68 - CAPE GAZETTE, Friday, August I - August 7, 1997
Baystar sets auditions for
"Black Comedy Aug. 10-11
Baystar Production, Inc. will
hold auditions at the Sea Horse
Restaurant in Rehoboth Beach on
Sunday, Aug. 10, at 2 p.m., and on
Monday, Aug. 11, at 7 p.m., for
"Black Comedy," a one act British
farce by Peter Shaffer that will run
in the Baystar Dinner Theater on
Thursday and Friday evenings
from Oct. 2 through Oct. 31.
The play gets its name from all
that happens to a struggling young
artist's important evening-a mil-
lionaire art collector is coming to
look at his work-when the lights
go out and everything goes wrong
does so in the dark. To the audi-
ence, the characters are in the
light; to the characters, they are in
the dark.
There are five roles for men
aged 25 and up and also three
roles for women aged 25 and up.
Those who cannot make the
scheduled audition dates or who
are interested in working with the
show in a technical or other ca-
pacity should call Geoff Thomp-
son, director, on 645-0404 or 644-
2270. The Baystar Dinner Theater
is located in the Sussex Room the
Sea Horse Restaurant which is on
Rehoboth Avenue in Rehoboth
Beach.
For more information call 227-
7451.
Possum Point Players' Theatre Arts Summer Camp participants build the set.
PPPs Theatre Arts Camp ends with a bang
Possum Point Players' Theatre
Arts Sumhaer Camp came to a
dramatic conclusion on July 26
with the production of "Further
Tales of the Arabian Nights."
The show was performed to an
audience of family and friends.
Campers learned everything it
takes to put on a show, from set
construction, props, estumes,
makeup and acting.
Rhonda Sharman, director of
the camp, calls the children in-
volved "just amazing. They do
everything that needs to be done
in five days and their performance
is excellent. They are incredibly
focused and have fun at the same
time," Sharman said.
A number of years ago, Possum
Point Players put together the
camp in an effort to teach young
people about theatre and to pro-
vide them with a reprieve from the
summer doldrums.
"We are a community theatre,"
said Jim Hartzell, president of the
board of directors of Possum
Point Players, "and that means the
entire community. The Camp al-
lows us to reach out into the com-
munity to help create the 'players'
of tomorrow."
Thirty-nine children from
across Sussex County are in the
camp which is broken into two'
age groups. Boys and girls enter-
ing grades four through six work
in the morning and those entering
grades seven through ten have af-
ternoon sessions.
"Both groups put on the same
play, and it is very interesting to
watch the different approaches to
the same material," Sharman said.
"The younger group is very literal.
They perform exactly as they are
directed.
"The older children like to put
their own experiences into action,
improvising and adding dimen-
sion to the characters."
Patti Kriegel of Millsboro is co-
director of the camp. "This experi-
ence impacts the children's entire
life," she said. "They learn prob-
lem solving, thinking on their feet,
commitment and team playing.
After this experience, the kids will
never watch a video or movie in
the same light again," said
Kriegel.
Carey Cahill, a sixth grader
from Sussex Central Middle
School said .she's doing thing
she's never done before. Her fa-
vorite aspects of the camp are
makeup and costumes.
Possum Point Players will hold
the camp again during the 1998
summer season.
Anyone interested in learning
more about the camp may call
856-3460 on Tuesdays and Thurs-
days.
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