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Mark Johnson to
perform as 30-plus
characters in ‘I Am
My Own Wife’
NEHALEM — How far would
you go to be true to your
soul? It’s an interesting ques-
tion that may be answered
Aug. 13, 14, 19, 20 and 21,
when Rising Tide Produc-
tions presents the play “I Am
My Own Wife” at the North
Coast Recreation District’s
recently refurbished Perform-
ing Arts Center.
The play, penned by
Doug Wright, features more
than 30 characters played
by one actor. It is based on
Wright’s interviews with
Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, a
famous antiquarian born in
1930s Berlin as Lothar Ber-
felde. Charlotte discovers
her female identity early in
her youth. The play reveals
the travails of her life.
It shows how she sur-
vived the two most repres-
sive regimes in history, the
Nazis and the Communists.
It makes audiences marvel
at her ability to navigate
prejudice and oppression
without losing the essence of
who she knows she is.
“I Am My Own Wife”
won a Tony Award for Best
Play in 2004; that same year it
became the irst-ever one-per-
son play to be awarded the
Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Local actor Mark Johnson
will perform in the produc-
tion. “I Am My Own Wife”
is being directed by veteran
ilm, TV and Broadway char-
acter actor George Dzundza.
“This play should make
us recognize that we as
humans do not have to allow
our society to mold us into
two-dimensional creatures
and hammer us into a box,”
Dzundza said. “We all are
multi-faceted and multi-di-
mensional, and we all have
the ability be honest and
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Mark Johnson will perform
in “I Am My Own Wife,” a play
directed by George Dzundza
this August at the NCRD Per-
forming Arts Center.
gentle with ourselves, to
interact honestly and openly
with each other, to not be
too quick to judgment and to
ight injustice in our society
in ways big and small.”
Rising Tide Productions
is a new, Netarts-based non-
proit organization of people
who love theater and who
are dedicated to supporting
and furthering the dramat-
ic arts by developing the
acting and stagecraft skills
of participants and bringing
entertaining, enlightening
and thought-provoking plays
to the public. The theater
production company aims to
bring more dificult or com-
plex projects to the stage
that audiences wouldn’t see
in more traditional commu-
nity theater venues.
Friday and Saturday per-
formances begin at 7 p.m.,
and Sunday matinees begin
at 2 p.m. Tickets are $15 and
are available at Bells Ofice
Supplies in Tillamook by
calling 503-842-5566, at
Coast Real Estate Profes-
sionals in Manzanita by call-
ing 503-842-0101, and at the
door. The NCRD Perform-
ing Arts Center is located
at 36155 Ninth St. The play
includes adult content. For
more information, call Mary
Hanthorn at 503-842-5566.
ASTORIA — Dawn Mc-
Carthy and Nils Frykdhal,
bewitching troubadours who
perform as Faun Fables, will
return to KALA to perform at
8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 16.
Fawn Fables’ new album
“Born of the Sun” features
the full-bodied beauty of
McCarthy’s voice and the
rich instrumentation of
flutes, chimes, guitars and
percussion.
A new video for the
track off the album
“YDUN,” shown through
the lens of a Super 8,
captures the disarming
beauty of the California
countryside where the
couple resides with their
three daughters. Living off
the grid, McCarthy and
Frykdhal seek nature and
the Earth’s allure to inspire
their musical narrative.
McCarthy crafts songs
that relate to the spiritual
nature of communal living
and a life lived in the know-
ing intuition with nature.
A musical and life part-
nership since 1998, Faun
Fables have released six
albums, and McCarthy has
also recorded two albums
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Faun Fables will perform Aug.
16 at KALA in Astoria.
with experimental folk icon
Bonnie Prince Billy.
The duo is known for
visceral adventures in song
and theater and riveting
live performances for
eclectic audiences in North
America, Europe, Austra-
lia, New Zealand, Iceland
and Israel.
Doors open at 8 p.m.
Admission is $10 at the
door. KALA is located at
1017 Marine Drive. Minors
age 16 and up are wel-
come.
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ASTORIA — Early reg-
istration is now open for
nonproits to participate
this December in Gifts That
Make a Difference, the
lower Columbia region’s
only holiday gifts fair that
showcases the work of the
region’s not-for-proit orga-
nizations.
The gifts fair will be
held noon to 4 p.m. Satur-
day, Dec. 10 in the Liberty
Theater’s McTavish Room.
At Gifts That Make a
Difference, nonproits of
any size are welcome to
display information about
their work, meet the public,
sign up new volunteers,
welcome new additions
to their mailing lists, and
solicit donations.
The gifts making the
difference are donations
made as holiday gifts hon-
oring friends and family by
donating in their names to
their favorite local groups.
Space at the gifts fair
fills quickly. Tables will
be provided this year in
three sizes: small ($20),
large ($30) and extra-large
($45). Tables can be shared
by two groups registering
together.
“People attend the fair
because they enjoy meeting
and talking to people from
all the various nonproit
groups,” observes Caren
Black, fair coordinator.
“Most of us make year-end
donations and the Gifts fair
invites you to a party for
making them.”
This year’s fair is hosted
by Lower Columbia Time-
Bank and United Way of
Clatsop County. Sponsors
include the Liberty Theater,
Cannery Pier Hotel and
Columbia Bank.
Registration will remain
open until Nov. 10 or until
all spaces are illed. Regis-
tering early assures a space
and groups’ table choice
will be available.
Groups may register
online at GiftsThatMakeA-
Difference.org or by email
at LCTimeBank@aol.com.
For early registration by
phone or general infor-
mation about the fair, call
503-741-3050.
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