Mulling the future, theatrically speaking.

[saxikath]

Now that Patience is over, I'm looking ahead to future potential projects. I can't do Threepenny, because one of the performance weekends conflicts with the NPL convention. I'm inexplicably attracted to the idea of applying to stage direct Sorceror, but I know that's a bad idea while I'm still doing the Enigma and everything else -- doing vocal direction for Patience while doing the 'Nig nearly did me in, and stage directing is a bigger time commitment yet. (It's really tempting, though. There are neat staging things one can do with Sorceror.)

So what else is out there? Not having a car really does limit my ability to do shows; too many local theater places are just too far from T range to be doable when one has to get home late at night after rehearsals. The Footlight Club is about at the far end of what I'd be willing to do, and that'd have to be for a show I really want to do. But I need to get back on stage and do more singing. I get cranky when I go too long without a singing project. :)

Of course, today my voice sounds like crap because, on top of the bum knee, I got a cold last week. Whee...

Seriously, though, anyone have suggestions?

Comments

[stevie-stever.livejournal.com]

Well, I guess that answers my question regarding Threepenny. Feh. :/

Yes, you really DO need to get back on stage. If the love is there, don't fail to feed it. No, there's no need to be quite as crazy as I am. But the monster does need occasional feedings. ;-)

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

You know, I really think you ought to figure out a way to balance your life so you can apply to stage direct Sorcerer. I bet it would be amazing.

Do you know what weekend it will be going up so I can put it on my calendar?

[desireearmfeldt]

Theatre at First is local amateur theatre on the T. (They mostly don't sing, though.) Summer festival of one-acts auditioning soon.

I've got a speculative summer singing project going at the moment; could give you details in email if you like.

[saxikath]

I auditioned for Theater at First one time when they were doing a musical. I felt very much like an outsider trying to get into the in crowd, frankly. There was a lot of joking between the director and some of the people auditioning; didn't feel very welcoming.

Sure, send me details. I don't want to commit to anything until I find out (presumably when I see the orthopedist tomorrow) the state of my knee and what's gong to be required in terms of physical therapy or whatever, but sure, send me the details. Thanks!

[desireearmfeldt]

I think any group small enough to have a core group of regulars is going to have that feel to the newcomer, however welcoming they try to be. I'm pretty sure MITG&SP is not immune, but you're in the in crowd, so it's harder to notice. (I'm both an oldtimer and an outsider, so my perspective is screwy; but I certainly saw instances of people feeling like they were missing the jokes and stuff, during Patience.)

It's a little less obvious at closed auditions a la MITG&SP than at open ones a la TAF, but even there, those of us who know the people manning the table schmooze with them, which can't go unnoticed by the newcomers... (And at the one TAF audition I went to, their most recent one, there was not much cue about who was known and who wasn't except for who knew each other's names.)

[530nm330hz.livejournal.com]

I'm looking for a summer singing project. (Well, I'm looking for a new singing project and my current one ends in June.) If you're looking for a bass, perhaps you could drop me a line as well? andrew@greenehouse.com (What the heck, the spammers already have my address, no point in locking the barn door at this point.)

[desireearmfeldt]

Fancy meeting you here. :)

[cycon.livejournal.com]

Have you ever considered piracy? You'd make a wonderful Dread Pirate Roberts.

[42itous.livejournal.com]

Oh, Princess Bride as a stage show -- a musical! Does such a thing exist? It should.

[530nm330hz.livejournal.com]

Sorcerer is the only G&S show that I've ever wanted to stage direct. (I also want to music-direct Gondoliers and to direct an animated movie of Ruddigore.)

[desireearmfeldt]

Hm, maybe we should team up some day--Gondoliers is one of the ones I could imagine stage directing. :)

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

Well, here's your big chance then. :-)

[sag85kwt.livejournal.com]

As someone who really wants to do Sorcerer, I would love to work with you again! Whether as my stage director, or otherwise. Whatever you do decided to do, though, I wish you luck. Hoping your leg has as a speedy a recovery as the Gods will allow.

[lemurtanis.livejournal.com]

There's a theater group that operates out of a church in Winter Hill...heh, it's the Theater at First you were already talking about. Never mind. :/

[icyhotla.livejournal.com]

While I don't know too much about local theater - shame on me - I do wish you luck in the search. As to the bum knee- that is such a pain to have to deal with... with the rain today, my knees are aching something awful... my sympathies.

[mixedborder.livejournal.com]

I hope the knee gets better quickly--and the cold, too!

You could organize and perform in this:

"We are interested in getting some G&S singers for our 50th anniversary open house celebration June 17 or 18. We are probably interested in several (3-4) singers because we like the G&S ensemble singing especially. It seems to us that 45-50 minutes of singing would be appropriate. About pay, we have no idea what current rates are. We live in the middle of Cambridge (near Inman Sq) but have a large side yard, and hope that the weather will allow us to have our celebration outside. If not, we will hold it inside. We do have a Steinway in the living room, but I'm not sure what to do if we hold it outside.

You should know that we both sang G&S at school: G&S was sung at our wedding reception; and at our 25th anniversary we were able to hire some local Boston G&S singers to perform for our party. We go to G&S performances at both Harvard and MIT regularly. We are really fans.
--SARA MAE & LARRY BERMAN"
Please contact the Bermans if you would like to perform or organize a group of singers: ona@world.std.com