Stevie Ray Dallimore listens as people read lines of a play Monday at the Chattanooga Public Library.IF YOU GOWhat: The Muse Of Fire Project presents 10 new plays.When: 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5; 3 and 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6Where: Downtown Public Library, 1001 Broad St.Admission: $10 suggestedWebsite: themuseoffireproject.org
The 120 or so people who will watch a special screening of “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1” today will no doubt be watching to see the work of stars Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth and the late Philip Seymour Hoffman, but they’ll also be keeping eyes peeled for a local actor as well.
McCallie School Director of Drama Stevie Ray Dallimore has a small part in the movie, which opened Friday. He plays “District 13 Systems Operator #2,” and spent about three weeks off and on between November 2012 and January 2013 in Atlanta, filming his parts. He will play the same role in “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2,” due in theaters in November 2015.
“I was in the inner sanctum with all of the stars [in the film],” he says. “And I did have lines. A few lines.”
Dallimore, 47, got permission from the filmmakers for the special screening today, which is an invitation-only fundraiser for The Muse of Fire Project, which he and his wife and fellow actor, Kate Forbes Dallimore, created about four years ago to encourage young playwrights. In the project, budding writers create 10-minute plays which are then produced by adult actors during an evening of 10 plays.