10A | SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2018 | SIUSLAW NEWS
Odd stuff is happening... The show goes on for LRP’s ‘Grey Gardens’
The Florence Events Center
(FEC) Gallery Committee in-
vites artists to submit artwork,
including 3-D and photogra-
phy, for an October exhibit that
is both seasonal and unusual.
Fall lends itself to great ar-
tistic opportunities, including
beautiful autumn colors, the
fall harvest and wildlife prepar-
ing for winter. It is also a time
for scarecrows, ghosts, hobgob-
lins and everything spooky to
get ready for Halloween.
The Gallery Committee
knows artists will have fun with
this “Everything Odd-Umn”
theme.
Applications are available by
visiting the FEC at eventcenter.
org or picking up a paper copy
at the FEC office, 715 Quince
St., during normal business
hours.
The fee is $15 per rod for up
to three pieces (depending on
size of art pieces), or up to three
pieces of 3-D art for display in
the glass case.
Application deadline for sub-
missions is Friday, Sept. 21.
Accepted artists will bring
art pieces to the FEC on Sept.
25 during the hours of 9 to 11
a.m. Art must be picked up by
Oct. 30.
The community is invited to
attend the “Everything Odd-
Umn” Artist Reception on Fri-
day, Oct. 19, from 5 to 7 p.m. in
Gallery 5. This event will be go-
ing on at the same time as Pa-
tricia Stutz’s reception, which
will be happening in Gallery 1.
Attendees are welcome to enjoy
both events.
For more information, call
Julie Peake at 503-516-5594.
CROW’s ‘Quarantine’
to lockdown Florence
CROW (Children’s Reper-
tory of Oregon Workshops) is
already preparing for its fourth
annual Scare-CROW Haunted
Maze, “Quarantine.” This year’s
maze dates will be Oct. 26, 27,
30 and 31 from 6 to 9 p.m., with
an added “Family Night” geared
toward younger kids and bigger
chickens to be held on Monday,
Oct. 29 from 5 to 8 p.m.
“The less scary night will still
contain all of the same terrify-
ing props and maze special ef-
fects, but there will be no ‘jump
scares’ and fewer, more friend-
ly wandering monsters,” says
CROW Artistic Director and
maze designer, Melanie Heard.
This year’s story revolves
around a terrifying zombie vi-
rus that has suddenly plagued
the normally serene town of
Florence. Local authorities have
done their best to quarantine the
gruesome creatures within the
walls of the CROW Center, but
accidentally left the cooler with
the only known antidote within
the building. Now, guests are in-
vited to see if they can navigate
through the zombies and re-
trieve a vial of zombie antidote
before their brains get eaten.
Suggested minimum age for
the scarier maze nights is 8+,
and entry is always at parents’
discretion. Admission for all
nights is $6 per person, per en-
try. Tickets are sold at the door,
and cash only is accepted.
CROW stresses that entry
into the maze will be at your
own risk, and nobody should
enter with a medical complica-
tion or other factor that could
cause difficulty.
CROW is also seeking busi-
ness or individual sponsors
who might like to have their
business name featured with-
in the maze. Sponsorships are
$250 and sponsors will receive
6 free maze passes and 2 com-
plimentary tickets to the Hol-
ly Jolly Follies, as well as their
business name visually featured
within the “Zombie-filled Quar-
antine” area. Sponsorships can
be reserved until Sept. 26 only.
If you are interested in a spon-
sorship, contact Melanie Heard
at: 541-999-8641 or crowthe-
atrekids@yahoo.com.
For more information about
the maze, visit www.crowkids.
com.
Last Resort Players an-
nounce the presentation of
their November musical, “Grey
Gardens.” It is based on the
documentary from the 1970s,
which follows the precipitous
decline of the wealthy and well
connected Bouviers, an aunt
and first cousin of Jacqueline
Kennedy Onassis. From their
heyday in the Long Island 28-
room mansion in the ‘30s to
the squalor of a ruin overrun
with 50 cats, “Grey Gardens
the Musical” deals with a dark-
ly comic mother and daughter
duo who develop a psycholog-
ical dependency which allows
them no escape.
Following the death of Leah
Goodwin, the director, Last
Resort Players have taken steps
to move forward with the pro-
duction in her memory.
“Yes, we want this to hap-
pen,” affirmed her mother, Ros-
ie Goodwin. “This is absolutely
what Leah would have wanted
and what her father and I want
to see done.”
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physical upheaval after Le-
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PHOTO BY KATHLEEN WENZEL
(From left) Leading ladies Joanie Schmidt, Chrystal
Farnsworth and Sue Sweatt play Little Edie Beale and Big
Edie, her mother, in Last Resort Players’ November perfor-
mance of “Grey Gardens.” Farnsworth is double cast as Big
Edie in Act I and Little Edie in Act II.
ah’s passing, the production long held by Leah.
has been scaled down to make
“Grey Gardens” will be pre-
“Grey Gardens” a tribute in her sented from Thursday, Nov. 1,
memory. The new director, Ja- through a Sunday matinee on
son Wood, has been tasked to Nov. 5.
provide an appropriate staging
It will be done in concert
to accomplish this and provide style on the Florence Events
the cast and crew with the op- Center flat floor, with the or-
portunity to carry out a dream chestra seated on the platform
behind the actors. The pro-
duction will be memorized
and fully costumed, complete
with hand props carried by the
actors as they move about a
more limited space.
In July, Leah and her di-
recting staff of Assistant Di-
rector Kathleen Wentzel and
Stage Manager Mary Conley,
were well into implementing
production plans of “Grey
Gardens” and Music Director
Rhianna Haines was already
conducting vocal rehearsals.
The orchestra conductor,
Chris Lewis, a teacher at Siu-
slaw Elementary School, re-
turned to Florence from her
summer break to begin work
with the musicians in August.
Sheena Moore, a former
LRP board member and fre-
quent performer, has joined
the music staff as ensemble
director.
Tickets will be available at
the Florence Events Center
Box Office, 715 Quince St.,
and online at eventcenter.org.
For more information, visit
lastresortplayers.com.
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