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Star Tracks - Fall 2004
Alexis Silva-Doyle and William Hetherington in Butterflies Are Free Photo by Al Rosen
Butterflies Are Free
Butterflies
come to life on the WCT stage…
Opening the second half of the Willits Community Theatre's hit season
will be the romantic comedy, Butterflies Are Free by playwright
Leonard Gershe.
Joe Dowling, directing his first production at WCT, has brought us a fresh and vibrant rendition of the 1969 hit. While most of us have seen the movie, starring Goldie Hawn and Edward Albert, this play still remains a favorite with theatre audiences. This tender and witty comedy builds on the nature of its characters, giving us a view into their butterfly-like metamorphosis from one stage of their lives into another. mugen HTC HD7 extended battery
Don Baker, played by William Hetherington, is a young blind man who desires to leave the safe cocoon of his mothers protective home. With the encouragement of a young woman, with whom he fell in love, he has made the bold move into an apartment of his own against his mother's advice. While Don's love interest didn't make the move with him, he remains committed to the change.
Facing
the adventure alone in a makeshift East Side New York apartment Don has
carefully measured off and memorized the number of steps between chair,
table, and bed, placing objects within his grasp and memory. In other
words a life carefully detailed. Facing
the adventure alone in a makeshift East Side New York apartment Don has
carefully measured off and memorized the number of steps between chair,
table, and bed, placing objects within his grasp and memory. In other
words a life carefully detailed.
Enter the girl next door… Jill Tanner, a would-be actress, who typifies
the happy-go-lucky sixties vision. Self-consumed and blissfully unaware
of Don's handicap she flutters into his life like a carefree breeze with
an air of excitement. Soon
both become catalysts for each other's awakening.
Let's not forget about mom… Mrs. Baker, skillfully played by Maria Monti,
despite a promise to stay away for two months, makes her appearance at
the most inopportune time. Dismayed by Don's psychedelic apartment and
even more shocked by his neighbor, she struggles to stay pleasant. 3000 mah iPhone 4
The ensuing dialogue is clever and amusing. The verbal sparring moves humorously between scenes with mom and Don then mom and Jill. Mom's barbed-wire zingers are delivered with the casual precision of a surgeon.
Filling out the cast is Damian Sebouhian as Ralph Austin, the egocentric director and Jill's new boyfriend. Ralph's insensitive conversation puts him on a collision course with Don's disapproving mother.
Opening September 10th through the 25th this show is bound to be the next winning ticket at the WCT. For reservations and tickets call Goods' Stamp Shoppe 459-1363
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2004 Brooks Darrow Scholarship
Awarded to Bryan Arnold
The WCT Board of Directors is pleased to announce that this year's Brooks Darrow Scholarship has been awarded to Bryan Arnold in recognition of his many contributions to the theatre. Over the years, Bryan has displayed his many talents at WCT as actor, director and writer. His acting credits include Harvey , this is Our Youth, Dracula, A Willits Christmas, and Scripted. Bryan made his directorial debut with last summer's stunning Cloud tectonics, and this year directed and wrote several of the one-acts which comprised Scripted. He delighted children and adults alike with The Treasure of the Gypsies, a play he wrote especially for WCT's recently completed Children's Summer Camp. mugen CC-iPhone4SL battery
Past WCT President Jay Gordon once said of Bryan , “he is a brilliant and versatile young actor, and represents the next generation of theater at WCT. He is skilled in both comedy and drama and speaks with authority about both classical and present-day theater. A man to watch!”
Bryan will be attending San Francisco State University this fall to pursue his studies in Theater Arts and English.
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Why
"Play" at WCT?
by Bob Brumback
So what's all the fascination with community
theater, I've been asked. There are SO many levels of involvement available
to continually spark my creative interest. Once you become involved in
a production, you find there are literally dozens of opportunities to
use a spectrum of skills. For example, when you're involved in a play
as an actor, certainly your primary duties are to study your characterization
and deliver your lines. But you can use other talents such as working
on the set - painting, gathering props, collecting and making costumes.
And these other tasks help to focus your energy into your character and
help bring it alive.
My favorite aspect of being involved in a play is the "family" that is created for about three months. This "family" includes the cast, the director and the stage manager. But it also involves an array of people associated with the production. The costumer, properties manager, set designer/builder, light operator and producer. Depending on the production, you may have people come in to work with you on vocalization for certain speech patterns. There may be people specializing in "stage combat" to work out fight scenes or swordplay. And all of these people become your "family" for a few months. From poster designers to make-up artists, truly, it's the community involvement and connection you make with so many people during each production that makes it such a rewarding effort. And for such a short duration of about three months for a main stage production - from auditions to the cast party, the time goes by so quickly and suddenly you have "your life" back again. But by then, you've been bitten by the theater bug and sooner or later you want that "family" thing again, and we're glad to have you. The theater is one place where the old adage "you can't go home again" does not ring true! Everyone is welcome to help out on bringing a production to the stage. And the level you want to become involved is up to you - simply dropping in for a couple of days to paint a set, or to be involved for several weeks in a larger capacity, there's a family there at the theater who will welcome you.
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Clean Those Closets!
It's that time again! WCT is looking for donations for our Fall Rummage Sale. So, while you're cleaning the closets to make room for the kids new back-to-school clothes, and trying to find room in the garage for the lawn chairs and patio umbrellas, please put together a box of those oldies but goodies to donate to WCT. The sale will be held in late September, at the WCT Playhouse.
Donations may be dropped off at the WCT office in the Country Mall or call 459-0895 to make special arrangements for large items.
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Positions Available
Carpenters/Handyman types needed to help with set construction. Needed for one or two days about 3 times a year.
Board Directors - we have one opening on the Board of Directors for a person who love theatre, and has some business acumen. The board is responsible for establishing, implementing and reviewing the policies and procedures which govern WCT. Meetings are held the third Tuesday of every other month.
House Managers to sell tickets at the door on show nights, and Concessionaires to sell goodies at intermission.
Interested? Contact Beth at 459-0895.
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