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THE CLACKAMAS PRINT
April 26,1989
Page 7
Box active in Clackamas theatre productions
By Tim Jones
Staff Writer
At the age of eighteen Travis
Box, a theater major, is taking a
big role in the Clackamas Com
munity College Theatre Depart
ment. He acts, writes and directs
plays for the theatre here at the
college. He is currently working
on four projects this spring and
has been involved in many past
theater productions.
Box is acting in “Bedroom
Farce,” a play that will premier
May 18, in the McLoughlin The
atre. Hé will be playing the char
acter of Malcolm in this laugh-
filled comedy.
The one act play, “And Jack
Fell Down”, is being directed by
Box. The play is about a puppet
show and in describing this play
Box commented that “this play is
like Kookla, Fran and Ollie meets
Rod Serling,” This play will be
shown the first week in May.
Box has teamed up with Dean
Walch in co-writing and co-direct-
ing a play called “Reminis”, The
play is put on as a benefit for teen
suicide prevention. It will open in
the first week of June (for more
information contact the Clacka
mas’ Theater Department).
Box is a native of Molalla. He
works anywhere from20-25hours
a week plus. Preparing for plays
keeps him going all the time. “I
like to watch MTV’s “Remote
Control” in my spare time,-some
day I hope to be on the show as a
contestant,” said Box.
He credits Jack Shields in
helping him learn about the the
atre and keeping him motivated
to perform. “I am learning some
tricks of the trade and Jack has
been fantastic at keeping me en
thusiastic,” said Box.
The first play Box performed
in was “Hansel and Gretel” this
was his first introduction to acting
on stage. He remembers going to
the Portland Civic Theatre and
watching the play “Candide”. “It
was a play about the best of all
possible worlds,” said Box. These
first exposures to the theatre helped
him to decide to choose the the
atre as.a career.
“When I act, I get to pretend,
jit allows me to assume another
(character,” said Box. “Acting is
fun and this is a talent that comes
easy to me.”
Travis Box will be involved
in doing ascene cut from a Shake
spearean Classic “The Taming of
the Shrew”, playing the part of
Patruchio. The play is put on in
cooperation with the library’s Ren
aissance Days and is directed by
Barbara Bragg.
“I would like to go to Seattle
and enroll at the Cornish Insti
tute of Arts and continue working
in the theatre,” said Box. He also
considered going to New York
and working professionally as an
actor.
‘Tdon’t want a lucrative job,”
said Box. He wants acting to be his
career. Following his own path in
life is what Travis Box likes to do
best. Many people would see suc
cess measured in dollars but Box
looks at success in his future as
doing what he is inspired to do,
that is acting and working in the
theatre.
photo by Jillian Porter
Travis Box has jumped Into the CCC theatre business wlthan
enthusiastic and optimistic approach.
- At eighteen, he looks at the
many possibilities in the future
and seems enthusiastic about seiz-
ing the moment as well as the
future for himself.
of the library ESL offers free classes- hope for
better future, good communication
support
“We are starting io put the
book sale together. We have al
At Clackamas Community ready received a large donation
lege there is a small group of from a bookstore,” stated Meiser.
pie called the Friends of the
Their most successful event
rary who help to promote the so far was the visitation and lec
tures of four local authors. They
President Jim Meiser com- included two women from Mo
lted, “We like to do a major lalla who write romance books,
and a former student, Scott
und raisers. We have the fund Wheeler, who writes science fic
niseis so the college can do things tion. Also present was former
hey might not be able to afford; student Conrad Hayes, who has
ike the embroidered banners that published his third book
ire above the different areas of
During the winter term, they
he library.”
brought in an editor of a newspa
Currently the group is selling per to talk about journalistic writ
r-shirts to raise money to pur- ing; twelve people attended.
haseartworkforthelibrary. The
“It would be great to have
;roup also hopes to buy shelving more people in the group. They
or new material that the library is can just be in casually, just people
eceiving. The upcoming book sale who want to promote reading and
n May is another large fund rais- the library,” explained Meiser.
ng event for the group.
by Caree Hussey
Feat urc/Managi ng Editor
Clackamas Community Col
lege is helping people learn Eng
lish by offering free night classes
in English as a Second Language.
These classes are being held in
Canby, Estacada and Molalla in
addition to the day classes offered
on campus.
The majority of the students
in these classes are Hispanic; some
are migrant workers and some are
permanent residents.
Publicity for this program is
varied. The classes appear in the
regular college schedule, flyers are
sent to agencies thatprovideserv-
ices for non-English speaking
people, posters are put up around
the community and articles have
appeared in the Oregonian.
Classes have been offered in
Canby for the past ten years. The
program in Estacada has been
going on since last year and the
program in Molalla has been in
effect since February. More
people are expected to attend
the classes this summer, accord
ing tQ Molly Williams, ESL/
AHSD instructor.
The goals of this program
are to “teach English to people
so they can cope better in the
community, get better employ
ment and receive better treat
ment from employers so they can
access community services and
have improved relationships with
other Americans,” stated Wil
liams.
The program is partially
staffed by volunteer tutors, and
Williams explained that “we are
looking for more, especially in
Molalla.” Training is provided
for people who wish to become
tutors in the program.
Originally, the ESL night
classes were designed for refugees
from Southeast Asia, but due to a
population change the focus has
switched from refugees to His
panics.
There are fifteen different
languages in the day program. The
program services about 150 stu
dents from both day and night
classes. Approximately 90 of those
students are people who have
applied for amnesty (also known
as eligible legalized aliens). Ac
cording to Williams, the greatest
success of the program is that “the
students tell their co-workers and
friends and the program is grow
ing by leaps and bounds.”
If you are interested in more
information on this program, con
tact Molly Williams at 657-6958
ext. 596.
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