End of the run

Yesterday was the closing performance of my lunchbox show. It was a good time. Once we were into a show state I worked three hours a day. Roll in at 10:40, set up the show, sit around and talk for a bit, do a 40 minute show, clean up, type a report, walk home. It was a good deal. The money was good for the work I was doing, which means that the actual pay cheque is small.

I have four days off now. Start Christmas Carol on Thursday. Christmas begins Nov 1st. Break out the trees and lights.

Catch up

On the weekend we went out to Canmore again.
Stef hasn't been yet so we thought that was as good a reason as any.
Hung out, walked about, made some dinner, did some drinking.
On Sunday we went to Banff and walked about the streets (which are still being ripped up and repaired). We did a little shopping and then hit the hot springs. It was great fun.

The show is running along now tickittyboo. The playwright came to see the show today. Norm Foster. You may know him from such plays as: Sinners , The Melville Boys, My Darling Judith, The Affections of May , The Motor Trade , Wrong for Each Other , and Office Hours. They are all shows that are readily done. The Melville Boys is actually being done at the Globe in Regina this season. It was pretty neat to meet another Canadian theatre "superstar". I know I am throwing that term around a little loosely - but he is quite famous for what he does.

The show is open. And we have received glowing reviews from both The Calgary Herald and the FastForward. They were both very generous and it has helped our audiences numbers.

"Ever wondered what it would be like to suddenly find yourself summoned before
the Angel of Death for the completion of documents necessary for your new
post-mortem life? Possibly not nearly as amusing as Canadian playwright Norm
Foster pictures it in his latest play, The Death of Me"

times gets funny enough to almost become the death of all of us."

Calgary Herald

FastForward/

Opening "Night"

Today was the opening performance of my show. And it went really well! It was sold out (it is a small theatre so the sell out was 182 people). But they loved it. And that is all you need to feel good about the show you are working on.
After we had a little bit of chocolate cake in the green room and enjoyed our time together.
I like the energy of opening. All the stress of tech and notes sessions drifts away into nervous energy. I love it.

1st Day of Rehearsal

Today was my first day of rehearsal as Stage Manager for Lunchbox. I felt a little nervous to start. I always do. New pressure, new people, new expectations and days of feeling things out to see who works this way and who works that way and how I fit in. After you figure it out you are half way thru the process and then it is over. Oh well.

It went well, and the first day is over. Now on to paper work, emails and phone calls.

Lunchbox Theatre

THE DEATH OF ME

A Killer Comedy
By Norm Foster,
Oct. 8 - 27, 2007

Mon. - Sat. 12:10pm Thursday evenings: 5:30pm

When John bargains with the Angel of Death for a

second chance at life, he quickly discovers that fixing

the mistakes of your past is difficult, especially when

there are all sorts of new mistakes to be made.

Today was my first day at Lunchbox Theatre working on The Death of Me. It is a very funny little piece. If I haven't mentioned it before Lunchbox is a theatre that does shows at 12:15pm every weekday. They do a 45 min show for the downtown office crowd. It is a very neat idea. You bring in your bag lunch or what ever you would like and see a live show - usually a comedy or musical. What a way to brighten your day.

The company is over 30 years old, but the people running the place are young and fun but so far appear to be very on top of it. Not that I doubt young people, for I am one myself and feel that I am very capable. I just thought that with the longest running full time staffer has been there for two years they have their shit together. We will see how she goes.

I was in the office today for 4 hours and now plan to work mostly from home for this week. The office space they have given me is not large enough to have the computer monitor, keyboard and my script. All of those peoples integral to the process. So, here I come paperwork.