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page C4 FOC US in <ri,‘ ^ Io r tla n ò (iPbacrurr November 3, 2004 Drama Puts Face on Homeless McMenamins St. Johns Dome De La Salle Theater. "It's basically about main presents 'The taining compassion and the joy of living despite poverty and Cave Dwellers’ uncertain times. It is a play Picture a homeless young girl who runs into an aban doned theatre to escape from the noises of buildings being demolished around her. Inside, she finds an eclectic group of homeless performers seeking refuge from the bitter cold and violence of the world. This is how the play The Cave Dwellers by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Wil liam Saroyan begins. The drama, to be performed by the De La Salle North Catholic High School Theatre Arts De partment, will open Friday at about love, hate, destruction, alienation and war, but espe cially love,” said director Gwendolyn Herrin. Performances at the historic McMenamins St. Johns Dome Theater,7654 N. Delaware, are scheduled for I pm on Saturday, Nov. 6, Sunday, Nov. 7, and Saturday, Nov. 13. General admission is $6 or $5 with a canned food item to be donated to the Oregon Food Bank. Advance tickets are available at the school located a, 7654 N. Delaware. I Ainiierv Players and Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center Dresent "■ niS ^ c n o o t students Daniel Lower (from left) Brittany Barton, Nathanael 'Canteen' Welcome IFCC play captures town’s generosity a play in tw o acts by H.R. Long "The spirit and gc, -rosit. f North Platte's canteen workers should be kept shinu for al< Id t, Fri/Sat Nov 5, 6, 12 and 13, 7:30pm Sunday Nov 7 and 14, 2:00pm Tickc s: 515 general admission $ 10 seniors/students $8 groups of 10 or more (with advanced reservations) Cash, Check, and CC accepted IF C C T h e a tr 5340 N Intersta Portland, OR 9720 M g a Yellow Line Killingsworth Static o r Bus #7 For re serv a tio n s, call: 503 823.4322 Made possible with the generous support of RACC and Portland Parks and Recreation The North Platte Canteen, an original work by H.R. Long opens Friday, Nov. 5 at the Interstate Firehouse Cultural Theater, 5340 N. Interstate Ave. Performances are scheduled at 7:30 p.m. on con secutive Friday and Saturday nights and at 2 p.m on two consecutive Sundays throug The play captures the spirit and t North Platte Rail Station workers in Nebraska anu I the cor nunity members who turned their small lobby into « rm and lively canteen to welcome The North Platte Canteen is a story o f spirit and droves of soldiers en rout *o many secret locations generosity during World War II. of war. Lone.artistic m torot umiere Plavers, losthis The canteen became a short but n.u. elconic. eyesight in 199.,. ,.J piesents his ,ks with de retreat, a haven for the never-ending stream of scriptive narration, live sound effects and music. homesick military personnel that provided them the These features will enable IFCC audience members encouragement to get through the difficult times who are visually impaired to experience the thrill of ahead. live theater by making the work more audibly avail Oregon writer H.R. Long’splay premiered as part able to them. of Oregon's first American Association of Commu Tickets are $15 for general admission and $10 stu nity Theatres State Festival in 2003. dents and seniors. For reservations, call 503-823-4322.
