We've officially begun work on the longest title show EVER....
Sabbath Night in the Church of the Piranha.
I get tripped up typing it A LOT, but enough about my inability to type. Let's get an update as I've kept you in the dark about what it is that we're doing!
So we've started rehearsing for this show. Man is there some good character work going on. I'm just the ASM but omg is there some depth to these characters. I can hardly believe how intricate these characters are and how much is behind every movement/line they say. Totally in awe of watching this process go on.
In other news, the author of the show, Edward Falco, has agreed to do a TALK BACK after the show. It's scheduled to be after the Opening Night's performance on October 8th. Mark that on your calendars!
We've got a few other projects going on as well, I'll keep you informed as they come to fruition.
See you at the theater!
Friday, September 3, 2010
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Evil Dead Review
Showbizradio.net came to see Evil Dead: The Musical. Here's what they had to say about it!
Written by Jose Pineda
It’s an old tale. You’ve probably heard it a hundred times, but Taking Flight Theatre Company took the cult hit Evil Dead: The Musical, and made it fresh and enjoyable.
Evil Dead: The Musical is about five college students who steal away into an abandoned cabin in the woods during spring break. They soon discover a shotgun, The Book of the Dead, and a recording of demon-summoning words. Soon enough, each of them become Candarian Demons, and eventually, all turn against Ash, the story’s protagonist.
As Ash, Jesse Baskin was to die for! His vocals were on point and his comedic timing was excellent. “Housewares Employee,” a duet with Katie Pond as Linda, was hilarious and showed Baskin’s talents as the romantic lead. Susanna Todd as Ash’s demonetized sister Cheryl was a blast. She had such a powerful belt and showed so much comfort with her character. She and Baskin were very believable as brother and sister....
For the full review please visit: Showbizradio.net Review
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Evil Dead & Sabbath Night in the Church of the Piranha Auditions
Evil Dead: The Musical's Opening weekend went over REALLY well. Congrats cast and crew! Tickets are selling fast so make sure you don't miss this killer show. Come "Join us" for a good time and to the brave - the splatter zone awaits!
A little on our next show! Auditions are coming up at the end of the month! Here's some info!
Sabbath Night in the Church of the Piranha by Edward Falco
Auditions:
Friday June 25th 7:30-9:30pm
Saturday June 26th 12-3pm
Call Backs:
Sunday, June 27th 4-6pm
Synopsis:
It is Sabbath Night in the Church of the Piranha — a church created by 15-year-old Chris Penrose as a way to prove to his mother, Una, that he is an adult and capable of running his own life. When Una’s mother Marilyn arrives for a surprise visit, the Sabbath ceremony takes a backseat to the drama that arises as Chris argues his independence from Una while Una attempts to maintain the emotional and physical balance she has worked so hard to keep in spite of Marilyn’s constant criticism and Chris’s teenage angst.
This original work by Virginia Tech English professor Edward Falco is an intense character-driven piece that examines the relationship between parent and child as children strive to be independent from their mothers’ hold over them.
Cast:
Una - 35. Chris's Mother. Daughter of Marilyn
Marilyn - 55. Una's Mother
Chris - 15. Una's Son
Patty - 15. Chris's Girlfriend
For more information - please visit our website: www.tftheatre.org
A little on our next show! Auditions are coming up at the end of the month! Here's some info!
Sabbath Night in the Church of the Piranha by Edward Falco
Auditions:
Friday June 25th 7:30-9:30pm
Saturday June 26th 12-3pm
Call Backs:
Sunday, June 27th 4-6pm
Synopsis:
It is Sabbath Night in the Church of the Piranha — a church created by 15-year-old Chris Penrose as a way to prove to his mother, Una, that he is an adult and capable of running his own life. When Una’s mother Marilyn arrives for a surprise visit, the Sabbath ceremony takes a backseat to the drama that arises as Chris argues his independence from Una while Una attempts to maintain the emotional and physical balance she has worked so hard to keep in spite of Marilyn’s constant criticism and Chris’s teenage angst.
This original work by Virginia Tech English professor Edward Falco is an intense character-driven piece that examines the relationship between parent and child as children strive to be independent from their mothers’ hold over them.
Cast:
Una - 35. Chris's Mother. Daughter of Marilyn
Marilyn - 55. Una's Mother
Chris - 15. Una's Son
Patty - 15. Chris's Girlfriend
For more information - please visit our website: www.tftheatre.org
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Evil Dead OPENS FRIDAY
Hello Deadites!
