{"id":11191,"date":"2015-07-02T11:08:40","date_gmt":"2015-07-02T15:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=11191"},"modified":"2015-07-15T22:25:17","modified_gmt":"2015-07-16T02:25:17","slug":"into-the-woods-is-better-the-second-time-around-for-aurora-actress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/into-the-woods-is-better-the-second-time-around-for-aurora-actress\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cInto the Woods\u201d is better the second time around for Aurora actress"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Brock Weir<\/strong><\/p>\n

When Kyla Whetham first stepped onto the stage to be a part of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine\u2019s musical \u201cInto the Woods\u201d, she stepped into the shoes of one of the three little pigs \u2013 \u201cthe smart one,\u201d she says, referring to the clever porker who built his house out of bricks.
\nHowever smart her porcine character was, this time around she\u2019s ready to tread the boards even wiser.<\/p>\n

The Aurora-based Wavestage Theatrical Company raises the curtain on their production of \u201cInto The Woods\u201d at the Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts next Thursday, July 9, running through July 12, with Ms. Whetham in the role of Florinda, one of Cinderella\u2019s stepsisters.
\nInto The Woods centres on a baker and his wife, who journey into the \u2013 you guessed it \u2013 woods to remove a curse, encountering such characters as Rapunzel, Jack (of Beanstalk fame) and Little Red Riding Hood along the way. <\/p>\n

\u201cNow that I am older I understand the story a lot more, more so the concepts and the themes behind the show and the moral behind each story, which is consequences, in my opinion,\u201d explains the Aurora actress. \u201cI definitely have a better grasp of the character development not only of the stepsister, but generally of every character. As you get older and experience more things in your life, you appreciate the story more and understand what Sondheim and Lapine were trying to convey to audiences writing this. I also have a better grasp of doing the show itself and just feeling comfortable with it.\u201d<\/p>\n

This outing will be Kyla\u2019s twelfth season with Wavestage, which started life as the Aurora Opera Company. She joined the company when she was just four years old, taking just one season off to reflect and make sure acting was really what she wanted to do. Over the years, she says she has learned so much from company director Sarah Langford, lessons which will stand the test of the time.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt sounds a bit cheesy because everyone says this, but I have always been doing things like singing around the house \u2013 which is why my mom signed me up \u2013 but I was never really confident with it,\u201d says Kyla. \u201cThrough all my years with Wavestage, Sarah has really helped me grow into myself and helped me learn different techniques to be comfortable with what I do and what I have to offer not only musically, but through acting and dancing. I am not a dancer, but if you ask me to do musical theatre-style dancing, I am pretty confident now because she has taught me what I can do and has shown there is a lot more to me than what I originally knew.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Wavestage Company is currently in dress rehearsals in anticipation of next week\u2019s opening, looking forward to when they will be able to take on their rolls in full hair and makeup. As they go, they are focusing on getting \u201cevery single possible meaning\u201d out of the script and score, focusing on the characters themselves. As the musical itself unfolds, Ms. Whetham hopes these multiple meanings are picked up by audiences young and old. <\/p>\n

\u201cKids will understand the fairy tale aspects and the stories it now incorporates of Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk, the Baker and his Wife, Rapunzel and her prince, but there is more comedically that older audiences will understand,\u201d she says. \u201cThere are a lot of jokes in it that have underlying meanings that adults will understand versus kids. The message is kind of complex because consequences is such a general theme, but the moral of the story is everything you get there is a price for it and your wish may not turn out the way it seems. While kids might understand that, older teens and adults will really take that to heart because they have experienced those things in their own lives and can relate to it.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more on the show, visit www.wavestagetheate.com.<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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