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Show WttA by POLLY CAMPBELL About 3,000 miles from New Yoik City's Broadway marquees in a century-ol- d movie Ivhisc, actor arc rehearsing a scene from (.harloth i W 'eh. 11m theater in Forest Grove, an (Trrgon community of alvNit 7, (XX), it alvHit at far of) Broadway at it gets, Hut neither the a tort nor voluntrrn at tle Theatre in the Cimve tare alxmt comxriums, Tliey 1 aim to produce professional, quality thowt ami tltc tlieater traditiixi in their Ixxnetown. Audieme here arc eager to cxi'cricme the wordt of Shakcieare or song from South Patific pee-vr- in live theater, and a ready troupe of area ai tort are willing to provide thrm. TlKMirc in the Grove, like tlx 7, (XX) other ommnnity tlieatm attrnsl ac row tltc country, it die ore of community uihtue, providing a pUe fx artutt to act and fix audiences to tec tltows witUxit high ticket prices and kxg nxnmtitrs into a large city "Lverylxxly it to supjxxtive heir," say Jeanna Van Dyke, V), a Ixxird memlier wlwi hat acted and directed llicatre in tile Cimve productions for Pag A 1 7 ivc environ-nien- t yeart, "Tltit is a and an ideal oijxminity to do tlieater. Hie American Profile fact that we dont get paid doesn't mean we dont xit ext professional pnxluctiimt. Everyone has a chance "Tlieater it mxnething tliat people just kind of need," says Julie Angelo, executive director of tltc American Association of Community Theatre, based in Ago Vista, Texas. "If there isn't something in tlie community, usually people will just create it. Then it continues because the community wants it." Such is how Forest Grove got its live theater. I A creative group of friends with a desire to act hr ua j Photos by David J. Gogan pulled together a musical 32 years ago and performed it on a grade sc hcxil stage. Forest Grove residents responded overwhelmingly, and Theater in the Grove was born. It now is one of Oregon's oldest community theaters. Productions such as The Sound of Musk and Tht Diary if Anne Frank arc chosen by a from a sclecticxt board, based on recommendation committee, Van Dyke says. Plays five to seven per year must be appropriate fix community audiences and meet budget parameters and production nine-memb- er requirements. Tliey also must appeal to a wide audience; after all, the tlieater primarily is funded through private donations and ticket sales. Theatre in the Grove has staged Little Director Connia Rttarson (font) wkti (fom left) Buctmam, Ron Hansen, Ryan Bccrfftard, andTarmyn Cunnkcgtcain. Shop of Horrors; A Christmas Carol; Joseph and the Amazing Tuhmcnlor Dnamcoat; Last Night of Ballyhoo; Inherit she Wind; You're a Good Man. Charlie Broun; My Fair Lady; and Brighton Beoih Memoirs. Staging a play takes anywhere from five to 50 people, dqrndmg on the production. Musicals require the most manpower. Actors and stagehands rehearse four nights a week more frequently as opening night |