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The (^dcamas Print Pg. 3 Feature Wednesday, January 12,1994 Drama students experience success after college -by Andrea Smith Staff Writer The Theater Depart ment at Clackamas Community College has had its share of former student success stories. Some have pursued acting, oth ers set design, directing, and theater administration. Among the many ac complished former theater ma jors, three people have made an outstanding contribution to the arts. Patrick Sterling left Clackamas in 1986 to attend Southern Utah University on a full scholarship for his work in theater. While at Utah, he re ceived awards for “Best Actor of the Year” in both 1986and 1987. After graduation, he worked in Las Vegas at the Excalibur Resort Hotel. There he performed stage shows, pup pet shows, juggling and did crowd warm-up for the Excalibur’s trademark “King Arthur Review." Sterling’s longtime friends Diana Bauer and Neil Hass went to Las Vegas to see the show. “Pat did this imper sonation of Phil Hartman doing Ed McMahon,” Bauer said. “It was really funny. It’s hard to impersonate someone imperson ating someone else.” After a successful stay in Vegas, Sterling was asked to work for a resort in Sun City, Botswana in Africa. He has remained in South Africa as an entertainer at the Sun City Theater. There he is acast member for the variety show "Viva Sun City." Although he is enjoying his work, Bauer said he “is home sick. He has a lot of good friends here.” Sterling came back to Clackamas in 1990 to portray the part of Reverend T. Laurence Shannon in the college’s produc- her degree in business. She was eligible for a woik-study job, and because she didn’t want to be a secretary, she asked Jack Shields for work in the theater depart ment. “Jack gave me a big bear hug and said he wanted me to be in charge of costumes. I told him I didn’t know anything about cos tuming. I didn’t even know how to sew! But, Jack had confidence in me. He is so incredibly support ive,” Lewis said. Lewis continued her edu cation at Portland State Univer children all over Oregon and Southwest Washington,” Lewis said. “I get to use my theater experience and my business back ground in this job. I help artists figure out the best way to present their work to kids, I’m involved with sales and marketing and I’m an administrator. “I couldn’t have done it without Clackamas’ theater de partment,” Lewis continued. “My experience there gave me the confidence I needed. In theater arts, you learn how to H-------------------------------- I was a fragmented artist trying to find myself... I had no idea going to a community college was going to make that much of a difference in my life. n , •* - Dennis Poore Former CCC drama student ------------------ --------------H tion of Tennessee Williams’ "The Night of the Iguana." “Pat has a lot of respect for Jack Shields (Chairman of Communication and Theater Arts). They became really close friends. That’s one reason Pat came back to do ‘Night’,” Bauer said. Lynn Myers Lewis graduated from Clackamas in 1984. She had been a secretary before returning to school to earn sity. Though she remained abusi- ness major, she wanted to be in volved- with theater and eventu ally decided to pursue a double major. That decision was a good one, as she is now thé program directorfor "Young Audiences," a non-profit organization to promote the arts to children. “‘Young Audiences’ hires professional artists to bring a variety of art forms to school think, how to be creative, and to work with others,” she said. - Dennis Poore, a 1988 graduate, is a free-lance designer and special effects expert for the ater and movie projects in the Portland area. He has been the set design artist for 106 plays in local theaters including the Storefront, New Rose, Winningstad,andPort- land Repertory Theater. In the last three years, Poore has held various titles while working on the sets of 24 films. He has been the Head Scenic Artist, Prop Master or Special Effects Artist for movies like “Body of Evidence”, “The Temp”, and the soon-to-be-re leased “Imaginary Crimes.” “I hardly ever see the movies I work on,” Poore said. In the years before his design work, Poore was an actor. He had roles in “East of Eden” starring James Dean, Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds”, “Paint Your Wagon” with Clint Eastwood, and 19 other films. He was also in six epi sodes of the television series“The Streets of San Francisco.” “I’m not an actor any more,” Poore said. “I was never a very serious actor. I lived next door to the set for ‘East of Eden’, that’s how I got a part. My friends and I used to follow James Dean around. “I came to Clackamas Community College on the ad- viceofafriend,”Pooreexplained. “I was a fragmented art ist trying to find myself. Jack Shields said I should be a techni cal director. I listened to him so long I became one. "I had no idea going to a community college was going to make that much difference in my life,” Poore concluded. S hort O f D ispensing D iplomas , T hey C ouldn ’ t M ake C ollege M ore A ffordable . [ no U bank ATM F ees ] Ah, college. That unforgettable machines. 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