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Anne Program.Cwk Lucy Maud Montgomery Lucy Maud Montgomery was born in Clifton, Prince Edward Island, in 1874. Educated at Prince Edward College, Charlottetown, and Dalhousie University, she embarked on a career in teaching. From 1898 until 1911 she took care of her maternal grandmother in Cavendish, Prince Edward Island, and during this time wrote many poems and stories for Canadian and American magazines. Montgomeryʼs first novel, Anne of Green Gables, met with immediate critical and popular acclaim, and its success, both national and international, led to seven sequels. Montgomeryʼs later trilogy of novels about another island orphan, Emily Byrd Starr is more autobiographical than the books about Anne. In 1911, Montgomery married the Rev. Ewan Macdonald, a Presbyterian clergyman, and they lived in Ontario, where he was the pastor of parishes in Leaskdale and, later, in Norval. They retired to Toronto in 1936. Lucy Maud Montgomery died in Toronto in 1942. Other Books by L .M . Montgomery Anne of Avonlea (1909) Chronicles of Avonlea (1912) Anne of the Island (1915) Anneʼs House of Dreams (1917) Further Chronicles of Avonlea (1920) Anne of Windy Poplars (1936) Anne of Ingleside (1939) Letter from the Director Oregon City High School “Home! What a lovely sound. Iʼve never had a real home since I can Performing Arts Department Audience Information remember. It gives me a pleasant ache just to think of coming to a really truly home.” Act 1, Scene 2 No food or drink allowed 2004 -2005 Season of Plays in theater - we want to keep “Itʼs been my experience that you can nearly always enjoy things if you our theater looking beautiful. make up your mind firmly that you will.” Act 1, Scene 4 Anne of Please do not talk during “Thereʼs quite a difference between saying a thing yourself and the performance - we want hearing other people say it (about you).” Act 1, Scene 6 everyone in the audience to Green Gables hear every word spoken on “Thatʼs one good thing about me, I never do the same wrong thing Directed by Karlyn Love stage. twice.” Act 1, Scene 8 November 11, 12 & 13, 2004 Please turn off all pagers “One can dream so much better in a room where there are pretty and cellular phones things.” Act 1, Scene 12 before the performance The classic novel of orphan girl begins. All of the above quotations are from tonightʼs production of Anne Shirley and her adoptive Anne of Green Gables. Anne Shirley, our charming, redheaded family as she grows up in Please do not take flash orphan girl, utters each one. During her stay in the idyllic town of Green Gables. photographs during the Avonlea, Anneʼs inspirational enthusiasm and practical, yet romantic, performance - it is optimism affects everyone she meets. No one who comes in contact distracting (and sometimes with Anne is ever the same. The Diviners dangerous) for the actors on Originally, Anne of Green Gables first appeared as a novel by stage. L.M. Montgomery. In the century since the novelʼs publication, there Directed by Karlyn Love have been many incarnations of the cherished story. We now have No video tripods or numerous plays, a fabulous PBS television mini-series, and even a February 17, 18 & 19, 2005 power cords - it is unsafe to musical, which is performed every year on Prince Edward Island in block any aisle. Also please do honor of the bookʼs success. In fact, the house that inspired L.M. A drama about a minister who not use camera lights or LCD Montgomeryʼs original creation is now a popular museum. You can see lost his calling and the simple- screens when taping. it featured on our poster, program and in the display cases in the minded boy who shows him commons as you enter the theater. the way. Please remove noisy The popularity of the “Anne” novels is as strong today as ever children from the theater and will probably live on another one hundred years. Her strength, - we want everyone in the cheerfulness and love of life is inspiring and heart warming. All of us All in the audience to be able to enjoy can learn from the little red-haired girl who makes such a difference in the show. Avonlea and the world. Timing A special thanks to Stan Foote, the artistic director of Oregon Directed by Karlyn Love Please keep the aisles Childrenʼs Theatre, who allowed us to use their 1991 adaptation of the and Mark Schwahn clear during the book. We hope you will end up loving the character of Anne as much performance for actor as we do, and perhaps be motivated to pick up the book and read it too! April 28, 29 & 30 and entrances and exits. In these troubling times, a book like Anne of Green Gables lifts all of us May 5, 6 & 7, 2005 up and helps us remember that there is still kindness, innocence and Please notify the house beauty in the world. Anne sees it no matter how hard her life