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For Immediate Release:
Contact: Robin Conklin
Marketing Director
865-974-2497
rconkli1@utk.edu
Who: Clarence Brown Theatre Studio Series
What: “The Story of Opal”
Where: Lab Theatre
When: Oct. 28- Nov.7, 2010 7:30 p.m. evening productions 2:00 p.m. matinees
Prices: $10 adults and students; $3 UT students with ID
Tickets: Box Office 865-974-5161, www.clarencebrowntheatre.com
KNOXVILLE—The Clarence Brown Theatre will perform “The Story of Opal” by Gale Childs Daly in the Lab Theatre from October 28-November 7, 2011.
A new play for families, the production tells the story of Opal Whiteley, a young girl living in the forests of Oregon in the early 20th century. Gale Childs Daly adapted Whiteley’s journal, recorded on mere scraps of paper and later published in 1920, into a theatrical account of how Opal transcended the ordinary life of a small logging town though her explorations of a forest wonderland.
The events of the play are the events of a country childhood; walking to school, climbing on the barn roof, playing with the animals and going on ‘explores’. “Sometimes the simpler the events, the greater the challenge in putting them onto the stage,” said director Casey Sams. “In this play, we have five actors who all play Opal as well as portraying Opal’s family, her friends, and her pets - including a dog, a pig, a cow, a mouse and a crow! We also have a live musician, local artist Rachel Schlafer-Parton, on stage with the actors creating beautiful music and sound effects throughout the show.”
“This play is something the whole family can enjoy together. The story is easily understandable by young and old alike, with subtleties to keep the youngest audience members involved and the oldest chuckling,” Sams said.
Director Casey Sams, UT Theater assistant professor, works in both the Graduate and Undergraduate programs teaching Movement and Acting. In addition to the Clarence Brown Theatre, she also has directed or choreographed at such theatres as The Round House Theatre, The Utah Shakespearean Festival, The Great River Shakespeare Festival, PlayMakers Rep, North Carolina Stage Company, Virginia Stage Company, Knoxville Opera Company, and Vermont Stage Company. Most recently, she directed “The Who’s Tommy” in the CBT.
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