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PERMIT NO 00005
October 10, 2014 Vol. 7 No. 77
“Noises Off”
This Desert Theatreworks production will have you roaring with laughter! By Desert Star Staff Come enjoy a good hearty laugh with the funniest farce ever written. Noises Off is a roller coaster, side-splitting look at theatre - inside and out - as a hapless troupe of actors attempts to mount the dreadful comedy “Nothing On.” Door slamming, missed cues and romantic intrigue will have you
roaring with laughter as the casts’ collective sanity slowly unravels. However, the show must go on; despite the catastrophe being played out on stage and the vicious antics among the actors backstage. All-the-while, an ill-fated tray of sardines mysteriously appears and disappears.
Artistic Director Lance Phillips-Martinez directs. The cast includes Marjory Lewis as Dotty, Stan Jenson as Lloyd, Stephen McMillen as Garry, Mari Kerber as Brooke, Tanner Lieser as Frederick, Stacy Casaluci as Belinda, Garnett Smith as Selsdon, Brittney De Leon-Reyes as Poppy, Florentino Carrillo as Tim and
By Desert Star Weekly Health officials in Madrid say three more people are in the hospital on suspicion of contracting Ebola. The news comes a day after a nurse who treated two Ebola patients at a city hospital became infected with the disease. One has tested negative. The nurse is now being treated with a drip using antibodies from those previously infected with the virus, Reuters reports. Approximately 22 people who have been in contact with the woman, dubbed by media the “Spanish Ebola nurse,” have been identified and are being monitored, Madrid
health officials told reporters Tuesday. The officials added that the hospitalized include the nurse’s husband, another health worker and a traveler who had spent time in one of the affected West African countries. One of the hospitalized - the female health worker- was reported to have tested negative for Ebola late on Tuesday, according to a Reuters health source in Spain. She had displayed only one potential symptom - diarrhea - but was not running a fever. Spain’s Public Health director, Mercedes Vinuesa, told parliament that authorities were compiling a list of everyone
who had come in contact with the nurse so that they could be monitored, AP reports. Vinuesa said Spain had several treatments available and was employing them Monday. The unidentified nurse is reportedly in stable condition. The 44-year-old woman is the first known person to have become infected with Ebola outside of Africa during the current outbreak. Other cases in Spain – and recently, the US – involved individuals contracting the disease while in Africa and then traveling back to their home countries.The nurse
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Alex Updyke as Frederick at certain performances. “We are so excited to present this hilarious comedy...,” Says Artistic Director, Lance Phillips-Martinez. “Audiences can expect all the classic elements of Noises Off: a set at two levels, pants dropping, slapstick comedy and lots of doors slamming. This production
was a challenge to fit in the intimate Arthur Newman Theatre. The result is a fantastic set that gives you both perspectives of actor and audience. This production is an impressive experience; the audience will feel like a part of the chaos, and many audience members will be Continues on Page 2
Health workers attend a protest outside La Paz Hospital calling for Spain’s Health Minister Ana Mato