Twelfth Night, Twelfth Post: Bloggin’ Ain’t Bad

Dear Friends,
 Twelfth Night, Twelfth Post: Joke’s Over.  I can finally start numbering my posts like a normal person.
Marketing Director Kristin Godfrey said nice things about my blog today (thanks, Kristin!), complimenting especially the frequency of posts (one week, twelve posts… and counting).  I’ve got to admit, this blogging stuff is pretty fun.  Even the word “blog” [...]

Twelfth Night, Eleventh Post: Last Day of the Year

Dear Friends,
Happy New Year, for crying out loud!
It’s a Monday, which is normally our day off, but we’re working today so we’ll have tomorrow off.  We’re all released at 6:30pm, so we’ve got all evening to celebrate, and all day tomorrow to… keep celebrating!  Of course, for me, “celebrating” means staying in with my wife and [...]

Twelfth Night, Tenth Post: Game Night

Dear Friends,
I went to a “game night” last night at a friend’s house, and while this group was (for the most part) unrelated to the cast of Twelfth Night, we played a game that is very popular among theatre people — I’ve played it at many a cast party — so I thought it would [...]

Twelfth Night, Ninth Post: Antonio’s Not My Boyfriend

Dear Friends,
It’s Sunday– perhaps a day off to many of you, but not for us.  Monday’s usually our day off.  Why?  Because most theaters are dark on Monday.  Why?  Because who goes to a show on Mondays?
 I’m only called for two hours today – table work from 1-2 and 5-6 – giving me time in-between to update [...]

Twelfth Night, Eighth Post: Four Cheers for Don Robinson-Gay

Dear Friends,
Yesterday, as we entered the rehearsal hall, we discovered this sign on the Company Board:
ATTENTION BASKETBALL FANS
One our board members (Don Robinson-Gay) has donated four REALLY REALLY good seats for the Milwaukee Bucks game on Friday, January 4, 2008 at 7:30pm with the request that they be used by the dedicated people of “Twelfth [...]

Twelfth Night, Seventh Post: Three Cheers for Volunteers

Dear Friends,
Just a quick shout-out to some of the wonderful volunteers who generously donate their time and energy to helping us do what we do.  And sometimes they donate more than time and energy: Remember the sweet first-rehearsal spread I talked about a few posts back?  Many volunteers had a hand in that:
Norma Mortimer: Meat [...]

Twelfth Night, Sixth Post: Fourth Day

Dear Friends,
I fear these numerical titles of mine are becoming confusing and mildly obnoxious, but just bear with me until I get to write “Twelfth Night, Twelfth Post,” okay?  Because it’ll be SO FUNNY!
My call was brief today.  We “tabled” (short for “did table work on” Act II, Scene 1, my first scene with Antonio, [...]

Twelfth Night, Fifth Post: Third Day

Dear Friends,
 On the third day of rehearsal, my true love gave to me: A DAY OFF!
Because we haven’t gotten to Act II in Table Work yet, and because I’ve already had my preliminary costume fitting, I wasn’t called at all.  Which gave me time to get caught up on this blog, among other things.
So since I [...]

Twelfth Night, Fourth Post: Second Day

Dear Friends,
On the second day of rehearsal, my true love gave to me: two hours of fight work, one costume fitting, and a partridge in a… joke’s over.
(I think that’s the first time I’ve ever typed partridge.  Did I spell it correctly?)
The Main Event of Day 2 was “table work,” which essentially involves sitting around a [...]

Twelfth Night, Third Post: First Rehearsal

Wednesday, December 26, 2007, 3pm: First rehearsal. Always a treat, because you’re guaranteed to be in a room full of happy artists. Why are we happy? Because we have JOBS.
And this first rehearsal was a treat in more ways than one: upon entering the company’s third-floor rehearsal space, we were greeted with a fantastic spread [...]