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4 Clackamas Print Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008 A.iAtiilli: Annual fair is full of crafty creatior Right: Former Public Affairs Specialist for Clackamas Community College, Moma Escrive, sells homemade jars along side her husband Joe at the the college’s Craft Fair on Dec. 1 and 2. Below: Janet Mallon Of Custom Cranium Covers hands Tayla Larsen one of her creative home made hats to try on. Mallon sells a variety of colors and a few special for the upcoming holiday season. All Photos by Robert Crawford Cl Above: Using graham crackers, frosting, gum drops and other candies to apply the finishing touches on her gingerbread camp ground, Bailee Sanders, As sociated Student Govern ment Promotions Officer, finishes up her art at the Clackamas gingerbread house contest. The event, held by ASG Monday in the Bill Brod Community Cen ter, awarded three prizes to the best creations. Murder and love become subjects onstage in the one-a Jess Sheppard about a mother named Constance, played by Jennifer Schwartzman, getting ready to go out on a first date and her 16-year-old daughter The Clackamas Print sat named Sandra, played by Made- down with one-act directors lynn Marcotte, is in the room sort James Sharinghousen and Jake of prepping her for it. It’s a role Whitten to discuss the produc reversal. Instead of the mother tion that runs through Thursday, traditionally helping the daughter Dec. 4. get ready for a first date, it’s the other way around. Clackamas Print: What is CP: What made you choose your one-act about? it? James Sharinghousen: It’s JS: I read it a couple years ago about a young woman who finds and liked the story, and thought herself being the witness to a it would be fun to try putting it murderer disposing of a body, together into a show. I was also being seen, and finding refuge attracted to the technical aspects in a small bus stop. She tells her of it, since a little part of me is story to a man who is already a “techie,” or theater stage crew there, but a second man appears, (member). and without remembering what JW: I really liked the play she saw clearly, or knowing who because lots of people’s parents the killer is, she finds herself gave them grief when they tried figuring out her last mystery. to go out as a teenager, and in this It’s set vaguely in a 50s or 60s play the teenager really gets to style bus stop somewhere in get back at her mom, and I think the Midwest. The two men and the audience will really relate and one woman make up the cast find the irony in it. CP: What do you hope the of veteran actors, all of which were recently seen in Fortinbras. audience will feel about your This is a very different direc show? JS: Dread, fear, humor, shock, tion for all three of them since Derek Sweet, who plays Man suspense, remorse, intcftica-um, 1, is a next door neighbor type I want them to leave smiling, but 5 with a creepy side. Kelly Miller afraid to! is a woman in distress, and Chris CP: What difficulties have Carstensen is playing Man 2 as a you faced being a student direc layman one shouldn’t trust. It’s tor? all dark and yet a light J;one is JS: This is the first time I have directed something of this given to the story. Jake Whitten: My one-act is level and it has been hard. First, called “Young Love” and it is I picked a tech heavy show, and Arts & Culture Editor with not knowing everything I’d JW: I would like to. need to know coming into the CP: Why? process, it was crunch learning at JS: Who knows, maybe the its finest Learning how to com next one will be so good I’ll need municate my intent to the actors to buy scrapers for all the faces comes in second, followed in that melted off from its awe third by working with the script someness. That or it’ll be better. and figuring out solutions, both JW: I think it’s a great learning tech and perfor experience about mance, to vari a different aspect ous problems. of theater. I have As long as I’m a new found ap “ Dread, fear, not dead or ster preciation for humor, shock, ile by the end of directors. David it all, it’s a suc Smith-English suspense, cess for me. makes it look so remorse, intoxi JW: It has easy and it re ca - um, I want been sort of dif ally isn’t. Also, ficult because in in helping the them to leave this production actors develop smiling, but not only did I their characters, have to direct it gave me a lot afraid to!” the show, but I of great ideas on James had to produce how to prepare Sharinghousen it as well. I was for future roles One-Act Director in charge of the as an actor my set, the props, self. the lighting, so CP: In your that was a chal opinion, what is lenge. Also with this being my comedy improv? first show I’ve directed, it was JS: A free expression for those sometimes hard to communicate little voices and demons inside what I wanted out of the actors your head to say, “HELLO!” regarding their subtext or vocal JW: Comedy improv is a series pattern choices. But I think they of forms that the actors on stage have done a great job and I am perform without prior rehearsal proud of this show. of lines, while using a few basic CP: Will you direct another techniques to make the audience laugh. show in the future? JS: Most definitely, how can CP: What do you like/dislike you understand or utilize what about improv? JS: It’s a lot harder to make you learned unless you do it it work really well than people again? think, and caught me when I did it the first year. I like the c and the fun I ha low performers, and they bring to the table worth it. JW: What I like improv is that you hat be on your toes, ready entire time you are oA cause it’s so rapid fin I paced. If you lose foe I a second, you can en I ing flat on your face. I to have a quick wit, ba I don’t really have time I about what you are goi L or do, you just have to and hope the audience! 11, funny. And usually they II ------- when --------- L i I cause comedy done well, it’s almost!» I ing magic happen. I CP: What first drei v| join? JS: Cupcakes! Thai I rg insanely firn. We have k group this term, and It L to hear the laughter, r entertaining the crow! I end, is what I love. 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