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I . WATERUX) (3!!me ' Wednesday. January 22, 20“ - I5 t ~~k~~~M~W~H~fl . , . C . D C K - WLtttle Theatre 3 latest production explores Issues 3111! being discussed today BY Boa Vitiww: finding that passion in each of the VW;__¥£1!LUM§{Q_IL‘MIV moments, and in each of the big scenes and the little scenes as well. s it too early to look on the “You've ‘got to find the Icarly l980s with nostalgia. moments that sparks the charac- especially when sortie of the ters to engage in the way that they major issues of that time are still are. The actors have to bring that with us today? experience and passionfrom their Ibere is still an urban and ntral own lives that they can bring to the divide and a clash over big city cul- stage. " one and small town values. Playing the titular character of (loming out of the closet is less Esther is the youngest member of of a minefield today. but not so y. the cast, lB-yearold Madeleine much that gay-straight alliance “\ Katie. The W(Il grad is studying clubs were recently mandated by ./ ' theatre at the University of Water the ptovtnce to try and prevent the , ~ , '- ‘ loo. type of bullying that has lead to y ' L} . & Kane obviously wasn't around some highrprolile cast-s til teen 7 f . r in l98l, but some of the issues in suicide “ ,. i " - ’ i the play are still some the ones we And is it any easier for a 15 ~.’ = , , struggle with today. year-old girl to find out who she ;‘ 3‘, ‘. . “r “It's a little out of my time really is when questions of family 4 ( L " ' k. " . \ range," said Kane “She's a lot dif anti faith are added to that volatile F “ - _ ft '- ‘» My i, a f ferent from me btit as I started to mixture of teen hormones and ‘4 ’ ' "i ’ "' . " fl ‘ .' understand where she was coming ptirsttigone's passion? ‘M from anti why she decided to rttn Book of lusther, by Ontario playv ‘ away from the city. it got easier tti wright leanne Brodie. tackles get into the character" those tough questions set in the . ‘ Running off to l'oronto is ”It" year 198] when those societal con- ' ’ catalyst for change iii the story. btit ventions were being t hallenged iti ' Katie said you can fitid those same earnest the play is being staged ~' " issues being explored iii the high by Ktttbt-nt'r Waterloo 1 ittlt' ”to school and university torritlots am- lati 3 t to l t-h it as its entry The K-w Little Theatre's production of Book of Esther, by playwright Leanne Brodie features, from left' Joshua these days into the Western Ontario Drama Ezekiel asA.D., Madeleine Kane as Esther Dalzell, thevra Brown as Anthea Dalzell, Jonathan (layman as Seth “It's about thinking tor \tllir‘st‘il l t'agiit' t oinpq-tition Dalzell and Sean Puckett as Todd Awrmt Viv-Mt", and you don't have to think what l’rtidtit (‘l ( attie \li Nabb said your parents tell you.“ said kam- lilt‘\ t hose it ltir its int-aty sttbiett t-rship of her family's ( entury old "She's a voting girl who's trying people iii the llill'lt) tottimttiitty. 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