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p14 weekender february 20 1993 arts entertainment assumes a dual role kate gilderdale correspondent this season stouffvilles maggie street will per form leading roles in two markham little theatre productions at markham theatre for the performing arts the classically trained actress who has appeared in londons west end with such luminaries as sir john gielgud and sir ralph richardson had been toying with the idea of reentering the profession when fate in the guise of a close friend intervened my friend saw an ad in the weekender about an open audition for stepping out last fall and suggest ed i give it a try explained street who acts under her professional name of margaret st john she attended the mlt audition with some trepida tion she admitted not having had tap shoes since i was six within five minutes of walking in i had a pair on and was doing a tap audition as opposed to an acting audi tion then we did the acting auditions and i was offered the part of maxine while mlt rehearsals are normally held over eight weeks stepping out required considerably greater lead time because dancing is a major component of the play and most cast members were actors rather than dancers we needed extra rehearsals to get the tap part tight explained street who took private lessons with michele green at stouffvilles dancecentre to brush up her somewhat rusty skills what she found especially gratifying about step ping out was that it was the first time she had been given the opportunity to perform in a musical pro duction with a strong comedic slant something she had always longed to try gloria thomas the choreographer is wonderful street noted shes very encouraging and patient and we all have lots of fun during rehearsals for stepping out someone sug gested that street audition for a part in beyond rea sonable doubt a drama by internationally acclaimed author jeffrey archer which is also being performed at markham theatre so i went to audition for that and was offered the female lead it was she said a heady feeling for someone who missed her profession so much that she avoided attending plays because id have to watch them instead of acting in them markham little theatre has earned a reputation for being one of the finest community theatre groups in ontario in the past 17 years the group has accu mulated 25 thea awards and 44 nominations and has twice been honored for the best presentation of a play beyond reasonable doubt runs feb 24 27 and stepping out runs april 28 may 1 for tickets and information call 4790201 stouffvilles maggie street is appearing in two markham theatre productions whats on don lloyd and country gold next week at stouffville legion stouffville legion don lloyd and country gold perform next friday feb 26 at 9m the legion is located on ninth line just north of hwy47 maxims located on 65 brock street in uxbridge dance to top 40 music on thursdays and fri days call 8529505 garden club dj dancing and entertain ment the club is located on ringwood drive in stoufrville call 6422947 happy daze tonight little caesar and the consuls tuesdays are karaoke night fridays and saturdays feature live enter tainment and dancing locat ed on hwy 48 and felcher blvd in ballantrae for info call 6425195 greens in stouffville thursdays are karaoke night and fridays feature grant fullerton from light house call 6407211