`JEKYLL/HYDE' SCAREFEST SET.Byline: Sharon Cotal Staff Writer SAUGUS - It seems fitting that the final Canyon Theatre Guild Theatre Guild U.S. theatrical society. Founded in New York City in 1918 by Lawrence Langner (1890–1962) and others, the group proposed to produce high-quality, noncommercial plays. performance at its current location is a struggle between good and evil, just as the guild struggles to make the transition limited amenities to the beautiful, new 6,000-square-foot theater in Old Town Newhall. ``Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'' will be the last show at the theater deep in the canyons at 13660 Sierra Highway Sierra Highway is a road in Southern California, United States. It runs from Tunnel Station near the north limit of the City of Los Angeles, where it intersects with San Fernando Road and Foothill Boulevard, as well as Interstate 5, and continues north to Mojave, mostly paralleling , Saugus, a place the Guild has called home for 15 years. The production is an adaptation of the Robert Louis Stevenson classic by Richard Abbott starring Joseph Miele as ``Dr. Jekyll'' and Frank Rock as ``Mr. Hyde.'' Set in Victorian England, the production tells the tale of the benevolent Dr. Jekyll, who conducts his experiments despite a skeptical medical community, while the despicable Mr. Hyde is lurking See lurk. (messaging, jargon) lurking - The activity of one of the "silent majority" in a electronic forum such as Usenet; posting occasionally or not at all but reading the group's postings regularly. among the townspeople leaving a grisly gris·ly adj. gris·li·er, gris·li·est Inspiring repugnance; gruesome. See Synonyms at ghastly. [Middle English grisli, from Old English grisl path of blood and death. It is a delicate balance between the two characters that embroils the women in their lives as well as the authorities. The audience will thrill at the special effects special effects, in motion pictures, cinematographic techniques that create illusions in the audience's minds as well as the illusions created using these techniques. that bring this story to its inevitable conclusion. Supporting Miele and Rock in their title roles are Cherie Ackerman, Christina Belardinelli, Geoff Burnaugh, Jack Coppock, Garrett Finley, Gaye McCreary, Marianne Wagner, Valerie White and Leo Leo, in astronomy Leo [Lat.,=the lion], northern constellation lying S of Ursa Major and on the ecliptic (apparent path of the sun through the heavens) between Cancer and Virgo; it is one of the constellations of the zodiac. Willey. The guild traditionally presents something frightening during the month of October to go along with the Halloween season, and members thought it fitting that the last scarefest takes place at the current theater, located on a lonely road away from the city. ``Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'' opens at 8 p.m. today with performances scheduled for 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through Oct. 28. Tickets are $9 to $12 for adults and $6 to $9 for seniors and students, depending on seat location. Call the guild box office at (661) 298-0058. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Joseph Miele as Dr. Jekyll views his evil alter ego A doctrine used by the courts to ignore the corporate status of a group of stockholders, officers, and directors of a corporation in reference to their limited liability so that they may be held personally liable for their actions when they have acted fraudulently or unjustly or when , Frank Rock as Mr. Hyde, as part of the Canyon Theatre Guild production. |
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