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Jesse Drwiega is doggone completely satisfied he’ll be within the doghouse all summer season lengthy.
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Make that on the canine home, as a result of Drwiega is taking part in Snoopy in Stage West’s manufacturing of the classic off-Broadway musical You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown which runs till Sept. 3.
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There are occasions Drwiega nonetheless can’t imagine he landed the plumb function of Charlie Brown’s beagle as his first skilled gig in Alberta. Drwiega solely returned to Crimson Deer in January after spending time in Glasgow, London and Paris.
Upon graduating from highschool in Lacombe in 2014, Drwiega started learning theatre on the Canadian Pacific School of Performing Arts in Victoria. He then continued his research at Sheridan School in Ontario and completed his grasp’s diploma on the Royal Conservatory of Scotland.
“I used to be in a model new continent and determined I ought to keep there at the very least for some time, so I did some youngsters’s pantomimes with the Royal Scottish Orchestra earlier than shifting to London to start out auditioning,” says Drweiga, whose first contract was with Disney in Paris.
“I spent six unimaginable months as a parade character and dancer. Being within the park and interacting with children was as wonderful because it was taxing, however when the contract was over I made a decision to return again to Alberta. I noticed the audition discover for Stage West’s Charlie Brown in March, despatched in an audition tape, acquired a name again and landed the function of Snoopy.”
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Drweiga is just not intimidated by the calls for of Snoopy’s huge manufacturing quantity Suppertime as a result of he’s been dancing so long as he can bear in mind.
“Once I was 4 years previous, I went to my older sister’s dance recital. When she got here out within the faucet dance quantity, I used to be on the sting of my seat. My mother stated that after the present I begged her for my very own dance footwear and dance courses, and just about the remainder is historical past.”
For the following 10 years, Drweiga took as many dance courses as attainable, however then determined he needed to take music classes.
“I studied trumpet and saxophone. My mom wasn’t as enthusiastic about my incessant training as she was with dance.”
It wasn’t till his last 12 months of highschool that Drweiga turned concerned in theatre, taking a task in his faculty manufacturing of the musical Xanadu.
“My instructor stated she thought I may make a profession out of performing. She was the primary one who made me imagine I may do theatre professionally. I had simply assumed I’d research agriculture or go into the oilfields or into farming as a result of that’s what my household did. She put the theatre bug in my ear.”
There are greater than a dozen songs in You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown however Happiness, which is sung by the complete solid on the shut of the present, resonates most lately for Drweiga.
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“The tune talks about how essential the little issues in life are, and I’ve actually come to understand that. I’ve been extremely fortunate these previous 10 years, learning and dwelling throughout Canada after which going overseas. But, now, I get pleasure from being again in Alberta, house with my household, having supper with my mother, espresso with my sister and going to motion pictures with mates. These varieties of easy issues are bringing me a lot true happiness, and but I nonetheless get to behave which is such an important a part of who I’m.”
Drweiga’s Charlie Brown solid members embody Jeremy Lapalme as Charlie Brown, Sarah Gibbons as Charlie’s sister Sally, Jessica Jones Deroche as his nemesis Lucy Van Pelt, Jesse Weafer as Lucy’s brother Linus, and Caulin Moore because the piano-playing Schroeder. You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown is directed by StoryBook Theatre’s creative director JP Thibodeau.
Tickets for Charlie Brown can be found at stagewestcalgary.com. There may be particular pricing for the preview week starting June 30. The present opens its common run on July 7.
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