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2 - 'WHITCHURCH-STOUFFVILLE THIS MONTH" 'â€" See us on ’www.$touffvilleonlinecom‘ Ifm'tufiééfiéhémthé'#663 am this potluck The Pot Luck Players |ove word play. theatre and food. not necessarily in that order‘ meet and eat,‘ said Catherine Sword. "Some of us come for the food." chimed in Michele Kennedy. "We meet every three or four months and go from home to home." added her husband, Michael. "It's like baseball, Our motto is 'Read By Kate Gilqercjale Slouflville This Monm Quosfions or call the akinq about eniOYing in‘olino :ying alcohol responsibly8 Ask 800 ONT‘lCBO ‘668-5'226) II through home to home. it‘s a hit every time," coun- tered Stephen Sword Trying to conduct an interview with this talent- ed group about their upcoming performance. a reading of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. is a bit like trying to get through Stouffville without stopping at a red light, albeit a lot more fun. One- liners abound and people keep finishing each other's .sentences. Their eclectic reper- 5226) In Metro Toronto, 0 an employee loire has encompassed Shakespeare, Neil Simon. Euripides and Tom Stoppard and their enthu- siasm and bonhomie is hard to resist. When they were approached by Academy for Performing Arts agreed readily‘ ' doing Oliver in N eede at your local [CBC flora 0. call (4‘6) 365-590C 'ale one Stephen. "and Wayne made the mistake of think- ing people would pay to see us." Founded a couple of years ago. the Pot Luck Players consist of Michael and Michele Kennedy. Catherine and Stephen Sword. Scott Drew. Maureen O‘Halloran, Ruth LeBlanc and Dorie Billichr Sheila Mchd. who died in lanuary, was one of the group's leading lights and was always trying to per- suade her fellow thespians Please Drink Responsibly to lend their voices to the Scottish play. having com- mitted much of it to mem- ory herself. The reading of A Christmas Carol takes place at 7:30 pm. Dec. 2| at St‘ James Presbyterian Church on Main St. "We're doing the version that Dickens used for his readings when he travelled," said The Pot Luck Players will present a reading of A Christmas Carol Dec 21 at 7:30 pm. at St. James Presbyterian Church on Main St. with proceeds to assist the fledgling York Durham Academy of the Performing Arts. Hamming it up at a rehearsal, from left to right, are: Scott Drew, Michael Kennedy, Stephen Sword, Catherine Sword, Maureen O'Halloran and Michele Kennedy. Stephen, “We each take parts, so it's more like a play reading," added Catherine. len Pogue, an 5055 graduate who recently appeared in Herongate Barn Theatre's production of An Evening on Broadway. will ioin the group for this special per- formance DECEMBER 2002