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2013 December PASO Magazine

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EDUCATION & YOUTH<br />

Join the Paso High Theatre Company in this light-hearted production<br />

Robin Hood takes over the PRHS Performing Arts Center<br />

By Meagan Friberg<br />

Can’t think of the last time<br />

you had a swashbuckling,<br />

good time?<br />

That’s about to change.<br />

Thanks to a group of talented<br />

performers, community<br />

members have the chance to<br />

take in a tale that promises<br />

to have audiences alternating<br />

between gasps and laughs.<br />

For two weekends in <strong>December</strong>,<br />

the stage at Paso Robles<br />

High School Performing<br />

Arts Center will become<br />

both Nottingham Castle and<br />

Sherwood Forest as the Paso<br />

High Theatre Company presents<br />

the Larry Blamire rendition<br />

of Robin Hood.<br />

With witty dialogue and<br />

a forest filled with swordfighting<br />

adventurers, Robin<br />

Hood is sure to delight audience<br />

members of all ages.<br />

A familiar cast of characters<br />

– Robin Hood (Logan Ferry,<br />

who called the show “very<br />

light-hearted and humorous”),<br />

Will Gamwell (Amber<br />

Burgh), Marian Harper (Kassidy<br />

Rice-Smith), Riccon<br />

Hazel (Mason Hargrave) and the Sheriff<br />

of Nottingham (Ryan Ramos) to name a<br />

few – will take over the stage, with a bit<br />

of a twist.<br />

“We have a lot of gender-neutral casting,”<br />

said Drama Instructor and Robin Hood Director<br />

Marcy Goodnow. “There are three girls<br />

that play the ‘woodsy-type’ instead of men that<br />

are usually associated with those roles. And<br />

Olivia Hanna, a gorgeous young lady, plays<br />

Friar Tuck. It’s not your typical type-casting;<br />

we are asking the audience to grow with us.”<br />

As in the traditional version, Robin, Will,<br />

Little John (Aaron Yost) and Friar Tuck join<br />

forces with the peasants in a never-ending<br />

quest to aid the needy as they begin stealing<br />

from the rich and giving to the poor.<br />

Betrayal, disloyalty and all the makings of a<br />

true scandal erupt in the interrelationships of<br />

King John (Teryn Steaffens), Queen Eleanor<br />

(Caitlin Knoll), the Bishop of Hereford<br />

(Schulyer McMahan) and The Prioress of<br />

Kirklees (Lyric Jefferson).<br />

“The show doesn’t take itself too seriously,<br />

but it does have some darker tones,”<br />

PRHS Drama Instructor/Robin Hood Director Marcy Goodnow sits among some of the Robin Hood cast.<br />

Queen Eleanor, Marian Harper, King<br />

John and the Sheriff of Nottingham light up<br />

the stage in the Paso High Theatre Company’s<br />

production of Robin Hood.<br />

A familiar cast of characters, including King John<br />

(Teryn Steaffens) and the Sheriff of Nottingham<br />

(Ryan Ramos) will take over the stage at the<br />

PRHS Performing Arts Center.<br />

said Ferry. “There always has to be a few<br />

bad guys.”<br />

Knoll, who admittedly “loves being the<br />

Queen,” said there’s something for all those<br />

that come out to watch Robin Hood. Part<br />

of the appeal of the show, she said, is the<br />

cohesiveness of the cast.<br />

This jolly good time will be happening at the<br />

new PRHS Performing Arts Center, located at<br />

801 Niblick Road, for two weekends – Friday,<br />

Dec. 6 and Saturday, Dec. 7 at 7:30 p.m. and<br />

Sunday, Dec. 8 at 2 p.m. and again on Friday,<br />

Dec. 13 and Saturday, Dec. 14 at 7:30<br />

p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 15 at 2 p.m. Tickets<br />

are currently available at prhsdrama.com and<br />

will also be sold at the door one hour before<br />

each show. Adults, $10; students/seniors/<br />

children 3-13, $8; no children under 3 please<br />

and all seats are general seating – first come,<br />

first served. Handicap seating and assisted<br />

listening available on request.<br />

According to Jenna Crawford<br />

(damsel-in-distress Ellen<br />

Dierwold), the Paso High<br />

Theatre Company is “like being<br />

part of a big family.” The<br />

camaraderie of the company,<br />

along with the rush of performing<br />

in front of a live audience,<br />

is what drives this<br />

“family” to put in long hours<br />

of practice preparing for their<br />

upcoming performance.<br />

And having Goodnow<br />

as their instructor is not just<br />

an added bonus, it’s vital, according<br />

to Burgh.<br />

“She has such a love for<br />

the theatre and for all of us,”<br />

said Burgh. “Everything she<br />

does and what she teaches<br />

us comes across every day<br />

and in the shows that we do.<br />

It doesn’t matter what role<br />

– a lead role or a smaller role<br />

– she really cares and wants<br />

all of us to have our moment.<br />

We are all united because of<br />

Mrs. Goodnow.”<br />

Goodnow, who also<br />

teaches Leadership and<br />

Beginning Dance, was quick<br />

to give accolades to her entire<br />

cast of characters as well as fellow PRHS<br />

teacher Jennifer Bedrosian, Principal Randy<br />

Nelson, costume coordinator Ruth Enriquez-<br />

Bague and costume designer Sydney Throop<br />

(also the <strong>2013</strong> Homecoming Queen!) In addition,<br />

Throop and Meredith Butz are assistant<br />

stage managers that work alongside stage<br />

manager David Fitzpatrick to keep things<br />

running smoothly. PRHS alumni Monty<br />

Renfrow and Amber Eye are lending their<br />

talents as well; Renfrow, the production’s fight<br />

director, choreographs sword-fighting scenes<br />

and Eye helps with costume design.<br />

“I love working with everyone and I<br />

couldn’t do what I do here without the<br />

support of my wife, Jaime,” said Goodnow.<br />

“She’s my rock, my everything – she’s a big<br />

part of my sanity, and my insanity!”<br />

With a timeless story line and a stage full<br />

of talent, the outlook is a good one for the<br />

Paso High Theatre Company’s production<br />

of Robin Hood. As Goodnow pointed out,<br />

“All of us – the cast, the audience, those behind<br />

the scenes – we are all going to have a<br />

great time!”<br />

22 Paso Robles <strong>Magazine</strong>, <strong>December</strong> <strong>2013</strong>

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