Mosaic goes sci-fi with ‘Sweet Dreams Are … ’ play

Local actors develop storyline, characters over six-year period

By Matthew Nash • June 10, 2015 4:00 am
Mosaic actors present “Sweet Dreams Are … ” on June 11 and June 13 in Olympic Theatre Arts. The play is a culmination of actors with intellectual/developmental disabilities and neurotypical community members in weekly acting lessons.
Mosaic actors present “Sweet Dreams Are … ” on June 11 and June 13 in Olympic Theatre Arts. The play is a culmination of actors with intellectual/developmental disabilities and neurotypical community members in weekly acting lessons.

Sequim Gazette staff

Clallam Mosaic’s Snappy Players Troupe returns with its sixth live theater, semi-improvisational production “Sweet Dreams Are … ”

The show, put on by individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities and neurotypical community members, pieces together a storyline that’s been strung together over six years.

Performances run at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 11, and 2 p.m. Saturday, June 13, at Olympic Theatre Arts, 414 N. Sequim Ave., with a suggested donation of $20 which directly supports educational, recreational and leisure classes/programs for individuals with developmental disabilities and their families.

“Sweet Dreams Are … ” follows private investigator Dirk McGrier, played by Jess McNeil, and singer Bella LaBalle, played by Kim Wing, on another time-traveling adventure through a vortex in the KSNAP radio station sound booth in the 1950s.

Director Bonne Smith said they unintentionally travel to the year 2253 where the world is now in a science fiction setting of Steam Punk and they try their best to find a way back home.

In past productions, they’ve traveled to the Wild West, pre-Revolutionary times and women’s suffrage times.

“Some of them have had these characters for six years and they’re trying to stay true to them,” Smith said.

Actors include Jocelyn Andrews, Garet Bonham, Carr Brackett, Bonny Cates, Lori Cates, Fred Cnockaert, Charmayne Davis, David William Dow, Kim Holbrook, Dez Hunter, Jess McNeil, Joy Morrill, Marjorie Mougel, Riley O’Neil, Michael Rief, Sandy Roy, Doug Severe, Bonne Smith, T. Smith, Alicia Stuber, Kim Wing and Blake Yacklin.

Smith directs with assistance from Bonham. Tresa Stuber serves as stage manager, Kiki Littlefish made the program art and David Willis built the set.

Clallam Mosaic, formerly SNAP, originated in 1998 as a place for individuals with developmental disabilities to have a sense of belonging and a place to grow. It provides year-round educational, recreational and leisure opportunities and operates on support from funders, donors and volunteers such as Olympic Theatre Arts which rents the stage to the group for free.

Actors have been working on their acting skills in three sessions from fall-spring, culminating in this production.

Reach Clallam Mosaic at info@clallammosaic.org, 681-8642 or visit clallammosaic.org.