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SONNE

The Rugrats TV series, an irreverent
look at the world from the point of
view of babies, comes to the stage with
a new adventure that has the characters
turning a rainy afternoon into a wild
ride of the imagination. The live show
features 22 performers who portray the
Rugrats — Tommy Pickles, Chuckle
Finster, Lil and Phil DeVille, Angela
Pickles — and more than 30 other
characters.
"It's different from other live theater\
that I've done, and it's different from
dance concerts that I've done," says
Sonne, who moved to New York soon
after graduating from college. "I didn't
have to learn the lines to speak them,
but I did have to learn the lines to
move to them. I can't keep moving
when Phil's voice is done."
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Females take all the roles in the
show because the audition call was for`
dancers 5-feet-3-inches and under.
"This is a big production, and the
kids love it," explains Sonne, who has
been in the musical since October and
is in her last tour stop. "Sometimes, I
can see their reactions through my
mask. I like performing for children.
When I was in college, I did two years
of children's theater that we toured tc:\
elementary schools in the whole state.
"I enjoy playing Phil. He's a lot of
fun. The twins, Phil and Lil, are the
gross kids. They love to eat worms.
They're the Abbott and Costello comic
relief of Rugrats."
Annette Bergasse, owner of Annette
and Co., may have a little more insigh
into recognizing Sonne when she
watches her on stage. As her former
dance teacher and employer over 15
years, Bergasse is fine-tuned into
Sonne's style.
'Amy was always talented and
enthusiastic," says Bergasse, who has
celebrated the success of about 50 of
her students as they found professiona
careers on Broadway, in Las Vegas,
aboard cruise ships or with theme
parks. "You can teach the techniques
but not the kind of passion she has an
passes along to the audience."
Sonne started taking tap when she
was 3, added jazz at 6 and expanded
with ballet at 12.
"I started to be cast in shows pri-
marily as a dancer while I was in high
school," Sonne recalls. "I did a
of shows at Oakland Community
College and then every year at
Michigan State. I progressed into act-
ing and then singing. I wanted to hav
an edge over people who could only a
or only dance.
"I didn't go into theater my first ye