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The Director's Journal: "Live Theatre--Gotta Love It"
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Sunday, July 13, 2014. Live Theatre- Gotta Love It". Trever went to pick up the kitchen chair for his 'lion-tamer bit', and the top of it just popped off. He took it in stride, waving it about as if he were Charles Atlas himself. Glad Rachelle wasn't there to see it. That vintage table and chair kitchen set is a favorite of hers. Chris entered moments later and point-blank asked him, IN the show, "Did you break this? Trever said, "I'm sorry! Geoffrey's inability to 'find Freddie'. Pants that fell down du...
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The Director's Journal: January 2012
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012. The Kids of KidsPlay. Sitting here this morning, pouring over the audition forms, the notes I took, the several lists I've made and reflecting on what a wonderful, magical, full-of-surprises, delightful life I lead. See, there's this group of kids I know. They fancy themselves to be theatre kids. They are- to the bone. From what I'd seen and experienced with the fall show, I didn't think so. And that brings us to auditions last night. It was a complete turn-around from th...
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The Director's Journal: May 2014
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Thursday, May 8, 2014. Let Me Wake Up in the Morning to Find I Have Somewhere Exciting to Go.". I leaped out of bed this morning. Song lyrics coursing through my head. Let me wake up in the morning to find I have somewhere exciting to go." Okay, yeah, that's from A Chorus Line. But it applies here. There should be an actor's version of this song. I'm just coming off of three nights of auditions for Bye Bye Birdie. We worked one show together- The Music Man-. Not on your life! A comedy that Amy took a sma...
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The Director's Journal: February 2013
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Monday, February 18, 2013. How Lucky I Am. Who lent her 'insider perspective' to the planning, ran down great fill for the swag bags, and took some great photos (! Who decorated the lobby, brought me cookies, and made me laugh hysterically with some behind-the-scenes stories. Renita. Who is always willing to fill in wherever she is needed be it decorating, backstage, or videoing (! A calm voice of reason and practicality, counting the votes. Oh, and Jim,. Who devised our vote-tallying spreadsheet! Who ga...
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The Director's Journal: April 2013
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Saturday, April 27, 2013. Why It's Hard to Find Good Children's Theatre Scripts: Example #692. From a collection of holiday plays. The name of the play is The Christmas Tree From Outer Space. It is 12 pages long. But wait, it gets better. Setting: Simple sets suggesting a Throne Room, the Planet Fred, Hollywood Boulevard, a living room and a Christmas tree lot- all within 12 pages of action. Oh, the Things We Acquire. Things we acquired for the past two KidsPlay shows ( Attack of the Pom-Pom Zombies.
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The Director's Journal: March 2013
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Sunday, March 31, 2013. Godspell at Ten West. I went because it was Easter. I went because I love the music. I went because I wanted to see the inside of Ten West. I went because I knew a couple of kids in the show.blah, blah, blah. A longer list of reasons to go than not to go.so I did. Done and redone. Especially around Easter. As it should be. Godspell. Technically pretty tight. Decent lighting; good variety; a mix of recorded and live music; clever use of technology in the opening video sequence.
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The Director's Journal: August 2012
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Monday, August 6, 2012. But for now, we are mostly done. The current show will wind down this week. It has been yet another wonderful journey of camaraderie, hard work, introspection, and joy- one of the best ever- all fodder for a blog post, but not for this one. Maybe later. For now, there's another show ahead- the kids this time- laughs to be had and lives to touch. For now, auditions and costumes, a set to design, and a new to-do list to compile. For now, it's still theatre, and not my place ...
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The Director's Journal: Oh, the Things We Acquire.....
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Saturday, April 27, 2013. Oh, the Things We Acquire. Things we acquired for the past two KidsPlay shows ( Attack of the Pom-Pom Zombies. And Dr. Evil and the Basket of Kittens. That will probably go into deep storage never to be used again:. 1) Five sets of wolf tales, furry gloves, and and ear hats. 2) Three metal period-style napkin holders (@$20 each! 3) Four cast iron patio chairs. 4) A "Where's Waldo" costume and a mummy costume (that has had the seat sewn back in three times.). 9) A Cher wig.
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The Director's Journal: "Let Me Wake Up in the Morning to Find I Have Somewhere Exciting to Go...."
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Thursday, May 8, 2014. Let Me Wake Up in the Morning to Find I Have Somewhere Exciting to Go.". I leaped out of bed this morning. Song lyrics coursing through my head. Let me wake up in the morning to find I have somewhere exciting to go." Okay, yeah, that's from A Chorus Line. But it applies here. There should be an actor's version of this song. I'm just coming off of three nights of auditions for Bye Bye Birdie. We worked one show together- The Music Man-. Not on your life! A comedy that Amy took a sma...
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