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THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 2004. PAGE 23.
For young theatre pro, Blyth's 'where it's at'
Coining home
Blyth native Capucine Onn is finishing school and this
summer with return to Blyth Festival to appear in two
productions this time as a theatre professional. (Citizen file
photo)
the University of Toronto.
What separates her program from
other theatre programs is that the
academic portion is done at the
' university while the practical aspect
is done through Sheridan College.
Onn says the setup is really great
and feels she gets the best of both
worlds. But what she's really excited
about is returning home in the
summer. "To come to the city and do
the school thing is great but Blyth is
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where it's at, that's when I'm
working and have that rush." Onn
said.
The two plays Onn is performing
in this season are The Outdoor
Donnellvs and Spirit of the Narmws.
Spirit of the Narrows is written by
Anne Lederman in biography style
about a Metis fiddler. Lederman
plays the fiddler when she is older
and Onn plays the character when
she is younger.
They have already had one
workshop, will be holding one more,
then rehearsals begin.
"I think it's such interesting
material and to -be able to bring
Metis fiddling to people in the area is
great. It's part of our culture as
Canadians."
In The Outdoor Donnellys Onn
plays a "myriad" of women. She
thinks the play is done in such a way
that both sides of the story are
presented for audience members to
draw their own conclusions or just
see a balanced presentation.
When it comes to- the Donnelly
story, Onn says, "It's a really closed
discussion. If you look at the records
it's questionable whether they were
that bad. It's important to show both
sides so people can know the facts."
Even though Capucine has spent
four years learning performance arts
at school she credits the Festival
with giving her the start.
At age 11 she started working with
the Young Company, which she says
"is way too young." The age now is
13. Before that she held small parts
"when they asked for community
involvement."
"I knew right away that this was
what I wanted to do. If I hadn't been
invited I would be a dentist," she
says laughing.
But she says the Festival is
important to the community for
another reason and the Young
Company has a hand in it too.
"The arts aren't looked on as a
lucrative career. Guidance
counselors dissuade you frog,
joining the arts because they just
aren't a priority. My high school
didn't even have r a drama class."
What's great about the Young
Company, Onn says, is that it's a
place to go where the arts are taken
seriously.
Onn says her work in her younger
years has been the base of and
inspiration for her training. She says
that has to do with the fact that she
worked with "great people" like now
artistic director Eric Coates and
Janet Amos:
Now that Onn is involved with the
Young Company in a leadership role
she loves being able to give back.
"When they see someone who's
gone off to school and is doing it
elsewhere they see it can be done
and that it is taken seriously ... they
get to see there are those options."
Onn says the Blyth Festival is
different because it's very nurturing
of Canadian culture, Canadian
identity, individual acting skills and
technique. So much theatre in the
city is so exclusive and so elitist. But
you can't go wrong inviting
community members into the
theatre."
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When the Festival season ends
Onn says she will probably stay in
Blyth for a bit but "it depends on
where the work is."
"It's hard because you spend four
years in an institution and then all of
a sudden it's over.
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As the Blyth Festival season
approaches so does the end of the
school year and 23-year-old
Capucine Onn will once again return
home to perform in two of this
season's plays.
Onn is just finishing her fourth
year of the four year performance
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