Upper Canada Playhouse summer season
Ordinary people under extraordinary circumstances
found something to relate to in each one of them. “I connect somewhat more to some than others. There’s a motivation for each one, and the rest of the play falls into place. The three women are at different stages of their life as well,” she explained. Williams knows Norm Foster’s writing, the portrait he depicts of relationships, and finds this particular one special. “He’s done others that plays with different characters. In this one, the focus is on the male-female relationship, how my character John impacts three women on him,” he said. The chemistry and the candid humor, as well as the passion for Foster’s play will easily be transposed into the perfor- mance on stage at the premiere July 5. Aside from the quality of the writing, the audience will no doubt be entertained by the frequent change of costumes as well as by the impressive set, built to project the balconies of two apartments located near an airport. Here on the Flight Path will be presented at the Upper Canada Playhouse in Morrisburg, from Tuesday to Saturday at 8 pm, Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays at 2pm. For details, call 613-543-3713 or go to www.uppercanadaplayhouse.com. katina.diep@eap.on.ca
By Katina Diep M ORRISBURG
Who could resist the story of a man who worships three completely different women for a great summer play? The comedy Here on the Flight Path , by renowned writer Norm Foster, is the second of the season and will be presented at the Upper Canada Playhouse, from July 5 to July 29. At a press conference held at the Masonic Hall last Thursday, art director Donnie Bowes could not say enough about Foster’s body of work: “Nobody writes the way he does about relationships. Norm Foster could be called Canada’s best. He talks about people’s lives,” he said. John Cummings, played by theater veteran Jamie Williams, a recently divorced writer, is working on a novel, only to be distracted every time by a new woman who moves next door. One of the highlights of the show is that all three women are played by Melanie Janzen, also a theater veteran. It was quite a challenge for Janzen to personify three women. However, she After three decades of soul- searching throughout his paintings, Canadian artist James Hrkach says the best is yet to come. Displaying a few self-portraits made in different periods of his life, the painter and art teacher shows his true identity, without boundaries, to the public on starting June 26, at the Cornwall Regional Art Gallery. This exhibition is a first peak of his career, a window on his family life and a glimpse at what is yet to come as he is at the last stretch of his career as a teacher. “It is really the span of three decades of work. As I am retiring, I want to get back tomy painting. It was an accidental thing for my part, and I found it slow going when I was a high school teacher,” said Hrkach. Portraits of his children, of his wife, as well as a few self-portraits, depict intimate moments in time. Hrkach doesn’t measure his own portrait based on its likeness to him but rather on the effects of the moment. “Self portrait is a way of practicing. It doesn’t matter if it looks like me. I’mmuch more interested in the composition, the feel, the colors,” he said. Visitors to the Art Gallery may be surprised to learn that it only takes a By Katina Diep
Photo by Katina Diep Real life couple Jamie Williams and Melanie Janzen will play together Norm Foster's
Discovering artist James Hrkach
Professional Live Theatre in Morrisburg, Ontario
July 5 - 29
By Norm Foster Tickets: 613-543-3713 toll free: 1-877-550-3650 or www.uppercanadaplayhouse.com Here on the Flight Path
Photo Katina Diep Artist James Hrkach (left) with City Councilor Gerry Samson on the opening night of his exhibit, standing before two of his paintings, Ellie with Josh and a self portrait withChurch Dome.
Visitors can discover Hrkach’s oils and drawings at The Cornwall Art Gallery, locatedat the corner of Pitt Street andSecond Street, until August 3. For more information: www.cornwallregionalartgallery.ca.
few hours for the painter to complete a portrait. “When painting someone, you think of the person who’s right in front of you. To me, it’s about what happens in the moment,” explained Hrkach.
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