Haven't said much this show, but now it's time for Evil Dead: The Musical to OPEN! Here's all the information!
Evil Dead: The Musical
May 28,29,30 | June 4,5,6,11,12
Fridays & Saturdays @8pm
Sundays @ 7pm
General Admission $18
Students/Seniors $12
www.tftheatre.org
SPLATTER ZONE: $2 upgrade at the door. Seats are limited, first come first served
1000 Harry Byrd Hwy
Sterling, VA 20164
Haven't said much this show, but now it's time for Evil Dead: The Musical to OPEN! Here's all the information!
Evil Dead: The Musical
May 28,29,30 | June 4,5,6,11,12
Fridays & Saturdays @8pm
Sundays @ 7pm
General Admission $18
Students/Seniors $12
www.tftheatre.org
SPLATTER ZONE: $2 upgrade at the door. Seats are limited, first come first served
1000 Harry Byrd Hwy
Sterling, VA 20164
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
2011 Season & Director Call
Announcing Taking Flight Theatre Company's 2011 Season!
Loose Knit by Theresa Rebeck (February Time Frame)
Frankenstein, A New Musical (June Time Frame)
Book & Lyrics by Jeffrey Jackson
Music by Mark Baron
Adaptation by Gary P. Cohen
A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams (October Time frame)
If you are interested in directing any of these pieces please send an e-mail to our Season Director, Matthew Randall. Please include a statement of interest for the show and contact information.
Director submissions due by May 1st.
With interviews by appointment.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Evil Dead Cast!!
Congratulations to the cast of Taking Flight’s Evil Dead: The Musical! Thanks to everyone who auditioned; we had a lot of truly stellar talent come out, and it was not an easy job casting this show. We are very excited to begin working on this campy, zombietastic endeavor, and would like to congratulate and welcome the cast to Taking Flight.
Ash – Jesse Baskin
Linda – Katie Pond
Scotty – ReShawn Johnson
Shelly – Gretchen Wright
Jake – Glen Bartram
Cheryl – Susanna Todd
Annie – Laura Fontaine
Ed – Sean Cafferky
Moose/Prof – Stephen Wheeler
Ash – Jesse Baskin
Linda – Katie Pond
Scotty – ReShawn Johnson
Shelly – Gretchen Wright
Jake – Glen Bartram
Cheryl – Susanna Todd
Annie – Laura Fontaine
Ed – Sean Cafferky
Moose/Prof – Stephen Wheeler
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Evil Dead: The Musical still casting two roles
Taking Flight Theatre Company is holding callbacks for their upcoming production of Evil Dead: The Musical for the following roles ONLY:
Ash (Male – Tenor/Baritone): The hero and iconic character of the musical. This devoted S-Mart housewares employee evolves over the course of the show from a cowardly college student to a wisecracking deadite slayer with his detachable hand chainsaw and 12 gauge boomstick.
Linda (Female – Mezzo-Soprano): The prototypical girl next door. Linda is sweet, thoughtful, and completely devoted to Ash, until she turns evil and tries to kill him. She laughs an annoyingly inordinate amount of time after transforming.
Callbacks: Thursday, March 11th at 7:30 p.m.
* Cold Readings From the Script
* Songs from the show
Waddell Theater, NOVA Loudoun Campus
1000 Harry Byrd Highway
Sterling, VA
SYNOPSIS: Based on Sam Raimi’s 80s cult classic films, EVIL DEAD tells the tale of 5 college students who travel to a cabin in the woods and accidentally unleash an evil force. And although it may sound like a horror story, it’s not! The songs are hilariously campy and the show is bursting with more farce than a Monty Python skit. EVIL DEAD: THE MUSICAL unearths the old familiar story: boy and friends take a weekend getaway at abandoned cabin, boy expects to get lucky, boy unleashes ancient evil spirit, friends turn into Candarian Demons, boy fights until dawn to survive. As musical mayhem descends upon this sleepover in the woods, “camp” takes on a whole new meaning with uproarious numbers like “All the Men in my Life Keep Getting Killed by Candarian Demons”, “Look Who’s Evil Now”, and “Do the Necronomicon”.
