For Popp, it’s her first year in her new role as production co-ordinator after spending the past four years as a stage manager.<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t“It’s very exciting and I get even more experiences behind the scenes. I’m a very organized person, so keeping everything organized is just a joy to me,” said Popp, a Windsor Park resident who is pursuing an honours degree in stage management and production at the University of Winnipeg.<\/p>\n
“I’ve always loved theatre but I was never the type to be an actor. I love props and costumes, too, but they were never really my specialty. With stage management, I get to have my finger in all the pies. I always get to know exactly what’s going on.”<\/p>\n
Young, a St. Vital resident, is working closely with director Frances Koncan on the Shorts<\/em> program, which features excerpts from scripts on the FemFest shortlist.<\/p>\n “I’ve always liked making lists and keeping things organized. I never really thought I could use that in a career. When it comes to scheduling rehearsals and sending off emails, I really like it,” said Young, who is going into her final semester as a theatre and film major at the University of Winnipeg.<\/p>\n “The whole cast and crew is so awesome. Everyone is working really hard to make a super great show.”<\/p>\n Meanwhile, it’s double duty for Leclerc-Kennedy, who is stage-managing the Bake-Off<\/em> on Sept. 19 while also doing props for the in-house show The Seduction Theory<\/em> by Sherry MacDonald, winner of last year’s Bake-Off.<\/p>\n “The Bake-Off<\/em> is a showcase of five writers who wrote 10-minute scenes within eight hours using three key words for ingredients. The audience votes for the winner, who gets $500,” explained the Norwood-St. Boniface resident. “It’s going to be pretty cool and people should check it out.”<\/p>\n Leclerc-Kennedy is studying production and stage management at the University of Winnipeg, so her involvement seems like a natural fit.<\/p>\n “My family has always been in the arts and I’ve been to a lot of theatre,” she said. For more information on FemFest, which kicks off Sarasvàti Productions’ 2016-17 theatrical season, visit www.sarasvati.ca<\/a><\/p>\n Facebook.com\/TheLanceWPG<\/a>
“I started off my university in education and then started taking some theatre production courses and fell right into it.”<\/p>\n
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