Friday, November 1, 2013 • Bainbridge Island Review
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and Rosella Kolberger. Featured accompanists are Evie Stegge, Anne Pell, and the Anne Pell Trio with Neil Conaty and John Lester. Rice was an important force for 30 years on the island. She spearheaded the formation of Bainbridge Performing Arts, and she also served as managing director for the Bainbridge Choral and, for 17 years, the director of Side by Side, a singing group. As a singer and actor, Rice appeared in many musicals throughout the county. Organzing the tribute are Denise Harris, Marilyn Dearsley, Ginnilyn Hawkins and Peggy Brunton. Dennis South, a longtime director for BPA and founder of CSTOCK in Silverdale, is staging the production. ON STAGE
Bainbridge High actors get ‘Wilde’ Bainbridge High School drama students will present their rendition of the classic comedy “Lady Windermere’s Fan” by the legendary Oscar Wilde, opening at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1 at the high school. “It’s a Victorian comedy of manners and mores,” said Barbara Hume, language arts and drama teacher at BHS. “It’s a story about reconciliation, a mother trying to reconnect with her long lost daughter, but there’s lots of comic relief.” Much of the humor
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he film is currently showing on the festival circuit and its makers are seeking wider distribution. “You don’t finish a film and then let the world beat a path to your door,” Sellers said. “Once you finish, you start doing as much marketing as you can. We’re still looking for funding because we are in the process of distributing the film and getting it out there.” According to the filmmakers, young documentarians who pursue work in the genre often do so with no historical context in mind. “I think that they [young filmmakers] do gravitate
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Megan Gleason plays opposite Christina Goessman in the BHS production of Oscar Wilde’s “Lady Windermere’s Fan.”
in the play arises from Wilde’s lampooning of Victorian social values of the day, something at which he notoriously excelled. “He’s parodying all of the social mores of the day,” Hume said. “He’s exposed the fact that everyone is flawed. He exposes the truth about our own weaknesses.” Hume said that the intricacies required to properly perform a period piece did not discourage the students. Quite the opposite, in fact. “They’re thoroughly engaged,” she said. “It’s really great because
the kids get a stage venue. A lot of the costumes have come from New York on loan from Gateway Theatre School. Some have come from Ovation! and some from Bainbridge Performing Arts. It’s such a collective collaboration on the island.” “Lady Windermere’s Fan” will for play for two weekends at Bainbridge High, with shows at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1 and 8 as well as Saturday Nov. 2 and 9. Tickets are available at the door. The cost is $7 for students and $10 for adults.
to it [documentary work] because it is easier,” Sellers said. “A lot of people watch a documentary and think, ‘I could do that.’ The equipment is much more accessible now. Things have gotten enormously more accessible and much cheaper, but that doesn’t mean that you know how to make a good film. Most people who have access to the equipment now don’t have the background.” “Honor & Sacrifice” will play as part of the 15th annual Celluloid Bainbridge Film Festival at 2:40 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 3 at the historic Lynwood Theatre. estival highlights include the opening night celebration and reception at 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1 at The Marketplace at Pleasant
Beach. Guests can meet filmmakers, including Mark Kitchell director of the Sundance Film Festival hit, “A Fierce Green Fire: The Battle for a Living Planet.” Following the reception there will be a special screening of the film at the Lynwood Theater. The festival will continue throughout the weekend with more than 20 free screenings on Saturday and Sunday between Bainbridge Cinemas at the Pavilion and the Lynwood Theater. For more information, ticket sales and a complete film schedule, visit bainbridgeartshumanities.org/ our-programs/celluloid. For more information about “Honor & Sacrifice” and Stourwater Pictures, visit www.honordoc.com.
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