For more information contact director, Phil Archey at: philliparchey@yahoo.com or call 814.934.4177
www.tftheatre.org
Ash (Male – Tenor/Baritone): The hero and iconic character of the musical. This devoted S-Mart housewares employee evolves over the course of the show from a cowardly college student to a wisecracking deadite slayer with his detachable hand chainsaw and 12 gauge boomstick.
Linda (Female – Mezzo-Soprano): The prototypical girl next door. Linda is sweet, thoughtful, and completely devoted to Ash, until she turns evil and tries to kill him. She laughs an annoyingly inordinate amount of time after transforming.
Callbacks: Thursday, March 11th at 7:30 p.m.
* Cold Readings From the Script
* Songs from the show
Waddell Theater, NOVA Loudoun Campus
1000 Harry Byrd Highway
Sterling, VA
SYNOPSIS: Based on Sam Raimi’s 80s cult classic films, EVIL DEAD tells the tale of 5 college students who travel to a cabin in the woods and accidentally unleash an evil force. And although it may sound like a horror story, it’s not! The songs are hilariously campy and the show is bursting with more farce than a Monty Python skit. EVIL DEAD: THE MUSICAL unearths the old familiar story: boy and friends take a weekend getaway at abandoned cabin, boy expects to get lucky, boy unleashes ancient evil spirit, friends turn into Candarian Demons, boy fights until dawn to survive. As musical mayhem descends upon this sleepover in the woods, “camp” takes on a whole new meaning with uproarious numbers like “All the Men in my Life Keep Getting Killed by Candarian Demons”, “Look Who’s Evil Now”, and “Do the Necronomicon”.
For more information contact director, Phil Archey at: philliparchey@yahoo.com or call 814.934.4177
www.tftheatre.org
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Evil Dead The Musical Auditions!
Hey All! Michael here (sssssssh I snuck into the blog and I'm updating without Erin knowing)
We're about to have our Evil Dead Auditions this weekend. If you can sing and dance and like fake blood, come out to audition! Here's the 411 (I feel this phrase is not used enough and I'm trying to bring it back!) or you could go to our new website www.tftheatre.org!
Auditions for Evil Dead: The Musical will be held at the theater in the Waddell Building on NOVA’s Sterling campus on the following dates:
Based on Sam Raimi’s 80s cult classic films, EVIL DEAD tells the tale of 5 college students who travel to a cabin in the woods and accidentally unleash an evil force. And although it may sound like a horror story, it’s not! The songs are hilariously campy and the show is bursting with more farce than a Monty Python skit. EVIL DEAD: THE MUSICAL unearths the old familiar story: boy and friends take a weekend getaway at abandoned cabin, boy expects to get lucky, boy unleashes ancient evil spirit, friends turn into Candarian Demons, boy fights until dawn to survive. As musical mayhem descends upon this sleepover in the woods, “camp” takes on a whole new meaning with uproarious numbers like “All the Men in my Life Keep Getting Killed by Candarian Demons,” “Look Who’s Evil Now”, and “Do the Necronomicon”.
AUDITION REQUIREMENTS:
Come prepared to do cold readings from the script.
Bring in 16-32 bars from a show, NOT from EVIL DEAD, in a similar style showcasing appropriate range.
Bring sheet music, no a cappella.
Come dressed to move and dance
Please see included character descriptions and vocal ranges.
Ash (Male – Tenor/Baritone): The hero and iconic character of the musical. This devoted S-Mart housewares employee evolves over the course of the show from a cowardly college student to a wise cracking deadite slayer with his detachable hand chainsaw and 12 gauge “boomstick.”
Linda (Female – Mezzo-Soprano): The prototypical girl next door. Linda is sweet, thoughtful, and completely devoted to Ash, until she turns evil and tries to kill him. She laughs an annoyingly inordinate amount of time after transforming.
Cheryl (Female – Mezzo-Soprano): Ash’s sister and the odd woman out in the group. Looking to spend a week relaxing, she is the recipient of Scotty’s jokes and torment. The only one to sense the evil surrounding the cabin, she is the first to be possessed, turning her into an aggressive, foul mouthed demon that speaks in very bad puns. Spends the majority of the show locked in the cellar.
Scotty (Male – Tenor/Baritone): Good looking, cocky, a prankster and Ash’s best friend. Thinks himself the brave one until he’s forced to kill, then his panic leads him to flee. He returns to warn Ash about the woods and attempts to help his friend even as he is knocking on death’s door.
