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The Huron Expositor, 1978-07-06, Page 35;1, ANNE ROY AnnaRoy hors "done it all" This is• Anne Roy's fourth year at the'Blyth Summet Festival and as she says. 'Anne Roy has done it Although she currently bolds the title of associate director, Antic first worked' at the theatre as an administrator, which means she did everything,,, including !minting sets. Two years ago, she also worked as an administrator . „LW-directed the children's show l'r)r somebody who can fill two/ roles or at least someone who looks like they have the dedica- tion, and ability to fit into the company in Blyth for a' season. This year, Anne is spending much more time in the theatre office than she has previpusly. Anne Roy• has indeed, done it:, all. Best Wishes tathe _Bum SUMMER FESTIVAL From aitdon SINCE 1894 factory 'VOW THEa ORIGINAL TELEPHONE 523-9566 (Area Code 519) Old 111111 ,it30or Guilt, WOOL` LEATHER PRODUCTS. Betinion- IN 'ElLY'r1-1,: . 44141 ;A 11'1411 at the railway tratke. '• 1-%A LI A Landmark in. 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Then she did three years . at the National Theatre School,. in Montreal from which she just graduated this May: .. She has done a workshop at the, National Film Board in Montreal in Which.' She- was developing script ideas that could potentially be, made intohildren's films. c Last summer as Kate's first in Blyth. The s miner before that she worked at the Stratford Festival' in the box office. While working in Stratford she heard about the theatre in Myth, came to visit and really liked the company. -- "It was wonderful to see the interaction between the theatre and the community," Kate says. When artistic director James Roy camp Montreal, Kate auditiOned for him and that is how she cathe to the theatre last year. "Turkey „had , been really. •,,D. exciffrig•i . so I- came back , " Kate says. When asked about her acting method, Kate says,' 'The training I had at the Theatre' School was classically oriented. It was one Although he's, only 30 years of age. Clark 'Rogers has had ' experience directing jplays in ,---------theattes all across Canada. —This includes a position 'as an assistant director at the Stratford Festival Theatre, the Neptune Theatre, the Manitoba Theatre - Centre, .resident director of Theatre Calgary and many many more. For the last three or four years he, has been working with Theatre Passe M \uraille as' a director and a 'drama turge which means he works with the writers on scripts. He has also directed some things for CBC. He recently won an award from the Ontario Arts Council for a script that he is writing. Ear the last little while he has been concentrating on his work as a director on the development of.. new plays. CLARK ROGERS that tried to relax • the actor physically and mentally, so you. approached the character throne! that. I guess coming to it. through yourself is the .thing that you would do, because you're your own greatest tobl. You're your only tool as an actor," •, • "I think they tried to teach. many different approaches' and you found a conglomeration. You used a bit of each and came up with a, system that • worked for you:' she adds. Orher own-Method of-acting, Kate says, '''1,guess 1 try' to come to it from' myself. I think probably an,aPproach is something it takes years to 'develop. "Your approach changes as you change as an actress-and-as a- person. It's . hard for me. to say just having'graduated. know it will be a learning process, for me:. a growth." • Kate had done a production for CBC television entitled : Tyler which is one of the shows in the program, For • The Record,. tor he aired next fall. • r "There's a pleasure that you get from performing onstage that I don't think 'you get from TV," Kate says. .' • .. . '"In theatre the character feeds itself. In film or TV you Ataye learn to keerydilif-eitergy up." "I think actors can change from one media to the other. I think it's. a myth that says'we ''she, adds. "That's a hard road,. meeting the right people, taking the right. risks;" she says. Besides the .theatre, Kate's , other love is her two cats. 'She'll. be going to Manitoba after . the Blyth season is over to be in a production of Midsummer Night's Dream and :as. for futpre • plans, well Kate says she'd 'probably come, back to B1 ,44f asked. Clark got his • theatre • experience, the old fashioned way-learning from others and hard :experience: - "I got my training 'right in the theatre working backstage, watching how ether people did it, It was more sort of an apprentice- 'ship than anything," Clark said, Asked about his future ambitioni for the theatre, Clark says "to improve it." After the Blyth summer Festival season is over he plans to go back to work on his film script the 'locale of ' which is Perth f_ounty. Congratulations to the • .BLYTH SUMMER FESTIVAL from OLYMPIA • Restaurant Brussels For Tasly Meals at — ° Family Prices - Open daily from 6 a.m Sunday from 7:30 cad Clark has worked withCBC he aoditions actors for the new leos,/rjA season. ' Anne did a lot of reading thi& Year for-. PsINIttial . plays: and was also working. on two. of her own Wheiryon audition 'people, she ,':-says,, you 'go down. with the parts yini have in Mind. You're looking 'Turkey. Last - year she, 'did, an admirable job of adapting'. larry Boyle's novel, A ' Stinunet Burning, ' for .production. . She also-gets-involved in all the • events the theatre holds after the_lbo Sommer Festival 'season is' over. • Wino:. the winfei:" she helps husband. artistic director- James C-41. 0. 4Roy, plan for the Festival's new' .4 season and gni.ss with him when' MARNI WALSH Morn' Walsh to study theatre Although she. will just be going, to Grade 13 in the fall,,-Marni Walsh from Blyth who is working as an administrati've and production assistant at the Blyth Summer, Festival this year, . already has ambitions toward , a -career in theatre. - .Meanwhile, in her present job though, Marni helps in ' the theatre office, sews costumes, • and will . probably .be 'helping production ,imanager Bjarne Christensen with props. She will also work in the.box office as well _ 'up --atid-taking down sets. . . Marni, who worked at' the . theatre as, a volunteer last year, plans to go to drade 13 and then continue her education at York . University in theatre. Marni has alreadY" gotten .a , start on her chosen career as she played the part of Goldie 'in the F.E. Madill. Secondary ' School production of 'Fiddler on the Roof. She has been in quite a few plays in high schbol and has also worked with the Wingham Towne 'Players.