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T he community theater group StageCen
ter is back in full force with its new pro
duction of “The Heidi Chronicles,”
which opens on Thursday, Oct. 2. This is the
troupe’s 33rd season and they expect it to be
better than ever.
Sally McKnight, president of the organiza
tion, said she is willing to incorporate into the
group anyone who wants to help.
“One of the neatest things that we do as a
community theater is that if someone wants
to come direct a play, then we give them that
opportunity,” McKnight said.
This may not guarantee a stage part for any
one who walks in, but there are many roles that
can use the enthusiasm of someone who mere
ly wants to help promote thespian groups.
The troupe has six plays planned for this
season, excluding summer productions. This
current play marks the beginning of a new
season after doing a rock ’n’ roll show in April
and a few one-act plays over the summer. The
cast ranges from student to staff, and they
have been hammering at their lines since au
ditions in mid-August.
“The Heidi Chronicles,” a Pulitzer Prize
winner written by Wendy Wasserstein, is be
ing directed by Julie Angelo, a newcomer to
the StageCenter troupe. She is not, however,
new to play directing, as she came to Bryan-
College Station from Denton after directing
many community theater productions. She is
also the executive director of The American
Association of Community Theaters.
Through working with Angelo, the cast is
getting a taste of what McKnight said she feels
is true professional direction.
The play, which McKnight said is one of the
most controversial that StageCenter has done,
is about the transition of a history professor
through three decades.
“The play is about what it was like growing
up in the baby boom generation,” Angelo said.
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plays Peter Patrone in StageCenter’s production of The Heidi Chronicles. The play opens this weekend. ;ea 30. Tl
(Sarah Kestler, a senior business analysis ma
jor) in the ’60s and covers moments in her life
through the ’80s.
Heidi’s experiences in the play include go
ing through the ’60s time period and other
events indicative of each era.
“It is about a woman who is part of the
women’s movement, but not a radical femi
nist,” Angelo said.
The play is a drama, but has enough light
hearted moments to vary the emotional expe
rience for the viewer. It is mostly about how
Heidi deals with the transition periods of
those three decades and how they affect her
life and perspective.
“You see her hopeful in the beginning, and
then go through a period of disillusionment,
and finally, in the end, she regains her hope-
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fulness for future generations,” Angelo said, through
The theater expects to fill up for most ofthi
performances, especially the first one becausi
season tickets have recently gone on sale.Thp|cie. The
theater in downtown Bryan seats 115-120,but|incj to bi
they are happy to bring in extra chairs foi
those occasions when the turnout goes be mipted to
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