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- . ? # i > ^ ? . / , ? r i- ? 111 Kit 'Wm^* w^, | <> liOuvEu IN cui-'u uiiicn aims arc Amy Aaiwskc (Ncliic Oudt) and Bob Poulk Jr. (Roger B. Upright) during Frit; Klondike K BY TERRY POPE It was like watching Benny Hill go to work in the Canadian wilderness. Just mix a little slapstick along with some tongue-twisting one-liners and you have two nights of fun and laughter at Southport's City Hall for the Brunswick Players' production of "Klondike Kalamity." The melodrama written by Gary Peterson and David Byrne took a few unexpected turns during the first presentation Friday night, but the result was not "kalamitous." In fact, it allowed both the audience and the performers to have a little fun in a play where the worst that could possibly go wrong would be met with laughter anyway. For example, the audience roared when the show's "venomous villian," Fangduster T. Barrelbottom VIII, played by Steve Fitzgerald, lost his rattail moustache while delivering a line about, what else, but Farley Goodbody's (Erinn Fitzgerald) flimsy disguise. "Y<ntr di??uinf will not only . . . fall off your face just like mine is doing," Fitzgerald continued and tugged at his moustache. Fitzgerald placed it on the kitchen cuppard and continued "sans moustache" amid a round of applause. "Enough of that folks," he exclaimed, and went straight into his lines. That is the magic of community theater. Even the audience was invited, or coaxed, into joining the play byproviding the sound effects?an occasional "boo," a "hurrah" now and then, and plenty of "ahh's." It was like reviving the silent movies once again where the whole town turns out to cheer on the hero and to help dofnnt t K.-> irtllinn ? ? J ?1 1 *' ? uvivat MIV v 11**011 iKt UlC IUJICS pi UVHR'U UJ* U1C piOHO player in the corner, Dick Conrad. "Klondike Kalamity" takes place in the Canadian wilderness during a blizzard that forces an odd group to huddle together in the Oudt (out) house. A freelance Colorphobi Cured. Put colors toother / JB (lie easy way, B i wit ha little help from ffl j IX*voe Paint. HI' ?? j Jg^P i when egga it's worth ! doing right! ^ ONw?tW*Crai? MC Cc&fT' o? 4 ft?r?-<w9i f vc the ?:/' *,ry' ' " "v v'mi*imMBB i. VVJMRk j& jfl '_%* iflRBjg^&^HHUR -I ijfc J ^ ^yc ft. ^Ef> ilAff PHOIOSBV URRY POPl day night's performance oi "tvionaike rvninnmy at South port Calamity' Leaves / iiuuuerjucK namea warren uudt I Ken (Jampbell) must share his cabin with his beautiful daughter Nellie (Amy Astoske) and the drifters that wander in out of the cold. rw? met A v ? Ak \ " vtm 11 |?k,^4 fit L - , I STUART CALLARI, left, not only played the role of Chief Wapakonetta, but was also the play's director for the weekend presentation. Ken Campbell, right, played the role of Warren Oudt, the lumberjack father. sl cy^ ^ |i VOE WONDER-TONES erior Latex Flat Wall Paint ghly washable. ie coat when applied as directed ater clean-up. AVE $290 >W ONLY *12 GALLON ested retail SI5.89 Gallon Hu miv SL /"!!? ? r-?-? /-r>lrtrr uded in this sale. SHALLOTTE ELECTRIC SUPPLY .c Hwy. 17, Stallone, 754-6000 sun WWT iBI ^HHP^**" wriehi lii-nu.nl (lion roulk Jr.), led, once again wears his Canadian mnuntic uniform, he makes a move \udience And Coi The drifters include a "dismounted mountie" named Roger B. Upright (Bob Poulk Jr.); the vidian played by Fitzgerald; Oudt's long-lost wife disguised us Farley Goodbody and Chief Wnpakonetta (Stuart Callari I who is on the warpath seeking the man who burned his, or her, Indian village. You sec, Stuart is a female dressed in chief's clothing. Also making stops at the Oudt' house arc Gwendolyn uuui (Jane Astoske), a forgotten (laughter; Prince 1 Knook < Dale Hare), a pipe-smoking Eskimo who studied I at a famous east coast university, cither N.C. State or I Carolina, he can't decide; Justice Dunn [ Put Connaughton), a judge that decides the vidian's fate and Bruno (Brian Mintz), a flapjack-loving bear that builds a friendship with Nellie. The play's success was built on its excellent casting and contrasting characters. Campbell, us Wurren Oudt, seems right at home in the 1BA8 log cnbln, throwing out phrases tike "bldrlgglng bug ot soybeans," "I'd rather trust a rabbit to deliver my lettuce," or "Oh, my silo heagehogs"'with only the slightest damage to (lis tongue. It was another excellent performance from the Southport attorney who also starred In the Players' last production, "Annie Get Your Gun." 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IM3|249-37?g % t* A f * +1 I- ? r- . ? ?"? , THE BRUNSWICK^BEACON Thursday, August 29, 1985 r^n 'r? ilB -y^M to stop villiatt Fungdustcr Itarrclbottom (Steve Fitzgerald), right, in Act III. ?+ I Ail lAilii l^? /NI 7 1 LUULjl III iy chief in "Annie Get Your Gun." 1 lis innocent face pictured next to the innocent face of (Vmy Astoske (Nellie Oudt) surely makes a couple on itage. Ms. Astaske's performance as the light of everyone's life, not an easy role since she is the only main diameter that is not allowed to shed her shell on stage, shone as brightly as her golden curls. Hut like it or not, Fitzgerald as Hnrrclbottom plays the zilliun's role to perfection. It's hard to believe that this is the same guy that was courting sweet Annie Oakclcy in the Players' last performance. It's a shame the audience did not get to see I jiuru Hare us Farley Goodbody, the woman in disguise, due to sickness. Ms. Hare made her sparkling debut in the Players' last production us Annie. Hut give F.rinn Fitzgerald a hand for doing an excellent Job of stepping in and playing the small, but very important role, in Ms. Hare's absence. i iuu ivuvcs ua wun v>n\ci w upaKorveVUi, Ura tmovA)Um\ed and homeless Indian played by Stuart Collar!, who simply docs an excellent Job In not only playing the comic-relief role, but in directing the entire cast as well. With such talent assembled on stage last weekend, ft should be safe to say that "not one single, solitary sole within miles" of Southport's City Hall left without having laughed and enjoyed another fine performance from The Brunswick Players, SARPET SALE S stock $ 1.99 ,q. yd. i $A.99 ?q yd. * fl $3.99 ?q. yd j Wallpaper Now In Stock S SEASIDE EI3 :A R PF,T<ittk 179, Kings Plaza an Isle & Sunset Beaches 5#7"/ 592 it's ?abl? F 557 4 JCALS NIGHT! I
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