3 shows in 7 days!

What a crazy week last week was!

All three shows opened without too much heartache-and were well recieved.

Marrying Meg had their opening on Tuesday night. After only a day of tech (for a full 2 hour musical) there were only one or two technical snags in the performance that night. On top of that we had almost a full house-on a tuesday-wonderful. We had a great photo spread in BroadwayWorld-check it out HERE.

While I really enjoyed working with Dave and the cast of Marrying Meg-it was a reminder that I have to be really selectetive about the assistant jobs I take on. I defiantly learned what I would have done in Dave's situation- a director with a short rehearsal process for a full length new musical. It's about being organized with a game plan. You need to plan out the rehearsal day in order move smoothly through the production. The hardest part about Marrying Meg was that our amazing playwright, Mark, could not afford to come back from Scotland for the show. He had put all of his money into the show-it was awful. We all wished he could be there for the opening.

Goldie and the Bears went up at the Hilarity Ball's Festival at the Richmond Shepard Theater on Oct 1st and 2nd. I was fortunate enough to work with two lovely producers and a fabulous playwright-David Rigano. We only had a few rehearsals because of the actors schedules, which made Tech our first full run before the opening. Even with the short process we rocked at the festival! The audience was dying of laughter and David loved what the cast and I did with his text. I look forward to more projects with David.

Finally-the Tip My Cup Quickie began at 6:30pm on Friday night. I got a group of three actors with Elizabeth Nolan as our playwright. We were each given a "text from last night"-ours was "I gave it to him in a baseball analogy-there are three teams in the rooster-friends, dating, and f*ck buddies, and the f*ck buddies rooster is full. Pick another team"
What could have been a 10-minute scene about modern day texting became a film noir bar scene. Elizabeth had a fantastic imagination-and gave each actor a chance to shine. We started rehearsal at 930am-worked until 2pm and then went up at 8pm. From 2-8 we had various meetings and tech rehearsals with the other shows. I am happy to report that our show was the favorite of the 8pm line up. We got lots of compliments on our work-and the audiences laughter proved to be a good measure as well. I even got a lovely compliment on my use of triangles (thank you John Basil).

After the opening we had a fantastic party with the artistic directors of the company. Both Ashley and James (the two in charge) expressed interest in working with me again. I have sent them two scripts to look over, and hope to hear from them soon.

Sunday Mid Summer Nights Dream began rehearsals. What a LOVELY group! I have to say- I have never been more excited to start on a production than I am about Mid Summer. We are taking a break until Oct 12th. I am taking a much needed vacation (a quick one) to Michigan to see my family. I look forward to spending that time with my parents, brothers, and extended family, as well as my past teachers.

Keep a look out for the Mid Summer press release!

Katherine M Carter