This item is to announce upcoming public performances by Grexers, just in case you want to see your online friends practicing their real life arts.101 responses total.
Leslie Smith (arabella), as part of the UMS Choral Union, will be singing
in Mahler's 8th Symphony this weekend. The Grand Rapids performances
are Friday and Saturday evenings, and then there will be an Ann Arbor
performance at Hill Auditorium on Sunday, March 23. The Hill date is
an afternoon show; I don't have the exact start time.
((( classical #11 <---> music #31 )))
I'll be doing a children's concert this Spring or Summer, for the greater Ann Arbor area. It will feature folk music that kids can appreciate, rather than kid's music that adults have to sit through. No sing-songy stuff.
My wife and daughter (vitti) are skating in Melody on Ice this weekend.
i'll be on the crew removing the stage lighting for melody on ice this weekend.
steve taylor (grimaldi) is involved with King and I at Ypsi.. I'm involved with Student Productions by Theater Guild, but not nearly as invovled as I was witht hte last two shows.
Hmm . . . I just hope that I can get into Oral Interpretation fall quarter - or I guess that would be first semester, since we're switching to semester's next year - which is also when we're supposed to become "University of Minnesota at Winona". O well, . . . set drift = off
bands in reveiw, a concert including 8th grade bands from all 5 middle schools, and all 3 bands from each Huron and Pioneer will be held tomorrow night, 7pm in the Large auditorium at Pioneer, tickets, i believe are 6$ per person, and 8$ for a family ticket. I'll be there:) so will snow, eskarina, nika, and others that i probably can't think of right now.. so come!
some bands will be cool.. but I heard slauson rehearse the theme to jurassic park and it sounded hideous. jsut a warning. if you hate it anough, go next door to the little theater for student productions, sort of a variety show.. very funny, and it has the Pioneers (sort of a 50's choral group thing) playing at 7:30. the plays start at 8. having already done one show, I can honesly say that it kicks :)
I was finally suckered out a tendonitis-based retirement from playing bass guitar. I'll be playing at the annual banquet for my dojo (Asian Martial Arts Studio). The tendonitis seems to me mostly dead. :)
oops, i made a mistake, individual tickets are 3$, not 6$, i knew 6$ sounded a little high... but yeah.. to tell ya the truth, most of the middle school bands aren't too good, save tappan, they've always had a pretty good band.. come later if ya just want to see the high schools...
senna--you're in theater guild? do you know someone named Adam Chase, by any chance?
well, i'm not in theatre guild, much less go to pioneer, and i know adam...but, you already knew that dan ;)
Would Adam perchance be related to Bobbi in any way shape or form?
I know adam. short, wiry kid, kinda introverted. Why?
heh, introverted..... ;)
Why? With my Experience with FARCo I was dealing with Bobbi for 2 years. She's cool.
Introverted would be one way to put it.... And no relation to Bobbi that I know of, but I don't know who Bobbi is, which doesn't help much.
What's his deal, anyway?
dan, why're you asking about adam? you still friends with him? ;)
The Mahler 8th in which arabella appeared got a great review in the Grand Rapids Press. Sunday's performance at Hill Auditorium was even richer than the one reviewed in the GR paper; that could just be the superiority of Hill Auditorium.
i'll be stage managing the final road production for comic opera guild's _merry widow_ april 4/5/6 in alma. weird, weird stage up there. horizontal fly gallery (gawk!) <no, i don't uderstnd it myself>
Horizontal? You mean the pep er pipes fly horizontally? That must be something to watch. However it works.
the little trucks run horizontally on teh pipes. flying-stuff clutters up the wings a whole lot. stuff that must be hung, instead of being on trucks, is 'roped' to other pipes (actually framework that was not initially intended for this) and is *by hand* lugged up/down.
Spanky: "Hey gang, lets put on a show!"
WEird. Our theater works great, eexcept that booth people always want to have computer control of the curtains.. we always ahve to coordinate with the floor manager. major pain.
