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Going ‘uptown’
Arts Council open house will
feature ‘improv’ performances
Now, it's a party.
In addition to refreshments and lots of
information, there will be improve perform-
ances by the instructors and assistants at the
Plymouth Uptown Players open house next
Wednesday.
The reception, planned from 5-8 p.m. Aug.
17, is sponsored by the Plymouth Community
Arts Council. Aspiring young performers, and
their parents, can meet the new instructors,
Katelyn Sigworth and Cara Bosco. Those
attending the summer openhousewill receive
$10 off fall registration fees.
The Plymouth Uptown Players is an exper-
imental theatre group made up of elementary
and middle school aged children. The pro-
gram, which began in the mid-1990s, teaches
children everything about producing and act-
ing in a play including costumes, sets, direct-
ing and working together as a teamwith other
castmembers.
Sigworth, one of the new instructors this
year, has more than six years of experience
working with children's theatre groups. She
was instrumental in the founding of the mid-
dle school drama workshop program in the
Plymouth Canton Community Schools, and
SecondStagePlayers at CantonHighSchool.
Bosco, also a new instructor this year,
recently graduated from Michigan State
University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in act-
ing and an additional major in psychology.
She has been performing in theatrical produc-
tions since she was 8 and recently worked at
The Williamston Theatre where she earned
herEquityMembership.
TheOpenHouse, auditions, rehearsals and
performances will take place at the Plymouth
Community Arts Council, 774 N. Sheldon
Road, Plymouth.
More information about thePUPSprogram
and the Plymouth Community Arts Council
may be found at www.plymoutharts.com or by
calling thePCAC734-416-4278.
They've still got it, and if there's any doubt,
just watch them onstage at the Village Theater
at CherryHill.
The Spotlight Still Got It Players, a troupe
of actors over the age of 50, will bring Murder
CanBeHabit Forming to the stage for five per-
formances under the direction of group
founderDebbieLannenbeginningAug. 17.
Murder Can Be Habit Forming by Billy St.
John begins when a busload of passengers are
stranded by a blizzard in upstate New York.
They find their way to an old mansion in the
woods, now St. Mary's Convent, where the Rev.
MotherMary Cecilia provides them lodging for
the night. Unfortunately, she soon realizes that
among her guests is likely to be a serial killer
known as "the Mary Murderer" whose victims
are all namedMary. Thoughmost of the sisters
have been stranded in Buffalo, the four nuns
remaining with her all have the first name
Mary, as do two of thewomen on the bus.
To add to the list of potential victims, one
teacher who was formerly...you guessed it...a
nun named Mary. Before the night is over, the
killer strikes.
Tickets, $15 for adults, $13 for students and
$11 for groups of 15 or more, are available
online at www.canton-mi.org/villagetheater.
Curtain times are at 1 p.m. Aug. 17 and 18, at 7
p.m. Aug. 19 and at 2 and 7 p.m. Aug. 20. For
more information visit www.spotlightplayers-
mi.org.
Still Got It Players take to stage
The automobile that transformed an
industry will be on exhibit in Northville
thisweekend.
When Henry Ford's Model T, fondly
known as the Tin Lizzie, was introduced
in 1909, each one was assembled by hand
at the Piquette Plant in Detroit and pro-
duction was limited. Only 11 cars were
built there during the first full month of
production. More and more machines
were being used in the assembly process
but Ford couldn't keep up with demand
for the Model T. In 1910 Henry Ford
moved the company to the newHighland
Park complex, where he introduced the
assembly linewhich allowed theModel T
to be produced in higher volumes at
lower cost. The cars came off the line in
three-minute intervals, taking only 93
minutes to assemble. The Model T sold
millions of vehicles and put ownership
within reach for most Americans for the
first time. Casual T's, a Model T Chapter
that serves primarily the southeastern
part of Michigan, will be displaying their
historic Model T's on the green at Mill
Race Village from 1-3 p.m. this Sunday,
Aug. 15.
The event is free and open to the pub-
lic.
The show is being sponsored by the
Northville Historical Society. Mill Race
Village is located at 215 Griswold St. in
Northville.
For more information call (248) 348-
1845 or visit www.millracenorthville.org.
Tin Lizzie
Model Ts to visit Mill Race Village