The O-town Scene

November 17, 2011

The O-town Scene - Oneonta, NY

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Scene the O-Town Vol. 2, No. 7 www.otownscene.com 102 Chestnut St., P.O. Box 250, Oneonta, NY 13820 (607) 432-1000, ext. 255, editor@otownscene.com EDITOR Cassandra Miller ASSOCIATE MANAGING EDITOR OF THE DAILY STAR Adrienne Wise PUBLISHER Armand Nardi CONTRIBUTORS Kyle Beckley, Mark Boshnack, John Champlin, Trevor Hayes, Raul O'Toole, Genevieve Pedulla, Emily Popek, Mark Simonson, Sam Spokony, Valerie Tiffany and Jennifer Tighe. EDITOR OF THE DAILY STAR Sam Pollak ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Sean Lewis The O-Town Scene is published Thursdays by The Daily Star Inc. Free copies are distributed throughout Oneonta, as well as parts of Otsego, Delaware and Schoharie counties. Member of The Associated Press and CNHI News Service EDITOR'S NOTE Not everyone gets to truly express themselves at their day jobs. That's what hob- bies are for. Some people get their cre- ative rocks off scrap-booking. Others jam in friends' base- ments, or take photos. And then there's a contingent that participates in community theater. This is one of the ways I've chosen to spend free time since high school _ getting red, acrylic nails to complete my transforma- tion into a brazen lounge singer in "Anything Goes" and honing my Long Island coffee-talk accent to play a 60-year-old overbearing mother in "Bye Bye Birdie." These are two of my favorite roles, but every production I've been in, whether as Girl No. 2 or a character with an actual name, has been memorable. In the three years since moving back to Oneonta, I've 2 O-Town Scene Nov. 17, 2011 expanded my social network by hundreds from people I've worked with in community theater productions. These are my people _ theater people. In "real life," these actors are doctors, lawyers, teachers, tech support, politi- cians, newspaper editors. We're all a little nerdy, and we all love being a part of shows. We get to create something that will entertain others, and we get to know people who we may never interact with in that real life already mentioned. Our nights and weekends are consumed with learning choreography and lines, sewing costumes and figuring out exactly how to make a fake kiss look real. The high of performing for an audience is worth the hours of work that go into a production. The glow lasts for days. This week's cover story is on the Catskill Community Players' production of "The Real Inspector Hound," which director Diana Friedell and many of the cast members put on nearly 25 years ago _ they came back for more. I have to confess ... I have a part in the play _ the young actress/jilted ex-lover of the mysterious man in the play-within-a-play. This area is too small not to be involved with some stories we publish. I hope you understand. We try to spread the love at the Scene, giving attention to as many different theatrical productions, musical acts and artists as possible _ which is why I invite you to email me events and story ideas at editor@otownscene.com. There are a lot of stories to tell in our area, including those on stage ... like Tom Stoppard's "The Real Inspec- tor Hound" at the Wieting Theater in Worcester on Fri- day, Saturday and Sunday. (I'm sorry. I had to.) Cassandra Miller Miller is the found- ing editor of the O-Town Scene.

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