Youthful efforts paying off By Anthony Sciales

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1 Thursday Dec 15, 2005 Subscribe Take It Online: Welcome Rick Ash Your Posts LOG OUT Go What's This? k2bh Stage Notes Youthful efforts paying off By Anthony Sciales this story to a friend Printer-friendly Format Add your comments Send Letter to Editor Archive Search Go Advanced Search MIDCOAST ( 21, 2002): A last act worthy of any skilled playwright is yet to be written for the 2002 Maine Drama Festival. This Friday and Saturday, regional winners from across the state will advance to Division 1 and 2 Finals -- including Rockland District and Camden Hills Regional high schools. Select Enhanced Display Listing - OR - Select Type Select A Town Enter a Search Phrase View Results Camden's entry in the 2002 Maine Drama Festival: "Horton Hears a Who." (Photo by Marti Stone) Not a member? Click Here for info. Rockland's "Actor's Nightmare" will be presented in the Division 1 finals at the Page 1 of 7

2 Rockland's "Actor's Nightmare" will be presented in the Division 1 finals at the Caribou Performing Arts Center in Caribou. Camden's "Horton Hears a Who" will be a bit closer to home at the Division 2 finals at CHRHS in Rockport. If you're an actor between the ages of 14 and 19 who feels the need to brush up in the areas of scene study and movement, Girl Power Productions has some classes for you. Other News Arts & Entertainment Births Business and Services Community Education Government Guest Column Obituaries Organization Real Estate Sports/Outdoors program is called "Acting Out!" and it will be led by Jessica Hall, whose 20-year involvement in the performing arts spans the distance from professional experience in the New York theatre scene to teaching in youth programs. intermediate-level acting classes will be limited to 12 participants and there is a fee. Scene Study will focus on scene preparation and techniques. class will be held Tuesdays from 3:30 to 5 p.m., 26 to April 30. Movement for Actors will address more than dance; training will be offered in movement, rhythm, awareness and comfort in body space. re will be an emphasis placed on confidence building, sensitivity, boundary and power. This course will meet on Thursdays from 3:30 to 5 p.m., 28 to May 2. For more details, call Pastor David Pouchot of the Little River Baptist Church has written and cast from his congregation roles for a play to be presented 28 at 7 p.m. Simply called "Lord's Supper," it's a four-scene drama depicting events that led to the betrayal of Jesus Christ that fateful night 2,000 years ago. Pouchot told k2bh, "re are always plays performed on Good Friday and Easter Sunday, so we decided we wanted to do something different to dramatize an event in Jesus' life." He said, "Looking at the lack of events on Thursday night led to an idea about presenting the last supper for not just our congregation, or even area Baptists but for the entire community." Neither a charge nor a free will offering is expected of attendees. public is welcome. play will be presented at the church. For more details, call Page 2 of 7

3 If asked, "what's one of your favorite improv groups," a respectable number of responses would include the Second City troupe. That group launched the careers of people who went on to do the "SCTV" series, the "Saturday Night Live" series, and a number of top performers on TV and movies. A review of some of the best songs, sketches and improvs from the past 40 years of the Chicago-based comic theater will be presented at the Ramada Inn in Lewiston, 21 at 7:30 p.m. For more details, call Need to know the Salsa, the Merengue, the Cha Cha Cha, the Bachata, or the Bolero for a role in a play or just for a dinner date? An opportunity to observe, learn and be part of a Latin dance experience awaits actors and the general public. Strom Auditorium at Camden Hills Regional High School will be transformed into Club Tropical for a Spanish Dance Party on 28 at 7 p.m. Youth Arts is sponsoring the Party in celebration of the Hispanic dance residency presented to all the Spanish classes. Spanish residency, featuring Reggie Osborn and Anastasia Fischer teaching modern Latin dances, will run from Osborn has taught dance for more than 20 years. He is a choreographer, teacher, and performer of Latin style, ballroom, swing, folk, jazz, tap, musical theater, and modern dance. Two years ago, Osborn taught dance to the Camden Hills Regional High School students in a successful "History of Dance of the 20th Century" residency also sponsored by Youth Arts. His partner, Fischer, has been involved with creative arts for more than 25 years. She is a teacher and performer of many dance styles. She has taught Brazilian dance and Carnaval spirit for many years. For more details, call Paula Williamson at And one more dance item, this one purely from an observer's point of view. A free performance of student dance and poetry has been scheduled by the Lasansky School of Dance. It will take place 22 at 7 p.m. at the Camden Opera House. For more Page 3 of 7

