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4 Feature The Clackamas Print Wednesday February 19,1997 Cabaret : an excellent performance Christina Mueller Co-Feature Editor The opening of “Cabaret” was a success. Set in Berlin, Germany, an American man is forced to make choices that will affect his life. The following program notes are by Dr. Donald B. Epstein, So cial Sciences instructor. “ It was both an exciting place to be in the world of the arts and a frightening place to be in the worlds of politics and economics.” “The government of the Weimar Republic was, for the first time in German history, truly demo cratic. As a result, artists, intel lectuals and film makers flourished in a newly creative atmosphere for plays and movies. But most Ger mans hated their government be cause they associated the German democracy with defeat in World War I and the hated Versailles Treaty, which blamed Germany for causing World War I and made it pay reparations to France and Bel gium.” “In this troubled political cli mate, most people had no faith in a democratic government. They preferred dictatorships either of the Left (the Communists) or the Right (the Nazis).” “Both extreme political parties sought to blame poor economic conditions on ‘enemies’ and the ‘enemy’ was often a small (less than 1%) minority group—the Jews. The Nazis were the chief haters of Jews, but the Left also the Night Visitors , Guys and ographer at the Lake Oswego contributed to this negative ste Dolls, Oklahoma and Cinderella. Academy of Dance. Some of her Kelly Broadway gives a dra favorite rolls have been Cinderella reotype by denouncing ‘capital ists’ who were often portrayed as matic performance as Fraulein in Cinderella, Mary Magdalene in Schneider, a widowed landlord Jesus Christ Superstar, Hydran Jews in the popular mind.” The play encompasses scenes who is faced with a question re gea in Beauty and the Beast and Zelda Zanders that range from in Singin’ in humorous to the Rain. shocking, leav Weisbecker has ing the audi also been a ence experienc singer/ dancer ing an array of in Reflections emotions. for Six Flags The perfor ThemeParks. mance consists Travis of 20 scenes, Nodurft plays which makes for the serious a two-and-a-half Clifford hour show. Bradshaw, a The casting man faced of “Cabaret” is with life well done, leav c h o i c e s . ing the actors Nodurft dem- with great char onstrates acterization and Photo by Brad Zimmerman good acting teamwork. Cabaret Director and Clackamas Drama Instructor David and does a Emcee Jo Smith-English relaxes after Friday night’s performance. great job of seph John Keller is a bundle of laughs as the enter volving around justice and death. portraying his character. He has been in many Clackamas Broadway has not been in any tainment of the Kit Kat Club. From dressing as a woman to describ plays recently but has been sing plays, including A Midsummer ing their loveliness, Keller demon ing jazz at Atwaters on a regular Night’s Dream, and Beyond strates his many talents in acting basis. Her CD, “Kelly Broadway Therapy. At West Linn High in Concert,” was released last year. School he played Simon Jenkins and singing. Energetic Sally Bowles is por in Room Service and Little Gray Keller loves directing and de signing; he directed The Wiz, Jesus trayed by Kathleen Weisbecker. Man in Story Theatre. Nodurft Christ Superstar and a cultural This part takes enthusiasm, but also played Weasel in Wind in the joint venture with The Peoples’ Weisbecker was able to keep the Willows for Barclay Community Republicof China in 1993. Keller smile on her face throughout the Theatre. The college band has the tough has acted in many plays outside show. Clackamas, including Amahl and Weisbecker is a dance/ chore job of accompanying the musical numbers. They do a great job and complement the play with their music. Performances of Cabaret will be at 8p.m. on Feb. 20,21,22, and at 2:30p.m. on Feb. 23. Overall, “Cabaret” is an excel lent performance, well worth the time and money. Congratulations to the cast and behind-the-scenes workers for a job well done. ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■a •Let ’s Dance■ ■ ■ 2 Back by popular ■ ; demand ■ ■ Clackamas ASG pre-, ¡sents ADS Professional" ■ ■DJ’s of Milwaukie for a" ■ ■dance. The dance is a« "fund-raiser so the ASG, "can send students to" ■Washington, D.C. to« ■lobby for more Federal« ¡student aid. This is a tria^ ■run. “If this is successful," ■then that will set a pattern« .for years to come, said. "ASG member and dance ■coordinator Tiffany Fine." ■The dance will be held this« H ■ ■ ■ ■ ■Friday in the Gregory Fo-a ¡rum from 8 p.m. to 12 a.m^ ¡The cost is $3.50 fo^ ■singles and $5 for" ■couples. ■ ■ ■■■■■ ■■■■■■■■ Go ahead AutflOTS’ showcases writers Karin Redston Co-Feature Editor Three mystery authors read from their published works at the Gregory Forum during the winter term Authors’ Night. The featured authors were Cherry Hartman from Portland, G.M. Ford and Mary Daheim, both from Seattle. Portland author Cherry Hartman read first from her novel The Well Heeled Mur ders. She was followed by G.M. Ford reading from Cast in Stone. Mary Daheim rounded out the evening by reading a chapter from a book in progress from her “Bed and Breakfast” detec tive series. The readings were interesting and the audience was entertained by each author’s wit and humor. Each writer showed his/her indi vidual styles well. Afterward, a question-and- answer period began. When asked when they decided to be come writers, all agreed they had always wanted to write. “I started writing when I was eight years old,” said Daheim. “There was never anything else I ever wanted to do. But I was realistic enough to know that you have got to earn yourself a living, so I got a journalism de gree and worked in the news papers and in public relations.” Then an audience member asked how they entered into de tective fiction. “I started reading the Hardy Boys when I was 10 years old. Then I locked myself in the bed room and read Nancy Drew so nobody would know. Then I worked myself up through Nero Wolfe when I was 12 years old and that was the end of it for me. It was very hard to read Beowolf after that,” replied Ford. Each writer described how he/she wrote. Deheim, coming from a journalist background, tends to write fast and does very little rewriting. Hartman hates to rewrite. “What is probably the worstproblem forme is I hate to edit,” said Hartman. “I hate to rewrite. When it’s done the first time, it’s done, it’s perfect I don’t have any problem with it. However, my editor looks at it and says ‘by the by’ and I have to do a lot of things about that” Ford described his writing as being two steps forward and one step back. He writes one chapter and looks at it. Then he writes another chapter and goes back and looks at everthing he did before. The evening ended with ques tions about agents and publish ing. After the readings the authors talked individually with audience members and signed autographs. 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