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Polk County Itemizer-Observer • February 24, 2016 3A
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DALLAS — The votes are in and the result was a landslide.
The name of Dallas’ newest park, located of Main Street, will
honor the service and sacriice of U.S. Marine Sgt. Ian Tawney.
He died while serving in Afghanistan in 2010.
After developing the new park, city oicials decided citizens
should name it and took suggestions.
Three of those — Ian Tawney Memorial Park, Cynthian Park,
and Creekside Park — were part of a poll on the city’s website
that citizens voted on.
“Ian Tawney Memorial Park overwhelmingly received the ma-
jority of the votes,” said Dallas City Manager Ron Foggin during
the Dallas City Council’s meeting on Feb. 16.
The park is located south of Walnut Avenue across the street
from the “Welcome to Dallas” fountain if you are headed toward
downtown.
The Dallas City Council approved the recommendation unan-
imously on Feb. 16.
Manos funding campaign nearing end
EMILY MENTZER/ Itemizer-Observer
Members of the Kit Kat Klub welcome American writer and English teacher Cliff Brad-
shaw to the Berlin boardinghouse where he will be staying.
LIFE IS A CABARET
Western Oregon presents musical about 1930s Berlin
By Emily Mentzer
Life is a Cabaret
The Itemizer-Observer
MONMOUTH — It’s the
1930s in Berlin, Germany.
Hitler and the Nazi Party are
rising to power, about to
change the face of the coun-
try — indeed, the whole
world — but in the Kit Kat
Klub, life is a Kabaret.
Western Oregon Universi-
ty’s theater department will
present, “Cabaret,” written by
Joe Masteroff, based on a book
by Christopher Isherwood.
The musical tells the tale
of two worlds: one of every-
day people caught up in the
swift changes occurring
around them politically and
how that relates to their
lives; one of bohemian artis-
tic souls who find them-
selves performing and at-
tending the cabaret.
“They couldn’t believe it
would happen the way it
w o u l d ,” s a i d M i c h a e l
Phillips, director. “It’s not a
comedy. We have some pret-
ty heavy concepts going on
here. Cabarets gave them a
place to express themselves.
It was the underground; the
antithesis of everything that
was happening with Hitler.”
Characters in the musical
have differing levels of reali-
ty when it comes to what is
What: Western Oregon
University performs,
“Cabaret.”
When: The show
opens Feb. 25, 26, 27 and
March 2, 3, 4 and 5 at 7:30
p.m. A matinee at 2 p.m.
will be on Feb. 28.
Where: Rice Auditori-
um, Western Oregon Uni-
versity.
Admission: $12 gener-
al; $7 students; $10 sen-
iors.
Of note: The musical is
a nitty-gritty look at the
cabaret and bohemian
lifestyles during the rise
of Hitler and the Nazi
Party. Viewer discretion is
advised.
happening around them.
“Sally’s in her own world,
where she doesn’t under-
stand the Nazis and politics,
and she doesn’t understand
what’s going on,” said Re-
becca LaPorte, who plays
Sally Bowles, a performer at
the Kit Kat Klub.
Gabriel Elmore plays the
Emcee, or Master of Cere-
monies, at the cabaret.
Elmore’s character is the
only one who really under-
stands and knows what’s
going on in the political cli-
mate of 1930s Berlin as he
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takes the audience on the
journey of life both inside
and out of the Kit Kat Klub.
“He starts out knowing
everything that is going to
happen,” Elmore said. “And
he still has to have these
satirical numbers, these en-
tertainment pieces in be-
tween these scenes that
break your heart, just to
keep the audience going. It’s
really the Emcee’s job to rake
in the entire audience,
which was extremely diffi-
cult to figure out for me.”
In the play, as can be found
in real-life, modern-day poli-
tics, there are people who op-
pose things and people who
support them, “and then
there are the people who let it
happen,” Elmore said.
The show is not for young
children. The show is shock-
ing, with the actors and con-
tent making some audience
members feel uncomfort-
able, but that’s the beauty of
live theater, LaPorte said.
“A lot of people go to see
musicals and kind of get the
gist of what’s going on,” she
said. “Oh, this is a guy; this is
a girl; they fall in love; oh no,
there’s a problem, but every-
body ends up happy.”
That is not the case with
“Cabaret.”
FALLS CITY — The Master is pleased, but still needs more sup-
port.
With less than a week to go, the “MANOS Returns” Kickstarter
campaign is more than 90 percent to its goal. Produced by Falls
City resident Jackey Neyman Jones, this comedic horror sequel
to the classic B-movie “MANOS — The Hands of Fate” must
reach its goal of $24,000 by March 1.
“It was almost surreal how the thing just took of,” said Jones,
who played the little girl “Debbie” in the original MANOS. “The
fans are speaking loud and clear, and I am so appreciative of all
their support.”
One of aspect of MANOS Returns that has garnered a lot of at-
tention is the return of Tom Neyman, who, at 80, will be repris-
ing his role as The Master.
Diane Mahree, who played long sufering wife Maggie; and
Nicki Mathis, the vocalist from the MANOS soundtrack are also
on board for the sequel.
Donors giving just $5 will be given a digital download of
Mathis’ “Forgetting You,” and there are giveaways at every sup-
port level.
Directed by award-winning Seattle ilmmaker Tonjia Atomic
(Plain Devil, Hobo with a Trashcan), MANOS Returns will be in-
ished in time for the 50th anniversary of MANOS, Nov. 15, 2016.
The bulk of ilming will take place in Oregon this summer.
For more information or to donate: www.ManosReturns.com.
M-I Chamber announces nominees
MONMOUTH/INDEPENDENCE — The Monmouth-Indepen-
dence Chamber of Commerce announced the nominees and i-
nalists for the 51st annual Community Awards Banquet, to be
held on March 4 at Eola Hills Wine Cellars, 501 S. Paciic Highway
(99W).
Tickets are $40 for the event, which includes dinner and one
drink ticket. Social hour begins at 5:30 p.m., with the program
starting at 6:30.
For more information or to register and pay for tickets: micc-
or.org.
For a full list of nominees, go to www.polkio.com.
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