Thanks!

Thank you to everyone who auditioned for Romeo and Juliet! We broke audition attendee records. Calls are going out now; you should hear from us by the end of the day Friday.

FREE Sex, Lies, and Other Distractions TONIGHT

Tonight is the first of two nights of FREE theatre! Come to the Anteroom at the Good Beans Cafe at 8 PM tonight (Dec. 4) or tomorrow (Dec. 5) for a night of short plays:

Beth Kander's "The Last Episode of Intergalactic Warrior Journeymen" and "Sweet Dreams"

John Lane's "Shrink Resistant"

"Pearl Faust"'s "Lyman's Mother"

and John Shanahan's "The Worst Possible Time for Writer's Block"

Join us! If you feel guilty about seeing a show for free, we will take your free-will donation.


Don't forget: Monday and Tuesday are auditions for Romeo and Juliet. Check the FCT website, look to your left on this page, or call Liz or Dan for more info.

Next: More Shakespeare! Also, Dan's Class Show

Thanks to everyone for a fantastic second weekend of La Ronde and for an amazingly productive strike.

The next production in the Anteroom will be Dan's Mott CC class show, Sex, Lies, and Other Distractions. It will be a night of five short plays. Only two performances - don't miss it!

Saturday, November 21 is the FREE Stage Combat Workshop at the Flint Community Players Workshop (behind K-Mart on Miller Road and Ballenger). This workshop is in preparation for our joint production of Romeo and Juliet. Note: while it is freeeeeee, please let us know if you plan to show up so that we can be sure we have enough stage weapons on hand and don't have to resort to real swords. Wear something movable but not snaggable.

Speaking of R&J, auditions for the FCT/FCP joint production of our next Shakespeare will be December 7th and 8th (Monday and Tuesday) at 7 PM at the FCP Workshop. If you can't make it, contact me or Dan Gerics to arrange an alternate audition time. Performances will be in mid-March at Bower Theatre (neat!). All roles are open! Dan Gerics will direct, and Steve Mokofsky will do fight choreography.

More information can be found at the FCT website at www.flintcitytheatre.com; you can also call me or Dan.

Pick-Up Wednesday

Hope everyone enjoyed the break.

Pick-up is at 6:30 tonight in the Anteroom.

Everyone is called; contact me if you have any problems.

Remember: no show tomorrow!

La Ronde Pictures

Thanks again to the Lake Fenton students for taking pictures at our final dress!

This link will get you to some of the pictures - the rest are being cleaned up.

La Ronde Pictures

Enjoy!

La Ronde Continues

We are within the run!

Opening night went well. One more show tonight, one tomorrow, and then nothing until pick-up on Wednesday.

Don't forget that we will have a talk-back session after Student Night next Friday.

FINAL DRESS

IS TONIGHT!

Call is 7 PM; run is 8 PM. We will run as show, so no one may be in the house during the performance.

Enjoy!

First Dress

is tonight. Call is 6 PM; we will run at 7 PM. Remember to sign in!

We will not have the Young Gentleman tonight; we haven't decided yet whether we'll read in for him or just Q2Q the scenes. Wife and Maid, if you have a preference, let me know.

See you there! Let me know before the run if you have any questions/problems.

TECH SUNDAY

Call for Tech is 2 PM.

We will be doing a cue-to-cue first, followed by general notes.
After the cue-to-cue, we will do a dress parade. Make-up and hair are not required.
A full tech will follow.

I hope everyone remembered performance underwear!

Run-Through on Wednesday

Wednesday's rehearsal:

6:45 Run-through at the Good Beans Cafe. I will be taking line notes on Friday's run-through, but if I notice anything that you've been consistently leaving out/changing, I'll let you know after Wednesday's rehearsal. Review your lines for Friday!

We will be running with full music (as full as I can get it, anyway) and props. If you are missing anything, let me know. If you have any questions about translations or weird things in the script, ask me at one of our breaks - I will probably be able to find out for you within half an hour.

Rehearsal for Monday, Oct. 26

Monday's rehearsal is at Site 2.

Call times are:
5:30 for scenes 5 and 6 (Wife, Husband, and Little Miss),
7:00 for scene 7 (Poet and Little Miss), and
8:00 for scene 3 (Parlor Maid and Young Gentleman).

