Revealed Nov 07, 2024 • Final up to date Nov 07, 2024 • 2 minute learn
The Bruce County Playhouse manufacturing of ‘The Wizard of Oz’ opens Nov. 20 at Port Elgin United Church.
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The paint on the units is sort of dry, the ruby slippers fitted, and the 42-member solid, together with Dorothy, the Scarecrow, Tin Man and Lion, are sprucing their strains as Bruce County Playhouse prepares to current The Wizard of Oz.
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The three hours per week solid members have spent in current rehearsals have paid off and the manufacturing is “coming together nicely,” stated producer Patty Underwood.
“Everyone is excited to see the sets being moved in and the costumes have been fitted – it makes it very real for the kids (in the cast) and for the adults, too,” Underwood stated in a Nov. 4 phone interview.
The Wizard of Oz, an adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s child’s novel, was a good selection for the following BCP manufacturing after a really profitable run of Charlotte’s Internet final February that generated quite a lot of actor curiosity, Underwood stated.
The massive solid measurement – 42 beginner actors aged eight to 62 – meant they needed to transfer rehearsals and performances to the bigger Port Elgin United Church, from Southampton City Corridor, Underwood stated, including the solid consists of first-time actors, individuals with some expertise and a few seasoned actors.
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The Jitterbug scene is the favorite for Julia Telford, 18, of Paisley, a pupil at Saugeen District Senior Faculty, who performs Dorothy.
“It’s got a kind of swing vibe to the music which is really really different from all the other music,” Telford stated throughout a break in rehearsals Nov. 6.
“Something that’s really hard, but I kind of like about is, I have all of these lines – I’ve never had this many lines in a play before and I’m really trying to make sure I get them all in there,” she stated.
For Paisley’s Harper Murphy, 11, a pupil at St. Joseph’s Catholic Faculty in Port Elgin, taking part in Toto, Dorothy’s beloved canine, is her first function with Bruce County Playhouse.
She loves being a part of the ‘Lions, Tigers and Bears, Oh, My!’ scene.
“It’s so iconic and I love that – it’s one of my favourite scenes in the movie,” Murphy stated, including she additionally likes being a part of a pleasant solid.
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Manufacturing started within the spring with open auditions and casting in June. In September, they started twice weekly, three-hour rehearsals with the total solid, and once-weekly rehearsals for the leads.
It takes quite a lot of dedication, Underwood stated, by a gaggle that every one “love of theatre” she stated, including quite a lot of youthful youngsters wish to strive performing and neighborhood theatre is a straightforward introduction.
The solid is a household affair, for some.
“We have a father/daughter (duo), and we have a grandmother with two daughters and grandchildren in the cast,” Underwood stated, including they encourage participation in neighborhood theatre by making certain everybody who auditions will get a job.
Opening night time is Nov. 20 with at 6:30 p.m., with exhibits Nov. 21, 22 and 23, and a 1:30 p.m. matinee on the twenty third.
Tickets, $20, can be found on-line at brucecountyplayhouse.com and on the door at Port Elgin United Church on Bruce Road.
DING DONG THE WITCH IS DEAD: A number of the Munchkins within the Bruce County Playhouse manufacturing of The Wizard of OZ rehearsed with musical director Ian Burnside Nov. 6, making ready for opening night time Nov. 20 at Port Elgin United Church.
Two variations of Dorothy’s gown – black-and-white for the opening scene – and a colored one have been produced by the costume crew.
Bruce County Playhouse seamstress Carrie Porter created a troop of Flying Cash costumes for the manufacturing of the Wizard of Oz.
Dorothy, performed by Julia Trelford (proper) and Toto, performed by Harper Murphy, each of Paisley, fine-tuned their strains at a Nov. 6 rehearsal of The Wizard of Oz.
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