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c16 economist suntribune march 22 1989 young actors form theatre troup i- theyre young talented and smart frustrated by the lack of opportunities to play truly challenging acting roles markham residents robb cook and murray oliver created their own opportunity they formed snake song theatre their own drama com pany and are producing a dif ficult sam shepard play true west which runs march 29april 16 at torontos palmerston theatre theyre also homegrown ac tors in a sense who gained their first exposure to drama at markham district high school under the instruction of the late ron hindle colin taylor the director of the upcoming true west production i know what its like to need cash in a hurry national trust knows too when a career and kids and a social life dont leave much time for banking count on national trust to make it as fast and easy as possible national trust a national trustco company xw was also a student of hindle the three recall that this drama department head in his very pointed way introduced them to the discipline of their craft he was a very tough man says taylor the thing i ap preciated most about him was that he was very demanding he never lied about the business he never glamorized it he would have absolutely no nonsense 1 1 r rnii gait hani ikt llu-uri- iii ill kit ii- back by popular demand not now darling playing from march 30thmay 6th for reservations information took eniy to jwoid disappointment please call 2940426 which was very unusual for drama in a high school sarcasm was a good sign of his respect for you oliver says describing the often hard ex terior of the man who never theless or possibly because of this intimidating manner motivated them to develop their abilities the actors agree that it was hindles rare commitment to theatre at the high school level that resulted in a number of pro mising students themselves in cluded pursuing drama professionally in a very real way what he ex posed me to in his classes led me to decide that acting was the direction i wanted to go oliver says and this group is going full speed cook and oliver studied drama at the university of guelph while taylor trained at the university of toronto just last christmas cook and oliver formed a part nership that resulted in snake song theatre they wanted to produce quality productions that placed them in demanding parts and thats ex actly what theyve got with then- production of sam shepards true west i thought they were ready for a play like this says taylor director of the one-and-a-half- hour production that involves four actors its the perfect dramatic structure nothing ex traneous nothing fat taylor says his actors have the opportunity to focus on detailed work in this production avoiding the technological trappings that sometimes detract from plays of a larger scale he says the play is regarded by many in the acting community as a difficult one set in contemporary southern california it centres on the rela tionship of two brothers 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says this play is the closest to realism that hes done taylor says the play is very funny and slightly disturbing and that the audience will all get something from it the actors and their director are also get ting something from it theyre learning different ap proaches to their craft and being stretched to the limit dramatically when putting together the true west cast producersactors cook and oliver say markhams bunty webb became the obvious choice for the role of the mother in addition to markham little theatre webb has done film and commercial work and brings to the play a wealth of experience yet she lacks the stringent school training of her coactors taylor says this difference in background will result in learn ing on both sides we wallowed in method nonsense he says of his univer sity drama days so it will be worthwhile to work with someone with a different point of view webb says she has a lot to learn too im used to working with people at the little threatre who act as a hobby but its dif ferent to work with young people for whom this is their job and their life not only have the two had to manage the business side of the production but they are financ ing the play out of pocket they have been able to acquire top technical assistance explains webb because of the quality of the production and the people involved oliver jokingly recalls a saying of hindles which has stood him in good stead since his high school days if you didnt enjoy the screwups we wouldnt do it live it goes north south heating air conditioning ywr authorized heating air conditioning dealer get a free humidifier value 16500 with any heating or air conditioning installation 4796015 s i3 and sa hundreds more ngv is economical ngv is safe ngv is clean dualfuel installation keeps gasoline in reserve offer available for a limited lime only natural gas rjp tcff forvehicles m jj consumers gas will give you 500 offthc cost of a natural gas vehicle conversion limited time only call now off a 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