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Citizens News, March 31/76 - Page 9
'1776' - tribute to America - opens season
".1776", a Pulitzer Prize win-
ning Broadway musical, will lead
off the 1976 season at Grand
Bend's Huron Country Play-
house, a tribute to the American
bicentennial.
A large cast musical showing
the human and humourous sides
of the men who signed ' the
American Declaration of Inde-
pendence, "1776" will lead off
the season of four comedies and
four musicals. The ten week
season will also include such
widely varied shows as "Irma La
Douce" and "Anne Of Green
Gables".
Other presentations will be
"Star Spangled Girl", "The
Boyfriend", "Waltz of the Torea-
dors" and "Charley's Aunt".
The Huron. Country Playhouse
opens with "1776" and will
continue on until August 21.
As in other years, the final two
weeks will be repeats of the
summer's most popular product-
ions, one a musical and one a
comedy.
Playhouse director James Mur-
phy is looking for "Anne of
Green. Gables" to be one of the
two repeating performances. He
says the Canadian written play
by Don Harron and Norman
Campbell, which plays August 11
to 14, is "the Canadian musical,
period".
A new play, "Madam Chair-
man", will have its world prem -
Dashwood
By MRS. I. H. RADER
Karen and Christcne Schade
spent last week with their grand-
parents Mr. and Mrs. Glen
Webb.
Stacey Rader spent last week
with her grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Irvin Rader and Mr. and
Mrs. Gordon Scott and family.
Crediton.
Rev. and Mrs. Bruce Seebach
and family, Kitchener, spent a
couple of days with Mrs. Cora
Gaiser, Donald, Jack anal fami-
lies.
Sandra and Susan Kirk, London
spent a few days with their grand -
parer s Mr: and Mrs. Melvin
Re -,c mayor.
Mrs. Frieda Keller has been
busy lately. Sunday, March 14,
she celebrated her 68th birthday
by dining with all her children
at Sander's restaurant, Grand
Bend. The evening was rounded
out \yith a get together at the
home of George and Elaine
Keller. Others attending were
Kenneth and Shirley Keller,
Goderich; Marlene and Roland
Gibson. Komoka; Gloria and
Max Learn, Exeter; Ruth Greb.
Earl. and Kathryn Keller, and
Murray and P,.rricia Keller,
Back a
fighter.
Dashwood. Keith and Joyce
Keller, Elgin and Mabel Keller,
Karl and Margaret Keller and
Roger and Barbara Keller all
of London.
Saturday March 20, Mrs.
Keller travelled north to Timmins
via Sudbury with Mr.and MrF.
Roger Keller and Mindy to visit
with an uncle, Mr. and Mrs.
.1. Edgell. The return trip by
North Bay included a short trip
into the province of Quebec
and a look at the home birthplace
of the famous Dionne Quintu-
plets.
Mrs. Patti Sexton, Birming-
ham• ,Michigan spent the week-
end with Mrs. Della Tomlinson.
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Rader and
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Schade vaca-
tioned last week in Florida.
Mrs. Adella "Bammie"
Fisher has returned to her home
after a 10 day stay in South Huron
Hospital, Exeter.
Mr. and Mrs..Joe Bruce and
Janice Hayter of Windsor were
wekend visitors with Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Hayter and family.
Peter Chysler of Goderich
spent the weekend with his
grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Herb- I
ert Miller and family.
Easter Seals help
crippled children.
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fere at the Huron Country Play-
house from July 21-24. The play
is about the strategy of a woman
who assumes the top role in a
large corporation.
This is the fifth season for the
Huron Country Playhouse which
originally started out as a summer
outlet for a Toronto based theatre
group. After its humble begin-
nings in a tent on the B Line of
Stephen Township, the Playhouse
has gained permanence with
theatre goers and area residents
an. is heading into its second
year in the permanent barn like
theatre, constructed last year.
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Director Murphy said that the
new theatre did much for the
operation last year and the
Playhouse was looking forward to
another successful summer. Mr.
Murphy explained that due to
the fact that there were four
large budget musicals in this
years programming, the overall
Playhouse budget had jumped by
fifty percent to about $250,000.
Some changes at the Playhouse
will be noticed by theatre-
goers. Seating has been increas-
ed from 385 to 461 and a new
permanent lighting system has
been installed. The Playhouse
out-of-town tour schedule has
been cut back with each of the
productions playing on the road
only one night, the Sunday
following the week's production
at Grand Bend. During the
first half of the seasonthese will
be in Meaford and during the
second half of the season Owen
Sound will be the home of the
Sunday night productions.
Popular with patrons last year,
Stable Fare, a unique restaurant,
will be operated in the barn
adjacent to the theatre as will the
bar and boutique for arts and
crafts.
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