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CAT opens ‘Proof ’ in August
The Pulitzer prize winning play
“Proof ” will open at Class Act
Theatre (CAT) on Friday, Aug. 17,
and run for two weekends. This
play was originally scheduled to
run in 2017, but in keeping with
CAT’s commitment to quality, was
delayed until the right actors could
be recruited for each role.
Director James Wellington in-
troduces Cara Beere in the lead
role as Catherine, the daughter of
Robert, a recently deceased math-
ematical genius and professor at
the University of Chicago, and her
struggle with mathematical genius
and mental illness.
The role of Robert will be played
by David Lauria, who veteran au-
dience members will remember
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received rave reviews when he
played this role several years ago.
Big sister Claire is played by Pol-
ly Fleming, who played the unfor-
gettable role of the dog in “Sylvia”
at CAT two seasons ago.
Alex Grady, who coincidentally
was brilliant in two comedic char-
acters in “Sylvia,” returns to CAT’s
stage in the role of Hal, a former
graduate student of Robert’s and a
new love interest for Catherine.
The play explores Catherine’s
fear of following in her father’s
footsteps, both mathematically
and mentally, and her desperate
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The musicians and actors will
be recreating a live radio show,
complete with a master of cer-
emonies, period music and bi-
ographical stories from area
pioneers entitled, “The Siuslaw
Pioneers: Yesterday and Yester-
year.”
Nin Bebeau is a strong sup-
porter of KXCR and she is
producing the benefit for the
non-commercial station, which
is completely staffed by volun-
teers.
Bebeau said she hopes that the
event will draw individuals that
are both interested in local his-
tory and in helping to support
local radio.
“The Siuslaw Pioneers benefit
The cast of CAT’s “Proof”
attempts to stay in control. The di-
alogue draws the audience in and
the wit keeps the serious nature of
the matter engaging.
Friday and Saturday perfor-
mances will be at 7 p.m. and mat-
inees will be on Sunday at 2 p.m.
Seating is reserved. Tickets — $18
for adults and $16 for senior and
military — are available online at
www.catproductions.org. Tickets
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will also be available at the door subject to availability.
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one hour before performances,
will include performances from
the Heritage Players telling sto-
ries of the early settlers. It will be
presented like an old-time radio
show and in between pioneer
stories, there will be musicians
and singers,” she said.
The hope is that attendees will
learn about real people telling
stories from the lives they led
in this area a century ago, in-
terspersed with music from that
bygone era.
“Each member of the Her-
itage Players picked a person
who lived in Florence, or in
the vicinity, and then they re-
searched each one. They dug up
all the research they could find
about the life of that person —
how they dressed, what their
interests were, what were some
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of the important events in their
lives and what were their con-
flicts and their loves,” Bebeau
said. “They take the original
newspaper articles from the Siu-
slaw News and they digest them
and interpret them and then
they create the dialogue and the
stories they share.”
While the primary purpose
of the benefit performance is to
generate funds to support the
operation of KXCR, there is also
the added benefit of learning
about the struggles and chal-
lenges faced by early white set-
tlers to the area. There is also a
recognition of the place native
peoples occupied during this
time.
“David Dumas plays Indian
Dan, a native American that was
a very important person at that
time, as many of the settlers here
had interactions with him, and
David’s performances are won-
derful,” Bebeau said.
She said the main source of
entertainment during this peri-
od in the Siuslaw region’s collec-
tive history was live music.
The musical component for
the evening will incorporate tra-
ditional instruments and tunes
from that earlier era into Thurs-
day’s show.
Steve McVay is one of Flor-
ence’s talented musicians, and
he will bring a number of tra-
ditional folk tunes to add to the
show, along with an original
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tune or two, based on traditional
themes.
Also a longtime supporter of
KXCR, McVay wanted to con-
tribute in the best way that he
knows, by playing music.
“Primarily, I want to support
KXCR. I think they are a great
alternative voice to those that
do not have easy access to the
internet or to alternative ideas
in their day-to-day life,” McVay
said. “I am going to be playing
a few fiddle tunes that go way
back and are tunes that every
fiddle player in the 1800s would
have had in his repertoire for
barn dances and weddings. I will
also be playing one tune that I
wrote, which is about the Or-
egon Trail and the battles they
went through to get here.”
Bebeau and McVay are just
two of the 20 or so individuals
that have committed their time
and energy to coming up with a
unique approach to sharing the
history, music and people of our
area, with current residents that
may not be familiar with local
traditions and culture, while
generating funds for communi-
ty-based radio.
Bebeau wants to bring two of
her passions, history and music,
to the public in way that high-
lights the importance of both.
“We go to the Pioneer Muse-
um and we step through those
doors because we want to step
back into the past. We ‘ooh’ and
‘aah’ at the old photos and the
objects that were part of their
lives. And we do that because
it’s fun to look at Florence in its
grandness and see where it was
when it was just beginning and
started becoming what it is to-
day,” Bebeau said. “When you
plant a seed, it defines how the
tree grows. Our past often de-
fines how we live. We may rebel
against it, but it remains the root
of our being.”
The “Siuslaw Pioneers: Yes-
terday and Yesteryear” will be
presented on Aug. 2 at 6:30 p.m.
at City Lights Cinemas, 1930
Highway 101.
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