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l5-WAI “not i t:iiit0~icu: . Wednesday. luly 20, am I ’_--__-_-_-__â€"_____-____ . Murder motel ’ l C D U C . Homrcrde gets hilarious m latest Drayton play at St. Jacobs Counnjy Playhouse 1 BY 80an "~--;;.W "‘~ “14.5 ' - J” ’ ' “The worst thing to do is to be stuck out ‘ Chronifk 5141!] ." .. 3‘ «A . :3. ,3" 3 , . ~ 7 ' there waiting for a laugh and not getting it. i ‘ ' s if ‘ ”53“";235": I.“ You have to be ready to go on, and these ‘ lanniiig a murder might not seem to 3;. f - 43"," 3, was; three actors have that skill. I think they were ‘ P be the best premise for a theatrical .. g ".3“ ' “j“.esy‘; 5?": V probably bomwith it.” 1 comedy. but Drayton Entertainment's ' - "1 ‘ 3? *Stf?‘ 17:1," . McNamara. no stranger to the Drayton ‘ latest production Munder at the Best West- "‘ is} .. ' ‘ ”a.“ is}; f Entertainment stage. said that's part of the 'l em is trying to find the mirth in the mayhem ‘ i3? 3.1.3:; fun of the pre-production and she hopes 1 nonetheless. K. , ’ ‘ 1;: “ they've fined tuned it enough to find the 1 That‘s the trick. said veteran director Bob ‘ __ 3; is, ." comedic timing that will have the audience ‘ Lohrman. who returns to the St. lacobs " " " I " institches. Country Playhouse in Waterloo starting lune ‘ ‘ 5'. . 2 . ‘lt's the chemistry between the three l 21 with his latest production after a success- ' actors that sets a particular type of tone,” l ful run directing Shear Madness for Di-ayton ’ i _ 1-: a... she said. "The director comes in and fine Entertainment earlier this year. . . . . . . . .,., . ' ' 0 . :1 tunes everybody's type of comedy and sets "It's a love triangle. which already sets up , '3‘ 3335' the timing and we get the laughs we think a classic comedic premise. and then we add ‘ . if; 2-? _ - we should get. a little murder... or at least attempted mur- V E .3" 9." "We can't control what the audience finds dcr.” said Lohrman with the appropriate ’ ' _ .- -".If f . funny or not. but there are certainly things laughter. ' a. .}.L; we find funny." "Nobody dies but they come close.” 4' at And McNamara said there are a lot of ‘ It's a tragedy when someone dies and a 3. laughs to be had in a production set in the comedy when they live. especially in the . 19705 when the characters might have been play about a wife. her emotionally distant = . ’ @533 a little more naive about the dark side of husband and a potential new flill‘lll‘ â€" her . 9'. . their fellow man and where murder doesn't dentist. ' =1, come naturally. The characters are not from “The comedy comes mostly in the t-ftort 3g: 33 a cynical age were violence has desensitized i and the failure." said Iohrman. whose tlie- ’" ' ' them to the reality they're cooking up for I alrt‘ credits include Shear Madness at the 1 j some unfortunate soul. 1 Kennedy (Zentrc in Washington. D.(J.. and " “It's a 70s style ofcomedy and we haven't . various productions in an around l’ennsyl- g: i: made any updates." said McNamara. ‘ i vania. “There's shifting alliances and there ~ /' “Hopefully the audience will identify that . l are always two people against the third and I; _ ‘ this isn't necessarily how people would react i 1 it shifts through various pans of the play. “at. ‘l g ~’ today. i 1 "It's a little piece of silly summer fun." g ‘ 4",; a ' "These characters are innocent. there’s ‘ . The challenge is working with a small ‘ I j ; it ,' “ 3' no subtext. What they say is what they mean 1 cast. and working collaboratively with the ,3! J- K! W y' - 3 "â€" â€" there is no kind of thinking between the I actors to sound the right note. Comedy is all " ’ ' . f .. lines. They're not vacuous that's just their 1 about avoiding those unintended pauses ’- 3 . I mindset." i and getting the laugh in the right place and . ' ‘ . . I z ;3 McNamara was asked what it was about i lohrman thinks he's been able to shape the ' :3x . . . " ’ 5 5* ii. comedy that attracted her to Drayton Enter- ; show and adjust the timing accordingly, -â€" " 9s: . ‘ all ’7 tainment latest production, she was quick to : "()nt- of the things that people hear me 1 , answer. say a lot is to take the air out. or move the ‘ if; :5 “There’s nothing better to hear an audi- [ play along." said Lohrman. "You have to g ‘ 3» ”$3123 3 .1: ence laugh." she said. “Comedies are awfully l earn pause in theatre. especially in a come- . j , 2.: g; ~ ,6 g ' :- é . fun to rehearse, they're also tough to : dy. ' ll , xi?» 2.}. 5 f. % 15 sf . rehearse. but when you get it right it's such a “ .‘ . ‘. . . ' ' t as: :n- «723?, 3% « " . ‘33: r. ‘ . r ' _ 1 [SIM (tally in a comedy like this. too 3).; :,:‘...,.»_§.§;,_§ 23$ ,, ‘7'}.‘1’ .4, '0) to know that you ve given people some . have to be real and truthful. help the audir . ' :3; gjgi . ;3 as; ‘.,‘v a; -;‘ thing to smile or laugh about for two hours. I once believe what you're doing and get on 3 _ A . ‘ "" ll" ' 3 " " X ‘ “That'sagreat feeling." I with it." Murder is afoot in the latest production from Drayton Entertainment. Murder at the Best Western plays for a ‘ lolirman said they manage that fine hale . ”Vow-mo limited three-week engagement with eight I ance with a talented cast that stars become a little too involved with one of his what the author thinks is’pre'tty funny" said performances a week from luly 21 to Aug. 7. 1 Stephanie McNamara in the role of Arlene patients. Lohrman. ”What the actor has to do is be For tickets. or more information. call 519- ] Miller. lonathan Whittaker as her husband "You can look at a script and say we're prepared to stop if the audience laughs and 747~7788 or visit www.drayton ; Paul anti 1. 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