Sunday, March 9, 2008 PAGE 7 THE DALLAS POST "Blithe Spirit’ comes to Dallas By REBECCA BRIA rbria@timesleader.com @. a young child, Chris Jayne was asked to play a character in an annual Thanksgiving play at Dallas Elementary School. The experience hooked him and now the 18-year-old Dallas High School senior has the lead male role in the school's upcoming spring production. The Shavertown resident will play Charles Condomine in the British comedy “Blithe Spirit” at 8 p.m. on Friday, March 14, and Saturday, March 15, at Dallas High School, marking his final high school performance. “It’s bittersweet because on the one hand, I'm going to get back so much time every weekday, but on the other hand, these are people that I bonded with; this is some- thing that I love,” Jayne said. “The stage has become very fa- miliar to me. I know the stage in the auditorium like the back of my hand now.” During elementary school, Jayne had the opportunity to act in chorus and band presenta- tions, playing key roles of Tom Sawyer and a clown. Middle school brought a lapse in his act- ing because he was a saxophonist in the jazz band, which con- sumed much of his time. But as a freshman in high school, Jayne landed a minor role as a character’s boyfriend who nnon and Me.” “From there, I kind of said, “This is great and I'm going to keep doing this,” he said. He landed the role of Captain Lombard in “And Then There Were None” and later played Hansel in the children’s musical, “The Marvelous Adventures of ®: said, “OK” in the play “John Red Riding Hood," Clouseau in. “The Pink Panther Strikes Again" and Richard III in "The Fi- nal Trial of Richard IIT." In his current role as Charles Condomine, Jayne is an eccentric English author writing a book on supernatural phenomenon who invites a female fortune teller and psychic to help him understand what she does. He doesn’t believe her until she brings back the ghost of his deceased wife, which moves in with Condomine and his current wife, creating con- © PUZILE ANSWERS Puzzles, Page 2 Bryan Darling makes some final stage preparations for the Dallas Senior High School presentation of "Blithe Spirit.” flict. Jayne also gained acting expe- rience through the high school Forensics Team and, during his sophomore year, was selected as a hational representative of the Scranton Forensics League. 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