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Not Dead (Undead?)
The almost seven month delay was caused by a front-loaded season, which included both “A Doll’s House”, “Oleanna”, and a Halloween production of “Night of the Living Dead” (yes, the zombie movie. On-stage.)
I was fortunate to be cast as the sheriff in “Night of the Living Dead”, and I had the most ridiculous death scene [...]
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And Again…
School has begun. Again. With that comes the absolutely genius idea of running our production of “Love’s Fire” for another two weekends. After having two weeks off, it feels like this show will never die.
Don’t get me wrong – we have a great show. However, it’s been long enough. The cast is no longer actually [...]
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Finished!
Eight shows in four days. That was closing weekend for all of us. Somehow, we made it out alive, and now have two weeks of freedom before school starts back up. For some, this is spent moving, sleeping, and generally recovering from the past thirteen weeks of mayhem. For me, this means being home in [...]
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A Mystery
Have you ever realized that you’re doing an insane amount of work, and been kind of surprised at how much you can handle? That’s been me over the past two weeks.
After opening weekend (which was fabulous), the student Apprentice Company, of which I’m a part, started rehearsals for our own show, “Love’s Fire”. This entails [...]
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Theatrical Curse Time!!
Hi all… On the day after opening “Rough Crossing”, I thought it would only be right to talk a little bit about the show that opens tonight, “Dark of the Moon”. It turns out this play is also incredibly cursed, not unlike the Scottish Play.
One person, during the revival scene, had a heart attack and [...]
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Tech Week Dead Ahead
I’m about 65% sure that I’m no longer filled with plague, but I have been coughing and sneezing an awful lot for the past few weeks. I’m just hoping that it doesn’t get any worse over the next few days.
Tech week starts on Monday. That fabulous, happy, wonderful time starts in less than 30 hours. [...]
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Up and Down
I have to remind myself that if theatre was an easy thing to be a part of for a living, everyone would be doing it.
That being said, last week was mildly crazy, hence the lack of updates. In addition to a hectic week, I’ve gone and acquired the current theatre plague – first one [...]
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What A Peculiar Day
Sometimes the strangest skills can impress people.
For instance, during rehearsal for “Dark Of The Moon”, the director asked if anyone knew how to chop wood. My hand flew into the air, and everyone looked at me like I was insane. I explained that my family heats our house with a woodstove during most of the [...]
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Runaround Ahoy!
Today I realized that I should find a pedometer. I’ve begun counting how many steps it is between the stage management table in our rehearsal space and the copier in the office (39). Multiplying that by the number of times I visit the copier during a day (anywhere between five and twelve), that’s 195-468 steps [...]
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Summer Stages Are Go!
It started. The fantastic summer job I have has started, and holy cow have I been busy. I have been through almost fourteen hours of rehearsal, ran two miles, did an hour of FitzMaurice voice technique work, half an hour of yoga, one evening get-together, plus I moved. And just think – that’s only the [...]
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