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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1981-03-04, Page 15V'- - lr Times -Advocate, March 4, 1981 Playhouse announces 10th season Not wanting to tamper with success, Huron Country Playhouse artistic director Aileen Taylor -Smith has followed a format similar to Iast season's in this year's line-up of plays. Last year the season opened with the classic Private Lives, followed by the Neil Simon comedy The Sunshine Boys, after which came the popular Same Time, Next Year, followed by a new Canadian play Free At Last, and concluded with the big time musical Annie Get Your Gun. Keeping that hit season in mind, Ms. Taylor -Smith planned her second year as artistic director. This year the season will open July 1 with a classic musical The Fantasticks. The second play of the summer will be Neil Simon's recent hit Chapter Two. Then the season moves to Arsenic and OId Lace, a long Ume favourite with live theatre. After that we'll see another new Canadian offering, Nurse Jane Goes to Hawaii, and this summer will wrap up with the big musical hit The Muslc Man. The new season was an- nounced by the playhouse Wednesday at a press party held at Sanders Tavern. At the same time plans for special events and fund raising activities were revealed. This season marks the tenth anniversary of the playhouse. Ms. Taylor -Smith said that more celebrations marking the playhouse's first decade will be an- nounced later. ENTERTAINING NEW SEASON — The Musk Man and Chapter Two ore just two hit plays planned by Artistic director Aileen Taylor -Smith at Huron Country Playhouse this Staff photo summer. CURTAIN DONATION — Secretary -treasurer of the playhouse guild Betty Hoyles presents Huron Country Playhouse general manager Marc Quinn with a cheque for $1500 to purchase black background curtains. Staff photo COTFu FEfiU WHAT DO WE DO? • WE handle Trust Company GIC's, RRSP's, IAAC's. 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He sell the instruments and uniforms, then skips town without teaching a note of music. Favourite songs such as "76 Trombones" come from The Music Man. The committee in charge of the W. Eric McIlroy Memorial will be using the playhouse June 6 to start the 1980 season. A special evening in honour of the late Eric Mcllroy is planned. On June 13, the annual Monte Carlo night will at- tract crowds to the black jack tables. Then a very special night is planned with the group Canadian Brass in concert on June 20. The quintet has toured North America extensively and even performed in China and Japan. In May 1978 they made history as the first Canadianclassical group to open a Broadway run, with their comic western "opera" Hornsmoke, written and narrated by Peter Schickele. July 20 will be the annual Patron's Night, with a free play ticket for all patrons, and a midnight breakfast. On August 2 the playhouse will hold the fifth annual art auction, and "challenge auction". Board representative Adrian Bayley announced the Wintario Arts Challenge. He said that Huron Country Playhouse was the smallest theatre to be accepted by Wintario for the challenge. Wintario will match any donations made to the playhouse above and beyond the usual donations, $2 for $1. Bayley explained that the playhouse hopes to raise $333,333 over three years which would bring the playhouse nearly $1 million. Bayley said that govern- ment grants will become increasingly difficult to obtain, and that the Wintario Arts Challenge will help make the playhouse self supporting, if the one-third million dollars can be raised. One of the fund raising plans already announced is the challenge auction. The wall to keep them apart. The youngsters, nevertheless meet and fall in love. But their parents have contrived the feud to achieve a marriage by negation. The children discover the ruse, and go their separate ways. Chapter Two is the autobiographical account of Neil Simon's marriage to actress Marsha Mason, only Huron Country Playhouse months alter the death of his much -loved first wife. This touching comedy was a hit movie last year. Joseph Kesslering's Arsenic and OId Lace is a zany comedy of crazy characters. One is Teddy Brewster, who spends most of his time under the im- pression that he's really Teddy Roosevelt and the Panama Canal runs through the cellar of his home. And then there are the sweet, puttering Brewster sisters, Abby and Martha, whose lethal brew of arsenic, strychnine, cyanide and elderberry wine has never• missed yet. Nurse Jane Goes to Hawali .was written by London native Allan Stratton. Stratton acted at Huron Country Playhouse in . the 1973 version of The Fan- tasticks. The play does not NUME uc u E 0011510 HAWA take place in Hawaii, but in suburban Toronto. Vivian Bliss, writer of Harlequin romances and creator of Nurse Jane Pringel, spends an illicit weekend with a married man and she's already missed the deadline for her new Harlequin. In The Muslc Man, Professor Hill whips up enthusiasm in small towns NEW LOGO — Gwen Smithers-Kiar of Goderich won the Huron Country Playhouse logo contest with her stylized initials. Presenting Ms. Smithers-Kiar with a life -time subscription to the playhouse was board representative Adrian Bayley. Staff photo playhouse will give a $3 bill for each donation of $1. These phony bills can be used to purchase items at the challenge auction. Bayley said that other special fund raising plans are in the works. Bayley also reported that subscription sales are way up over last year at this time. He said that 1300 sub- scriptions have already been sold. Last year at this time, He said that 1300 sub- scriptions have already been sold. Last year at this time, only 823 subscriptions had been sold, and in 1979 there were only 664 subscribers at this time. Bayley said they hope to have over 2200 subscribers this year. A subscription costs $30 for the five plays. A youth Pogo 3A (under 181 subscription is only $18. Tickets for evening performances willbe$7.50and $8.00 on Saturday evenings. Previews and matinees will be $5.50. Discounts for groups are available. Plays will open on Wed- nesday evenings and run for two weeks. The Music Man, however, will run an extra week, going into mid Sep- tember. New logo wins woman lifetime subscription A Goderich woman will be able to enjoy attending Huron Country Playhouse for the rest of her life, thanks to her artistic talent. Gwen Smithers-Kiar had the winning design in a re- cent logo contest held by the playhouse. Ms. Smithers- Kiar won a life time sub- scription to the theatre for her efforts. The playhouse asked the public to submit designs for a new logo last December. Until now, the playhouse had no symbolic representation. A sketch of the barn theatre appeared on their letterhead. but they wanted a new and unique logo. Ms. Smithers-Kiar com- bined the initials HCP for the' logo. The letter "C" forms sound waves and musical notes, symbolic of the theatre. Ms. Smithers-Kiar has had extensive training in art and graphics. and has w rked in art departments for various companies. At present she operates a free-lance art studio in her home in Goderich, but spends most of her time looking after her family. She is married with two small children. She says she would like to re-enter the work force when her children are older. She said that winning the logo contest will give her a boost when that time comes. She is looking forward to , GUARDIAN DRUGS! Prices effective till March 14th SPANSULES. BUFFERIN A SPERCREME for arthritis pain 85 gm. 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