PAGE 18, WIIITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1988 Theatre fundraising goal $10,000 In order to meet operating and equipment needs and to avoid ticket price hikes, the Whitby Courthouse Theatre is looking for donations to raise $10,000 for the 1988-89 season. Much of the amount to be raised is for a $6,000 headset system. For the past two productions, the theatre group has rented headsets at great cost. The new equipment is considered absolutely necessary as commun- ications between control booth, dressing room and wings must be clear. The other $4,000 is for operating costs which have climbed due to increases in costs for printing, utilities and mater- ials for sets and costumes. Donations of $50 or more will be automatically acknowledged with a receipt for tax purposes and included in the theatre's «Friends of the Thatre' section in the programme (unless wishing to remain anonymous). Donations of $100 or more will receive tax receipts and a listing in the theatre's 'Corporate Friends' pro- amme section. And donations of 500 or more will be acknow- ledged with a free quarter-page ad in the "Corporate Friends' section and two free tickets to each of the remaining nights in the season. And for $1,000 (or more) donations, there will be four tickets to each opening night ,and a half-page ad in the programme. Sponsorships for each of the four shows in the season are also available. For more information call fundraising director Henry Schregardus at 649-3112 (bus.) or 649-2808 (home) or write to him at P.O. Box 236, Claremont, Ont. LOH-1EO. Gallery holds Old Tyme Christmas The Station Gallery will host house 1 its 16th annual Olde Tyme edition Christmas on Saturday, Dec. 3 Gallery and Sunday, Dec. 4 from noon to and a 5 p.m. each day. membe Olde Tyme Christmas at the gallery bas a special kind of mood, one of festivity, friendship and old-fashioned charm. There is the smell of a freshly cut Christmas tree, hot-spiced cider Dur and home-baked goodies. formerE For those special gifts on the casting Christmas list there will be a the selection of beautiful Osbaw. hand-crafted pieces by area be craftspeople including pottery, The stained glass, jewelry, continu hand-painted garments, puppets, Michae dolls, quilted pillows and and Tc Christmas decorations. Another'The SI feature will be the display and Dir sale of art by more than 50 area looking artists which will include and or paintings, prints, photographs, to me drawings and sculpture. Three For those with a sweet tooth, years there will be delicious baking by years gallery members in a tea room 35 to 4 and bake shop. the fo On Sunday afternoon at 4'60-70 p.m. there will be draws for six In prizes: a stained glass Christmas groun train by Chris Montgomery, a expen ceramic quiche dish by Billtermir Reddick, a quilted pillow by Anne about Paulocik, a candy gingerbread their f Dougherty: by Ebba North, a limited print of The Station by Claire McAllister-Gass a Whitby Arts family rship. Olde Type Christmas is an annual fundraising event for The Station Gallery. For further information, contact Linda Paulocik, at 668-4185. .oestring open casting rham Shoestring Per- s is holding an open on Wednesday, Dec. 7 at Arts Resource Centre, a City Hall Complex, ing at 7:30 p.m. company's 15th season ues with the playwright el Cristofer's Pulitzer Prize- ony Award-winning drama hadow Box.' ector Jeannine H. Butler is for four men, four women ne boy (12 to 14 years old) et her cast requirements. of the men are 35 to 45 òld, the fourth is 25 to 30 old. Two of the women are 45 years old, one is 30 to 35, urth must play a woman years old. three cottages on the ds of a hospital's mental retreat dwell three nally ill people. The play is their anxieties and those of amilies and loved ones. But it is not about death - it's a re-affirmation of life, full of hope. Newcomers are always welcomed and anyone interested in production or backstage work is also invited to attend this audition evening. (please be prepared to remain until 10 p.m. on Dec. 7 if you are auditioning for a part.) . For further information contact Jeannine H. Butler at 576-6099. Folk art films at gallery Folk art films will be shown Dec. 7 at the Robert McLaughlin Art Gallery in Oshawa. On Dec. 14 will be shown folk art painting and pottery films, and on Dec. 28, folk lore films. For more information call Marg Jackson at 576-3000. Whitby student helps design tie for Port Hope By Debbie Luchuk An "Olde Tyme Christmas file" commissioned by the Olde Tyme Christmas Committee of Port Hope has been designed with the assistance of a Henry Street High School student. John Dougherty, 16, sketched a unique, Victorian-style Port Hope residence ("Idalia") for the tile. His collaborator was cousin Robert Andrews. "He asked me to do it, and gave me a picture of the house (to sketch from)," Dougherty said. Art is a hobby for Dougherty, but mainly his sketching has come from "classes at school. "I would probably like to try it