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“for: drama. His answer is Curse

ofthe Starving Class, and it sounds like drama with: a ven-

“geance. .

“-Barnswell is directing the pro- “duction for the Terrace. Little - Theatre, and it will be one of “tWwO.s Terrace. entries. in the ?Skeena.Zone Drama Festival to be held in Kitimat at-the end of

“ April, He thinks it has an excel- ~ ent chance of winning, in which ase it will represent the zone in

“the B.C. Festival, scheduled for

~ the end of May in Kelowna.

- The four-member cast is cur-

’ ently. rehearsing four nights a

“week to prepare the Piece, The ‘Terrace run will-be nine per- --formances on three weekends in “thie McColl Playhouse: three “sneak previews” April 20-22 and’ ma2in-runs May 11-13 and “18-20.

. Curse of the Starving Class is . ‘a full-length, three-act play that -won author Sam Shepherd an .. off-Broadway award in 1977 for “the script alone. Barnswell Says it’s the first time such an award was presented without the play “being” produced, The plot is an _ extended description of inter-

Daniel ‘Barnswell says “Jocal _-theatergoers have been asking’

play and dialogue among a four- member family. Barnswell describes, the play

asa tragedy, although he notes -

that there are humorous ep sodes strewn throughout” i

“It’s a tragedy, but the vie ters don’t realize it. The play deals with what I. guess you could call the modern. nuclear ‘family, but it centers around betrayal, the manner in which

our society encourages people to . have a dream and then takes |

that dream away,’’ he said.

The family in question con- - sists of an alcoholic father

‘played by. Alexis Maikapar (fa- miliar to local audiences as the Cowardly Lion in the TLT’s production of The Wiz), Merry Hallsor as his wife, M.B. Wes- ton as the son and Connie Sil- viera as the daughter.

This is not light family enter- tainment, “It’s emotionally ex- hausting for the audience,’ ‘Barnswell says. “It actively en- gages the audience, really takes them for a ride. No one will feel ambivalent about this play.”

And ‘the production is going well — Barnswell says, ‘“‘The quality is right up there. Even if some of the audience don’t like

~ Cancer detection unit _ slated for replacement

The: manimography unit at

“ - Mills Memorial Hospital will be

_Teplaced, but who will end up _ Paying for the unit remains to be “seen.

. -Under the present arrange- ment, the Kitimat-Stikine Re- “gional Hospital District board

“of directors has approved a

‘grant-in-aid for $23,585 for the -spurchase of a Senographe 600T “system. This represents 25 per-

scent of the full purchase price,

cand the balance will be paid by '.the Ministry of Health. :

The board, however, doesn’t

‘believe they should be paying 25 percent and they have sent a _«:letter' to the Ministry’s legal department asking for an inter- ‘pretation of the Disbursements --section of the Hospital Insur- ance Act. According to the re- ~ gional district. health care ad- -‘ministrator, Judy Tracy, mam- mography units are eligible for 100° percent funding but the ‘ministry has based their decision on a different section of the act which allows only 75 percent funding.

Tracy points out ‘that one section of the act states that 100 percent funding is available ‘‘where the minister determines that the equipment is to be used in providing a diagnostic mam- mography service’’, but another section, the one used by the ministry, offers 100 percent funding for the initial purchase of a unit only and 75 percent for the replacement of an existing unit. A mammography ut unit is used in the detection of breast cancer but according to MMH execu-

tive director Norm Carelius, the |

existing unit is not sufficiently sensitive for early detection of breast tumors. For this reason, says Carelius, replacement has been given the highest priority by the MMH radiologist. ‘‘As we will be required to continue providing a regional service for mammography, I urge the Re- gional Hospital District to ap- prove the 25 percent funding share at their earliest conven- ience,’’ Carelius stated.

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aed the faint of heart - a

the content ‘of the play, -they won’t be able to knock the production.””

This is the third TLT produc-

Térrace Review — Wednesday, April 12, 1989 1

tion Barnswell has been involved [ie

with.. He was in the cast of Mother'and Fathers and played Lucifer in The Creation and the Fall of Lucifer for which he won best. actor in last year’s Zone Drama Festival; the play went on to represent the Zone at Mainstage °88 in Victoria. He has lived in Terrace fora year

and half (he’s originally from

here) and has 10 years of back- ground | in theater. ~

“People intending to see the play are’ advised to get their

' tickets soon — set arrangements

will occupy a portion of the McColl Playhouse where the au- dience normally sits, so each showing is limited. to about 50 seats,

Tickets are being sold at Sight and Sound.

Darshan Parmar’s contribution to the city was recognized last week during a special presentation by acting mayor Danny Sheridan. Parmar began working for the city on April 22, 1971. His retirement date actually came up several mon- ths ago, but he agreed to stay on staff an extra six months

to train new staff.

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