A Tribute to a Beautiful Face

Rest in peace, Mr. Curtis.

All Grown Up - Bare

Currently I'm obsessed with this song and playing this character. Fantastic, isn't it?

There's a definite possibility of me losing my mind this week

The insanity has begun. Cuckoo's Nest is opening this coming weekend, meaning this weekend is (cue drum roll) TECH WEEK. There's nothing so draining/stressful/fun/desparaging/satisfying as a tech week. In five minutes you can go from hating people to loving them and back again. It's physically, spiritually, emotionally, and mentally exhausting. Ah, I love the theatre.

Introduction over, here are some photos for your perusal.

Rehearsal

Photo by Joanne Contreni

Our lovely set. Disgusting, no? I can't say how absolutely excited I am about it.

Photos by Michael Curtis

Oh and to all of you who have expressed an interest in seeing The Odd Couple, you'd better make a decision now. They've already pre-sold around four hundred tickets, meaning, quite probably, a sold-out run. To order tickets call The Center for Performing Arts' box office between the hours of 1 and 5, Tuesday through Saturday and Sunday 9:30am -1:30pm. You can find the number here. They do sell tickets online, but I wouldn't recommend it as it costs three dollars more and only a certain number of seats are available online. Let me know if you have any questions.

As requested...

Currently I am in rehearsal for two shows, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and The Odd Couple. In Cuckoo's Nest I play Candy Starr, a young lady with a less than respectable night job. It will be in production October 1st-17th. However, I am doubling with another actress in this role, so I'll only be performing October 9th, 13th, and 14th. At this time, I am not allowed to reveal the identity of my character in Odd Couple so there's not much to say about that. It will be in production November 5th-21st. Both shows will take place at The Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck.
I also have a couple of auditions fast-approaching, Bye Bye Birdie on October 25th or 26th and The Lion in Winter on November 14th or 15th.

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Okay, I'm a dork. I started looking through my pictures from Wizard of Oz, thinking I would post some of them in a couple days or so, and I can't help it, I just have to post some now.

For those of you who didn't know, I was in Up In One's production of The Wizard of Oz at The Center for Performing Arts at Rhinebeck this past June and July. I was in the ensemble. More particularly, I played the Barrister of Munchkinland, a tree, a beautician, an "optimistic voice", and a jitterbug. As cliche as it sounds, it was a great learning experience. This show had the most dancing in it that I had had to do up to that time (not one of my strongest points) and I also had to deal with a ridiculous amount of children (munchkins) and their parents which meant trying to keep a clean mouth and positive attitude at all times (most certainly not one of my strongest points).

So... enjoy this smattering of pictures from the show and perhaps I'll post some more later.

Somewhere Over the Rainbow

The twister

I make one heluva an old man

The Lollipop Guild

"But we have to verify it legally!"

The infamous trees (apparently, we were several people's favorites)

Our beautfiul Glinda who looked ridiculously similar to the one from the film

The beauticians (of which I am one)

Our fantabulous Emerald City Guard

All photos by Joanne Contreni

Ah yes, another blog

I start many blogs. Many blogs that, after the first post (and sometimes not even that) just sit there unread and uncontinued (apparently this is not a word, but we're going to pretend it is). This blog will be different. I am D.E.T.E.R.M.I.N.E.D. that it shall be so! I actually really do think this one will succeed. Not only does this blog have a purpose (whoa imagine that!), but it's about my favorite topic: theatre. (Two, if you include me as a topic. Hah.)

The purpose of this blog is to keep all of you lovely people up to date with my crazy goings on. It's not that I wouldn't rather personally share with you, it's just that I never can remember who I've told what to and I really hate repeating stories/news. So here we are, nothing clever or world-shattering, just an ordinary blog from an ordinary girl telling of her ordinary life in the very unordinary world of theatre.

Love you all immensely!

Rachael