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SPORTS, 11

PARISH PLAYERS

NEW DISTRICTS?

The world of Dr. Seuss Shift

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ELECTION, 3

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Committee delays vote, plans public meeting
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The Paris Players will present Seussical the Musical, with shows on Friday, March 30, through Sunday, April 1. Andres Molano Sotomayor, portraying The Cat and Sara Molano Sotomayor, as boy/JoJo, rehearse at the First Church and Parish in Dedham on Monday, March 26. WICKED LOCAL STAFF PHOTOS BY ANDREA SALISBURY

Theater group to present Seussical the Musical

By Andrea Salisbury
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When: Friday, March 30, at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 31, at 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. Sunday, April 1, at 2 p.m. Where: First Church and Parish in Dedham, 670 High St. Tickets: $12 ($6 for under 12 and over 65) and reservations are required. Reservations can be made at seussicalbytheparishplayers.eventbrite.com.

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porting neon dresses and feathers in their tresses, the Bird Girls flapped around the stage. You have funny parts, and then there are sad parts, and then happy parts, 7-year-old Harper Staton-Todaro said and excitedly described the plot of Seussical the Musical. Its all these things mashed together in one big (musical). It can get your energy really pumping up about Dr. Seuss. Harper will portray a sassy, know-itall Bird Girl in the Parish Players performance of Seussical the Musical. The show, based on the works of Dr. Seuss, opens at Dedhams First Church and Parish on Friday, March 30, at 7 p.m. and runs through the weekend. Directing the intergenerational cast is Aoife Barrington-Haber. With script

A newly drawn school district map brought about 50 people to the recent School Committee meeting to protest the new plans. I only found out today there was going to be a vote on this. I dont think all town residents are aware of this and I am here to respectfully request a public meeting to give people an opportunity to give their opinions, Cherylann Sheehan said to applause. At the meeting on Wednesday, March 21, School Committee members delayed voting on the redistrict plan until its next meeting on Wednesday, April 4 at 7 p.m. at Dedham High School. The new school districts place more households in the region sending students to
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in hand, Barrington-Haber moved around the room Monday, March 26, during the full dress rehearsal as kids and grownups arrived, disappeared and reappeared as colorful characters that can only come from the imagination of Dr. Seuss. (Dr. Seuss) bases something real in
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Jim Parr will play Horton in the musical.

Want to have your say?: The School Committee will hold a public meeting on the redistricting plan on Wednesday, April 4 at 7 p.m. at Dedham High School. Inside: Find out which streets are on the list / page 7 Inside: School Committee approves new memorandum of understanding / page 5

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Two town department heads laid out a road paving plan that could cost the town $6.5 million over the next three years. Director of Engineering Jason Mammone and Public Works Director Joseph Flanagan presented the plan to selectmen on Thursday, March 2. The proposal looks at the towns $15.7 million worth of needed road re-

pairs. Major roads being rebuilt, a process called reclamation, this year are Eastern Avenue between High Street and Route 1, High Street between Ames Street and 250 feet north of Eastern Avenue and Washington Street between High and School Streets a total of 2,211 feet of road. A list of 23 smaller roads will also be reclaimed, making up 22,854 feet of road. The remaining 7,596 feet of

road in this years plan will undergo either overlay or preventative maintenance. Subsequent years in the plan will increasingly deal with more minor roads and shift from preventative to routine maintenance. Pavement condition index score averages improved from 70 to 79 out of a possible 100 over the past five years of the plan, according to Mammone. With
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Lynne Canavan learns to dance the Charleston during Monday nights dance class held at the Endicott Estate. The event was part of Dedham Reads Together 2012 and was sponsored by the Dedham Library Innovation Team and the Oakdale Square Alliance. For more photos check out WickedLocalDedham.com. WICKED LOCAL PHOTO BY ALEX JONES

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The Paris Players will present Seussical the Musical, with shows on Friday, March 30 through Sunday, April 1. JD Gallagher will play Vlad Vladikoff. WICKED LOCAL STAFF
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Jamie Carty, left, will play Mayzie and Jim Parr plays Horton.

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something creative, Harper said. There can be an elephant but an elephant cant talk. And there can be monkeys but there cant be purple monkeys. Standing on one side of the room, Barrington-Haber watched as the actors found their places. As with most dress rehearsals, at times the room is chaotic. But then, the music starts and everyone finds a groove. There have been so many parts of this play where the actors come through and when it happens there is this amazing energy, BarringtonHaber said. My favorite part so far is when the entire cast comes out in the beginning, and what makes it is their energy and their enthusiasm. This is the fifth Parish Player show that producer Virginia Hickey-Ferentinos has been a part of, the first being The Wizard of Oz in 2007. She said the group has taken some creative liberties with the characters and points out actor Jim Parr who will portray the famous elephant Horton. Parr, wearing gray coveralls and a knit cap explained that the trunk, ears, tail and size are all in the imagination of the audience. Working on a shoestring budget, the Parish Players got creative with its costumes. Becca (Hutton) said bring in your old T-shirts and she made these feathers, HickeyFerentinos said and gestured to the colorful strips of fabric attached to the Bird Girls and Chicklettes. Costume designer Hutton said she had thought about going with boas but it wouldnt be Dr. Seuss. In matching red T-shirts and ripped jeans, Jim Duncan and Wyatt Staton-Todaro warned the audience of the Wickersham Brothers Bouncing back and fourth the two explained the four mischievous characters. We are these blue monkeys who seek trouble. We make trouble. We make fun of Horton. And steal many things. We are just all around hooligans, and then just as they appeared the boys bounced off to backstage. The musical of familiar stories has something for everyone, said BarringtonHaber.

The cast rehearsed for the show at the First Church and Parish in Dedham on Monday, March 26.

Harper Staton-Todaro will portray a Bird Girl in the musical

I would ask the audience to look for something that they can personally relate to, some struggle that they have gone through because the whole play is about personal struggle and either changing yourself or learning something about yourself or sticking to your guns and hoping that the people around you will change, she said. I think there is really something here that people can look forward to. As the cast and crew prepared for its 17th performance, many reflected on their past director. Diane Winchester was a director, musical teacher, and

a one woman whirlwind, said Hickey-Ferentinos. Winchester died in February 2011. Her last performance with the players was Godspell. Although a year has passed, by starting a new show, it is the first year doing it without her, Meg Duncan said. At the beginning especially there was some reawakening of the feelings of loss. Anne Schiraga will portray Matilda Moose in the upcoming musical. She said that Winchesters spirit is a part of everything in the theater. When I feel like things are really tough, Schiraga said, I can see her saying, Just try it again. The cast has pulled together, Hickey-Ferentinos said, but remembers that every moment in this pro-

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duction is a step that we are taking without Diane. So every time we take a successful step is a good moment. Seussical the Musical runs Friday, March 30, at 7 p.m., Saturday, March 31, at 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. and Sunday, April 1, at 2 p.m. Performances are at the First Church and Parish in Dedham, 670 High St. Tickets are $12 ($6 for under 12 and over 65) and reservations are required. Reservations can be made at seussicalbytheparishplayers.eventbrite.com.

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