Shelly (Female – Mezzo-Soprano): Beautiful, easy, and not too smart. She is Scotty’s latest fling and looking to party. Just because she becomes an evil demon doesn’t mean she can’t look good doing it!
Annie (Female – Mezzo-Soprano): Quite the overbearing explorer who finds missing pages to the Necronomicon and wants to reunite with her father to continue their research. Very bossy and drawn to Ash. Must be comfortable in a tear away semi-revealing costume.
Ed (Male – Tenor/Baritone): Annie’s coworker, boyfriend, and doormat. He travels with her to the cabin to proceed with their research of the book of the dead. After turning evil, his confidence may lack but this “Bit Part Demon” is ready to sing!
Jake (Male – Tenor/Baritone): Stereotypical Southerner and reliable enough to help Annie and Ed find the path to the cabin, but too stupid and stubborn to listen to reason that will keep him alive.
Moose (Male – Tenor/Baritone): A possessed, singing, Candarian Demon moose head! That enough makes it awesome, except once moose get going they never stop!
Professor Knowby (Non-singing): Annie’s father and researcher of the Necronomicon. Traveled to cabin to continue his research on the book and mistakenly released the evil that dwelled within the woods. He appears twice in the show but is heard at various times as a Voice-Over recording on the tape.
Location:
Waddell Theatre on NOVA’s Loudoun Campus
1000 Harry Byrd Highway
Sterling, VA 20164
We're about to have our Evil Dead Auditions this weekend. If you can sing and dance and like fake blood, come out to audition! Here's the 411 (I feel this phrase is not used enough and I'm trying to bring it back!) or you could go to our new website www.tftheatre.org!
Auditions for Evil Dead: The Musical will be held at the theater in the Waddell Building on NOVA’s Sterling campus on the following dates:
- Saturday, March 6th (12-2pm)
- Sunday, March 7th (12-2pm)
- Monday, March 8th (7-10pm)
Based on Sam Raimi’s 80s cult classic films, EVIL DEAD tells the tale of 5 college students who travel to a cabin in the woods and accidentally unleash an evil force. And although it may sound like a horror story, it’s not! The songs are hilariously campy and the show is bursting with more farce than a Monty Python skit. EVIL DEAD: THE MUSICAL unearths the old familiar story: boy and friends take a weekend getaway at abandoned cabin, boy expects to get lucky, boy unleashes ancient evil spirit, friends turn into Candarian Demons, boy fights until dawn to survive. As musical mayhem descends upon this sleepover in the woods, “camp” takes on a whole new meaning with uproarious numbers like “All the Men in my Life Keep Getting Killed by Candarian Demons,” “Look Who’s Evil Now”, and “Do the Necronomicon”.
AUDITION REQUIREMENTS:
Come prepared to do cold readings from the script.
Bring in 16-32 bars from a show, NOT from EVIL DEAD, in a similar style showcasing appropriate range.
Bring sheet music, no a cappella.
Come dressed to move and dance
Please see included character descriptions and vocal ranges.
Ash (Male – Tenor/Baritone): The hero and iconic character of the musical. This devoted S-Mart housewares employee evolves over the course of the show from a cowardly college student to a wise cracking deadite slayer with his detachable hand chainsaw and 12 gauge “boomstick.”
Linda (Female – Mezzo-Soprano): The prototypical girl next door. Linda is sweet, thoughtful, and completely devoted to Ash, until she turns evil and tries to kill him. She laughs an annoyingly inordinate amount of time after transforming.
Cheryl (Female – Mezzo-Soprano): Ash’s sister and the odd woman out in the group. Looking to spend a week relaxing, she is the recipient of Scotty’s jokes and torment. The only one to sense the evil surrounding the cabin, she is the first to be possessed, turning her into an aggressive, foul mouthed demon that speaks in very bad puns. Spends the majority of the show locked in the cellar.
Scotty (Male – Tenor/Baritone): Good looking, cocky, a prankster and Ash’s best friend. Thinks himself the brave one until he’s forced to kill, then his panic leads him to flee. He returns to warn Ash about the woods and attempts to help his friend even as he is knocking on death’s door.
Shelly (Female – Mezzo-Soprano): Beautiful, easy, and not too smart. She is Scotty’s latest fling and looking to party. Just because she becomes an evil demon doesn’t mean she can’t look good doing it!
