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LookIntoTheNewLivesOf\FormermAlthough the Asolo State Theater acting company has never been an organizationbuilt upon Ihe “*of casting its actors, there have been a number *h« members of the company who have become closely identified with the company and,consequently, with us. theISo it may be of interest to the reader to know whathashappened withsomemembers of the company who have left the company.For instance, did you know that Polly Holliday has been working with the BoothbayPlayhouse in Boothbay, Maine'*Ssraiotans^who have attendedthe company’s productions foryou did know, if you are a devotee of thei vTUI®*Kven though we don’t al*ways really know the artorssoapat Albert Smelko, Albert Stratton,personally, we may see some of them often enough to havedeveloped a “personal” interest in them.now a men siranon, occa sionally pops up on “I-ove IsA Many Splendored Thing,” ying the role of a policef. Look in on channel 13at 2 p.m. once in a while.Igricultural Committee PressingStampMy interest in the fortunes ofSoTnier company actors was whetted recently wk*n Annette Britton told me that she and her husband. Robertwere leaving.The reader may not knowAnnette. She ihowed up Inthe sludent company in 1965,as Annette Hannon, and sincethat time she has been director of student housing, a secretary, and finally, public ions director with theShe- has beencompany.responsible, for some time, for furnishing infotYnationwhich enables members of thepress to pose as If, they knew something. In that capacity she has been invaluable andI don’t mind saying that I will miss her. I’ll miss herwin miss ner. i n rruss nerIII1IXS husband Robert too, for hemAsked To■metalio iis a nice guy and a fine actor, but there are always moreactors than there are reallyuseful public relations people.iVIEWPOINTly CLYDE IURNETTOur community will sustainthis double loss becauseStrane, John Krich, Sam^Robert is going to Hartford, Conn. where he will perform the role of Octave in “TheBaker, Polly Holiday andlater, Michael Keenan, Weid-ner’s flair for comic charac-Farce of Sea pin.* •terization was most valuable In the davs when RestorationBrittonK who came to thecompany in 1964, performed that same role in the Asolo'sversion of “Scapin” in 1967,which was translated fromComedv was the backbone of the repertory and also during the period when the transition was made to contemporary and serious dramaMoliere and directed by Paul Weidner. Weidner now isAlso with Weidner a tdirector of the Hartford StageHartford is David Peterson, with the company from 1966 untilWeidner, as many will1966, now rehearsing “The Delicate Balance’’recall, was one of the “rocksitwhich will open there soon.upon which the Asolo company was built. In company with Eberle Thomas, RobertMichael Keenan, anoutstanding comedy actorwith the company from 1963until 1966. performed this summer with the CaliforniaShakespeare Festival in Los Gatos. ----Charlotte Moore has worked with the Hartford Stage Company and other regional theaters and you may have seen her on ‘’Search For Tomorrow,” another one of those sudsy operas on TV. This capable actress was with the Asolo from 1965 until 1966.In the early days of the company, and again in 1966, John Krich proved himself to be a very versatile actor.Sarasotans will alsoremember him for his stint as a local school teacher. He’s now teaching and acting atVictoria University in Victoria, British Columbia. That’s a real move!Walter Rhodes will be ina CBS documentary film, in the role of a fisherman; Anthony Heald has been acting with the Hartford companyThe Herald-TiiTnirtefriday, Sept 5, 1*5^15Asolo Actorsm *»■i *and isgoingwaulkee Repertory Company; Pamela Pavton-Wright was a member of the APA Repertory Company and appeared last year with Dustin Hoffman in ‘‘Jimmy Shine;1'’ playwright Fred Gaines, writer of “Wilde!” has hadto the Mil- ing the Brittons the Wsta couple of plays producedon educational television; Arlene Nadei has been with the late, lamented Theater Atlanta and went to N.Y. withthe production of “Red, White and Maddox ”Keith Fowler is managingdirector of the V i r g i n i a Musem Theater; Joy and Fred Breckinridge, designer-technical staffers, are goingMinnesota; Sandy Moffett has returned to Elon College in N. C., head of department, and his wife Betty is teaching in that area.I will presume td speak for manv of our readers in wish-of luck in their further ventures in the theatrical world.It’s a hard thing to losejiifactor who has distinguishedhimself so often and for soRobert’s roles haveUnclelong.included the doctor inVanva.” Valentine in4«TwoftGents,InRomeoJimmvLookinAnger,” Tybalt' in ind Juliet,” from* well in '.‘A. Man For .Ml Seasons,” Horatio * in “Hamlet”—iust to-just to name a few, and he won’t be easilyreplaced But now it's time for him to-go onward and upward, and it's good to know that the Asolocompanyive of such good ex*to St. Cloud State College in pcrience.And%again, my personal, thanks to his wife, Annette, who compiled all of this w-( formation on what former Asolans are doing, so I could rite as if I knew something about it.
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Sarasota, Florida, US
Fri, Sep 05, 1969
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