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WHATexhibithonorsJulieHarris,wholovedactingandactors
By Lee Roscoe
arts@barnstablepatriot.com
Acting is the art of reveal-
ing what it is to be alive,
and JulieHarris expressed
transcendentally and truthfully
what it is to be human through
her own path from youth to age,
from her start on Broadway at
24 (playing a 12-year-old) in
Carson McCullers'Memberof the
Wedding, to her last appearance
on a stage at Monomoy Theatre
in Chatham, 2008 as the silent
elderly mother in The Effect of
Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon
Marigolds
,lifting a spoon to brush
her hair.
This latter description is one
of many memories at Wellfleet
Harbor Actors Theater's exhibit,
which hangs in the balcony of
the building that housesthe Julie
Harris stagenamed in her honor.
Conceived by WHAT'sexecutive
director Jeftry Georgeand former
artistic director Dan Lombardo,
the exhibit isawaytolet themany
Cape theaters that Harris cheered
on pay tribute to the actress who
passed last year at 87.
At the exhibit opening, a small
cast of friends soliloquized about
Harris. Neil Tipton, founder of
Eventide Arts in Dennis, recol-
lected: "A very close friend of
the man who wrote The Belleof
Amherst said we should meet.
We hit it off and became really
close friends. I took her to many
performances. I told her growing
up in Louisiana where there was
no theater, I went to film all the
time; how much I was affected
by her in Memberof the Wedding. I
sawher aweekbefore shepassed.
She quoted from Dickinson, 'In
this short life that lasts only an
hour, how much, how little is in
our power.'"
Alan Rust, Monomoy'sartistic
director, told me she'd come to
dress rehearsal before opening
nightand she'd comeWednesday
after the play had opened, sitting
in the front row. (She would sit
close to the stage at the Acad-
emy Playhouse, at WHAT, at
Harwich Junior Theatre, at the
Falmouth Playhouse.) Rust said
she'd always go backstage to
tell the actors and the crew how
well they did. She kept in touch
with some of the young actors
for years.
Thefirstthingwhichgreetsyou
on the stairwell to the WHAT
balcony gallery is a huge quote,
"If you knew the world would
end tomorrow what would you
do?" Harris responds: "I would
go to the theater."
There's a letter from Julie ask-
ing for capital support for the
building of the WHAT theater.
There'sthe original bench from
Jo Mielziner's set of The Lark.
There's Tipton's calendar.
Recollections of Julie hang
on the wall, accompanied by
memorabiliayou can riff through,
near large pictures from her stage
work.
Close friend , producer and
writer Francesca James writes,
"She taught me what it means to
live an honorable life." Stephen
Russell, founderof WHAT4Kids,
posts a story. Nina Schuessler,
producing artistic director of
HJT, speaks of Harris's "inner
light, luminous voice" directing
her in The Normal Heart. Harris
co-directed Schuessler's daughter
at HJT in The Lark. There are
letters written in Harris's forth-
right,graceful hand. One of them
talks of working with Katharine
Hepburn. (Reminding me of
how she always came home to
the Cape.)
The actress won five Tony
awards, was nominated for five
others, received Kennedy Center
honors and a host more. She
appeared in vast amounts of
films, TV and stage plays. But
the exhibit is less about facts
and timelines than it is about the
feeling she evoked in her friends.
It was a video put together by
James that put me away. Har-
ris reeks of pathos in Member,
you know she is Laura in Glass
Menagerieinstantly, so concisely
does she capture the essence;she
has that porous thing, that glass
of water through which you can
see the workings of the soul; she
is so authentic in Belle of Amherst
you'd think it was Dickinson.
You can see her range, from boy-
ish as St. Joan to virginal in East
of Eden, always poetic, piquant,
pert. The honesty stayed in her
warm blue eyes from childhood
to age.
It 's the effect an actor has
on his or her audience that
is a measure of the art they
create. Harris 's lasted from
generation to generation: My
mother told me how adorable
Harris was in the McCullers
play. I remember Harris coming
up to me after a performance,
kissing my hand and praising
my work. I loved seeing her in
the audience at Cape theaters.
Seeing her in a hard hat at the
WHAT 2006 ground breaking
for the Julie Harris theater with
then-artistic director Jeff Zinn.
Remembering how she played
"that cranky old woman" in The
Beauty Queen of Leenane under
his direction.
"The theater was her church,"
the video narrates.For those who
feel similarly, the small exhibit
is an apse.
Exhibit hours: Wellfleet Harbor Actors
Theater 2357 Old Route 6 Rd.Wellfleet,
noon to 5 daily; not Mondays. There's
a gala in honor of Julie,including the
dedication of the Julie Harris Memo-
rial scholarship, July 29. What.org
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with guides to provide tips and tech
niques on capturing classic photos
Each tour is 2to 3 hours long.Upcom
ing: July 15 (6 p.m.),Truro harbors
July 15 (1:30 p.m.), Iconic Route 6A
July 21(6 p.m.), Barnstable harbors
•Hyannis PhotoWalks:Wednes
days,9 to 11a.m. during July and Au
gust. Pre-registration recommended.
For further information on tours and
walks, call or visit the website.
• The Center is seeking submis-
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photo exhibit.Twenty-fiveworks will
be chosen for online display and
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The Cape Cod Photography Center
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? Cape Conservatory
The Cape Conservatory,with cam-
puses at 2235 lyannough Road,West
Barnstable, and 60 Highfield Drive,
Falmouth,holds classes for children,
teens and adults in art,photography,
dance and music, as well as after-
school enrichment programs. Visit
the Conservatory website for details
on upcoming Creative Art classes for
teens and adults.
Call 508-362-2772 (Barnstable) or
508-540-0611(Falmouth),or visit www.
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? Cotuit Center for the
Arts
Through Aug. 3: Exhibit "Pablo
and Me: Sculpture by Zemer Peled,"
works inspired by Pablo Casals' cello.
Zemer 's brother,Amit Peled,will play
that very cello in concert at CCftA
on Aug. 2, part of a final world tour.
Through Aug. 3: "Chartfields and
RelatedWorks," collage and encaustic
paintings by Marc St. Pierre. Joint
artists' reception 5 to 7 p.m. July 12.
The Center,at 4404 Falmouth Road,
Cotuit.is open 9 a.m.to 4 p.m.Tuesday
through Saturday,and noon to 4 p.m.
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music, as well as classes in music
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ArtsOnTheCape.org. 508-428-0669.
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The Hyannis Harbor Arts Center at
the Guyer Barn,250 South St., hosts
exhibits and events year-round.
• Gallery Artrio hosts a special
exhibit, "Refraction of Light," with
paintings by Michele Poirier-Mozzone,
through July 26; artist reception 6 to
8 p.m. July 12.
The Gallery features artists Susan
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