I hate theaters based on some new approach, or, worse yet, a pet theory of the theater teacher. Screws students up for "normal" venues.
Scott! I am surprised at the narrowmindedness of that remark. Unless, of course, you are being sarcastic. Theatre, like all worthy endeavours, will live or die on the strength of its ability to change, to retain relevancy. New forms will develop, old forms will persist, or not. And the same people will partake of and contribute to both the new and the old, because the more flexible they are, the more work they'll get.
It *is* sort of an "old guard" remark, isn't it? :) I can recall working as a stagehand on an MSU student production, and they were planning to run the follow spots from the lighting console (for dimming). Seems that the LD's teacher had *always* done it that way, probably not trusting his/her students to do it right with the controls on the spot. Ol course, tha approach only works where the spots won't be damaged by using an external dimmer. I guess I'll partially retract that remark. I have no problem with new forms of theater venue, except in cases where a real purist has decided to enforce the new system by taking away all vestiges of the old. From the description given, it sounds like there way even room for conventional vertical battens, but none were installed. So an expensive facility is reduced to sometimes having to resort to really crude hacks in order to provide a standard effect. Which is an issue, since the standard effect may be part of the vision of the playwright.
the playwright's vision however, is not the responsibility of the production. The playwright expresses his/her vision as much or as little as they want strictly through the script. The real vision of any given production is that of the director. Unfortunately, this can result in a great script seeming like crap because the director lacked comprehensive or consistent vision, or the ability to express it. Conversely, a great director can do wonders with a mediocre script. I have yet to hear of any director doing anything good with a really rotten script.
I had a reallyt great response saturday afternoon, but my connection died :( The gist of it was that my theater sponsor's approach was to teach us to adapt to other theater companies, and that nothing was run the same way. And to back that up he esposes us to many different theater people with different philosophies.
thre are some extrordinary sorts of effects possible with a horizontal fly -it's a 'neat idea' however, having that exclusively instead of a 'real' fly gallery (or *both*) is the galling factor. all of which reminds me thta i better get to work on the junk for (ah-hmmm) this weekend.
Speaking of being on stage, I had the opportunity to examine the stage area at Scarlett Middle School in Ann Arbor. I was amazed to see that the stage has SIX parallel sets of opening and closing curtains, each one with appropriate pulleys and so on, to split in the middle and draw back to the left and right. And this is in a *middle* *school*!
Ya, the auditoriums in Ann Arbor schools seem positively palatial compared to the auditorium in my old high school, junior high school, and elementary school.
I refuse to comment on the auditorium at Ypsi High...I've worked in it three years and I hate having to piece schtuff *whew* together just to get the show to look presentable. Some of the equipment? Oi....The lighting control board in the booth and the light patch backstage look like props from Star Trek the Original Series.
Ann Arbor auditorieums are all pretty much good. Pioneer's is state of the art, right down to the air conditioning system. . One of the best proscenium theaters in the city, actually.
Speaking as someone intimately familiar with the technical equipment of most of the theatres in Ann Arbor, Pioneer has *the* most state of the art theatre with only the possible exception of the new space at Greenhills, which I have not yet seen.
What's your basis for that conclusion, eric? And yes, we do have one of the mos state of the art theaters, but I don't go piping it around :) How big is Grenhills' theater?
I work or have worked in most of the theatres in Ann Arbor as a technician. I have not seen Greenhills' new theatre, so I don't know how big it is.
I'll also be on the stage for the final productions of _The Merry Widos_ this weekend. Er, Widow. I dance and sing and provide scenery and a place to ahng period clothes. :)
Really? when have you worked Shreiber? I might have frun into one of your productions
I have not worked in Schreiber, but Phil Walker tried to get me to work for him for a couple of years. Unfortunately, the timing just didn't work out. I could have learned a lot from him, and it would have been a pleasure to work with Pioneer's facilities. hey, flem! I turned down the request to be technical director of that production of "Merry Widow." from what John (the TD) has told me, I'm glad I did. break a leg! Say "hi" to Jeff Willets for me.
