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Few singers are better remembered than Patsy Cline. So taking on the role of the iconic performer is a daunting one. Playing Cline is something Straker said she was immediately drawn to tackling as a performer. Straker said "for being allowed the gift" of Cline's song she not only had to gain the approval of the show's producers, but also the Patsy Cline Estate in the United States.

This is a remount of a show the Globe Theatre has presented before about the life and career of country music legend Patsy Cline.

That meant recording songs and doing a video to submit for them to listen to and look at. Straker said she respects that the Estate holds onto such high standards to honour Cline's legacy. So among Cline's catalogue of well-known songs, which ones pushed Straker the hardest to get right? It is a role she is not just comfortable with, but one that is her favourite.

I expect myself to do a good job," she said, adding the Regina run brought a new card into play for her, it being her first role since the birth of her first child Lillianna months ago. She said it took some additional work to balance performance with motherhood. The experience of two previous runs also gave Straker more of a voice in terms of the stage show.

She said producer Jeffrey Whynott "was very open to working together.

On June 22, after 10 years of portraying the title role in Globe Theatre’s A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline, and closely following a successful day run of the show at Casino Missing: martin tn.

Straker does realize the audience is there for Cline, and not for her, and she is fine with that. It's about her life, her story, her music," she said, adding she had no expectations of anyone remembering her name, but hoped they always remembered the show. The Regina performance was a chance for Straker 'to come home' in a sense as she now resides in Ontario.

Straker's next show will be in Hamilton at Theatre Aquarius, where she will perform in a rock music production. In the next show Straker will have to put on her dancing shoes, as the production has dance numbers.