With opening night three weeks away The Star-Spangled Girl, and guys are scouring the town for whatnots
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The set, which is being designed by Jane Porter, represents the San Francisco apartment occupied by the staff of an avantegarde protest magazine. Actually, the entire staff consists of two people who live a hand-to-mouth existence between each publication. Needless to say the apartment does not have to be furnished either elegantly or lavishly. Nevertheless, certain items are difficult to find. For example, - do you have a drop-front desk that you would be willing to lend? Or a rattan stool? If you do, Jane would love to hear from you at 93627.
Also scouring the island for oddments are the props ladies, Wendy Dunlop and Myra Bleasdale (who both did such a mamouth job on South Pacific) and Angela Crichton. One of their problems is to find something that looks like a marijuana plant. They are relying heavily on the fact that whatever they use, not too many people will know the difference.
Although there are only three people in the cast of this play, there are over twenty people involved in the actual production. Whatever the size Patricia Patino
of the cast in any show, it usually takes a minimum of twenty people to actually put it on.
Meg Patterson (she was in charge of the fantastic array of costumes in A Man For All Seasons) is turning her hand to make-up this time. Her main job will be to make Ken Clowes look different, from his normal appearance, that is.
Having been in so many of the recent Cayman Drama Society productions, it was feared that Ken's face was becoming too familiar to our audiences. Various sorts of hirsute appendages were considered, but eventually they settled for large horn-rimmed spectacles and a new hair-do.
Peter Wotton (not to be confused with John Wotton) who plays the other male character made his Cayman acting debut as Sir Thomas Moore in A Man For All Seasons. This American comedy role will be quite a contrast to the great English martyr, and Peter, who has done more comedy than drama, is enjoying it enormously. Before coming to Cayman he was a member of the Nassau Players in the Bahamas and various groups in Nottingham, England.
The Star-Spangled Girl of the title is Patricia Jackson-Patino who has had a considerable amount of acting experience with her high school in the United States. In fact, she intends to study theatre and television communications when she goes to college this coming Autumn, possibly at the University of Texas.
Those people who have watched rehearsals are very enthusiastic about Patricia's performance. It's a shame we shall be losing her soon, and just when we'd found her too!
