B12 Terrace Review — Wednesday, April 18, 1990 si tL i psa Michel Tremblay’s foun Your, — {lus te mons by Scat Wilson Special performance Weduesiay, April Wf General admission $6 / Regular pertermances:Ihursday,April 19; Friday, April 20 barat Ut General admissiva $4 MeCell Playhusse Tickets avallzble al SighlS Sauud-Bated MATUEI Production of this community theatre poster has been made possible by a gtant from the TERRACE INN (formerly the Terrace Hotel} 4551 Greig Avenue. The TERRACE INN fealuras tha new Kermodai Dining Room, Bed & Breakfast Plan, daily bulfet luncheon specials MATURE and “Attar &"* wind-down with complimentary hors d'oeuvres, City approves annual arts grant Community organizations belong- ing to the Terrace and District Arts Council are the Kleanza Music Educators. Association, Northwest Terrace city council has approved a $6,500 grant.for this year’s oper-. ation of the Terrace and District Arts Council. It’s consistent with past city support of the Arts Coun- cil, which provides: an umbrella group for 14 arts organizations in Terrace. In addition to supporting these various groups, the Arts - Council also funds special com- munity events as well as individ- uals through a scholarship prog- ram. ‘Major productions sponsored by the Aris Council in 1989 included local performances of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, the Vancouver Symphony and Kokoro Dance. Community College Students Association, Northwest Singers, Pacific Northwest Music Festival . Association, R.E.M. Lee Theatre Alive Society, Terrace Art Assoc- iation, Terrace Children’s Festival, Terrace Comunity Band, Terrace Concert Society, Terrace Little Theatre, Terrace Pipes and Drums Society, Terrace Regional Museum Society, Terrace/Thormhill Band Parents’ Association and the Ter- race Writers Guild. Local search for country music talent winds up Saturday On Saturday, April 21, the finalists in the Country Music Talent Search will perform at the Northern Motor [nn, com- mencing at 5 p.m. The nine contestants are: Dave Mac of Terrace, Chuck Robinson of Terrace, Sandy Mroch of Dease Lake, Christine Inkster of Terrace, Kathy Han- son of Kitimat, Mehrzad Vehedi of Terrace, Monique Gartland of. Terrace, Candace.Jakesta of ‘Terrace; and Davy’ Armstrong Of. Terrace. The one winner of this North- - west competition will travel, all expenses paid, to the regional competition in Kelowna on May 12, and then possibly on to the provincials to be held in Van- couver on June 23. Also performing during the final night in Terrace will be past years’ winners Doug Phair of Topley, and Davy Armstrong, Karin Ljungh and Jimmy Larkin, all of Terrace. Organizer Karin Ljungh of. CIFW says ‘‘it’s been totally successful.’? We seem to be a talented crew in the Northwest. Enjoy the music on the 21st, No Problem begins ru n at McColl Playhouse ~ No Problem was a co-winner of the 1988. off-Broadway original: short play festival. It will be performed at the McColl Playhouse on April 18, 19, 20 and 21, together with Forever yours, Marie-Lou. i No Problem is the first play in a trilogy written by playwright and actress Catherine Butter- field, The other two, Chemistry and The Life in Trees, have yet to be published. When No Prob- lem was first performed at the Samuel Beckett Theatre in New York, Catherine Butterfield herself played the character Paula. Paula is a slightly goofy aspiring actress who arrives late for a lunch date with her old friend Terry. One wonders if Catherine created Paula from her own experiences, and if the other characters have real-life models. Local director of No Problem Gordon Oates spoke with Lara Tessaro, a disciplined early riser Thirteen-year-old ;. Lara Tessaro has been doing speech. arts off and on since Kinder- garten, She remembers from Kindergarten her first lyrical poem, about a farmer.. She dressed the part and even brought a hoe! From Kinder- . garten to Grade 4, Lara was also involved in choral speaking (the whole class doing a recitation of a piece) at Veritas School. -Lara is now in Grade 8 at Skeena. She will soon be travel- ling to the B.C. Festival of the Arts as an alternate to Glenys George in junior speech arts. Lara explains that normally alternates perform only if the main competitor is ill. Lara thinks there will be an alternate concert this year at the B.C. Festival of the Arts, to be held in Saanich May 23 to 27. In the Pacific Northwest Music Festival speech arts, Lara performed a dramatic scene, a lyrical poem, and an original composition. Her original com- position is titled ‘“‘The Rope Swing’; The expression in Lara’s face and voice when she presented the piece denotes the fact that she had written about a very personal experience. The piece relates a story about friends, fear and fun on “‘that flimsy piece of string’’, a rope swing. Lara’s mother Judy is on the speech arts committee of the Northwest Music Festival. She proudly notes, “I always knew she was good at writing. She started little ditties in Grade 1.” Lafa agrees. that original com- position is her best area. The ad- judicator of the Northwest Music Festival confirmed it with the presentation of the Albert Ss... Catherine Buttefield . in New York last week. She was excited that her play was going to be produced in Terrace. Gordon was so pleased to talk with her that he forgot to ask the origins of the play. Oates, directing his first play, calls it ‘‘a challenge, something new and different. It’s a real change from acting.”? Gordon Oates recently acted the role of Brownie in ‘“‘The Art of War’. Oates says he’s always looking for ways to bring out the various aspects of the play as he sees them, through the actors. He finds directing similar to manag- ing people in everyday life. He says it’s the same task of work- ing with people to their best potential. He finds there’s a bigger time commitment as an actor, but more facets to deal with as a director, with more roles to manage. Gordon wanted to broaden his own caperience and opportunities for new actors and crew by directing this play. Also, Gordon has a full-length play which he would like to direct at some later date. He says, “This is a stepping stone to that.” When casting for No Prob- lem, Oates first considered voice and then physical characteris- tics. | Paula Baruch will play Terry, a cool, suave, together businesswoman, Karla Hennig will play Paula, the actress. Oates says the hardest role to cast was that of the waiter. He had to look the part and have the right attitude. Alan Weston will play the waiter. Gordon Oates has this piece of advise, “If you want to be an actor, stay an actor. If you want to bea director, you should have some acting experience.” Gor- don feels he would be much harder to work with as an actor now that he’s had directing ex- perience. Lara Tessaro is tha Northwest Zone alternate performer in junior speech arts for the B.C. Festival. She hopes an altemate concert will give her the chance to show her talents. Wong Memorial trophy for highest mark in Original Poetry composition. Lara usually practises. alone. ‘And she says her mom ‘“‘tries’’ to give advise. In preparation for her dramatic scene presenta- tion in the Music Festival, Lara had coaching from Gord Sheri- dan, an actor and a real estate agent, She says working with him was inspirational. Lara is an honor roll student at Skeena. Her favorite subjects are Social Studies and politics. She would like to go into political science or become a commercial pilot. Besides her speech arts in the Music Festival, Lara also competed in three piano events this year. She has competed in piano for. four years. Last year, she played trumpet in the Grade 7 band. Lara usually starts her busy day at 6:30 a.m. Her father adds, ‘‘She sometimes starts to wander at 5 a.m,”’ Lara catches the 8:15 bus to school. She’s home about 3:30. Then she - watches a littl¢é TV, practises piano and does her homework. If there's still time, she goes over to the neighbors to play on their trampoline. Lara’s mom says, ‘Lara is very -self-disciplined. She’s a perfectionist. We don’t need to push her like someone else we know in this room,” as she looks pointedly at Lara’s brother Mark. Mark is also a Music Festival competitor and . an honor roll student.