Woo Hoo!

Hey guys! Sarah here. I would say I was bored so I decided to contribute to this wonderful blog but I think Debbie would kill me! Well, I'm super excited for next week! I think we are going to be absolutely AWESOME! Everything is coming together really well and even though we do get a little sidetracked at rehearsal at least it's because we are having too much fun with this show! Snaps to Debbie for writing a show that we, after so many weeks of hearing it over and again, can still laugh at and have fun with! It doesn't hurt that we have a kick ass cast either. Well, we have our last (AHHHH!) rehearsal tomorrow and I can't wait to see everyone! I like you. (Sorry Beth and Debbie. I had to!)

5 days until "White Bread" opens!

The festival starts in three days and "White Bread" opens in five. Yesterday we had our second to last rehearsal and ran through the show two full times. The first time was a little rocky, but the second run-through went really well and gives me confidence that we'll do great on Saturday. Our next rehearsal is on Wednesday and we'll be perfecting everything, including the curtain call. I really feel we're going to have an awesome show, I just hope we have a great turnout.

"White Bread," so far, will be featured in both the Stillwater gazette and the White Bear Press. Look for it near the end of this week. I really hope it helps gather an audience. In the meantime, word-of-mouth is one of the best means of advertising, so talk about us! Tell your friends, parents, cousins, roommates, sisters, brothers, cats, dogs, fish, guinea pigs... tell anything will ears. And in return, we will give you a killer show.

White Bread at the Fringe-For-All

Ten Days Left!

The Fringe Festival begins in 8 days and White Bread opens in 10. The past two months have flown by. Monday was the Fringe-For-All which was awesome. We presented the show in under three minutes and got a great response from the audience. To the right is a picture of them onstage. I think the audience especially liked  Marc's (as Ted) shirt, which read, "Everyone Loves a White Boy." I feel that if the first scene of the show was well received, then it can only go uphill from here since the opening scene is the most mild in terms of humor. Now Marc and Beth are relearning the original and extended version of that scene, which may be difficult,  but I know they can pull it off.

We have two rehearsals left which will mainly be brushing up the the scenes, working on transitions, and doing run-throughs. Our tech rehearsal is the morning of August 2, the day of our performance. Although that makes me nervous, I know that if we have everything ready it will work out fine.

Marketing is going well so far and I am currently putting together the program. Thanks to Kelly Johnson, they will be printed for free. Gotta love friends!... and fringe... and french fries... and everything else that starts with an "f."

Peace out.

Two Weeks Left

Wow. The festival begins two weeks from today. It's pretty nerve-racking, yet exciting. Monday is our Fringe-For-All which I think we're ready for. We already edited our first scene so it will fit in three minutes. I'm sure it will be a blast.

Last rehearsal I felt was really productive. We ran through the show using nearly all the props, and we even had some costumes. The Open Mics are coming together and we'll work more with those next rehearsal. Also, everyone was pretty much memorized which was awesome. We're still working out some minor things like line delivery, but for the most part, we just need to concentrate on really getting into character and not getting side-tracked, which tends to happen quite often.

One Week Closer

Last week seemed productive on my part, but not so productive during rehearsal. I finished the open mic nights and we practiced them during rehearsal. They were still new though, so the actors didn't have time to "make them their own." We were also missing an actor so we weren't able to run every scene. Next week we're going to bring possible costumes to rehearsal and do a couple run-throughs with hopefully all the props. Everyone should have everything memorized, but calling line will be acceptable until the following week. The Fringe-For-All is July 21, only 11 days away. Today Marc and Beth are coming over so we can rehearse the shortened version of the first scene. It can only be three minutes... so it better be a good three minutes.

PRIDE and more

We are well on our way to a fantastic fringe show. On Sunday, we ran through each scene once or twice, although it was difficult because we had problems being serious, laughter would ensue, then we'd go on some tangent about the most random things. I'm just going to say that with this group, rehearsal is never boring. We focused primarily on the delivery of the lines. Next week I'll try to use as many props as possible.

I decided on the first scene for the showcase, but I have to edit it since it goes over three minutes. PRIDE was awesome. Fringe signed on a ton of possible volunteers and I was able to hand out flyers to promote the show. Most people seemed genuinely interested, which is really exciting. The Festival starts in 30 days! I know the time will just fly by.

Off to spread the White Bread Word!

Peace!

Debbie