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The Calvert Gazette Thursday, December 6, 2012 20 The Calvert Gazette is always looking for more local talent to feature! To submit art or band information for our entertainment section, e-mail sarahmiller@countytimes.net. ‘A Christmas Carol’ in Dickens Own Words By Sarah Miller Staff Writer The Twin Beach Players’ third adaptation of “A Christmas Carol” is the most realistic rendering yet, according to Regan Cahsman, director. The language is lifted directly from the original Charles Dickens manuscript, she said. The tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, on stage at the North Beach Boys and Girls Club, features children from first grade through high school. “I don’t dumb it down for the kids and that’s what amazes people,” Cashman said, who has directed the play five times, including performing in it twice. In addition to learning their lines, the children work with Cashman and other adults to understand what they are saying and why they are using specific phrases. “It’s not good enough to just memorize lines,” she said. A number of the kids have acted in “A Christmas Carol” several times, Cashman said. For others, this is their first experience in a community theatre production. reads the part, or one of the other children reads it. Even though attendance is a challenge when dealing with kids, she said they are eager to help fill in absent actors. A few roles are also double cast to work around conflicts with actual performances, Cashman said. The kids often come up with different ways to make scenes work, and Cashman is always happy to let them try their ideas. “They go for it,” she said. “They’re willing to take risks.” Opening weekend rehearsals right before are normally the most chaotic, between last minute details for the actors, light and sound and the stage. “They get pretty psyched, especially opening week,” Cashman said. A Christmas Carol runs through Dec. 16, on Fridays and Saturdays at 7 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. For more information, visit www.twinbeachplayers.com. sarahmiller@countytimes.net Photos by Sarah Miller Ebenezer Scrooge (Michael Saunders), left, talks to the ghost of Jacob Marley (Bryan Brown). Ebenezer Scrooge (Michael Saunders) works late on Christmas Eve. Marlena St. Jean joined the Twin Beach Players for the first time after experiencing the play for the first time last winter when she saw the play with her grandparents last winter. Caleron Walker, a five play veteran with the Players, keeps coming back for more because he likes the messages that “you should be thankful in your heart” and people can change. The end of the year is always the busiest for Twin Beach Players, Cashman said. This year, “A Christmas Carol” comes right on the tail of the fall production of “Frankenstein,” recycling pieces of the former set; a standard practice for small troupes, Cashman said. “A Christmas Carol” is traditionally one of the most successful shows of the year, Cashman said. “It’s a show everybody comes to.” She said one of the difficulties in working with a crew of kids is working around their schedules. On average, each actor has only attended half of the rehearsals. When a child is absent, Cashman said she Faith Tyndall makes an appearance as the Ghost of Christmas Past. Entertainment Calendar Thursday, Nov. 29 Live Music: “GrooveSpan” Ruddy Duck Brewery (13200 Dowell Road, Dowell) – 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1 Live Music: “GrooveSpan” Ruddy Duck Brewery (13200 Dowell Road, Dowell) – 6:30 p.m. Live Music: “Lake Effects” Ruddy Duck Brewery (13200 Dowell Road, Dowell) – 8:30 p.m. Live Music: “No Green Jelly Beenz” Vera’s White Sands Beach Club (1200 White Sands Drive, Lusby) – 9:30 p.m. Live Music: “Fran Scuderi” Running Hare Vineyard (150 Adelina Road, Prince Frederick) – 1 p.m. Live Music: “Redwine Jazz Trio” The Westlawn Inn (9200 Chesapeake Avenue, North Beach) – 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2 Live Music: “Gerry Swarbrick” Running Hare Vineyard (150 Adelina Road, Prince Frederick) – 1 p.m.
21 Thursday, December 6, 2012 The Calvert Gazette CLUES ACROSS 1. German rapper 4. Aries sign 7. Atmosphere 8. Send payment for 10. Digs 12. Pathetically weak 13. Give a thrashing to 15. How a witch laughed 16. Being of use or service 17. Lassie’s breed 18. XXX Olympic site 21. Tax collector 22. Above average in size 23. It carries genetic information 24. E. central English river 25. Baked pastry-lined dish 26. Basics 27. Manson murder book 34. Actress May 35. Dry white Italian wine from Verona 36. Easily conversed 38. Java pepper vine 39. Eagle nests 40. Irish mother of gods 41. Belongs to St. Paul’s architect 42. Soak flax 43. CGS work unit 44. Tooth caregiver CLUES DOWN 1. Common detergent measure 2. Island in Venice 3. Establish by law or with authority 4. Exuding a strong odor 5. Walked leisurely 6. A unit of length equal to 1760 yards 8. Return to a useful condition 9. CNN’s Turner 11. Young herring in Norway 12. Disengagement 14. The lion zodiac sign 15. Mt. Washington railroad 17. The brain and spinal cord (abbr.) 19. Last decade of the 20th cent. 20. A major division of geological time 23. Causes to expand 24. Ed Murrow’s network 25. Happening in quick succession 26. They __ 27. Perceiver of sound 28. The last part of anything 29. Top left corner key 30. Opposite of quiet 31. Knights’ outer tunic 32. Made level 33. Refutes in a legal case 36. Sound of a crow 37. In this place Last Week’s Puzzle Solutions Kiddie er n Kor
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