weg eh AF ODDINNM Eh t TE ae teen yen ag toe NMENT_ "WEDNESDAY, December 18, 1991: T Reatre 5 EnorEy contemplates next Wears challenges B oie een af you | want to make: a tax- Consider a ‘based growth industry, con-’ . sider the oldest profe 1 theatre feel a warm, fuzzy glow just iow. ing that, in your name, your’ gift! enabled this Kootenay company,’ d in 1976, to survive yet company in the “BC Interior, THE- ATRE ENERGY, Wouldn't you ENTERTAINMENT Home Karaoke Parties 10 - 30 People Fer More Infermation: 365-3752 (after 12 noon) ‘Our Delicious Dalry Queen Cake or Log ts a party pleaser! “We Treat You Right” 365-5522 ROBSON HALL Robson Hall is available for rent on New Year's Eve. For more information: 365-5860 “Casual; Friendly * 2 mosphere another year? Oh sure, you say, aren't those’. theatre. people and artists and writ- ers all subsidized by those govern- ment grants? “Truc enough,” retorts Caroline Woodward, a local author, arts activists, Canada Council grant recipient and past board member of Theatre Energy, “But for every individual artist or ' company awarded a grant, there are at least ten who have applied. Also, the people who subsidize the arts the most, and I'm talking thou- sands of dollars and thousands of hours, are the artists themselves," So, you may ask, why doesn't ‘Theatre Energy do plays that would guarantee full houses, plays by Shakespeare, say, or Gilber and Sul- livan or Neil Simon? Sudith Ceroli.a founding member of Theatre jand’ now. ites, Artistic Director, ,_ +. “Our if ‘The company also produced anoth- : er original play, For Adults Orily?, ‘which ran for five evening perfor- expressed in our founding 1976, is to produce ‘socially relevant indigenous theatre’ which is almost always original work written by Kootenay et A ber of liched as): charter of ‘ and two privately pur- ‘chased matinces in mid-November in Nelson, In September of this year, a din- ner theatre production of David Mamet’ s Duck Variations was duced in Lakeside Park, as local writers have worked with the ° company to create plays. Rita Moir was part of the writing team for the outdoor production of MALEFICA. in Nelson's Lakeside Park in 1990. ‘One of Rita's Tadio plays, The Bear, was aired on CBC Stereo Radio's Nanistd ing Point program on Dec. 7. 1991, In the sprint of 1991, Theatre Energy toured an original play, Runs Good, Some Rust, to the \ Lower Mainland, Vancouver Island, the O! and the K well as in Rossland, Winlaw and Roseberry. The company’s on-going project Theatre Sports has been a regular monthly feature at the Vienna Cafe and as of January will be appearing " twice a month at Rosy's Cappucci- >. Light celebration in Nelson. : A production, of this 1 riature:; requires hundreds of. hours of. work, Responsibilities like: "public" M eI i ity, lighting, sound, presentation, : fund raising, coordination, security, contracts with the band Second 4 Nature and the list goes on. Wood- ' ward says, “Theatre has all” of the professional skills that it! ; tokes to put on an event of this cal iber.” ‘Also scheduled for this season ig: another dinner production of Duck ; Variations and a theatre-' in-thés woods production of Horseplay for : the spring. Further plans include a: of no Bar, Recent ig events include two huge garage sales and a $500 cash raffle. Along with C ASA (Community Action on. Sub- stance Abuse) Theatre Energy will one again co-produce the highly laimed New Years Eve First poplar @ and possibly a celebration of ‘the : history of the labour movement in = the Kootenays. For more informa- : tion about Theatre Energy’s future * projects and those much needed - : donations, call 352-7551. SUN STAFF PHOTO / Shartone tmhott BLACK FOREST CAKE 7" size. QS MINCEMEAT PIES 8" size. { The:Castlegar Sun Ib. CHINESE MANDARINS Easy to Peel. Seediless. 9 Ib. box. : FRESH CELERY US Grown. No. 1 Grade. 1.30 kg. BONELESS HAM Toupie or Western Style. .Ready.to. 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