Annie (Female – Mezzo-Soprano): Quite the overbearing explorer who finds missing pages to the Necronomicon and wants to reunite with her father to continue their research. Very bossy and drawn to Ash. Must be comfortable in a tear away semi-revealing costume.
Ed (Male – Tenor/Baritone): Annie’s coworker, boyfriend, and doormat. He travels with her to the cabin to proceed with their research of the book of the dead. After turning evil, his confidence may lack but this “Bit Part Demon” is ready to sing!
Jake (Male – Tenor/Baritone): Stereotypical Southerner and reliable enough to help Annie and Ed find the path to the cabin, but too stupid and stubborn to listen to reason that will keep him alive.
Moose (Male – Tenor/Baritone): A possessed, singing, Candarian Demon moose head! That enough makes it awesome, except once moose get going they never stop!
Professor Knowby (Non-singing): Annie’s father and researcher of the Necronomicon. Traveled to cabin to continue his research on the book and mistakenly released the evil that dwelled within the woods. He appears twice in the show but is heard at various times as a Voice-Over recording on the tape.
Location:
Waddell Theatre on NOVA’s Loudoun Campus
1000 Harry Byrd Highway
Sterling, VA 20164
Friday, February 19, 2010
Virginia Woolf Photos
Photo credits: Mike Putnam
(Chip Rome as George; Scott Pafumi as Nick)
(Scott Pafumi; Wynn Creasy as Martha; Chip Rome)
(Chip Rome; Wynn Creasy; Scott Pafumi; Erin Anderson King as Honey)
(Chip Rome; Erin Anderson King; Scott Pafumi; Wynn Creasy)
(Wynn Creasy; Scott Pafumi; Erin Anderson King; Chip Rome)
I just love this picture of Scott. It's a little bit Zack Morris, and a little bit The Fonz.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Opening Week!
It's been a rough week for the cast and crew of Virginia Woolf, what with the snow keeping us out of the theatre and all. We had to rehearse via Skype because we were all snowed in, and let me tell you, it's hard to rehearse when you can't see the people you're talking to.
BUT. It's opening week, and we are EXCITED! We spent all weekend in the theatre (seriously, all weekend, we were in there from 11 am to 10 pm both days) to make up for last week's Snowmageddon, and while we are tired, we got a lot of great work done and are raring to go for opening night on FRIDAY!
Visit our website for more information!
BUT. It's opening week, and we are EXCITED! We spent all weekend in the theatre (seriously, all weekend, we were in there from 11 am to 10 pm both days) to make up for last week's Snowmageddon, and while we are tired, we got a lot of great work done and are raring to go for opening night on FRIDAY!
Visit our website for more information!
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Welcome to Taking Flight Theatre Company.
Formerly known as CCT with 2nd Flight Theatre Company; also, CCT2FT.
2010 has been an exciting year for us so far. We've changed our name, changed our logo, and let's talk about our WATCH nominations, shall we?
In 2007, before CCT and 2nd Flight merged, 2nd Flight's Jerhonda Spaulding was nominated for "Outstanding Cameo in a Musical" for her role as Nahebka in Aida.
Last year, CCT2FT had three nominations:
2010 has been an exciting year for us so far. We've changed our name, changed our logo, and let's talk about our WATCH nominations, shall we?
In 2007, before CCT and 2nd Flight merged, 2nd Flight's Jerhonda Spaulding was nominated for "Outstanding Cameo in a Musical" for her role as Nahebka in Aida.
Last year, CCT2FT had three nominations:
- Cathy Arnold as Claire in bare: a pop opera (Outstanding Cameo in a Musical)
- Robin Zerbe as Miss Sandwich in The Elephant Man Outstanding Cameo in a Play)
- Hans Dettmar as John Merrick in The Elephant Man (Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play).
- Dawn Parker, Six Degrees of Separation (Outsanding Set Design in a Play)
- Steven L. Barker, Six Degrees of Separation (Outstanding Lighting Design in a Play)
- Josh Doyle as Charles Lindbergh, Flight of the Lawnchair Man (Outstanding Cameo in a Musical)
- Joe Helein as The Hustler, Six Degrees of Separation (Outstanding Cameo in a Play)
- Ryan Khatcheressian as Big Jack Preston, Flight of the Lawnchair Man (Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical)
- Susanna Todd as Gracie, Flight of the Lawnchair Man (Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical)
- Haley Murphy, Six Degrees of Separation (Outstanding Direction in a Play)
- Six Degrees of Separation (Outstanding Play)
A resounding CONGRATULATIONS to the individuals nominated, and to everyone else who contributed to these fabulous shows. And a huge THANK YOU to every single person who has helped CCT2FT grow into Taking Flight -- without each and every one of you, it would truly not have been possible.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Rehearsal Recap #2, and tickets!