Ah, that makes sense. What was he trying to get you to do?
fill the position vacated by Ted Layher.
Oh, that's recent, Ted only left last year. He ended up getting Jaime to do the job, though.
he had left earlier and then come back. I like Ted. First time i met him, I thought he was the same age as the students. I think he's used to that though.
Would the Ted Layher you're referring to have long hair? I think he's the son of my retired-at-year's-end supervisor Tom Layher, who sings in a couple choral groups.
He had long hair when I last saw him a couple years ago.
he had long hair mid last year.
flem ... you didn't say hello?! what'd ya think of the modifications and overall results?
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What language is that?
It's rot-13, of course!
who is this person?
I would venture to guess the language is Hindi, and the mystery person is from either Pakistan, India, or Bangladesh.
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If your joke is kinda sleazy
Rot-Thirteen will make it P.C.!
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These should be entered at a Respond or Pass? prompt.
ya know, if we collected all the actors, techies, and theatre junies ofund alive on grex....sheesh, it would have to be one hellova company!
No kidding, cougar. Speaking of which, as mentioned in announcements, I"m stage managing the theater guild production may 15-19 (*or somewhere thereabouts) bring your kids
There was a "Grex Recital" last summer that was pretty cool.
did i have any tech?
I just accepted the role of a "mincy leatherboy stage manager" in a whodunit farce about a whodunit farce. The show is called "Drop Dead!" and it goes up at Performance Network in August. I was cast in part because of the opportunity to take advantage of my technical skills, in part because the director and producer already knew what I look like in leather, and in part because said director and said producer were terribly amused at the idea of me "mincing" about. I accepted the role mostly because I'm terribly amused by the challenge of realistically portraying an obsessive, effeminate thespian in a farce without actually *looking* like I'm *trying* to do it. Besides, it's a whodunit farce, and it's bound to be fun, whether or not it's any good. (BTW, the script is hilarious.)
i just finished, fwiw, a road tour as stage manager for comic opera guild's production of _merry widow_. it's the ?4th show of theirs i've stage managed, i think. nothing on the horizon at the moment.
I'm looking forward to it, Eric. I've heard the name somewhere... what's it about?
It is a murder mystery farce about a murder mystery farce. It bears some resemblance to "Noises Off" with a murderer running around, and with the play-within-the-play being a whodunit instead of a sexual comedy.
Ah, makes sense. Sounds cool.
Eric, please do keep us posted about "Drop Dead!" -- I'd like to go see it.
Performance dates are this August, at Performance Network of Ann Arbor. 8pm Thursday through Saturday. I'm not sure if there will be Sunday matinees.
august? that's a long time. we have foiur weeks left before our produ tion (short amount of time, tech is going to be really, really tight)
no, senna, four weeks isn't 'tight'. You don't start calling it 'tight' until two days before the show... :) Of course, that might just come from working with YAG too much...
orinoco, it's not tight yet, but based on past history of theater, it's going to get tight. Even if we are hahead of schedule right now. I'm not stupid
Another Grexer performance: Leslie Smith (arabella) is singing with a small group called The Bach Chorale this Sunday at 7 pm, in the First Congregational Church, at William & State Streets. Two Bach cantatas will be performed: "Christ lag in Todesbanden" and "Gottes Zeit." Admission is free. Donations will be requested for Guild House.
I'm doing Open Stage at the Ark Wed April 30. Come on out, 8 pm on.
This was a dry winter for Mark Twain. I guess I'll have to figure out some way of bringing him alive for season 1997\8. I've done a lot of new reading and see him in his relationships as being an interesting part of him.
there's a huron high school orchestra concert tonight, both orchestras are playing, 7:30pm, it's free, but i don't know much else, since i'm not in orchestra. also, a band concert on the 14, all 3 bands will be playing, varsity, concert and symphony, i *think* it's at 7:30, but if it's different i'll update this, it is also free.. come see me, snow, nika, and prolly others that i can't remember!.
oi, if you can, you can skip the orchestra concert, cause...well, we're kinda...rough :) at least the concert orchestra is...and the band concert should be pretty good, so... :)
I suppose I should start announcing now that the weekend of May 16 I am stage managing a children's show entitled The Plotters Of Cabbage Patch Corner. Everybody come, it will be quite cool, assuming you dont' excpect d3eep philosphical views or witty adult humor. More to follow later.
