{"id":7271,"date":"2014-07-02T18:34:33","date_gmt":"2014-07-02T22:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=7271"},"modified":"2014-07-16T18:23:45","modified_gmt":"2014-07-16T22:23:45","slug":"sorority-life-is-not-a-stretch-for-legally-blondes-kyle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/sorority-life-is-not-a-stretch-for-legally-blondes-kyle\/","title":{"rendered":"Sorority life is not a stretch for Legally Blonde\u2019s Kyle"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

After heading off to university, Aurora\u2019s Rhiannon Kyle got her first taste of sorority life. <\/p>\n

When people think of sororities, Rhiannon says most people think all they do is party, but that couldn\u2019t be further from the truth. Through her time at university, they have worked with charities ranging from the Sick Kids Foundation, to smaller grassroots causes. <\/p>\n

And even when she comes home this summer, she will still be challenging the stereotypes of sorority life \u2013 but this time in a very different way.
\nNext Thursday, July 10, the curtain will go up at the Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts as Aurora\u2019s Wavestage Theatre Company stages Legally Blonde: The Musical. <\/p>\n

Rhiannon plays Elle Woods, the quintessential sorority girl in the musical based on the hit Reese Witherspoon film. It follow Woods, a much-underestimated blonde, who ditches a life of clothes and shopping to hit the books at Harvard Law School. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s such a positive show and it is a definite cult favourite,\u201d says Rhiannon. \u201cI remember in my first few weeks of joining a sorority, the girls got together and we watched Legally Blonde in the house, so it is a really positive memory for me. I remember how positive a role model Elle Woods was to break all the stereotypes, and that is something I really wanted to take on.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rhiannon got her start at Wavestage at the age of three when it was then known as the Aurora Opera Company.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs the company grew into Wavestage, I grew up alongside of it,\u201d she says. \u201cNow that I am at university, it is really great to come home to my community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Over the years, she has played Beth in Little Women, alongside her own sister, Sally in You\u2019re A Good Ma, Charlie Brown, as well as Toby in Sweeney Todd and Bianca in Kiss Me Kate. The company has provided her with a variety of roles, and that is reflected in the variety of people who have found an outlet at Wavestage. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt is really great having such a positive process,\u201d says Rhiannon of their collaborative efforts. \u201cWhat is special about Wavestage is there are people in all sorts of different fields, not just the people who want to make it in the theatre world, but people who are passionate about being on the stage and making great art. It is great being around really passionate people and that is what led me to stay alongside the company for such a long time. <\/p>\n

\u201cGrowing up in Aurora, most kids either did soccer or hockey, and as someone who isn\u2019t the most athletically inclined, it was great to find a place with a whole bunch of different kids of a similar age to focus on building leadership skills and actual skills training within the actual arts. You don\u2019t realise how performing makes such a difference in people\u2019s lives but just going to a show for two hours can make all the difference. This show also has such a positive message for the community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Legally Blonde: The Musical runs July 10 \u2013 July 12 at 7.30 p.m., and July 13 at 2 p.m. For ticket information, visit www.wavestagetheatre.com. <\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After heading off to university, Aurora\u2019s Rhiannon Kyle got her first taste of sorority life. <\/p>\n

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