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Improv acting troupe soon to be unveiled Collins, Pat Sterling, Tina Sirianni, Jeanine Kryza and Of The Print Linda Kuntz, with stage manager Eric Steinhauser and Acting with scripts and technical assistance by stage directions is considered students Maggie Bragg and to be difficult by most people. Joe Schenck Acting without scripts or stage Nicodemus (who per directions is often considered formed in “The Odd Couple” impossible. at the College in 1981 and is That variety of acting is currently working on the called improvisational, or theater department’s spring simply improv. The Clack production of “The Best amas Community College Man”) was chosen to lead the theater department has put improv group because of his together an improv ensemble experience in that particular to perform this term. realm of theater. Nicodemus The group is directed by was a member of the im Jim Nicodemus, a former stu provisational theater class in dent of the College. His cast 1981 and performed in an im includes David Harvey, Joel prov group in 1982, working Hladecek, Don Anderson, at the Pub Theater in Chris Parrish, Joshua-Robin Portland. By J. Dana Haynes OUT FOR A SPIN—The College’s improvisational acting troupe will include a mime act by student The College’s improv company is as of yet unnamed, Nicodemus said. They will perform in the McLoughlin Hall theater sometime during the Memorial Day week (dur ing which time “The Best Man” will be on a one-week hiatus). Exact times and dates have not yet been decided, he said. The group has also been asked to perform in Portland’s new Pioneer Courthouse Square. Barbara Bragg, theater department secretary, said the group will perform sometime during the week of May 21, but exact schedules are as of yet undecided. The improv group will do more than simply act in skits. JIM NICODEMUS The show will include mime, blocking. When you’re first breakdancing, puppetry and creating the bit, no one knows comedy “bits.” what it will look like. Not even The exact nature of the you.” Nicodemus said he is very performance is still not known, he said. Some skits pleased with this group of ac have been arranged, others are tors. “This group works on the drawing board. “We’ll together easily. There have probably stop creating about been some groups I’ve worked three weeks from the perfor with who didn’t have that mances and fine tune trust.” Trust, the director said, is everything,” Nicodemus said. As an actor and director, the heart of improvisation. Nicodemus prefers improvisa “That trust is so important. tion, which he calls “tougher This group has it, plus lots of than regular acting. You don’t creativity. It’s going to be a have any set lines, cues or good show.” Patrick Sterling (foreground) and a breakdancing ex- hibition by Chris Parrish. The troupe will perform at the College and Portland’s new Pioneer Courthouse Square. Photos by Duane Hiersche Four local performers slated OREGON CITY WHOLISTIC HEALTH CLINIC —Preventive Medicine & General Family Practice —Nutritional Counseling —Pain Relief/Workman's Comp —Call for more information or an appointment (503) 657-4043 218 - 6th Street * Oregon City, Oregon 97045 Page 4 By Kathy Johnson Of The Print Four professional per formers will be visiting Clackamas Community Col lege on April 25 to perform “Women Are Here To Stay.” The presentation is in celebration of the many characters who have con tributed to the history of women in the United States. Composer Marguerite Ely, lyricist Kay Lee, singer Dorene Horn and dancer Linda Vogel will be presenting a sequence of songs, skits and dance rang ing from the serious to the sil- Ely, a graduate of Oberlin, lives and teaches piano and organ in Oak Grove. She appears as a com poser and accompanist throughout Oregon. Lee directed, wrote and acted in children’s and regular theater for many years in the Portland area. She now works mainly at the Coaster Theatre in Cannon Beach. Horn, a graduate of Lewis and Clark College, has performed extensively throughout the Pacific Nor thwest as singer and actress in opera, operetta and musical comedy. She is- currently teaching elementary and high school music in north Tillamook County. Vogel, an education ma jor and dance minor from Marylhurst College, has per formed and taught modern dance to children and adults since graduation, and has per formed as an actress in children’s theater. She is cur rently living in the Portland metropolitan area. “Women Are Here To Stay” will be performed in the McLoughlin Hall Theater at 7 p.m. on April 25. There will be no admission charge. Clackamas Community College
