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film industry to attract American theatre district similar t o N e w York o r L o n d o n . S h e trusts t h a t t h e a n d will exist w i t h i n t h e creativity community to productions? W h y not support the indigenous local products o f o u r o w n actors, designers a n d p l a y w r i g h t s ? " Leadlay agrees that this kind of r e s t o r e t h e arts t o a p l a c e o f r e s p e c t a n d h o n o u r a n d notes that o n t h e back of t h e n e w twenty-dollar bill, in tiny p r i n t , t h e r e is a r e l e v a n t q u o t e f r o m C a n a d i a n a u t h o r G a b r i e l l e Roy: " C o u l d w e ever k n o w e a c h o t h e r In t h e s l i g h t est w i t h o u t t h e a r t s ? " In the meantime, of others step Williams and sponsorship w o u l d make a world of difference. " A r t s o r g a n i z a t i o n s n e e d t o have p a r t n e r s h i p s w i t h t h e c o r p o r a t e and p r i v a t e s e c t o r . It's a n u n t a p p e d But w e also need t h e potential. a p p r o p r i a t e staff m e m b e r s o r v o l u n t e e r s to pursue c o r p o r a t e s p o n s o r s h i p . " There's a m i s c o n c e p t i o n t h a t amateur thousands people w h o love t h e to t h e a t r e life h o p e t h a t m o r e a n d m o r e will out tonight e x p e r i e n c e s o m e live theatre. t h e a t r e i s n ' t a s g o o d as p r o f e s s i o n a l t h e a t r e b u t that's n o t a l w a y s t h e case. Although almost everyone works f o r free on the productions, it d o e s n ' t m e a n t h a t t h e r e ' s a n y less t a l e n t o r passion. A n n e M a r s h , f o r i n s t a n c e , h a s w o r k e d in c o m m u n i t y theatre f o r thirty years as a n a c t o r , d i r e c t o r , secretary, publicist, s o u n d d e s i g n e r - y o u n a m e it, she's d o n e it. S h e is a s s o c i a t e d with several c o m m u n i t y o r g a n i z a t i o n s b u t w o r k s mostly w i t h t h e N o r t h V a n c o u v e r Community Players (NVCP) whose h o m e is H e n d r y Hall, " a tiny j e w e l in a residential n e i g h b o u r h o o d . " A g a i n , s h e cites w o r d of m o u t h as the most effective promotional tool. But t h e N V C P also has a large s e a s o n t i c k e t b a s e a n d t h e largest m e m b e r s h i p o f a n y c o m m u n i t y drama stage group in t h e p r o v i n c e . They consistently great plays f o r a CHECK OUT LIVE THEATRE ON THE NORTH SHORE: G O O D NIGHT DESDEMONA (GOOD MORNING JULIET) BY A N N E - M A R I E M A C D O N A L D , PRESENTATION H O U S E , M A R C H 2 4 T O APRIL 9. INTO THE W O O D S , C A P I L A N O C O L L E G E BIRCH T H E A T R E , M A R C H 1 0 - 19. reasonable price. HABEUS CORPUS A THEATRE W E S T V A N PROD U C T I O N . PRESENTATION H O U S E , APRIL 15 30. 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