LINE SCRIPTS will start on Monday and will continue until tech. Ask me if you don't know what I'm talking about.

New Link - Pictures of Vienna

Good morning!

I've added a link to our Useful Links section. Strawberry Fields is Merisi's photo blog of (mostly) Vienna, Austria. There are lots of pictures of flowers, and everything is modern, but a lot of the other pictures might give you a sense of the area you're living in. I'd ignore the poetry if I were you and just look at the pictures. A semi-condensed version, Vienna for Beginners, is at http://merisi.blogspot.com/ - this has some nice pics of people and landscapes.

Enjoy!

Ed.: Link has been removed from sidebar, but here it is: http://www.strowberryfield.blogspot.com/

Weekend of Oct. 24 and 25

Oct. 24 is Scream Theatre's final performance! 8 PM in the Anteroom.

La Ronde rehearsal for Oct. 24:

- The 11:00 rehearsal of Scene 10 (Soldier and Maid) has been cancelled.

- 12:00 is call for the Maskers at the GBC.

Scream Strike is at 12:00 on Sunday. We may be able to clean most of it up on Saturday night, so be prepared for changes.

La Ronde rehearsal for Sunday, Oct. 25 (the long day) is at Site 2.

Call times:

12:00 for Scene 5 (Husband and Wife)
1:30 to record announcements (Bob, Liz, James; anyone who is interested in recording in a foreign language should talk to us)
3:00 for Maskers
4:30 for Scene 10 (Count, Whore)
5:30 for Scene 1 (Whore, Soldier)
6:30 for Scene 8 (Poet, Actress)

Anyone who brings snacks gets an A for the day.

SCREAM Opens Tonight!

Hey, everyone!

Come see Scream Theatre tonight at 8 PM in the Anteroom at the Good Beans Cafe!

The show runs only two nights - tonight and tomorrow.

Scream cast, your call is 7 PM. But you all knew that.

Scream Final Dress; La Ronde sc. 7 and 8

Tonight's final dress of Scream Theatre has been moved down to 8:30. The cafe is open late today, so if you show up early, you can hang out with a delicious drink.

La Ronde will be rehearsing scenes 7 and 8 (Poet, Actress, Young Miss) at Site 2. Call is 6 PM for Poet and Actress and 8 PM (or thereabouts) for Young Miss.

If you are missing any prop at this point or have any other questions, leave a comment or email me as soon as you can.

La Ronde run-through and Scream tech

Tonight's rehearsals are both at Mott Community College.

La Ronde is in 1041 Mott Memorial Building at 6:45.
Scream is in 1031 MMC (Dan's office) at 8 PM.

If you don't know how to get to the room, we'll meet in the public parking lot (Lot E, I think) at 6:15 to walk up together. If you head down Court Street from the direction of the Good Beans/UMF, there's a giant Mott sign just after Central. Watch for it after you pass Crapo Street. Turn left here (Bob thinks the road is named Hoffman - there's no light, and you can only turn left).

Once you're on the street, the parking lot will be the first one on your right. It says Public Parking. If you have any problems finding this, call me or Bob.

Scream and La Ronde: double the fun!

Hi, all!

Sorry for the missed entries.

Today's rehearsal is in the Anteroom. Call is 5:30 for scenes 5 and 6 and 7:00 for scenes 3 and 4.

Scream Theatre is going into tech this week; performances are Friday, Oct 23, and Saturday, Oct. 24. Show time is 8 PM. The La Ronde cast is invited to watch the Scream dress rehearsal after Wednesday's run-through; I'll post more information later this week.

Monday at Sunset Village

Hello, all!

Monday's rehearsal is at Site 2. Call times are 5:30 for Scene 3 (Parlor Maid and Young Gentleman) and 6:30 for Scenes 7, 8, and 9 (Young Miss, Poet, Actress, and Count). Let Liz know if you want to try to work without a script today; Wednesday is our Off Book date.

Sunday: Early Maskers and Two Scenes

Good afternoon! Today's rehearsal is at Site 2.

The call for the Maskers has been changed to 2:00 at Site 2.

4:30 is the call for Scene 10 (Count and Whore).
5:30 is the call for Scene 1 (Whore and Soldier).

ZOMBIE WALK

is this Saturday.

BRAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIINNNNNNNS.

Wednesday's Rehearsal

Wednesday's call is 5:45 for scenes 7, 8, and 9 (Young Miss, Poet, Actress, and Count). We will be in the Anteroom again. Liz will be late; call Bob first if you need to reach us, and then call Liz.

Saturday and Sunday Rehearsals plus Other Business

No rehearsals until Saturday. Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune is running today and tomorrow - final two performances! If you're interested in volunteering for this weekend's events or for strike, please contact Liz.


Saturday's Rehearsal:



Call is 3:30 for the Maskers at Jacob's house.



Sunday's Rehearsal (in the Anteroom):



Call is additive. Call times are

2:00 for the Maskers,
3:00 for the Poet and the Actress,
4:00 for the Count,
4:45 for the Whore, and
5:30 for the Soldier.



Remember that Zombie Walk is coming up. If you haven't registered and you would still like to participate, talk to Kristina to see if you can arrange a late registration.

Wednesday evening in the Anteroom

5:30 is the call for scenes 7, 6, and 5 (Poet, Young Miss, Gentleman, and Wife), most likely run in the order above.

At 6:00, the Maskers will meet the choreographer at his church.

Liz will be late tonight, so please call Bob first if you will be late.

Change to Monday's Rehearsal

Monday's rehearsal has also been changed.

New information:

5:45 is the call for scenes 5, 6, 7 (Wife, Husband, Little Miss, and Poet).

We're still looking for volunteers for next weekend - talk to Liz for opportunities. We also need zombies to attend a prescreening of Zombieland this Thursday. Liz or Kristina can fill you in on the details.

Change to Sunday's Rehearsal

Sunday's rehearsal has changed. The new schedule:

3:00 Call for Wife and Gentleman

4:30 Call for scene 10 (add Count and Whore)

5:30 Call for scenes 1, 2, 3, 4 (add Soldier and Maid)


FCT is in serious need of some volunteers for two events next weekend (Oct. 3 and 4). You would be asked to dress in period costume (I don't know what period yet, but probably late 1800s or so), interact with strangers, and hand out some flyers for a few hours. Please contact Liz if you would like to help out. If you have friends who would also like to help out, send them our way! Thanks!

Friday and Saturday: Nothin'!

No rehearsals Friday or Saturday.

Note: this gives you plenty of time to see Frankie and Johnny. Not that we're trying to pressure you.

Next rehearsal will be Sunday.

FRANKIE AND JOHNNY OPENS TOMORROW!

Hey, everyone!

Go see Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, featuring Dan, Kristina, and the disembodied voice of Dale! It opens tomorrow; it runs this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday and next Friday and Saturday. Seven bucks gets you in! If you're a student, you can get in for $5 next Friday.

Wednesday's Rehearsal Cancelled

Today's rehearsal is cancelled; the scenes we would have run tonight will be added to Monday's rehearsal.

Tuesday, Sept. 22: Maskers

Tonight's rehearsal is for the maskers. Call is 5:45 at Site 2.

Split-Call Rehearsal for Monday, Sept. 21

Today's rehearsal:

We will be reading through scenes 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, and 10 at Site 2.

Call is 5 PM for Whore, Soldier, Parlor Maid, Gentleman, and Wife;
call is 6:30 PM for Poet, Actress, and Count.

Liz will be late today, so if you run into any trouble, call Bob first (and then call Liz).

Friday, September 18

Today's Schedule:

Read-Through of Scenes 5, 6, 7 at Site 2.
Call is 6:30 PM for Young Wife, Husband, Little Miss, Poet

Change to Friday the 18th

Hello, all!



There is no rehearsal today (Thursday the 17th).



Tomorrow's rehearsal has been changed. New rehearsal info:




Friday, Sept. 18
6:30 PM
Read-Through of Scenes 5, 6, 7
Young Wife, Husband, Little Miss, Poet
at Meg's place (Site 2 from now on)


Monday the 21st has also been changed. We will be reading through scenes 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, and 10. Call is 5 PM for Whore, Soldier, Parlor Maid, Gentleman, and Wife; call is 6:30 for Poet, Actress, and Count.

La Ronde - First Read-Through

Welcome to La Ronde! The first read-through is tonight at 7 PM in the basement of the Good Beans Cafe. We will also be taking measurements for costuming. See you then!

