Brown in her element on stage Her theatre association began in high school in her native Burlington but after school ended, there was an interim 10 years before she returned to the stage. Brown familiarized herself with the acting process again by attending Budington Little Theatre’s workshop program and wound up auditioning for and receiving a major role in BLT’s production of No Sex Please, We’re British And when the curtain rose on Stagecraft’s production of Goodbye Charlie - and the 1994/95 Oakville Drama Seï¬esseason-lastnightatthe Oakville Centre, there was Brown in her third presenta- tion for Stagecraft founder Neville Bryant. That was followed by BLT’s pro- duction of Run for Your Wlfe, some gigner theatre work at West Plains Monika Brown’s educa- tional backgmund is in mar- keting, but her heart lies in thc- By KATHY YANCHUS Oakville Beaver Stqfl“ ,TRIAL BY JURY (M) Wolence. Evgs. 9:30 Gary. THE CLIENT (M) (Do|by Sumo). Mature Theme. Frightening Scenes. Eves. 7:00 a. 9:15. 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Mat. 2:00.â€; NATURAL Inï¬ll KILIIRS (ll) Sexual Violence, Brutal Violence, Torture. Evgs. 7:20 a 9:50. Sal. Sun. Mat. 1:30. 384 Iroquois Shane, Oakville 849-7827 Buy any two footlongs ‘ get 1 free of equal value 0111 withthiscoupon at ' location BUY 2-GET 1 FREE Monika Brown, Doug Gowland and Jan Bastow are featured in the comedy, Goodbye Charlie. United Church and the Stagecraft shows, Getting Manied and Seven Year Itch. In the comedy Goodbye Charlie, They call it diplomacy. (Photo by Riziefo Venolli) UNREKIDS †Interestingly enough, Brown is being directed by 0W are her husband, Martin, a . working relationship she is )Vertolll) enjoying thoroughly “We work well together.†For Goodbye Charlie ticket infor- mation, contact the Centre at 338- 4161. B Early Learning Adventures B Comic Book St E Creative Writing (Make A Book) â€g Fun with Math CanstedbyFUTUREIGDS oakuiie. .- I Spaoeislirnited,sooal!mdaymregister. mule-u 243 North Service Rd. West, Suite #100 -c::: E 338-2288 Ext. #26 I ! 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