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mutton CHIONICLE {Micheal}; December a, 2010 - 25 C . aglng actor - cuss _ ' ’ And her cast had no problems immersing themselves in K W Children 3 Drama Workshop that mauveenmnmem ‘ ' , ’ 1. '3} Take Paisley Harris for instance, who plays Horton. the eleâ€" provldes a [unlor take on .. . ~ . phant made famous the Horton Hears a Who story. ' ' ' ; "‘ : Not 0 does she have to act like an elephant, she also has Whimswal sews m “Steal to portranyya bit of a bumbling male elephant. Some boys of .. teenage parents would say that they are one and the same. By Boa VKBANAC . “1:35: v but she said the hardest pan was to learn how to walk and Chronicle Staff , $:$~ _ . ode.“ talk like a guy .. . ..' _ ‘ it , ' ‘9 “That has proved to be a big challenge for me because {they were looking for a Doctor's second - ' ’ 3. if? g ‘ _,~;4€M .' if, l'm a very feminine person,” said the 13-year-old Grade Iopinion, let's just say that this Seuss would ‘ . $5113; 1 j" “inf. .... ,- ‘ _ 8 student at Centennial Public School inWatedoo. approve 7 I a“ l. «1'5; :1: , swiga't' ., . _7 _. ' " “Guys seem to want to take up more space, and 1 Because as Dr. Seuss once said, “i like I ; 7'5” w 7*" ‘ . Shag : as; have to walk very nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells" I ) .. a g 'g’ ‘ Eek" 2‘ . j” heavily.” And that's just what the people behind Kâ€" n" -, 5’ . - "in ’ t .. ' So it turns W Children's Drama Workshop's production of E ‘ ’. ' A"? i " u ‘ ‘ L. 1 into a case of Seussical Jr. are providing this week â€" a whole I g a. "" ' :4 1 g ' ' _ 5 ‘ ' not only lot of nonsense based on the famous whimsical ’1,“ ‘ u . I - ‘ ‘ ' ' .' -’ it remembering stories penned byTheodor Geisel. i ,‘ ‘l- ‘ 1.: 1'» .- I“ A ~ ‘ your lines, or So it you want some Green Eggs and Ham this is ”‘9 ‘ 1,, I 4 ,' ' 1 . .- ' . 53; \ the music for the the place to order a helping. And it's only natural that ,A' ,3 . 3 ‘ ,5? . piece. She also has to children still charmed by these classic tales deliver the ’ *' y . 3 “fig? remember to lumber l bacon, \ .7. '6‘ , ., “ 7‘ ' ‘ around. I The Show is directed by Joy Garofalo. who isn't that I . r ’3 ~ ,- j ‘ “I can't balance on one hip or anything." said far removed from that state of innocence herself. She ‘ ‘ ‘ ’ '_ . .. 5f] Harris. grew up learning how to direct at the workshop. startâ€" {or Briana Kuchma, she was inspired to take up mg as a stage hand five years ago before working up to . j. . drama by a relation, and now finds herself centre her first director's chair. stage playing Jojo. The 20-year-old said that task has been made easi~ .2 . ., b I" Luckily the music has helped take away any nerves or by the fact that she is working with kids. Unlike the 267/ T ~4§’u“-"j$,‘. that she mlght have. old Hollywood expression about never working with ’ a ‘ ’ ' 5%}: "The music has helped in a big way," said the it. animals or kids. she found that there is healthy ele- ( ' 329,5: year-old. “Plus i just love acting like somebody else, ments of both in the current production and has 7;; and being somebody different." . nothing but praise for her pint~si7£d cast. “‘4 a". 73.33 But it‘s the famous Cat in the Hat that has to . » they‘re really fun to work with and extremely tal- . g r”: carry the show and is in most of the major scenes as l cured," said (iarofalo. who is pursuing a theatre ”Q _ ; “It? either narrator or moving the plot along to his lik- career. "'l‘ht‘y're just like adult actors." \ 4’“ ' . $561 ing. 3 We‘re not sure what that says about adult actors, ; . l ..' 3 '. \‘Y‘V It's a responsibility that Tatiana Walker greets but (iarofalo said she has no problems relating with ‘ (. ' ' ' " .‘ with great enthusiasm because it's the Cat who i her cast. . #3; j ' “‘4 really gets to bring out the nonsensical in the » “it wasn't that long ago when l was that age," she . '3 story. said with a laugh. "In fact some of them are about 3 ' ‘ “He doesn't care what other people think," my younger brother's age which is really cool. " I ‘9. ‘ _ \ ‘ said the 12-year-old. “He's like, 'You're judging “i find that sometimes there is a gap. and it's hard ‘ 2 - me new i don't care} And that‘s a fun way to to bridge if you haven't been that age recently. i get ‘ 3 play it.” their slang and i get the way they talk." A Because as Dr. Seuss himself said. “Be It also doesn't hurt that the show's subject matter . who you are and say what you feel, because is something they all grew up with. those who mind don't matter. and those “i just wanted to make it fun and new with some ’-‘ who matter don't mind.” different character interpretations." said Garofalo. ‘3‘ « ‘ ‘ K-W Children's Drama Workshop pro» ”But I also wanted to have a sense of nostalgia, r " " ‘77. duction of Seussical Jr. starts Dec. 9 at because my parents SEW “P on DE 59““ in ‘ Briana Kuchma stars as Jojo while Tatiana Walker plays the ‘1' ‘1" . the Registry Theatre and features five per- the 19605. famous Cat in the Hat in K.w Children‘s Drama Workshop ' ‘1 ‘ formances. The group is also collecting "i wanted to evoke some of those images production of Seussical 1:. starting tonight. gently used or new books as a fundraiser. taken from the book and put them into the ”‘0'“an mmmmm E-mail info@kwchildrensdrama.org. 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