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Actors deftly bring classic to life with just voices By Bev Sykes Enterprise theater critic In a normal year, this would be the month where every theater in the area is presenting some sort of holiday show, from the popular “A Christmas Carol” to more esoteric Christmas shows like “Tuna Christmas.” But the coronavirus has ended all that and theaters are quiet this December. The Woodland Opera House decided to find a way around the virus, to keep their actors working and to continue to entertain the audiences. “It is a challenge to create theater while socially distancing actors and technicians,” said Angela Baltezore, artistic director of the company. The company chose the world premiere of Bob Cooner’s “A Christmas Carol, a Play for Live Radio” (Cooner is also the director). They were looking for a show that did not require actors to interact physically. “Due to socially distancing requirements, we needed to film the show with actors spaced 6 to 10 feet apart,” Baltezore said. “We were looking for a holiday piece and I loved that Bob used this classic work. We all know and love the story. And the radio broadcast style worked well with our distancing limitations.” There is a cast of five (Rodger McDonald, Gil Sebastian, Matthew Abergel, Patricia Glass and Lenore Sebastian) standing at
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Patricia Glass reads the role of the Ghost of Christmas Present in the Woodland Opera House’s radio play “A Christmas Carol, a Play for Live Radio.” microphones across the stage reading from scripts, with McDonald playing Scrooge and the others playing everyone else. Jason Hammond is the sound
technician, who gets full screen whenever there are sounds to be made, giving the audience a glimpse at what a 1940s radio show broadcast would look like.
Dean Mora is the organist. “A 1940s audience would gather around their radio in their living rooms and listen to the five actors and sound-effects man create this classic story. Our audiences will gather around their smart TVs, iPads or smartphones and watch this story unfold recorded live on the WOH stage.” The cast rehearsed with playwright and director Cooner via Zoom. They met for two rehearsals on stage in early November and it was recorded live by Mudville Media the following evening. “Adapting Dickens’ tale, which includes dozens of characters, as a radio script for only five actors presented a challenge, but it was a challenge the actors were excited to meet. I wanted to include as much of Charles Dickens’ rich, colorful language as possible — not only the familiar phrases and passages from the original novella, but also a lot of the language that so strongly appeals to the senses,” Cooner said. Each of the actors is able to create his or her character vocally, without the addition of costumes or staging. Gil Sebastian makes a marvelously menacing Marley, while Glass’s Ghost of Christmas Present is so unique it’s difficult to tell which actor is speaking the lines. Lenore Sebastian is wonderfully maternal as Bob Cratchit’s wife. Abergel is the only one of the four who can’t seem to just stand and
PENCE: Nebeker uses colors to show character, emotions From Page B1 dusted with powdered sugar. In addition, the real stars of his show are the early 20th-century artists, most of whom are German or French, and long since departed. We have portraits of many artist couples from the 1910s-’30s, such as Otto and Martha Dix and Paul and Lily Klee, and a few solo artists as well. Nebeker’s faces are painted in the same color palette (and sometimes using the same shapes or theme) as they used in their own art. This period was one in which artists used acid greens, bright orange and violets rather than neutral colors to depict facial features and hair. For them, a person’s character and emotional life was shown by these colors, rather than the simple true colors of their skin, hair and eyes. Thus Nebeker’s portrait of artist Karl Schmidt-Rottloff has a face that is
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read, but must use body language, which works for him. Of course, McDonald is a superb Scrooge, learning his lessons with each ghost. The show even includes commercials for Corner Drug Company, Music Town Studios and the WOH Guild. The play will stream once more, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12. ShowTix4U (https://www. showtix4u.com/event-details 43234) is the official platform providing access to the Woodland Opera House Presents virtual concert and production series. Your purchase will provide a link and an access code. You may select Individual for $10 per device (to watch on one computer, phone, or tablet) or Family/Group for $20 per device. There is also an option to make an additional donation to the theater.
The Pence Gallery’s Holiday Market display includes gift items by more than 35 artists. Courtesy photo
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What: “A Christmas Carol, a Play for Live Radio” When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12 Where: Online at https://www.showtix4u.com/ event-details/43234 Tickets: $10 for individuals and $20 for groups
both lime green and orange, much like the colors used in his paintings. In all, it’s a fun walk through a period of art-making in European history in which both men and women participated in creative pursuits, and women took a larger role in art schools as teachers, rather than as models. Nebeker’s work is on display through Dec. 27. Just a note: The Pence is open daily from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Dec. 24, when Holiday Market ends. We are currently open at 20% capacity, which limits us to 19 visitors at any one time. No appointments are necessary, and entrance is always free. For current information, please check www. pencegallery.org. — Natalie Nelson is the executive director and curator of the Pence Gallery; her column is published monthly.
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