Adults, here’s your chance to take center stage
FLORENCE — Have you always been
interested in acting and the theatre? Now’s
your chance to take center stage.
Melanie Heard will offer an acting class
for adults on 5 Saturdays this fall: Oct. 8
and 15, Nov. 5, 12 and 19, with a possible
extra Saturday evening “Improv Games
Nights.”
Classes will be held at the new CROW
Center for the Performing Arts, 3120
Highway 101 in Florence.
During this fun and enriching five-
week course, students will explore charac-
terization, motivation, diction, and stage
presence. Students will learn how to deal
with stage fright, how to audition like a
pro, and will uncover individual strengths
as an actor, while also discovering how to
overcome habits and weaknesses.
Through the use of games and activi-
ties, participants will be exposed to a wide
range of theatre terminology and tips,
tricks and traps for actors.
“Acting is very liberating, and great for
building your self confidence,” said heard.
“I have enjoyed working with Florence’s
adult actors in past class sessions, and I
can’t wait to do it again. We laugh a lot,
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Last year’s members of the CROW Adult Acting Class
learn a lot, and it’s a great place to push
yourself in a safe and supportive environ-
ment.”
The class will be custom tailored to
each level of participant.
“Even if you have no desire to be an
actor, this class can still be very helpful,”
I T ’ S TIME FOR ‘A L ITTLE L UNCH
M USIC ’ AT C OOS B AY L IBRARY
COOS BAY — It’s “A Little
Lunch Music” time once again at the
Coos Bay Public Library.
Throughout the week of Oct. 3
through 7, the library will host vari-
ous local musicians in celebration of
Oregon Days of Culture.
Live music will be performed from
noon to 1:30 p.m. each day in the
library’s Myrtlewood Room.
Everyone is invited to bring their
lunch or purchase a modestly priced
bowl of soup plus bread, provided by
Black Market Gourmet, to help sup-
port the library foundation.
This year’s line-up is:
• Monday, Oct. 3 — Caught Red
Handed: Eclectic Americana on fid-
dle, dobro, guitar, banjo and more,
by Kenny Croes, Bob Shaffar and
Mike Dado
• Tuesday, Oct. 4 — The Fine
Companions: Stacey Rose, Gail Elber
2 2 • C OAST
and Ric Morrisonn play Celtic tunes
and sea shanties on dulcimer, guitar,
mandolin, flute and Irish drums
• Wednesday, Oct. 5 — The
Beckstrom-Corbett Unit: Smooth
jazz sounds on marimba, vibes and
bass by Tom Beckstrom and Fred
Corbett
• Thursday, Oct. 6 — Daily Bills:
Dale Inskeep and Bill Bartels per-
form guitar and mandolin-infused
jazz
• Friday, Oct. 7 — Che’s Lounge:
Elements of funk, jazz, soul and new
Americana by Shannon Souza, David
Ford and Tim Fields
Coos Bay Library Foundation and
the Friends of Coos Bay Library
sponsor this free celebration of local
musical artists.
For more information, call 541-
269-1101 or visit www.coosbay
library.org.
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Heard said. “Many of the skills you will
learn can help you in your day to day life,
such as interpersonal communication and
job seeking skills.
“Theatre is powerful stuff.”
Heard is a director/choreographer,
actress and credentialed teacher with more
than 20 years of experience in the profes-
sional theatre world.
She co-owns Poison Pen Players, a
comedy murder-mystery company head-
quartered in Florence, and is the artistic
director of Children’s Repertory of
Oregon Workshops (CROW).
Originally from Los Angeles, Heard
has studied acting with the well-known
South Coast Repertory Professional
Conservatory, has performed in more than
50 plays and musicals, holds a bachelor’s
degree in Theatre Arts from Cal State
Fullerton, and an master’s degree in
Education.
To sign up, call Heard at 541-999-8641
or email crow theatrekids@yahoo.com.
All ages over 18 are welcome. Classes
will be held at the CROW Center for the
Performing Arts.
Space is limited and no experience is
required.
Participants can attend single classes in
this session for $12 per class, or will
receive a discount if they sign up for all
five classes at $50.
For more information, visit www.crow
kids.com.
LRP’s ‘Pirates of Penzance’ to
be a swashbuckling good time
FLORENCE — Prepare for high ener-
gy on the high seas with Last Resort
Players’ “Pirates of Penzance,” sailing
into the Florence Events Center this
November.
For a limited time, tickets for the main-
stage musical are available for $2 off the
regular price. People who buy their tick-
ets through Friday, Oct. 7, will only pay
$18 to see this hilarious show.
The creative team that brought “Les
Misérables” to local audiences has gath-
ered a stellar cast of new and old faces to
bring Gilbert and Sullivan’s classic comic
opera of a band of pirates, faithful daugh-
ters and a very modern major general in a
comedy of epic proportions.
“Pirates of Penzance” is a hilarious
farce of sentimental pirates, bumbling
policemen, dim-witted young lovers and
an eccentric major-general.
“Pirates of Penzance” will star Sandy
Vaccaro as the Pirate King, Jim
Wellington as the major general, Dana
Rodet as the sergeant and Sean Abplanalp
as Frederic, a young pirate apprentice in
Sandy
Vaccaro as
the Pirate
King
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love. Crystal Farnsworth stars as Ruth,
Frederic’s nursemaid, and Hilary Roach
plays Mabel.
Filled with boisterous songs, glib lines
and an all-star cast, this production is not
a show to be missed.
Last Resort Players will play “Pirates
of Penzance” at Florence Events Center,
715 Quince St., the weekends of Nov. 4 to
6 and 11 to 13, with 7 p.m. evening and 2
p.m. matinee performances. Tickets are
available now at eventcenter.org.