Upcoming Show: Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune

FCT's next show will be Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune by Terrence McNally. Rehearsals are in progress; the show will open on Sept. 24. Come see it!

as promised

Thanks to everyone for an amazing run! As promised, here are those first pictures that the photographer sent to us:













I'll send out an email once I have the full batch in hand. If anyone knows whether high- or low-resolution images would be better for our purposes, please drop me an email or comment here.

Don't forget: Dan's Wedding Gig with special guest, Kristina!
Thursday, June18, 7 PM
Good Beans Cafe

I will continue to post audition notices, etc. on this site; if you're on our email list, you'll also get word of happenings that way.
Hope to see all of you in another show!

Update Sept. 3: There are still a few picture CDs at the cafe for anyone who hasn't had a chance to pick up the pictures yet - contact me with any questions.

Open!

We are within the run!

June 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13
8 PM
$7
The 11th is Student Night - $5 with SID

Second Dress - Tuesday, June 2

Thanks to everyone for being very cool about the weird gun situation last night. Sorry we all had to cram into the basement, but we wouldn't want to lose any actors this close to opening.

For those of you who weren't able to stick around too late last night, see me around call today for line notes. I have pages and pages with no marks on them - this is excellent! Call tonight is 7 PM again. If you notice anything about costume/props/set today that is weird or troublesome, let me know - we can add glow tape or wash anything that smells musty.

If anyone has a non-precious bible, could you lend it to us? I'd appreciate it.

First Dress - Monday, June 1

Hello, everyone, and welcome to dress week. You may want to show up before call from now on so that you can change in the bathroom rather than the basement, but that's up to you. Call tonight is 7 PM. We're going to try to run at 7:30 rather than 8:00. We'll be in show conditions tonight, so let me know if anything weird happens or if you need anything in the basement that's not down there.

Those of you who are bringing your own items as costume pieces should leave them in the basement after tonight (unless you are taking them home to wash them).

Tech Weekend

Saturday is the build. If you are free, we would love for you to show up to help us put together the stage and house. We don't expect to keep anyone for more than three or four hours. Thanks!

Tech Sunday, on the other hand, is not optional. Call is noon at the cafe; the run will begin at 12:30 (barring technical problems). We will do a full run-through; it's possible that we'll work some entrances and exits afterward.

You may want to bring any costume items that you are supplying to the cafe on Sunday - that way, you can't forget them on Monday.

Friday, May 29 - Sunset Village

Tonight's rehearsal (as you could tell by the post title) will be over in the commons room at Sunset Village. Give me a call if you get lost. 6 PM, everyone - short announcements and then the run.

If any of you would like to come to the build tomorrow (much appreciated if you do!), we will be meeting at the cafe at noon. We have tools, but if you have your own, feel free to bring them. We will be doing minimal construction, but there are plenty of other tasks to go around.

Thursday, May 28

Today is another full run-through! Everyone is called at 6 PM. We'll have announcements and questions first, and then we'll set the curtain call; I expect we'll start the run at 6:15.

Thanks for bearing with my many notes last night. I'll probably do the same for the rest of the week to get messages to you during the run. If you can't read my writing on anything, ask me during an entrance/exit if possible (no one will be calling for line then).

Plan for Wednesday, May 27 - OFF BOOK!

Call tonight is 6 PM for EVERYONE. We'll be running the whole show. Remember, tonight is our off book date. I'll be on book from now till our dress rehearsals.

Starting today, every rehearsal will be a full run-through. Everyone is called every night; I'll be a stickler about time for the rest of the run, so if anything happens that will make you late, give me a call. Thanks!

Plan for Tuesday, May 26

We're back at the Good Beans tonight. Call is 6 PM for Toby, Maria, Andrew, the four Court Ladies, Feste, Malvolio, Fabian, Olivia, and Viola; we will be running Pink and Blue (1.3, 1.5, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, and 4.2).

Error! Hey! Error! (and plan for Memorial Day)

I made a mistake on the schedule - tomorrow (Monday, May 25), rehearsal will NOT be at the cafe. It will be over in the courtyard at Sunset Village, just behind the commons room where we rehearsed on Friday. Give me a call if you have any questions.

