So. Last night went much better than the night before when the audience was like coma patients. Audience still not HUGE laughers, but appreciative none the less (and they loved us sisters!). And then there was drinking. The theater is sort of nestled in between a small historic town and the big university town, and we hit the small town's drinking ( Read more... )

So. We have reached the point in a two week run where we're sick of the show, we hate the audiences, it's too damn hot, and we're all getting on one another's nerves. Welcome to community theater! I think if we can get through tonight, it'll be much easier sailing. Friday night will be the next to the last performance, and Saturday night is closing ( Read more... )

As we're nearing the end of our first week of performances, I'm feeling pretty good about the show so far. But, a few updates ( Read more... )

YAY me. Did my daily blathering over on 750words.com and have won back my turkey badge for writing three days in a row. I had gotten up to "flamingo" for a ten day streak, but lost a couple of days over the weekend, so I am starting from scratch again. Mostly just been brain-dumping daily diary entries as I attempt to make writing a daily habit. ( Read more... )

I was sure we COULD do it, but I wasn't sure we WOULD do it. But we did ( Read more... )

Yes. Theater has eaten my life. Its good at that. So as I sit here and fret about tonight's opening ... let me do a quick recap of the last couple of days.

Saturday's Q2Q (or in otherwords ... our Cue to Cue) was the most relaxed rehearsal for me, as my character is almost never onstage when there are any light or sound cues. So for the better part ( Read more... )

Between rehearsals for the summer thing, and rehearsals for the radio show, I've been pretty swamped the last couple of days. The show is coming along. The pace is still rather glacial in a lot more of the show than it should be, but I am hoping that as everyone gets their lines cemented that it will pick up some. We were super silly last night, ( Read more... )

I was going to give you a picture from rehearsal the other night, but the poster for the show just got posted to Facebook. I scribbled out the names etc on this one ... but have a look see... It's rather cute!


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Can I just take a short break from the theater updates ... intermission if you will ... to say how proud I am of my BFF. After two plus years hard work, he was recently awarded National Board Certification. Which, if I understand it correctly means his teaching certificate is now good in all 50 states. Right now he is climbing into his brand new ( Read more... )

From the summer theater's Facebook page... this is why this show is so hard to explain to people:

The moral behind Mrs. McThing, a comic fantasy, is that small boys shouldn’t always scrub their ears, and that perfection is a terrible thing. Howay Larue, a normally mischievous youngster, is spirited away from his mansion by the vengeful Witch ( Read more... )