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Theater company calls Opera House home PAGE 5- PLAINDEALER - FftlDAY, JUNE 22,19M Getting the show on the road wasn't the problem. Finding the right road, and the right destination, was. Itae long-sought, now well- traveled route meanders through northern Illinois, from DeKalb through the Fox River Valley to the Woodstock Opera House. Hie Opera House is where Northern Illinois University's summer theatre, the Illinois Stags Company, finally came to life this month with a production of "How the Other Half Loves." Performances of the farce by Alan Ayckbourn continue in Woodstock June 22 and 28. Then it's "on the road again" bound for NUTs O'Connell Theatre and additional performances June 25 to 27. For ticket information in Woodstock, call (815) 338-5300; at NIU, call (815) 753-1609. Establishment of the summer theater company represents fulfillment of a dream for Kent Gallagher, chair of NIU's Department of Theatre Arts, which produced the play. Gallagher and R. Scott Lank, artistic director and an assistant professor at NIU, had scouted northeastern Illinois for the last three years in search of a site for the company. "The master of fine arts program here (at NIU) really needs a summer theatre operation," Gallagher explains, adding that some talented students have been lost to other universities because such a company was lacking. Despite a supportive administration and adequate budget, potential summer theater locations were either unavailable or com­ petition was too near. "We tried to do a summer theater here (in DeKalb) two years ago," Gallagher recalls. "It just didn't wash." The problem was students. Or rather, the lack of them as an audience. Gallagher says NIU students disappear in the summer, except for those at­ tending summer classes Monday through Thursday. And "from Thursday through Sunday, they're gone," he adds. What Gallagher and Lank needed was another site for performances, one that could draw from a stable population of theater lovers. When the Woodstock Opera House failed to book a major New York company for this June, the NIU group had its break. Gallagher hopes it is the beginning of a growing, mutually beneficial relationship for both the ISC and the opera house. Auditions for the cast and induction crew of "How the Half Loves" were opened to actors, designers and technicians from throughout the Chicago area and as far away as St. Louis. Rehearsals and construction took {dace on NIU's campus. What the stage company eventually offered Woodkock was a complete production staff capable of handling nearly everything except ticket sales, Gallagher says. An agreement was struck between NIU and opera house management, and there are hopes for a contract renewal next year. "Woodstock is a very char­ ming, turn-of-the-century theater, with seating for 400 people," Gallagher says. "The stage is very tiny, though. Ac­ tually, the play needs a stage about half again as large because the plot involves two f a m i l i e s p e r f o r m i n g simultaneously." The greatest hassle for the new company is moving bet­ ween DeKalb and Woodstock and moving the entire operation to the Opera House. "We used one university truck and ended up having to make two trips," to get the set, costumes, and props to Wood­ stock, he recalls with a grin. "Next time we'll take two trucks." Cos turner Gayle Svoboda of DeKalb applies body makup to Tim M. Rezash of Yorlcville just before an Illinois Stage Company performance of "How the Other Half Loves," which continues June 22-23 at the Woodstock Opera House and June 25-27 at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb. CPR CLASS Tbe Johnsburg Rescue Squad is again offering a free CPR class at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, June 28, at the rescue squad building. The class is limited to the first 20 applicants. To register call 385-2771 or 385-6444. prodtK Other Audubon group to study geological effects of glaciers On Saturday, June 23, the McHenry County Chapter of Illinois Audubon Society will spend a day in the Southern unit of Kettle Moraine State Forest, near LaGrange, Wis. Tbe geologic features of the area are a result of the Wisconsin glacier, 12,000 years ago. At that time, the Lake Michigan lobe and the Green Bay lobe of the glacier grated against each other for a 120-mile stretch. Hiat action caused melting and deposit of rock, sand and gravel between'th£ lobes;1 for­ ming a ridge or moraine about 300 feet above the surrounding land. Kettles or holes were formed by large hunks of ice in the moraine. The forest gets its name from those distinguishing features. Wild flowers, trees, marsh and prairie plants, birds and many mammals can be seen along the nature trails. In order to arrange for car pooling, persons wishing to attend shuld contact Margaret or Lou Marchi at 385-6047. The trip will start from the north parking lot of McHenry Com­ munity High School West Campus. The group will assemble at 8 a.m. and proceed to the contact station trailer near the Rice Lake Nature Trail. Directions for reaching the forest from McHenry are as follows: take Route (raorth toward Richmond. When High­ way 12 merges with Route 31, proceed north on Route 12 to LaGrange, Wis. At the in­ tersection of County Highway H, turn south. Take the first road on the right directly to the contact station, where the group will assemble. Each family should bring its own lunch. There is an ad­ mission charge for out-of- staters. Campsites are available per night on a first- come, first-serve basis. No advance reservations can be made. Those attending should bring bird guides, binoculars, and-or wild flower guides. 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