Congratulations to the cast of our upcoming production of "Silent Sky". We are so excited to see this talented cast perform.
Henrietta: Lauren Schaffner
Margaret: Kimberly Gifford Olbrich
Annie: Diane Slamp
Williamina: Laurie Dwire
Peter: Matthew Otten
Assistant Director: Tom Martin
This is Leigh Matthews Bock’s 21st time directing and 8th directorship for MRTC starting from our very first season. She chooses to bring us plays that celebrate the female experience. Some of her stories include Enchanted April, The Cover of Life and The Cemetery Club, all plays about women who take charge of their circumstances. She also directs an annual salute to military veterans with original works from local playwrights, about local veteran’s stories for the Majestic and traveling shows like Love, Lose and What We Wore around the Willamette Valley.
Prior to completing the MA Professional Acting course at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts in Greater Manchester, England, Lauren Schaffner earned a BA from Georgetown University, worked in community health education in West Africa and managed charity programs in the United States. Her local credits include Majestic Theatre's Circle Mirror Transformation as Lauren in 2014 and Steel Magnolias as Annelle in 2018 and ACT's Little Women as Jo in 2017.
Silent Sky is Diane Slamp’s third appearance in a MRTC production. She played Gwen Hollinger, a domineering veteran actress coach in Women Playing Hamlet. She followed that up with the hyper-organized bundle of energy, Sheree Hollinger, in Sweet Delilah Swim Club. Her current project is acting in a short film titled The Tuna Conspiracy for Mazama Entertainment. It is expected to be released in 2021.
Laurie Dwire received her Bachelor’s in Dramatic Arts from University of California, Santa Barbara. While teaching at the University of Hawaii, Laurie joined the ensemble of the Music Man at the Maui Arts Cultural Center Castle Theater. At the Majestic Theatre she appeared in Steel Magnolias as Clairee and in the ensemble for the Veteran’s Voices Project. Laurie has retired from OSU where she was the Operations Manager of the Marketplace West Dining hall.
Since Kimberly Gifford Olbrich has over 30 years experience as a Theatre Artist, it isn’t easy to describe her credits in a few lines. For MRTC she has appeared in Enchanted April, Crossing Delancey, Deep Blue Sea and directed Sense and Sensibility. Her favorite role at ACT was Lusia Pechenikin A Shayna Maidel. For thriving theatre!, a company she co-founded with Elle Poindexter, she had a memorable experience as Callie in Stop Kiss under the expert direction of guest director Paul Roland. Currently, Kimberly is a Theater Arts Specialist at Ashbrook Independent School in Corvallis.
When a director needs a character actor, Matthew Otten is who they turn to. He shows up in original short stories in the Majestic 8 series, and Veterans' Voices Project or Dating: Adults Embracing Failure at Homegrown Theater in Keizer. For MRTC he played Isaac in Disgraced. He also played Harry Bright in Mamma Mia! at Corvallis School District Theater. Matthew loves a good ham sandwich.
Assistant Director Tom Martin’s last two performances at the Majestic were Veteran’s Voices one and two. The Veterans' Voices Project is a special one that takes conversations with real local veterans and converts them into short plays. Tom enjoys travel, theater, and cooking for friends. He is very glad to be fully vaccinated and starting to enjoy a normal life.
If you attend mid-Willamette Valley community theater musicals you probably have seen Jim Martinez at the directors’ podium. His most recent shows were Next to Normal and Catch Me If You Can at the Majestic, Mamma Mia at Corvallis High School and many more at Albany Civic Theatre. Jim plays trombone in the Hilltop Big Band and was named a Patron of the Arts in 2019 by the Corvallis Chamber of Commerce.
See this performance all weekend June 26 - 27.
Tickets: $10-$15-$20
Get your tickets at https://tinyurl.com/silsky
Silent Sky is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.
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