Community theater to perform Friday

By Adam Boynton

Posted on March 27, 2003, at 12:00 a.m.

Orono Community Theater will perform two one-act plays this weekend at the Orono Community House on Bennoch Road.

“Out at Sea,” written by Slavomir Mrozek, will be followed by “Scenes from ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream,’” written by William Shakespeare, on March 28, 29 and 30. Performances on the 28 and 29 will begin at 7 p.m. and at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 30.

“Out at Sea” is performed in the “theater of the absurd,” which features both strange and hilarious situations. Taking place on a life raft, three shipwreck survivors shuffle through a series of political systems to decide which man will be eaten first.

Directed by Bruce Johnson, “Out at Sea” stars Orono’s Mark Billyk and Richard Brucher, as well as Barry Tyne of Burlington, Vt.

The evening’s second show, “Scenes from ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’” is directed by Orono Community Theater’s artistic director Sandy Cyrus.

“In ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ there are three stories, of the lovers, the king and queen and the mechanicals the Athenian craftsmen. They’re crude, simple, uneducated folk. We take all of their scenes and [the viewer] gets to follow their storyline,” Cyrus said of the show.

In the play, the Duke of Athens is getting married and the townspeople want to offer a play to be performed at the reception. While the mechanicals are rehearsing in an enchanted forest, fairies begin to have their fun with them.

Mike Curtis of Orono stars as Bottom the Weaver, with numerous other Orono residents garnering roles for the show.

Tickets may be purchased at Orono Pharmacy or at the door. Admission is $8 for adults, $6 for students and seniors.

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