Tomorrow I will be going home to spend Christmas with my dad and my brother and returning on the 30th. It's always a nice change of pace being at home, as it's a chance to not be super-busy all the time, but I'm going to have to make sure I'm still getting things done for Mrs. Hawking while I'm at home. There's a bunch of things I probably can't do ( Read more... )

"How you can support this production of Mrs. Hawking"


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My life is preparing Mrs. Hawking. It's a good life, one that I'm enjoying-- this has really been good for my outlook --but it takes a ton of time. But I hate neglecting my blog for any reason ( Read more... )

Another prop required for the Arisia production of Mrs. Hawking is a walking stick carried by Lord Cedric Brockton. The character is an impeccably stylish, well-turned-out noble gentleman who would be fashionably dressed, so I thought a nice contribution to that would be a fancy walking stick ( Read more... )

"Rehearsals begin for Mrs. Hawking at Arisia"Tonight is the first read through for Mrs. Hawking at Arisia 2015, which marks the start of our rehearsal period. This is going to be seriously intense. We don't have long between now and our performance on January 16th, and there's about week's worth of lost time due to the winter holidays. That does ( Read more... )

I made these neat gas lamp props to dress the set of Mrs. Hawking at Arisia!


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"The Colonel's portrait for the set"


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Today, with a huge amount of help from Bernie and Sam, I managed to nail down some rehearsal space on Brandeis campus. That's lucky that so many of us in the show are alums, as it enabled us to get access for a very good rate. That meant I could schedule the first chunk of rehearsals, which I have been very nervous to do. I wanted to nail at least ( Read more... )

"Set building cleverness"There are many challenges involved in bringing a theatrical production into being. A lot of elements need to be handled before the story becomes a reality that require a high investment of time and effort. One of those elements is figuring out how to put together a set ( Read more... )

Well, I held my last-minute and somewhat impromptu auditions for Mrs. Hawking at Arisia 2015 tonight, and I had a decent number of people signed up to read. The bad news was that about half of those people just didn't show up, despite requesting audition slots. Which honestly irritated the heck out of me. But the good news is I got just about ( Read more... )