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Nicole St. John, an Ottawa police officer, left, rehearses her lines with Russ Molot, a lawyer, at the Shenkman Arts Centre on Oct. 22. St. John and Molot will both be in the Feed the Hungry fundraising concert Nov. 6 to 9 at the Ottawa Little Theatre.
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News - Ottawa police, police staff and lawyers will put aside the handcuffs and sirens for fuzzy cat ears and stage makeup. From Nov. 6 to 9, legal professionals will perform in the Lawyers Feed the Hungry fundraising play at the Ottawa Little Theatre. The performance is called Still Looking for Paradise, and follows a small law firm trying to stop oil drilling in the local community park. It’s narrated by Mr. Whiskers, the office cat, played by Nepean resident and lawyer Russ Molot. “It’s a story about a dysfunctional law firm, and how they take on big corporate Canada,” Molot said. Molot has been in many plays and movies, so he’s no stranger to the stage, unlike Parkdale-area police officer Nicole St. John. It’s the first time St. John has ever acted, and she’ll take on the role of a junior partner at the law firm. She’s friends with playwrite Ian Stauffer’s wife, who en-
couraged her to get involved with the play, a fundraiser for the Lawyers Feed the Hungry program, which runs at the Ottawa Mission. The hardest part of taking on the role has been memorizing all the lines, St. John said. But as she knows another officer and civilian police staff in the play, at least she has “strength in numbers,” she said. “Each week I feel more confident. It’s been nice working on the stage,” St. John said. She’s been travelling to the Shenkman Arts Centre to practise with OYP Theatre School’s Kathi Langston, who is directing the show. Oautside of that, rehearsals have been held at the main police station on Elgin Street. Stauffer has been behind many fundraising plays at the Great Canadian Theatre Company on Wellington Street. Because of his police officer-wife, he decided to write another play to raise more funds for the program. Langston came on as the artistic director, and said she got more talent than she bargained for with the rookie actors - less than a third of the actors in the performance have acted be-
fore. “They’re really good,” Langston said. “It’s been so much fun. I think people forget that people officers are people too.” Lawrence Wall, of CBC radio, will stay in his character, cast as a reporter, and Ontario Superior Court Judge Robert Beaudoin will take on the role of court clerk. The audience will get a chance to get involved during the second half of the play, Langston said. OYP is working to prepare the actors in an on-stage setting, because they’ll only get two rehearsals at the Ottawa Little Theatre before opening night. OYP is also working on costumes for the production. “Producing this sort of thing is huge,” Langston said. Opening night tickets are available for $25, and tickets for Nov. 7 to 9 are $50, a portion of which is tax deductible. To date, Lawyers Feed the Hungry plays have raised $26,000 for the Mission, through ticket sales and donations. Tickets are available at www.ottawalittletheatre.com or by calling 613-233-8948.
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