attendance
will be your gift.
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THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1993. PAGE 23.
E ntertainment
Open House
The family of
PETER AND
DOROTHY de GRAF
Invites family, friends and
relatives to an open house
on
AUGUST 21, 1993
from 2 - 4 at
Trinity Christian
Reformed Church,
321 Suncoast Dr. E. Goderich.
Best Wishes only please
Stag e Doe
for
Maria Verburg
(rim Walden
at Blyth Arena
Friday, Aug. 27/93
Age of Majority required
Time out
Peter Smith, left and Greg Spottiswood keep the mood light during a run through for the play
Web in which they both star. Spottiswood plays a young journalist who encounters the Smith
character while on the trail of intrigue and espionage in this taut drama written by Rosalind
Goldsmith. The play is being presented at The Garage.
Actors spin 'Web' of intrigue
By Bonnie Gropp
Web, a tale of intrigue by Ros-
alind Goldsmith which opened
Tuesday, Aug. 17 in Blyth is
according to its actors, a story of
the hunted and the hunter. The
audience, they say, will have the
interesting task of deciding which
character is which.
The story involves a journalist
(Greg Spottiswood) who is putting
together the final piece of a detailed
story about covert government
operations. His investigation has
led him to a deserted house where
he finds the character played by
Peter Smith, who is somehow
involved. "All paths have led to
me. Now he has to put it all togeth-
er," says Mr. Smith.
Mr. Spottiswood says the inter-
esting aspect of the play, however
Fiddler On The Roof has played
New York, London, Toronto,
Berlin, Tel Aviv, Amsterdam,
Tokyo, Melbourne and all points in
between. Now, this acclaimed
musical is coming to Huron
Country Playhouse from Aug. 17 to
Sept. 4, (Tuesday to Saturday at
8:30 p.m.; Tuesday, Wednesday
and Friday at 2:00 p.m.).
Based on Sholom Aleichem
stories, (by special permission of
Arnold Perl), Joseph Stein wrote
the book, Jerry Bock wrote the
music and Sheldon Harnick wrote
the lyrics. Premiering on Sept. 22,
1964, it received just about all the
prizes and awards it could by the
end of its first New York season.
Fiddler On The Roof is set in
Anatevka, a small peasant town in
Czarist Russia. Its central character
Tevye, his wife Golde and their
five daughters are one of the hard-
working families of the Jewish
community, living as their
forefathers did, following the
dictates of the good book and
"tradition".
George Merner, making his
Huron Country Playhouse debut,
will play Tevye. Making her HCP
debut also is Ellen Horst who will
play Tevye's acid-tongued, but
is that as the two play a verbal
game of cat and mouse it is not
always clear who has the upper
hand. Audiences they say should
relax into the story and let the
actors worry about who's who.
"The interesting thing for the audi-
ence to realize is the struggle
between the two men."
One of the difficulties of doing
this two-person play is its intensity.
So into the characters are the two
that the crossfire repartee seems to
linger after rehearsal during the
interview. "Working over a five
hour period as we are doing can
really tax you; trying to catch all
the subtleties..." says Mr. Smith.
"There are many lines repeated.
If someone says the wrong line it's
a sling shot effect with the other
person going into another part of
the story," says Mr. Spottiswood.
loving wife, Golde.
Their three eldest daughters will
be played by Karlisa Lindbjerg
(Tzeitel), Sandra Margolese
(Hodel) and Kiri-Lyn Muir
(Chava). Diane Fabian will play
Yente, the village matchrnatcher
and busybody, who fails to make
suitable matches for the girls. Jack
Northmore (Lazar Wolf), Daniel
MacDonell (Motel), Tim Magwood
(Perchik) and Jeremy Kushnier
(Fyedka) will play the daughters'
suitors - four men, of whom only
three are successful.
Paul Aikins, Mark Candler,
Edward S. Daranyi (Assistant to the
Choreographer), Martin (Dance
Captain) Debora Joy and Jeremy
Kushnier will re-create the stirring
dances.
John McHenry, HCP's Public
Relations Director, will take to the
stage in the title role, although not
the leading role, of The Fiddler.
This production of Fiddler On
The Roof will be directed and
choreographed by HCP Artistic
Director, Max Reimer. John M.
Karr returns as music director
while Gloria Day is production
stage manager.
Order tickets by calling 238-
6000.
"Also, the world of the play is
morally dubious," says Mr. Smith.
"The vibe in the room is peculiar
by the end of the day."
He explains, "I live in this partic-
ular world, a home in a small town
with my wife and kids. Rosalind
has done a lot of research before
this play and knows that these
worlds exist. To think that it's actu-
ally fairly common when you live
in an insular environment is what's
fascinating."
Though the play was inspired by
the Iran-Contra affair, both men say
it is not a political play but rather a
play about the characters' roles in
the event.
"It's about truth and how often it
can be difficult to grasp it," says
Mr. Smith. "Then when you do you
begin to wonder if you really want-
ea to Know..
"It's a story about learning too
much," says Mr. Spottiswood.
Set in the round at the Festival's
alternate venue The Garage Theatre
Web's visual attraction lies mainly
in the nuances of the actors. While
the play's text was originally devel-
oped for radio, Mr. Spottiswood
says it is not a radio play any
longer. "I would like to think that
you can't turn the lights down and
get the same feeling. You get
something out of watching the
actors."
Watching the actors should be
easy too, due to their proximity to
the audience. "It's not that this play
couldn't have been done on the
main stage," says Mr. Spottiswood.
"It's just an opportunity to do dif-
ferent styles. The audience can
experience it best in this space.
They could reach out and touch us.
It is much more intimate."
BUCK & DOE
Paul Coultes &
Kim Carey
Saturday,
August 28th
at Beigrave Arena
Call: 357-2085
or 528-2499 for tickets
Love Brenda, Mom & Dad,
Melinda, Eileen, Nancy &
Henry, Koos & Rita
`Fiddler' plays at Playhouse