10A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL JUNE 21, 2017
"God of Carnage" showing at Opal Theatre Reaching 10,000
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Nikki Pagniano, Kim Fairbairn, Dale Flynn and Phil Dempsey perform "God of Carnage" at the Opal Theatre.
It begins with a
squabble over se-
mantics regarding a
fi ght between two
11-year-old boys but not before a pair of
bumbling burglars serve as the traditional
dancing popcorn and soda warning mov-
ie-goers to silence their cellphones, inform
the audience to do the same and pitch the
opportunity to donate to the playhouse. It’s
the Opal Center’s rendition of “God of Car-
nage.”
The Tony award-winning play comes to
Main St. in Cottage Grove this month and
it is not for the faint of heart. Vomit fl ies
and once the ‘f-bomb’ is dropped mid-way
through the play, it becomes all out warfare.
Ben picked up a stick and hit Henry in the
mouth. That’s what had their parents stuck
in a room for 90 minutes running the spec-
trum of humanity, society and depravity.
By Caitlyn May
cmay@cgsentinel.com
And 30 minutes in, there was rum.
It served as a catalyst for the marriages
of Alan and Annette and Michael and Ve-
ronica to unravel in the best way—Veronica
doesn’t drink, it makes her mean. Michael
is in fact, not a liberal. Alan isn’t a huge fan
of his kid (neither is Michael of his) and An-
nette is having the saddest day of her life.
“It has so many different layers,” said
Kim Fairbairn, the show’s Annette. “We
take every path and explore every emotion.”
What begins as a meeting of the parents
to discuss the damage done to Henry’s teeth
becomes a tortured back-and-forth between
parenting styles and eventually, morality
with a few reality checks brought to us in
part by frequent phone calls; sometimes
from Michael’s ill mother and others from
a business associate of Alan’s who is ped-
dling a drug most likely contributing to Mi-
chael’s mother’s illness.
The comedy is dark, the conversations
darker and the fi nal moments of the play, the
group’s refl ection of their behavior over the
last 90 minutes hinges on a (hopefully not,
probably is) dead hamster.
While the start is slow-to-the-point and
audience members may not buy into the
conversation going beyond the fi rst fi ve
minutes of discussing Henry’s injury, if rea-
son can be suspended for a brief moment
then the actors are good enough, convinc-
ing enough, committed enough and the play
is done well enough to force you down the
road to boredom, confusion, investment in
life and theatre.
“God of Carnage,” a Yasmina Reza play,
will be performed at Opal Theatre from July
15 to the 25. Phil Dempsey, Nikki Pagniano
and Dale Flynn round out the cast. Tickets
are $12 and can be purchased at Opal The-
atre on Main St.
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goes off, someone's life is being saved. We need to
remember that," he said, promising to come back and
visit the board and the members of the district's crew.
Earlier in the meeting, the board approved a budget
totaling a tad more than $9 million.
"There were no surprises in this budget whatsoever,"
said district chief Joe Raade.
The Creswell fi re station, part of the district, may be
seeing an overhaul with the district working with the
city to use the community center in some capacity. "It's
just an idea right now. It's strictly an idea," Raade said.
The building, which according to the district, could be
replaced due to age and seismic shortcomings, is not on
the schedule to be replaced due to cost.
Jonathon Small was sworn in as the district's new fi re-
fi ghter, following in his father's footsteps before chief
John Wooten informed the public that the new fl eet of
trucks will be complete later this summer.
idential recycle bins to ensure residents are complying with the
new law.
There is another option, however. According to Meyers, other cit-
ies collect waste without seperating it into categories and then uti-
lize a conveyor belt system to sift through the trash and seperate it.
“To me, the new law will have people creating more waste,”
Meyers said. “They see the recycle symbol on a plastic container
and throw it in recyling and then we come along and tag it and say
it’s wrong. They’re not going to bother, they’re just going to throw
it out.”
When Cottage Grove hits 10,000, the city will also have to ad-
dress its waste water system. The city will not have to build a plant
but it will have to begin installing catch basins to seperate debris.
“We started doing this but we have hundreds of storm water out-
lets throughout the city and we’ll probably have a new staff member
for this but it’s budgeted in our fi ve-year plan,” Meyers said. The
new employee would be responsible for checking the storm water
outlets and ensuring the collectors are functioning properly.
In addition to budgeting for an additional employee, the city has
also attempted to stay ahead of the 10,000-resident curve by pur-
chasing a vactor truck.
“We use it now but it can also suck up the storm catch basin de-
bris,” Meyers said.
The upgrades can’t come quickly enough. Cottage Grove grew
from 9,975 to it’s current 9,892 in the span of two population read-
ings. If the city continues the rate of growth, it will hit 10,000 with-
in the next year or two.
“It’s whenever PSU or the actual, 10-year census, not the census
estimate, says we’re at 10,000,” Meyers said. “Until then, I don’t
know what else we have to do. We’re looking into it as we get closer
to that number.”
LORANE NEWS
Well, school is now offi cially out for the Crow-Ap-
plegate-Lorane School District. Hope everyone
has a fun and safe summer. Please watch out
for children walking and riding along the roads
and drive carefully, especially on the main part of
Lorane on Territorial Rd. Remember, the speed
there is 35 mph.
The July Lorane Grange meeting is on the third
Thursday. There is, however, a meeting prior to
the Lane County Fair to put together all our ideas
for the fair booth.
Are you a resident of Yoncalla, Elkton or Drain and
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Send news tips and event dates to The Sentinel by
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