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Into the Woods

2008-06-22T05:21:35Z

We went to see Into the Woods at an outdoor amphitheater as performed by Sandstone Productions. I like this theater. There's something about watching theater outdoors that seems very real. After about two hours on the stone benches, though, a...

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Playbill Committee

2008-04-23T05:04:43Z

The theater group I've been involved in is now having weekly script readings to pick its shows for the 2009-2010 season. Yes, they pick them out a year and a half ahead. They do this because they operate partly off of a grant from Conoco-Philli...

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The Show Went On

2008-04-20T20:42:18Z

Last night was closing night. Here's one of the articles that came out opening weekend. I'm not sure how long the link will be good. There was a review Saturday that said we had them "rolling in the aisles." :-> Something I found surprising ...

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Scotch on the Rocks

2008-04-12T05:30:13Z

I went on stage tonight, dressed as a woman (a really ugly one, at that), and made a fool of myself to make the audience laugh. This was opening night for "Love, Sex, and the IRS." They did laugh, so... mission accomplished. It would have reall...

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Might-Have-Been Worlds

2008-01-04T06:23:46Z

Margaret: Daddy, what is a "might-have-been"? Dearth: A "might-have-been"? They're ghosts, Margaret! I daresay I "might-have-been" a great swell of a painter, instead of just this uncommonly happy nobody - or again I might have been a worthless...

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Operation "Bah Humbug" Complete

2007-12-23T07:40:26Z

Participation in my first stage play is now complete. Tonight was our final production of "A Christmas Carol," and it was successful enough that the general manager of the acting troope is talking about making it our "first annual" production of...

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Will Dearth

2007-12-21T05:21:51Z

We had a pickup rehearsal for A Christmas Carol tonight at the new theater. It's about three times the size of the Little Theater, where our first two performances were, and it's generally a much nicer facility. I'm looking forward to performin...

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Movie: Twelfth Night, or What You Will

2007-12-17T03:52:08Z

Tonight, we watched a 1996 adaptation of the Shakespeare comedy, Twelfth Night, or What You Will, I had Strix put this on the Netflix list when I thought I might be auditioning for it next Summer, but in the meantime it's been stricken from the ...

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Thank You, Ghost of the Theater

2007-12-16T06:26:05Z

The performance went extremely well tonight, even better than last night, and then we struck the set. We're playing again next weekend, two performances, but at another theater on the west side of the county. Since we struck the set, we had to a...

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Opening Night

2007-12-15T07:03:00Z

I guess what my fellow thespians said was true - a bad dress rehearsal is a sign of a good opening night. Everything went extremely well, with only a few minor hitches (such as some slighltly delayed entrances, mostly due just to the large numbe...

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