agn" he said, adding that art could possibly lead to a career in the future. His mom, said, "It's been a hobby (of John's), and he's always been interested in drawing. The first thing he'd done was in public school. "Rob had seen some of his art from school, and he was working on this (the tile) and decided to get John to draw the picture." Four hundred tiles will be available for sale at various locations throughout Port Hope, including the Olde Tyme Christmas General Store. The tiles cost $5 a piece. Advance orders can be arranged through Laurie Andrews at 885-4842. PENCII sketch of 'Idalia,' the home Tyme Christmas t be created by featured on. the Port Hope Olde John Dougherty of Whitby., ILLUSTRATOR Stewart Sherwood shows his col- lector plates to Brent, Bradley and Darryl Varty of Oshawa at Precious Plates 'n Things onSaturday. FrcProse photo Sherwood isguest of Whitby store An illustrator whose work has been on the front covers of about 25 Maclean's magazines, Stewart Sherwood only began artwork for collector's plates three years ago. But applying his considerable talents to portraying childhood remembrances resulted in 'Dreams of Glory," voted Plate of the Year in 1987, and an Artist of the Year recognition by Canadian Collectors for Sherwood. Dreams of Glory, part of his popular first series, and Into Mischief," his equally well received second series of plates, were signed by the author on Saturday at Pat Schlieffer's Precious Plates n' Things in Whitby Lane off Brock St. S. Children are the subjects of Sherwood's illustrations on plates (he evokes his own childhood life and dreams), and his style resembles work by Norman Rockwell, his chief inspiration. iI do a looser, kind of impressionistic, thing," says Sherwood, 47, also an admirer of the French Impressionists that make up the other influence in his work. With many years behind him as an artist for advertisers, Sherwood is accustomed to working quickly, on such projects as a. Blue Jays baseball poster, Reader's Digest, Harlequn book covers and television. His latest Maclean's cover was the- Nov. 21 edition which showed the three major Caiadian political party leaders. Sherwood spends more time on his art for the plates, and he's working now on his third series which he says will relate to hockey. As an illustrator for advertisers and media, Sherwood has always aimed to find subjects that appeal to most people. The same goes for plates. "The bottom line is people have to like it," he says. Youth group to present 'The Creature Creeps' The Whitby Courthouse Theatre Youth Group's production of 'The Creature Creeps,' by Jack Sharkey with special arrangement through Samuel French, Inc., runs Dec. 15, 16 and 17 at 7:30 p.m. and Dec. 18 at 2 p.m. Cast and crew have been hard at work since September to bring this comedy-horror to the stage in Whitby. The action takes place at Castle von Blitzen high in the Carpathian mountains of Transylvania in the late 19th century. Baron Donald von Blitzen, a not-so-typical mad scientist has his diabolical scheming and experimentation complicated by the unexpected arrival home from college of his daughter Daisy with her fiance Frank Sterling and Daisy's college roommate Babsy Ballou. To add to the confusion, Daisy's four maiden aunts and their fiances (who all bear a remarkable resemblance te one another) are invited te the castle for a rather unforgettable night of terror and confusion. Of course, what would a horror be without Donald's faithful hideous companion, Mord, and his stern trustworthy housekeeper, Gretchen TwitchilL 'The Creature Creeps' has attracted newcomes as well as longstanding Whitby Courthouse Theatre members both on and off the stage. Directing this Youth Group production is David Stone, who also directed last year's, Youth Group production of 'You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown.' Co-producing are Boyd and Vivian Tattrie, while Deb and Henry Schregardus are involved as stage manager and production designer respectively. Phil Rickaby, a new comer to the group, plays the part of Donald. Also new to the group are Heather Berry playing Babsy and. Paul Gottwald playing Heinrich Schtunken, et al. Longstanding member Kevin Arbour plays Mord, while Lanie Anderson plays Gretchen, Melonie Hopkins plays Daisy, Geoff Jones plays Frank, Lori Dance plays Maritza (Daisy's mother), and Jennifer Reeks, Lisa Arbour, Krista Davidson and Saley Peel play the four Zitzen sisters (Daisy's aunts). 'The Creature Creeps' is a spoof of the traditional mad scientist story that, through quick-paced dialogue, special effects and a tongue-in-cheek style, bas appeal for an audience of all ages. Tickets for 'The Creature Creeps' will be available at Middleton's Stationery on Dundas St. W. in Whitby, at the door or by calling 433-0490. For Youth Group productions, tickets will be general admission and will be $5 for each performance. As in the past; tickets are best purchased in advance to avoid disappointmentatthe door.