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MICHELLE BURR
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12 —THE BLYTH SUMMER FESTIVAL ISSUE, JULY 5, 1978
Adam Redish
From a theatie family
Adair the carpenter at
the Blyth Summer Festival is
originally froth Effingham, ht
Surrey. south of London in'
land.
11 When his father got a 'job at
McMaster University in
•
Hamilton,_
show afth IThiversity that Mites
Roy, a stic director a the Blyth
Stomner 'Festival Was directing. '
At a •party after that play'
DONNA SCHMITT
Piay helps
celebrate
(Continued from, Page Ai
Before becoming Mrs. Dunlop.
Lou had dreSsed In the rough
'clothes of a servant, b,ut:with her
devated status, she changes, to
silks and satins, and nothing else'
will do, even when she's milking
the cows. The housekeeper
becomes a lady and wastes no
time in flaunting her position.
before her _fellow townspeople.
Other character's in the play
include John Galt, Jr.. and his
wife, Helen and Robert Dunlop,
the Tiger's brother; a former
naval hero who .spent Much of his
time ,at Gairbraid with his books
and collection of rare botanical
p)ants....
Galt, son of the first agent of
the Canada Company, pictured
himself a farmer and!mouthpiece
ki- the settlers' grievances, but in"
truth- he • was ,an idealist, a
member of the gentry and a poor
spokesperson for the ordinary
settler who was merely subsisting
on his Huron Tract land:
Mrs. Galt, a member of the
same soeial circle as her husband,
is the most 'normal character"
sttid Colley, in this "sea of
Li:centricity."
Adair's patientsintroduced hint to
JaMes. !who was looking for a
carpenter.
"I had my interview over lunch
with Bjarne .(th e theatre's
production manager) and here
am,'' Adair hays. •
AS the carpenter he is respon.
Guinea. The inter tit in the
theatre conies per aps from
Adair's grandmothe who was
interestingly, enougl , a director.
Burr us
adobe•
assistant asststaht „
Michelle [Tuff- is •one local girl.
,Who. will be working for the Blyth t ,SuInmer FeStival this summer. -
She conies from. Londcsboro
and as a wardrobe assistant she
hat; a lot. to keep her 'hands 'busy.
Her dutieS include the upkeep .of
the costumes. that Will he used in
the plays, assisting' with ,buying
nutterials for the 'costumes,'
: helping with the hand . and
machine sewing, doing the.
Ittualry and shining shoes when
tl'(ey decd it, She is also present at
costume fittings to' take •notes or
assist if needed.
It . was flirt:nigh',her • home
economies; teacher at Central
Honig. •High School tlia(Michelle
got the, job With the •theatre. The
teacher recommended Michelle
for •thc . position 'of- wardrobe
W aders
.addicittid •,
to, theatre
Asa production assistant with
' the. Blyth Summer Festival Liz
Haden hlts.quite.a long list el jobs
.to, keet:!her busy.
Slit wirlie in Charge -iii:Tirops
for one show—either Gwendeline
or The School Show. For the
Huron 'Figer,she will be helping in
Drops assisting Adair Rcdish on
construction, helping , Kathryn
Kiernan-Molloy with the/
costumes.
• • -.She had her first training in
Montreal-at tt--eoortmi ity.eollege
and did, two years in their.,
professional theatre... technology.
program: After that she decided
to go, to c
ompleted
.University where
She has completed two. years • of
their theatre . program and will
hopefully be going inter her third
year next fall. She has • also
Hamilton.- he• and his family stble forbu•ilding sets. along- with pa—eke:AT" hp their ' things- and I 1,
years later Adair's father Is still 'stage managing' the change, in
teaching at Mac. ,. . , t h e sets , from one show. to
Five years ago, Adair was a , another. After the Summer- _Festival —production assistant•with Theatre ,season is over, Adair has "theAquarius in Hamilton, and for ,
option of going back to the two summers after that he worked
for the Ontario Youth Theatre in
Univerity where he could super.
..vise the various empt; theatre their summer • youth program., •
Between those two summers he . ‘-• groups of which 'there arc about•
worked with ' . Alberta. Theatfe .. eigl"-tOr'''TITelltil<'ersit31:-(16es
.Projects in Calgary as • .. a two major Shows .ti .year..
technician.. . . ••• - • : Actitir would like .to work in
Theatre Aquarius again in .
For • the last two years he has • Haftl'Itim; where till his friends
worked as an .assistant technical' are.
director with McMaster. Last Ada • comes romf a family of
' year while he was ,doing. a, sh.,ow.'"'X'eVen'e Ildren onlY one of whom
. with, the layers Guild hr is tint interes ,d in theatre work. )
m...parents.'w_ere in—it , She's. :_an ...eel) ieniist in. ....Neik
Donna Schmitt collects props;
builds sets and climbs 'to lights
DOnna Santitt, 'prOduct ion
assistant for the Myth Summer
Festival .has a job that .really
necesSary. to let the shots Ito on.
She has to pick 'up the props.. •
• Al interviei‘ time, Donna Wi61.
seeking • 011ie(' hirnitnre for. the
theatre prodae f Dr; „t. tion •o ytt
Boss. '
Eventually Donna would like to. assistant. •
get Hilo painting: She had„been • Before she came to the theatre,
painting • sets at high school in :Michelle had a'steady babysitting
Kitchener .but left high school job. Her future ,ambitions
after Grade. It —and went to gOing to. hairdressing -school in
Conestoga College to ,take a short London to become' a professional
course in creating a career to give hairdresser.. ...
her an idea -Of 'w hat she' wanted to She..sa'ys if she couldn't be a
do. • hairdresser she wouldn't mind
Conestoga gave names cif • bekng a seamstress.
Places where yon 'could get.
experience told the Blyth Slimmer
Festival V1111 like people
without. experience 'kvho • were"
willing tolearn. Mom had taken.
.three art courses ill 'high :school
and when she 'was interviewed
they, agr6ed to take her on.
• As well as looking for props she
has:been helPing to build sets:
and doing a few other things as
well." Really her job entails
helping everybOdy else.
"You can't be afraid of heights
because you have to help put up
the lights," D0111141 Says. She-also
has to help the carpenter,} and the
lighting technician.
"You, just 'have to be able 'to
deal with people and willing to
slie says.
'For your
luggage needs
was taller than ,the, persen playing
the father.
"So I painted thesets instead.
Theatre hooke\me. I'm addicted
to it,"' she said of likierser-
verance in, the:theatrical field.
LIZ HADEN
Despite her interest in the
technical side of, the theatre, Liz
has no desire to appear on the
-stageand as if-to add emphasis to
this point, she says, "never
ever.",
Asked the, reason • for her
non-desire to be an actr, she
said that. in school, she had tried
out for a tree in Peter Pan and
was taller than• the rest' of the
worked , 'at the Guelph Sprintrees. She also tried out for the
Festival. -part -df the Mother in that play but
"My major .interests' are
lighting,. stage management, and
carpentry," she gays.
She held a technical assistant
position -at the sehod this year.