is, and so manager or an usher should we. Six short comic plays about immediately if you have a Enjoy the show! love, language and problem. Karlyn Love chimpanzees -- performed in (503)785-8983 our new “Blackbox” theater! Production Crew Design Team Stage Manager...................................... Kyle Buckland Director..............................................Karlyn Love Assistant Stage Manager.............................Tyra Keet Assistant Director..................... Kyle Buckland Rehearsal Assistant..........................Amber Ferguson Scenic Designer..................... Mark Schwahn Props Crew..............................................Charee Holy Brandon Victor Costume Designer......................Amy Aamodt Running Crew............................................Mikael Aalto Ryan Clement Assistant Costumer...................Anne Buzzini Jacob Holcombe Jessica Jensen Lighting Designer....................Mark Schwahn Melinda Steffen Costume Crew.......................................Jennifer Creel Technical Supervisor.................Ron Stearns Sarah Henderson Karen Hendricksen Light Board Operator.......................... Tahnee Mitchell Acknowledgements Sound Board Operator............................Mary Marten Stan Foote of Oregon Childrenʼs Theatre for help Video Operator........................................ Maria Fourier obtaining the script and rights to the show. Scenery Construction............................Mark Schwahn The Optimistʼs Club for the funding to hire a Matt Benz Technical Theater Class Costume Supervisor for the costume crew. Scenic Painting.......................................Mark Schwahn Amy Aamodt for being our resident costume expert. Technical Theater Class Ruth Galloway for donating such nice fabric for Poster & T-Shirt Design...................Sarah Henderson some of our costumes. Sam Taylor Program Design.....................................Mark Schwahn Lucinda Linholm for the kettle. House Manager........................................Rocky Smith Oma Nash for the old-fashioned water pump. Ushers................... Pam Baker, Jacob Bean-Watson, J.J. Winkle for the crash pad. Justin Davis, Jenna Gilstrap, Nicole Hendry, Erin Nash, John Sikes Robert Steffen for the tree branches to Flowers.............................................. Amber Ferguson construct our trees. Anne of Green Gables Cast ACT ONE (In order of appearance) Scene 1...........................................Green Gables, April 1908 Scene 2...................... Bright River Train Station, later that day NARRATOR....................................................... Sam Taylor Scene 3................................ Green Gables, later that evening MARILLA CUTHBERT................................. Sarah Jenson Scene 4....................................... Green Gables, next morning MRS. RACHEL LYNDE...............................Brittany Rossi Scene 5................................ Green Gables, later that evening MATTHEW CUTHBERT.............................Matthew Benz Scene 6....................................... Green Gables, next morning STATION MASTER.....................................Brian Mathews Scene 7........................................Green Gables, later that day ANNE SHIRLEY................................................Isa Gautschi Scene 8........................................Green Gables, the next day JERRY BUOTE............................................Ryun McVeigh Scene 9.......................................... The Gazebo, later that day DIANA BARRY........................................... Emilee Yaakola Scene 10.............................. The School House, the next day MRS. BARRY.............................................Melissa Cooley Scene 11..................................... Green Gables, later that day MR. BARRY...............................................Chris Neffendorf Scene 12.................................Green Gables, six months later MINNIE MAY BARRY................................Holly Wigmore Scene 13..............................Green Gables, later that evening GILBERT BLYTHE........................................Malcolm Gray Scene 14............................Green Gables, the same evening CHARLIE SLOANE...................................... Ben Andrews MR. PHILLIPS.....................................................Kevin Clark ACT TWO JOSIE PYE......................................................Devan Barratt PRISSY ANDREWS......................................Anne Buzzini Scene 15..................................The School Yard, the next day MISS MURIEL STACY...............................Britney Kaplan Scene 16.............................Green Gables, three months later MISS LUCILLA HARRIS........Freya Hammond-Williams Scene
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