Page 12. Whitby Free Press, Wednesday, May 5. 1993 RWft .wW@2.on -w"-w- - By Cheryl-Ann MacKean A local resident's comedy play, written "just for the fun of it,» proved te be abig hit when presented at Whitby's French high school recently. 'Pas plus de geie qu'il1n'o faut,' rtten by loand hotte of Whitby and presented at Ecole Secondaire Saint Charles Garnier on April 24, kojpt the audience laughing while deliver- iga message that made themn stan d up and take notice. In the play, a young man named Germain fins himsolf in possession of a bottle. Although ho doesn't realize it at first, the bottie contains a magic genie ready and willing te obey and serve the wishes of the bottle's owner. Germain is a young man is search of love... .and ho thinks that he's found it. Tho girl next door, Lorraine, is the ono ho adores. However, ho still needs her te take notice of him. Meanwhile, Germain's child- hood friend, Mathilde, waits n atiently for him to realize what oýve truly is. Once Germain discovers Ali, the genie in the bottle, ho decides te make his dreams come true. Buns iMaster Soefo 1380 Hopkins Street Whitby -cVe Rose 5825 THICKSI 000-111 Y OSHAwA 655-m4 66m 7 1[w Little does ho know that the fumbling Ali would end up mak- ing things worse instead of bot- ter. Ho finally realizes that ho loves his childhood friend much more than the girl noxt door. In the end Germain learns te appeciate lei things that ho aod has, and net take for granted the wishes that do come true. Pochette began writing the playin mid-December of 1992. His genlo idea was inspired by Walt Disney's smash hit motion picture, 'Aladdin.' "The play is really a takeof on that movie,»" says Rochette. The two-hour play, aimed at adults, was directed by Denise Gagne eaie, former French teacher and librarian at Garnier., usually writes the school play each year. ROLAND ROCHETTE watches a rehearsal of 'Pas plus, de genie qu'il n'en faut,' the play he wrote and that was recently presented at Garnier. Photo by Peter Tomblin, Free Press AL-ANON Is somobodys linldng a prctblem ith you? We understand. Cail Ai-Mien at 728-1020. houwever, she is now too busy as the vice-principal at. Corpus- Cristi in Oshawa, se she aiked Rochette. "She really guided me in my writing,» says Pochette. Gagne was aware of Rochette's writing abilities even bef'ore she aslçedhim te, write the play. "He writes very well...It was qte an oxperience for me and or i m. "He's such a humble man. He's not used to ail of this attention," sas Gagne. The play was presented by 'Les pinces sans rire,' a theatre troupe from the Durham regional French community committee 'Ls promotions culturelles.! The troupe is made up of Joel Boivin who stars as Gemain, Cathy Jordan as Mathilde, Sophie D'Auzac-Delamartinie as Lorraine and Mathieu Tanguay as the genie. Gagne was assisted during rehearsals by Francfine Faubert, and the Grade 9 students at the school painted the rops. Special Iighting and soun e fects were ase creatod by students of the school. A combination of dry ico and a cardboard box created the smoke needed fer each appearance of The:iplay was great and rm etting a lot of god feedback from it. People really appreciated the performance ... It got a let of laugh s,»sysGagne. "really enjeyed writing the play and IlIhopefully write more," says Pochette. Rochette, an engineer for Unitel Communication Inc., has previously written two short stories for the, French-Canadian publication 'LEcho.' Ho also created a cartoon strip for a local Queboc pavor when ho and his famnily lived thero. Rochettà q says that ho wrote the play, «Jast for the fun of it!» Answers to Whitl4y Trivia from page il 1 . The Royal Bank of Canada was located from 1930 te 1935 where Donald Travol s now. 2. King Brothers' Tanne ry was located on the site o f the No Fritls store from 1863 te 1954. 3. Henry Langley des igned St. Thomas' Anglican Church. 4. Ashburn was named for the burning of wood ashes for making potash in the mid-1 800s. Colo, Your World5 FLAT tATEX _____ $1 AFTER SALE PRICE $39.92 I ~~ ~ ~ I 1916 Dundas St. East, Whitby Ot xmJze119 .j 3 ~~ O ',-ata ii -s * iii Pait m ai ai alm ue - "Ille iarnt il CORPORATION 0F THE TOWN 0F WHITBY PARKS AND RECREATION DEPT. SPECIAL NOTICE The Parks and Recreation Department has re-established Gardon Plots for community use for the 1993 summer season. Size ef the Gardon Plots will be 20 fi. b y 45 fi.. and will rent at a cost of $75 per plot te the user. The land wiII be rotebilled by the Town, and wator will be macle available. These p lots wil.be avaiable tentatively May 21, 1993 ta October 13, 1993, and will be processed on a first-come, frst-served basis with preferonce given te Whitby residents. 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