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actress Lori Dungey.

Know primarily for her im-
provisational theatre work, the
28-year-old begins her role as the
baby-sitter in’ the Touchstone
Theatre production of
Prew: Clue in the Fast Lane. The
play opened July 100 at) Van-
couver’s Firehall Theatre.

“After eight months of improv
shows it's nice to come to a place
where you're handed a seript, and
all you have to worry about is
making your character work,"’ she
said.

After graduating from the Uni-
versity. of British Cotumbia’s
theatre program in [98f Dungey
joined the cast of Vancouver
Theatresports — ‘the best kept
secret anywhere,"’ she said. ‘For
five years running we've been turn-
ing away crowds."

Audiences will remember
Dungey in the Vancouver Centen-
nial show Destiny, Although the
improvisation was not a favorite
with the critics, Dungey and fellow
cast member Colin: Mochrie were
singled out for their acting skills,

LORI DUNGEY and Colin
Mochrie took for clues to help
solve a mystery in Nancy Prew:
Clue in the Fast Lane. Both acters
made their mark in Vancouver
Theatresports, and are pleased to
have the opportunity to follow a
seript for a change.

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The two are teamed again in
Nancy Prew, with Mochrie playing
the role of Nancy Prew’s father.

They also worked together on
the popular improvisational
mystery called Suspect, Taking
Steps Together at the Arts Club
and acted in the film) Rainbow

War,

Besides their work on Nancy
Prew, which runs until Aug. 16,
Dungey and Mochrie are currently
working for Expo, again in im-
provisation, Every Monday they
do a multi-media show at Canada
Place and on Tuesdays they’re at
Expo's Flying Club,

“Expo has been a big boom for
a lot of people,"” she said.

“You get used to working. im
worried about what it's going to be
like after Expo."*

But right now Dungey said she’s
ona roll,

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“H's true what they say — the
people who eget work are the ones
who are working.’*

In Nancy Prew, Dungey said
she’s been fortunate to work with
one of the play’s writers — Bev
Cooper of Vancouver.

The three-part mystery
premiered to good reviews last year
in Toronto,

Nancy Prew’s production
features characters as diverse. as
Annette Funicello, the Hardy
boys. Barbie Doll, Flipper and one
of the Beatles.

Dungey’s role as the baby-sitter
is to unravel a sinister plot involv-
ing villians and the famous figures
from the 50s and 60s along with
heroine Naney Prew.

Chapter one of the play will run
all to July 16 beginning at 8:30
p.m. nightly, Chapter two begins
July 17 and chapter three begins
July 25.

Single tickets are available from
the Firehall Theatre box office.

For information call 689-0926,

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