Transferring to the stage

Transferring to the stage

By Alex Merchant

Sarah Barker, right, of Carbondale, and Rita Pearce, left, of Marion, help Joyce Deutsch with her makeup Monday before a dress rehearsal of “Other Desert Cities” at Varsity Center for the Arts in Carbondale. Deutsch, of Carbondale and transcript evaluator at SIU Transfer Student Services, plays Aunt Silda in the production, which is her first role with The Stage Company. “I saw an advertisement that the director was looking for a woman in her sixties, which I thought was very rare,” Deutsch said. “I used to do drama as a child, so I thought it would be a very big thing for me to come to an audition.” The performance will open Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Varsity Center for the Arts.

LEWIS MARIEN • DAILY EGYPTIAN

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