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3 ril 21, 2004
Jtudent director prepares
or one act' 'dentity crisis'
from past mainstagc shows at in'“‘dentity Crisis.”
Clackamas including “The Odd
The resulting cast includes
Couple,” is directing ‘“dentity Cynthia Smith-English (a faculty
Crisis,” a one-act play written by member and part-time student);
Christopher Durang.
Although Matt Morrison, Sarah Griswold,
Rimmer has been participating in Matt Zak and Bekah Finch.
theater productions since the age
“I have a wonderful cast; I’m
of 10, this is only her second time really excited about them,” said
Bethany Monroe
taking on the job of
Rimmer.
“They
T he C lackamas P rint
director.
have experience
iacn term, the Clackamas the-
“You totally get
and are talented.”
1 department sponsors a student- into it in a different
“ ‘dentity Crisis,”
jluced collection of plays to be way,” Rimmer said,
a comedy, was
armed during the lunch hour, describing the dif
selected by Rimmer
monly known as “one-acts.”
ferences of direct
after
spending
: mnic Rimmer, a familiar face ing and acting,
hours
reading
“You
get
so
through scripts, s
wrapped into it just
“It’s zany and
Annie Rimmer
watching it—it’s a
crazy ... I thought
totally
different
Student director
that it would be
feeling.”
really challenging
The casts of the
and really fun,”
one-acts are made up entirely of said Rimmer, “I read—I don’t
Clackamas students.
Some are know-—a million different, one-
theater majors; others simply saw acts, and this was the only one that
the flyers around campus-or heard I really got excited about.”
about it from word of mouth and
In addition to “ ‘dentity Crisis,”
decided to audition.
students will be performing “Fade
“It’s open-audition,” said Out Again (Act without Words
Rimmer. “We get theater, stu III),” a one-act play written and
dents, but we also get a lot of directed by Clackamas’ artist-in-
other students.”
residence, Michael Gerber. Rather
According to Rimmer, casting than using spoken word to enter
is one of the most important tain the audience, Gerber’s play
aspects of putting together a qual relies on music and mime. It' has a
ity show. About twenty hopeful large cast, including Rimmer as
actors auditioned for the five roles one of the actors.
When not directing or acting,
Annie keeps busy with work and
school. She is planning to gradu
ate with her associate’s degree next
Spring. Even the little amount of
free time that she has is often
invested in the world of theater.
“I go see a lot of plays,” said
Rimmer.
She is also looking forward to
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working in the sound booth for
Clackamas’ main stage spring pro
duction, “The Real Inspector
Hound” by Tom Stoppard.
“I’ve done lights before and
I’ve done stage managing and all
that, but I’ve never done sound, so
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it’ll be fun ... I like to learn every
thing, everything with theater ...
clearly not with biology!” said
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Rimmer.
Rimmer’s “ ‘dentity crisis,” along
with “Fade Out Again (Act without
Words III)” and a performance by
Clackamas’
Comedy .Improv
Troupe, will take place during the
noon hour June 1-3 in the
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McLoughlin Theatre. There will
also be a 7 p.m. show on June 3.
There is no charge for admission.
wing acted since
tigeoflO, Rimmer
w takes on the role
director
have a won
derful cast...
They have
experience and
are talented.”
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T he C lackamas P rint • 7
Nursing student
hopeful, banks on
Clackamas program
After three years at
CCC, McNamara is
finally ready for
nursing school
Cyndee Mady
Co E ditor - in -C hief .
Since the tifne she was just a
little girl, Clackamas student
Crystal McNamara has longed to
become a registered nurse.
“I’ve wanted to be a nurse since
about the time I was nine, when
my dad had a really bad accident,”
said McNamara. “I’ve always liked
helping people and I’m really curi
ous about the medical field.”
McNamara has been attending
Clackamas for the past three years
in preparation for the nursing
program.
, “The sad thing is- —it’s a two-
year program, but most people
take at least two years to get the
prerequisites done,” McNamara
said.
“It’s frustrating in that
aspect, because after I get out of
the program, I will have gone to
school five years for a two-year
degree.”
While there is a current nurs
ing shortage, the shortage of
funding for programs makes it a
highly competitive field, accord
ing to McNamara. She hopes to
get into the nursing program here
at CCC.
“They’re only taking some
where around 45 people, but a
couple hundred could apply. You
really put yourself out on the line
for a
slim chance,”
said
McNamara.
McNamara was accepted into
Linfield College last year, but for
financial reasons declined enroll
ment. She also applied for the
program at Portland Community
College (PCC).
“PCC just does a lottery. They
had about 900 people apply and
they pick 90—and I wasn’t one of
them,” said McNamara, who is, as
she puts it, “banking on
Clackamas.”
Now that the baby boomers arc
starting 'to retire, the need for
nurses is imminent, but the afford
able schools can’t accommodate
the demand.
It’s really sad because so many
McNAMARA
people, exactly like me, really care
about the profession ... and it’s
taking so long,” said McNamara.
“It’s sad that there is this [nursing
shortage], because there certainly
isn’t a shortage of desire.”
Aside from college, McNamara
maintains a part-time job as a
Certified Nursing Assistant,
where she,cares for an 85-year-
old stroke victim.
“He has a hard time with his
balance mainly, so we do exercises
to try to increase his stability; I
help with meals, brushing his hair,
naii care, making sure that he takes
his dentures out and cleans
them—I also do a lot of house
work and change his sheets, basi
cally just anything that needs to be
done,” said McNamara.
Though; McNamara enjoys,
all aspects of nursing and said
she would have a difficult time
narrowing her field of interest,
one area seems to stand out
above the others.
“I would love to work in the
maternity aspect of nursing—-1
just love babies!” she said.
When her hectic schedule
permits,
McNamara
enjoys
spending
time
with
her
boyfriend, bike riding and hik
ing, though she admits she does
n’t have many opportunities.
“Lately I haven’t really had a
lot of fun time; most of the time
I’m just doing homework of
applying to schools. My whole
world has been consumed with
application processes for the
nursing program.”
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