Mary Linda Actress Mary Linda Rapelye will teach an acting and drama course during April and May at the Boothbay Railway Village Town Hall. The class, for all ages, will be a fund-raiser and a taste of what the BCA's Cross River Center has to offer.

Course Taught by Local Actress

The Boothbay Civic Association, in preparation for its Cross River Center, a cultural center it plans to build on the Cross River, is offering an acting course taught by experienced actress Mary Linda Rapelye of Boothbay.

The course will be held on eight consecutive Tuesday evenings 7-8:30 p.m. beginning April 15 through June 3 at the Boothbay Railway Village Town Hall.

The sessions will cover: analyzing and creating a character; analyzing a scene; blocking a scene; acting the action and not the emotion; preparing a monologue; and stage techniques of acting versus those of film and television.

The course will also provide students with on-camera experience, advice on how to get work in the acting field, and personal anecdotes from Rapelye's professional career as an actress.

The course may also include a field trip to the Actor's Studio in New York if there is sufficient interest, at an additional cost.

The course itself costs $40 per student and is open to all ages. If there are a number of younger children, an additional class may be added at an earlier hour.

Rapelye has performed on stage and in film and television.

She acted in several Shakespearean plays in regional theatre in Missouri and Connecticut, and she appeared in the movies "In Cold Blood," "Marooned," and "Blind Ambition."

On TV, she played the role of Maggie Crawford on CBS' "As the World Turns" for five years. She also played Faith Kipling on ABC's "One Life to Live," and appeared in "Star Trek," "Ironsides," and "Medical Center."

She received her bachelor's degree in theatre arts and music history/voice at the University of Kansas.

The acting course will provide a foretaste of classes the future Cross River Center will offer, and will also serve as a fund-raiser for the BCA in building the center and obtaining grants for the project.

Those who would like to sign up for the course may call Mary Linda Rapelye at 633-0699.