4 details, call "Vita and Virginia" is the simple yet telling title of an Eileen Atkins play, adapted from the correspondence between Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West. Chamber ater of Maine will put on the production April 5 to 7 at the Lincoln Street Center for Arts and Education in Rockland. Ann Day of Damariscotta, and Erika Phander, Chamber ater of Maine director, will assume the roles in what should be an engaging, seductive, charming and witty conversation between two of the 20th century1s most fascinating literary figures. For more details, call or Audition listings include: 23-- Children, ages six to 16 are being sought for " Universe and Other Stuff: A Brief and Inaccurate History of Everything," by OnStage Children's ater. For more details, call MainePlay Productions,, at and 24-- Roles need to be filled in several different comedic and dramatic summer productions by the Lakewood ater. For more details, call the Margaret Chase Smith School, Skowhegan, at Adults only are needed to audtion for "Cinderella," by MainePlay Productions in. Be prepared to do cold readings from the script and score. For more details, call and 26-- re is a role for a woman, from 28 to 40 years of age in the Gaslight ater production of " Last Cigarette." Be prepared with a short piece and cold reading. theater is locaed in Hallowell. For more details, call Do you have a child who yearns to be on stage but also understands that raw talent still needs training? Children's atre of Maine will hold auditions for the Maine Summer Dramatic Institute, for children entering ninth grade and for those exiting 12th grade. re will be two audition groups at two sites; all performers are asked to go prepared with a Shakespearean monologue. By appointment only, auditions will take place on April 6 and 13 from 10 a.m. to noon at 533 Forest Ave,. Drop-ins may audition May 18 from 10 a.m. to noon at the Performing Arts Center at 25A Forest Ave. For more details, call Little Stars Children's atre of Dedham, Mass. is seeking talented kids 7 to 14 years old for a musical revue to be held on May 24 and 25. y are looking for Annie, Oliver, Young Cosette, Gavorche and Baby June...plus many other roles. Page 4 of 7

5 If you plan to be at the audition ( 24 at 6 p.m.), be prepared with 16 bars of an up-tempo song. For more details, call Ever want to belt out a tune on Broadway like Ethel Merman or Bernadette Peters? Southborough Players, Inc. (of Southborough, Mass.) will give you that chance by way of open auditions 23 and 24 for their upcoming production called "Simply Broadway." play will feature classic-to-contemporary Broadway songs from shows such as "Rent," "Jekyll & Hyde," "Chess," "A Chorus Line," "Chicago," "Miss Saigon," "Once On This Island," "A New Brain," "Best Little Whorehouse," "Annie," and more. Casting is for up to four adult men and four adult women leads, plus an ensemble of adults and children. (Plans are for two ensemble numbers for children and four adult ensemble numbers as well as several other group numbers). Auditions will consist of a prepared song (please bring sheet music) and movement (for children only). choice of music is entirely up to you. If you do not have sheet music, they will provide music. Show dates are May For more details, call Through 23 Through 24 Through to April to April 14 April 4-6, April 5-6 and "A Few Good Men" "Stop Pretending" "A Perfect Garesh" "Matching Shadows With Homer" "Where Women Are" "Damn Yankees" "Sylvia" " Woolgatherer" Belfast Maskers Children's atre of Maine Stage Company ater Project P3 Productions Schoolhouse Arts Center Camden Civic atre Originals 43 Front St., Belfast Museum of Art 25A Forest Ave., 14 School St., Brunswick Arts Conservatory atre & Studio Route 114, Sebago Lake Village Camden Opera House Saco River Grange Hall in Bar Mills Page 5 of 7

6 April 5-7 April 5-7 April 6-7 and April April 26,27, May 3,4 April and May 3-5 May 3-4 "Coming Home" "Vita and Virginia" "Girls to the Rescue" "Closer Than Ever" " Living" "Brigadoon" " Velveteen Rabbit " Waldo atre Chamber ater of Maine A Company of Girls City ater Associates Colby College Dept.of ater and Dance Lincoln County Community ater local children Waldoboro Lincoln Street Center for Arts and Education in Rockland. 10 Mayo St., 205 Main St., Biddeford Strider ater Lincoln ater, Damariscotta the Camden Hills Regional High School Strom Aud Based in Belfast, Anthony Sciales can be reached at or by at asciales@k2bh.com. this story to a friend Printer-friendly Format Add your comments Send Letter to Editor SUBSCRIBE SERVICES ENROLL ADVERTISE CREW CONTACT ABOUT Page 6 of 7

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