Three years ago at about this time, I was starting up as one of four Tstone Apprentices. Vicki was the Apprentice Coordinator, and Tom, a fellow Gettysburg alum, was the new kid in the company ( Read more... )

Gosh. When was the last time I did an honest to god update?

( ...this thing is a whole lot bigger than I thought it would be )

So, insomnia struck last night. Twice. With a 5:30 wake-up time looming in the distance, I teetered on the brink of total despair.

Not so Kevin. He (a) force fed me RvB season 3 until I conked out, around the point where everyone met up on Sidewinder, and then (b) when I woke up at 3:30 and couldn't fall back to sleep, wove me a bedtime story about ( Read more... )

[Emma, up on a ladder, focuses a light on Mariel; Anne watches]

MARIEL: Yeah... kind of like a shaft of light...
ANNE: A what?
MARIEL: A shaft?
ANNE: What's a shaft?
MARIEL: A penis.

[Emma and Mariel proceed to explain the various nuances of the word; Anne is beet red and laughing by the end of it]

***

[Some time later, Mariel fetches Emma a can of WD-40]

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My goodness, what a fun show this is.

I think that a small part of our enjoyment of this process and production is in reaction to how frustrating the process and production were for Dr. Horrible, but even discounting that, we've all sort of agreed that this show is something special.

I know that there was some concern, early on in the rehearsal/pre- ( Read more... )

Thank you, whoever's out there, for another year with my awesome family and friends.

Had a surprisingly manageable turkeyday dinner (only seventeen at the table! Which means we weren't doing dishes until midnight, happy day!).

On Friday, saw Tangled and had dessert at Mastori's with Rob, Jess, and the Hightstown gang. Cute movie - it was nice ( Read more... )

So, we have this awesome NEA grant this year that's letting us tour Tempest to somethingteen high and middle schools in PA. We kicked off the tour this week at the Lehigh Valley High School for the Performing Arts. They're a really awesome group of kids, and we've had a pretty good working relationship with their theatre department for the last ( Read more... )

Horrible is finally entirely over. Follies rehearsals have started and are going well. Being a performer this year feels so weird! But good. But weird. Tempest touring starts in less than a week now - I am utterly terrified and have no idea how this is going to go (PS, I got promoted to director, by virtue of the fact that JP was unable to make ( Read more... )

JP and Lisa found tiny kittens in their yard. They took them to the vet and are going to try and nurse them back to health and become crazy cat people. We went over briefly to cuddle them and provide them with personal warmth. I really wish we could keep one. Or two. Or three. I miss having pets.

( Cut for cute )

My name is Emma, and I believe in opening night magic ( Read more... )