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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1987-03-04, Page 2PAGE 2 —GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1987 ifir410-0.• 1Nottdi g 1,0 Showease• '87 PHOTOGRAPHY THE PICTURE PEOPLE 31 West St., Goderich 524-2881 litivoir Ittormitilter Sunday, Mai°011* 200 FREIE ADMISSION FRANKENMUTH April 26 CAN -CAN Centre In The Square Kitchener April 28 NASHVILLE May 15-18 Robin Hood Tours 52445413 Goderich, Ontari THIS EEKS SPECIAL Co unit lay . ' ad By LOU -ANN HOPE There wasn't a dry eye in the house at the conclusion of the Goderich Little Theatre's GLT) spring production of Paul Zindel's award-winning drama, "The Effetts of Gamma Rays on Man -in -the -Moon Marigolds". The highly -dramatic interpretation of the Zindel's novel by director Steve Ballaatine, a professional whose talents were acquired through the Canadian Actor's Equity pro- gram, was one which left the audience thinking about the issues discussed and, more often than not, teary-eyed. Starring in the all -female production were local actresses Jacki Rau, Diane Siemon, • Terri Drennan, Ruth Leonard, Rebecca Penn and Melanie Hollingsworth. The Effects of Gamma Rays on Man -in - the -Moon Marigolds" takes place in Kens- ington Market in Toronto and centers on the youngest member of the Honsdorfer family, a young girl by the name of Tillie Honsdorfer and her science project involv- ing marigolds and their exposure•to Cobalt 60. However, the project is only the play's front for a dramatic look at the mother - daughter -sister relationships between Tillie( played by Jacki Rau), her mother Beatrice (Diane Siemon) and older Sister Ruth ( Terri Drennan) , 'The first step Ballantine made in staging the play was to re -locate the American play by setting it in Kensington Market in Toron- to. Other locations mentioned throughout the play were also changed. Through the play, the audience learns of Beatrice's trials and tribulations as a single mother trying to• raise two young girls on her own in,a unkept house while not having any income except from Nanny, an old lady who boards with the family. As the mother, Beatrice tries to control everything and everyone around her. With Nanny she had no problem since she just sat amd stayed 'silent. Daughter Huth wasn't a problem either since she could be bought off with a cigarette or two. But it was Tillie who gave her mother the hardest time since she was everyting Beatrice wasn't and because of this, Beatrice takes out her frustration with her shortcomings and inability to cope with reality on everyone around her. 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Goodman, Tillies science' teacher, about Tillie and Ruth show how she. • likes to control everything around her. 'Siernon's portrayal of Beatrice when she has too much to drink, which leads to her murdering . Tillie's pet rabbit, was so believable it drew gasps of horror from the audience. In her first performance with the GLT. • la -year-old Jacki Rau as Tillie is already' a • seasoned actress, since she has perforrned "Shop the area's best selection" 0010 OFF 2 DAYS ONLY Thurs., March 5 & Fri., March 6 'Jigsaw Puzzles Board Games 0 0Ic OFF 750 ml. Bottle Pepsi / Diet Pepsi Canada Dry ,Gihgerale 1 Neilson's 200 gram. Willo Packs 'slowpokes "golden buds ecoolmints •nut fudge clusters *macaroons 49 Ak SAVE IP 404 s plu tax & dep. Cottonelle, 4 Roll Pkg. Bathroom Tissue 200 ., Potato grAss't. 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Seventeen-year2old Terri Drennan, a member of the Goderich District Collegiate Institute drama club, perfornied well in her • first play for the GLT. • As Ruth, the older sister, . Drennan had, perhaps a harder time of - making her character §eem.as real and believable to the • audience as did Rau and Siemon since her character's emotions changed so rapidly. Drennan,: in what must„have been a hard role to play, showed the many different aspects of Ruth all Within minutes of each other: Ruth went from being, "sweet as sugar" to get a cigarette, to. verbally abus- ing both sister and mother, tohaving epilep- 'tic seizures upon discovering the dead rab- bit. HoWever, in the end, Drennan's first performance with the GLT was a good, solid . beginning to a promising future in acting. Nanny, the quiet, little old lady that never" . said "Boo!" was portrayed by Ruth Leonard— Although she had no speaking parts; her presence on the stage was not overlooked. .Her facial expressions and lit- tle actions were what made the part of Nan- ny come alive. . Perhaps her funniest mo- ment on stage was when she stole a drink of whiskey from. Beatrice's bottle instead of drinking her hot water and honey so "carefully" prepared by Beatrice. . Rebecca Penn filled the part of Janice Vickery, a school acquaintance of Tillie and Ruth's, and whose science project was up. against Tillie's for top honors at the science. fair. , , . • On stage for about five minutes, Penn made her presence known. Her portrayal of ' the self-centred and snobby young•girlpho enjoyed boiling the skin off of a cat was effective. The Bell Ringer, portrayed by Melanie-, Hollingsworth, wasthe second character with no lines. In portraying the timer for the speech section of the science contest, Holl- ingsworth's motions and facial expresssions more than made up for the lack of a speak- ing part. The stagehands are to be commended on their participation in the play. They manag- ed • to change. the scenes without being distracting: Lighting and sound techniques were also original. A thunder and lightning storm was created with the help of tin sheets, strobe lights and taped -rain sounds. A glitter ball was .used during Tillie's solilo- quies on science and the atom to help the au- dience imagine the atom.I The play which ran for four consecutive .nights, from Feb. 25 to 28 at The Livery, delivered entertainment which rnade'the au- dience stop and think about a variety of issues. 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