Before the show Sunday night, our composer brought in sound recording equipment and we recorded most of the live songs. I hope this means that I can get a copy. I'm not that interested in listening to my performance; instead, I love some of the underscoring (the Monkey King song and the curtain call music in particular ( Read more... )

I think we're having an excellent run this weekend. Thursday we had a small crowd and it felt like a tough sell in places, but the crowd enjoyed themselves. Friday likewise, though the crowd was larger. Today we did a couple of scenes during the Brigid Faire, and then performed to a sold-out house. Lots of witches in the audience got the god in- ( Read more... )

For those of you who can't come see the show (and those of you who can), you can hear two scenes from the play on John Aielli's online show, Aielli Unleashed.

We had some great shows this weekend. Despite my throat being in horrible shape from the lurgy, I haven't embarrassed myself in front of either set of parents. Whew! And my fellow actors have been right on it, too; good work all around.

Friday quantum_dancer's parents attended, and afterward we took them to Malaga for tapas. I'd forgotten about the noise level ( Read more... )

I'd say that opening night was a success. With a theater full of friends and family, how could we go wrong? (Though I heard that reviewers from both papers attended, as well. Nice to get that over with early.) I hardly felt nervous. Because, really, all I have to do is sing (and dance). Nothing terrifying like playing the cello in public. Having a ( Read more... )

I suspect that I will have eyeliner shadows for days on end.

Listen to KUT next week and you'll hear a radio spot for Trickster. I don't know when, but I imagine that it will be on Arts Eclectic, since Mike Lee interviewed us. His show starts at noon on weekdays ( Read more... )

Lots of good things about rehearsals this week. The fight choreographer told me and my partner that our fight (a set of ultra cool wrist locks) is the most complex and yet the smoothest and most well-rehearsed. I took that with a grain of salt -- though the moves are tricky, we don't have fancy lifts like some of the other fights -- but still felt ( Read more... )

Turns out, if I'm not utterly knackered from a week of work + rehearsal, if I've slept late and eaten a good breakfast, and if the choreography isn't brand new, I can kick some ass. I made some of the same mistakes in rehearsal today, but much fewer. And some of my castmates gave me tips that helped. I can do my fight choreography very well now, ( Read more... )

Some days I look around the theater and wonder about my fellow cast members. What brings them here ( Read more... )