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By Gordon Weeks gordon@masoncounty. com Meet the women who jumpstart their lives in the comic play “The Savannah Sipping Society.” Boisterous Texan Marlafaye has blasted unto Savannah after losing her tom-cattin’ husband to a 23-year-old dental hygienist. Also new to town is Jinx, a spunky ball of fire offering her services as a life coach. Randa is a perfectionist and worka- holic without a job or a life. Dot is also alone after the death of her husband and the loss of her plans for an idyllic retirement. ' Fate throws these four Southern women together in the Harstine Island Theatre Club‘s production of “The Sa- vannah Sipping Society” at 7:30 pm. Saturday and June 30 and July 1, and 2 p.1n. Sunday and July 2 at the Harstine Island Community Hall, 3371 E. Harst- ine Island Road N. Admission is $10. Tickets are avail- able at the door, and at Olympic Bak- ery, Jarrell’s Cove Marina and Williams Flowers. The theme of the play by Jamie Woo~ ten, Jessie Jones and Nicholas Hope is it’s never too late to make new friends. Jeannine Sturtevant is making her de- but with HITC as director. “I think it’s timely to people coming out of COVID, re-evaluating their life,” she said. Amy Byykkonen, who plays Randa, joined the group in 2016 and her credits include “The Plight Before Christmas,” “A Cinderella Christmas” and “The Best Harstine troupe stages ‘Th IF you G0: WHO: Harstine lslandlheatre Club WHAT: “The Savannah Sipping Society” i WHEN: 7:30 pm. June 24, June 30 and July 1 l,and2p.m.June andluly2 WHERE: Harstine island Community Hall, 1 3371 E. Harstine lsland Road N. l ADMISSION: $10 at the door, and at Olympic ' Bakery, Jarrell’s Cove Marina and Williams Flowers 37 Christmas Pageant Ever. Playing Dot is Sheryl Fellman, who has been active with the group since 2019. Liza Brunner, who plays Jinx, has performed with the group since 2019 and her credits include “The Odd Cou- ple,” “The Short Show” and “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.” Shelley Star- rett, who plays Marlafaye, appeared in film, TV and commercial productions in Los Angeles before moving to Harstine Island. Playing Cordelia is Pam Mueller, a former drama teacher in Bellingham who has acted, directed and worked backstage with the group since 2019. The group is also auditioning per- formers for “The Short Show II,” a col— lection of new lighthearted monologues, poetry and original works. Auditions are scheduled from 6 to p.1n. July 7, and noon to pm. July 8 and 9. Schedule an audition appointment with director Dan— iel Frishman at 360-426-2214 or email dfrishman1@gmail.com. Bring perfor- mance material that lasts between three e Thursday, June 2023 — Shelton-Mason County Journal — Page 13 Savannah Sipping Society’ and five minutes — it does not need to be memorized. No drop ins. The show is staged at7 pm. Aug. and Sept. 2, and 2 pm. Aug. and Sept. 3. Above, From the left, Liz Brunner is Jinx, Sheryl Fellman is Dot, Shel- ley Starrett is Marlafaye and Amy Byykkonen is Randa in the Harst- ine Island Theatre Club’s presenta- tion of the comedy “The Savannah Sipping Society” opening Saturday at the Harstine Island Community Hall. From the left, Marlafaye (Shel— ley Starrett), Dot (Sheryl Fellman) and Jinx (Liz Brunner, not pictured) witness an unfortunate occurrence. Journal photos by Gordon Weeks Star Trek’s ’Strange New Worlds’ as fun as ever L IN THE DARK REVIEWS ast week in stream- ing, the 21st century’s best “Star Trek” series returned for a second season on Paramount+, and the hon- orary godfather of superhero comics was treated to a high— ly sympathetic documentary on Disney+. In some corners of the internet, I saw the second— season premiere of “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” were watching. lightweight. 517 Franklin St. Shelton (Across from Safeway) www.3heltoncinemas.com Hour Movie Info (360) 426-1000 The Flash Daily at 4:00 £1 6:45 Plus Sat/Sun matinee at 1:00 Elemental Daily at 4:15 7:00 Plus Sat/Sun matinee at 1:30 described as “underwhelm- ing,” and I can only wonder what alternate timeline ver— sion of this show those people Just as its first season did, the return of “Strange New Worlds” hits the ground run- ning and is just plain fun, without feeling saccharine or One of the unforeseen ben- efits of this prequel drawing DRIVE-IN its Enterprise crew from a mix of younger versions ofes- tablished characters and com— pletely new creations is it can open an episode with three of its major characters scattered t0 the winds, and introduce yet another new crew mem— ber along the way, and the group dynamic still sings. The second season of “Strange New Worlds” looks to be more serialized than 3i iii the first, as Capt. Christo- pher Pike (Anson Mount) heads out to parts unknown, to get his former first offi- cer, Cmdr. Una Chin-Riley (Rebecca Romijni, out of trouble with Starfleet for vio- lating rules against genetic augmentation, all of which leaves a young Spock (Ethan Peck) as acting captain of the see REVIEW, page 14 182 S.E. Brewer Road 0 Shelton 360-426-4707 - www.5kyLineDrive-ln.com ‘J‘iliai {WEN 7" éifliix'i’fi i’Eii WEEK Show at Dusk Gates open or 8:00 pm- FRI SAT ! MONYI‘HU Little Memiaid followed by Spider-Man: Across the Spider—Verse -ALV?O\5 iii? Minerva; "some! swncw an“: Spider—Man: Across the Spider-Verse followed by Little Mermaid