(IAA Opera Workshop is up and coming... but not for three weeks...)
Ah, Interlochen Arts Academy? What roles are you singing in the workshop performance?
How far is Interlochen from Ann Arbor?
Probably about four hours, maybe a little more.
within spittin' distance of traverse city i think.
Interlochen touches Traverse City. The trouble with getting there from A2 is the lack of a good east/west cut-over.
*preens* I will be singing Mrs. Ford in The Merry Wives Of Winsor. I'm also in the other opera, Suor (Sister) Angelica, but I'm not a lead in that one. *shrug* TC is about 20 +/- minutes away from Interlochen...I can't tell you much else about how to get here since I don't have a car and can't leave campus unattended anyway.... Did I maybe sense a hint of interest in attending from anyone?.... (;
hm, i think it'd be pretty cool, and i might actually be up there that weekend anyways, about 45 minutes away... at my cottage, i'd ponder coming up to see it.
Would that be the weekend of the 24th and 25th? Anybody up for a road trip?
I'll go.
Memorial day? fun weekend
Just another reminder, a week from tonight my show opens (friday at 8:00 pm, saturday at 3:00 and 8:00 pm, and sunday at 3:00 pm). bring kids.
The first performance is the 25th at 7 (I think), ands it's in the Chapel (for anyone who's interested, I can send the navigator a map of campus so you can find your way to the actual performance (; ). The second performance is on the 28th at 2. <erinn's excited!>
And for those who thyink that high school shows generally suck, this has an excellent set from what is essentailly the state's best technical theater program, good acting, good lights, and good costumes (watiaminute.. I haven't seen the costumes yet,nevermind). Tech people who got their start in high school wil be interested.
I might go to karaoke tonight.
Maeve sends the following info about her upcoming dance performance: Dance Ensemble of Michigan (DEMI) non-profit, Power Center, Saturday May 17, 7:30, tickets $12, $25 includes Afterglow at Espresso Royale Cafe mostly a jazz performances, guest appearances
further info on my play (opens tonight, and if you're really bored, which is unlikely, I will be visible under a blue light in the back) Students get in for $4, adults for $7.
runs through????
In case someone hasn't seen the Announcements Item, here's my shameless plug
yet again:
Interlochen Arts Academy's Opera Workshop will be performing Saturday,
May 24th at 7 pm and Thursday, May 29th at 4:30 pm. Traditionally we perform
cut versions of opera in English; this years performance will include Suor
Angelica by Puccini and The Merry Wives of Windsor by Nicoli, and the former
will include some of the original Italian (we decided that the English
translation doesn't do the plot any justice....).
If you need direction, information, etc., please call 616-276-7200 and
ask to be connected to the Box Office. Or if you have questions about Opera
Workshop itself or IAA, feel free to email me at grex or at
streeterer@hal.interlochen.k12.mi.us. Or if you need to talk to me in person,
you can *try* (meaning that you might not get me but you can leave a message)
calling 616-276-7500 and asking for Erinn Streeter.
*whew*
Well, hey! Maeve, keep an eye out, because i'm one of the two guys on the props crew to remove the marly from the stage after your show tonight. I'm the younger, thinner one. (with the ponytail)
Direction 7 is about this > < close to signing the contract for a summer murder mystery series at an up-scale restaurant in Michigan City, IN. I will post details when the deal is done; in the meantime, good thoughts and crossed fingers are appreciated.
100th! Maeve--you're part of DEMI? The same DEMI who opened for the Paul Taylor dance thingamawhatsis at the Power Center on Friday? Whoa... <is impressed>
I'm freezing this item for posterity. For current announcements of Grex performances, please see music conference item #87, which is also fall '97 Agora item #12.
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