We're a month from opening. We're a week from being off-book. Last night was Scott's first night in the theatre. It's been a big week for us!
I think I mentioned before that most of the rehearsing we've been doing has been in a classroom, which is, um, not nearly as big as the stage. So it's a big shift to get onstage and realize that you have to cover 20 feet during one line instead of 2 feet. Scott Pafumi (Nick) was taking a class last semester that met on Wednesday nights, which was our only night in the theatre in December. So last night was his first foray onto the Waddell stage. He did very well, the size of the space didn't seem to phase him.
We did notice last night that Michael likes to stop us to give directing notes when we're in a really awkward position ... like when Nick and Martha are making out and he's half on top of her. This is especially awkward because we're still working with a rehearsal set right now, which means that instead of sofas, we have three plastic chairs lined up next to each other. It's really hard to make out with someone when you're trying to keep the chairs from sliding apart (at least, it looked like it was. I don't make out with anyone in this show, so I don't speak from personal experience. Although I do spend an awful lot of time flopping myself drunkenly/petulantly on the sofa, and it's hard to keep the chairs together doing that, so I can imagine it's just as hard when you're making out).
I think I insinuated last week that the hardest part will be memorizing lines. I'd like to amend that. The hardest part of this show will be remembering when we need our glasses to be empty, and remembering where we put them down (on the rare occasions that we do put them down). There's not only a lot of drinking in the show, there are a lot of references to refilling glasses, so we all have to make sure that when someone offer to refill our glasses, those glasses are empty. I told Wynn on Tuesday that I never thought I'd do another show that was as much of a pain props-wise as Noises Off (which I've done twice, and which is a serious pain in the rear as far as props go), but that this one might top it. There are only a handful of props -- I think I have about 4 throughout the entire show, and one is a purse that I leave on the floor about a minute after walking onstage and don't touch again till my final exit -- but the lines reference the props (mostly the drinks) being just-so, so we have to make sure they're so.
All complaining aside, though, I really am having a great time with this show. Come see it -- tickets are now available on our website!
I think I mentioned before that most of the rehearsing we've been doing has been in a classroom, which is, um, not nearly as big as the stage. So it's a big shift to get onstage and realize that you have to cover 20 feet during one line instead of 2 feet. Scott Pafumi (Nick) was taking a class last semester that met on Wednesday nights, which was our only night in the theatre in December. So last night was his first foray onto the Waddell stage. He did very well, the size of the space didn't seem to phase him.
We did notice last night that Michael likes to stop us to give directing notes when we're in a really awkward position ... like when Nick and Martha are making out and he's half on top of her. This is especially awkward because we're still working with a rehearsal set right now, which means that instead of sofas, we have three plastic chairs lined up next to each other. It's really hard to make out with someone when you're trying to keep the chairs from sliding apart (at least, it looked like it was. I don't make out with anyone in this show, so I don't speak from personal experience. Although I do spend an awful lot of time flopping myself drunkenly/petulantly on the sofa, and it's hard to keep the chairs together doing that, so I can imagine it's just as hard when you're making out).
I think I insinuated last week that the hardest part will be memorizing lines. I'd like to amend that. The hardest part of this show will be remembering when we need our glasses to be empty, and remembering where we put them down (on the rare occasions that we do put them down). There's not only a lot of drinking in the show, there are a lot of references to refilling glasses, so we all have to make sure that when someone offer to refill our glasses, those glasses are empty. I told Wynn on Tuesday that I never thought I'd do another show that was as much of a pain props-wise as Noises Off (which I've done twice, and which is a serious pain in the rear as far as props go), but that this one might top it. There are only a handful of props -- I think I have about 4 throughout the entire show, and one is a purse that I leave on the floor about a minute after walking onstage and don't touch again till my final exit -- but the lines reference the props (mostly the drinks) being just-so, so we have to make sure they're so.
All complaining aside, though, I really am having a great time with this show. Come see it -- tickets are now available on our website!