The Mail-Journal, Volume 15, Number 27, Milford, Kosciusko County, 26 July 1978 — Page 9

SUMMER

'Plaza Suite' continues

By BILL SPURGEON What might be called “vintage” Neil Simon is the bill of fare this week at the Enchanted Hills Playhouse east of Lake Wawasee. Simon’s “Plaza Suite,’’ a set of three one-act plays depicting various events in Suite.7l9 of New York city’s Plaza Hotel, was written a decade ago and it still

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has good entertainment potential. That potential is best shown in the Enchanted Hills version by Debbie Shively and Daniel Buchen as the parents of a strangely recalcitrant bride in the third act of “Plaza Suite,” “Visitor From Forest Hills.” It is also shown by Lynne

Wintersteller as the New Jersey housewife in “Visitor From Hollywood,” the second act. Misses Wintersteller and Shively and Mr. Buchen all show a better than average ability to handle the timing, pauses and gestures that are essential to the success of a Simon play, and Miss Wintersteller particularly shows a great sense of comic ability in

her portrayal. Mr. Buchen also is the major male player in the first act, “Visitor from Mamaroneck,” teamed up with Debbie Thomas, and, to a lesser extent, Miss Shively. Playing folks in their late 40’s or early 50’s is not an easy job for folks on the sunny side of 30, but they handle their roles with zest and ability. The Enchanted Hills set of a suite at The Plaze is reasonably authentic (the ones we’ve seen have fireplaces in the sitting room, but that’s nit-picking) and the costuming good, with the exception of Miss Wintersteller’s overdone, girl-like dress in Act II as she meets her high school turned-famous-producer-former beau Rory Murphy; this writer

mH >il ! STARRING IN PLAZA SUITE — Rory Murphy and Lynne Wintersteller are two of the stars in “Plaza Suite” now playing at Enchanted Hills Playhouse, Lake Wawasee.

990 4-H'ers ready for fair

By VICTOR R. VIRGIL Extension Agent The Kosciusko County Fair promises to be “Great in ’7B”. A total of 990 4-H’ers are preparing exhibits for the big event July 31 - August 5. For the first time, “Mini 4H’ers” will be exhibiting their handiwork at the fair. These eight and nine year old youngsters will be displaying their cooking, animal friends.

can’t imagine even the most naive Tenafly, N. J., women visiting The Plaza so attired. Playhouse manager Jerry Zehr, the director, has set a good pace for the action, and Mark Denzler, Joel Thomas, K.D. Costley and Mary Kathleen Gordon (who also appears in a bit part) have done their backstage work well. Supporting players — onstage for minimal periods of time — include Larry Hunter, Steve Payne, Scott Whiteleather and Miss Gordon, and all perform competently. “Plaza Suite” continues this week with curtain times at 8 tonight (Wednesday), Thursday and Friday and 8:30 p.m. Saturday.

