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Debbie Barnhouse
Debbie is on the board of directors of the River City Players Community Theatre group and has a hand in directing and producing the group's dinner theater plays at the River City Yacht Club. Debbie has been a member of RCP since 1999. In this blog, she tells you the latest in community theater news.
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Catching an Accent.......

Posted Thursday, July 23, 2009, at 8:29 AM

There are times when directing a play that accents may become a must to get a particular character across to the audience. In RCP'S upcoming show this is the case. It becomes so much fun and exciting watching the actor turn into another person. The accent that one particular actor is working on slowly creeps into other characters. It just happens. We will be reading lines and out of nowhere other actors all of a sudden have a New York accent. It just happens. Hence, people do rub off on other people. Accents are hard work and the character has to learn to not think about am I keeping my accent while remembering line after line. You will have a chance to come and see what I am talking about in September when our next production, 'Getting Sara Married', opens on September 11, 2009.

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  • 9/11? Really? Not a romantic day.

    -- Posted by Pete72 on Thu, Jul 23, 2009, at 6:57 PM

  • Sonnyboy,

    People have already forgotten about that day. Welcome to Obama Nation - where we deny the past, lie about the present, and place false hope in the future.

    -- Posted by gehagge on Fri, Jul 24, 2009, at 10:11 AM

  • I'm a Democrat who voted for Obama, but I think this just disprespectful. I can't say I'm surprised though.

    -- Posted by Pete72 on Fri, Jul 24, 2009, at 1:45 PM

  • Well, at least all of the other entertainment venues will be shutting down that day. I'm sure there aren't any establishments that have booked a band for that night, and I'm just positive that the theaters won't be showing any movies. For that matter, I'm sure neither of you will be going home and watching television that night, because allowing yourself to be entertained would be the same thing as denying the past, lying about the present, and placing false hope in the future. I know there's been a lot of fingerpointing at the government lately, and I definitely won't say it's not deserved, but I think it says a lot about the citizens who are playing the blame game when they somehow equate a community theater production in Cape Girardeau Missouri with the President of the United States. That doesn't sound ridiculous at all, does it? I have the utmost respect and deepest regret for the loss of the victims of the 9/11 attacks, and because of that respect, I know that no one who has passed would ever begrudge anyone still here for enjoying the time they have left.

    -- Posted by MusicMaker on Mon, Jul 27, 2009, at 4:34 PM

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