plants, collections, fun things and models in the conservation building. The 4-H livestock enrollment continues to grow. 4-H’ers have enrolled 195 steers, 43 purebred beef heifers, 27 commercial heifers, 231 sheep, 45 goats, 387 rabbits, 186 dairy, 12 dairy beef, 371 pigs and 117 horses and ponies. The Kosciusko County community has always supported the 4-H livestock auction in fine fashion. Last year’s auction brought 4-H’ers a total of 98,200. The beef sale totaled $67,579, the hog sale $19,951, lambs $9,809, rabbits $585. We also sold five goats last year totaling $275. This year’s 4-H auction will begin at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday evening. Local auctioneers will continue to offer their services free of charge to show their support of our 4-H program. Livestock will begin arriving at the fairgrounds at 6 a m. Monday. The 4-H tenure awards program and fashion revue will be held at the Warsaw High School auditorium at 7 p.m. Swine judging will commence at 9 a m. Tuesday, followed by rabbit and poultry judging at 10 a.m. and goat judging at 7 p.m. 4H judging continues on Wednesday with beef at 8 a.m., ponies at 9 a m. and sheep at 2 p.m. Thursday is the 4-H dairy show at 9 a.m. Area Vo-Ag instructors also conduct a 4-H livestock judging contest at 1 p.m. Horse and pony judging continues Friday and Saturday. Entertainment includes a county field and stock tractor pull at 6 p.m. Monday; four-wheel drive pickup pull at 6 p.m. Tuesday (a first for Kosciusko County being sponsored by the Pierceton Jaycees)Swannie River and the Country Boys at 8 p.m. Wednesday; “Spice” concert 8 p.m., Thursday, and Auto racing Friday and Saturday nights with the time trials at 6:30 p.m., and the race at 8 p.m. Home economics demonstrations will be conducted daily Tuesday through Friday at noon, 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. Nina Humbles from Ace Hardware will demonstrate on how to care for house plants on Tuesday. Pat Braman, Kos. Co. Home Ec Agent will present ideas on Microwave cooking on Wednesday and “What’s new in the Supermarket” on Friday. Mary Ann Leinhart, Elkhart Co. Home Ec Agent will demonstrate Sewing for the Home on Thursday. Thursday is also Senior Citizens Day. Rev. Don Poyser, pastor of the Burket United Methodist Church will again coordinate the Gospel Sing, Sunday evening. This will be the 9th year for the Gospel Sing which will begin at 6 p.m. Boating class delayed The boating safety class, put on by district conservation officers, has been delayed at the Lakeland Youth Center, Syracuse. It will be held July 31, August 1 and 2, from 7 to 9 p.m. The “Mercure Galant," published in 1672, was the first general interest magazine. It was concerned principally with gossip.

'Plaza Suite' marks mid-point

The opening of Neil Simon’s “Plaza Suite” at the Enchanted Hills Playhouse, located on the northeast side of Lake Wawasee, marks the mid point of the 1978 summer season. The Simon comedy, that looks in on the lives of three different couples’ experiences in Suite 719 at the exclusive Plaza Hotel in New York city, will play through Saturday, July 29, and features playhouse regulars Daniel Buchen, Rory Murphy, Debby Shively, Lynn Winterseller and Debbie Thomas. County Fair opens Monday The 1978 Kosciusko County Fair and Dairy Association opens next Monday, July 31, on the fairgrounds in Warsaw. The event is billed as the biggest and best in Northern Indiana. Queen contestants and the 1978 fair queen will join fair officials in the ribbon cutting ceremony which officially opens the fair at 7 p.m. Also on the agenda for Monday is the 4-H tenure awards and the fashion revue at Warsaw High School at 7 p.m. A field and stock tractor pull will begin at 6 p.m. Other grandstand features are as follows: Tuesday, pick-up truck pull at 6 p.m.; Wednesday, Swannie River and the Country Boys at 8 p.m.; Thursday, Spice at 8 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, auto racing. The 1978 fair queen will be crowned at the conclusion of Saturday’s races. Highlighting the 4-H events will be the judging of various projects and the crowning of a new fair king and queen Monday at the fashion revue. The annual auction will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Kiddies days will be observed on Wednesday and Friday afternoons. Senior citizen’s day is set for Thursday.

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Wed., July 26,1978 — THE MAIL-JOURNAL

“Plaza Suite” opened at the Plymouth Theatre in New York and originally starred George C. Scott and Maureen Stapleton. Since then it has become one of the most produced comedies the United States. Other Neil Simon hits include “The Odd Couple,” “The Sunshine Boys” and screenplays for “The Good-Bye Girl” and

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“MOrder By Death.” As a special bonus for the summer audiences, the Enchanted Hills Playhouse will present two performances of the well known and loved fairy tale — “Cinderella.” Performances of this musical for children will be on Saturday. July 29. at 10 a m. and 2 p.m. Reservations will be accepted at the Playhouse

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