Call is 6 PM; we will be running Green, 2.2, and 3.4. Called are Orsino, Curio, Valentine, Viola, the Captain, Feste, Malvolio, Olivia, Maria, the four Court ladies, Fabian, Sirs Toby and Andrew, Antonio, and the Officers. The plan is to run the fights after the scenes.

If you're late and you don't see anyone in the courtyard (or you see lots and lots of strangers), give Feste or Viola a call - we may retreat to V's apartment.

I won't be there tomorrow, but I've handed the props over to Feste - let him know if you need one. Thanks!

Searching

Hello, all -

I'm still looking for a few props. If you have any of these things, please let me know. Thanks!


- Sheath for hunting knife, etc. that you don't want back - I would have to destroy it.
- Rosaries, crosses, and other religious paraphernalia
- Astrolabe, spyglass, manila rope, or other seafaring stuff
- Vintage women's hats
- Glass Coke bottles
- Gel ice pack
- Vial or shaker for holy water
- Tophat

I will have all props or rehearsal stand-ins at tonight's rehearsal. If there's any prop you think you are missing, let me know.

Plan for Friday, May 22

Hope everyone had a fun day off!

We will be doing a full run-through today. Everyone is called at 6 PM. If you're off book, fantastic! Just let me know if you'll be calling for lines. Remember: the off book deadline is next Wednesday (the 27th).

Today's rehearsal will also be over at Sunset Village. There's one change to the directions - they renamed 3rd Ave (it's now University).

North on Grand Traverse (right out of the Good Beans parking lot)
West (Left) on University Ave - stay on University, which curves right to become Sunset Drive
Left on Sheffield Ave
Left again into the parking lot at Sunset Village - there's a sign for Office (it says Residential Parking Only, but you can ignore that).
Park and go in through the door marked "Office" - walk in and to the left.

Call me, Bob, Dan, or Megan if you have any trouble!

Directions and Plan for Wednesday, May 20

Tonight's rehearsal will be off-site in the commons room at Sunset Village. The easiest way to get there from the cafe is:


North on Grand Traverse (right out of the Good Beans parking lot)
West (Left) on 3rd Ave - stay on 3rd, which curves right to become Sunset Drive
Left on Sheffield Ave
Left again into the parking lot at Sunset Village.
Park and go in through the door marked "Office" - walk straight ahead.
I'll try to have a sign up just in case. If you happen to come in off of Bradley Ave, you'll just have a bit of a walk. Call if you have any trouble!

We will be running Green (1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 2.4), 2.2, and 2.4. Call is 6 PM for Orsino, Curio, Valentine, Viola, Captain, Feste, Malvolio, Fabian, Toby, Antonio, Olivia, Maria, Andrew, Court Ladies 1-4, and Officers 1 and 2 (Antonio will be late).

Plan for Tuesday, May 19

Tonight, we will be working Pink, Blue, and 2.5 (1.3, 1.5, 2.3, 2.5, 3.1, 3.2, and 4.2). Call is 6 PM for Toby, Maria, Andrew, Court Ladies 1-4, Feste, Malvolio, Fabian, Olivia, and Viola.

Liz will probably be late today, so if you are off book, let Greg know or arrange to have someone who's not in the scene stand by on lines. Also, if you need your rehearsal props, they are downstairs on the black rolling cart (Bob knows where this is). Thanks!

Because we ran so many more scenes yesterday than we planned to, we may alter tonight's plan a little - we may work some small parts of scenes (monologues and specific moments) before running the full scenes.

Plan for Monday, May 18

Hope everyone had a pleasant weekend!

Monday's rehearsal will be Act 5 - call is 6:00 at the Good Beans Cafe for Feste, Fabian, Orsino, Viola, Curio, Olivia, Antonio, Officers, Priest, Andrew, Toby, Sebastian, Malvolio, and Fabian. We originally had the Court in Act 5, but we will probably cut you out of the act, since the stage is already very crowded. You are not called, but you can come in if you want to watch/hang out.

The musicians will be staying later to work on some of the songs. Those of you who are in the fights, our fight director will be here on Monday, so if you think you might want to rehearse the fights with him in your downtime, wear movable clothes and closed-toe shoes.

Please remember to bring your costume items today so our designer can look at them.

Plan for Friday, May 15

We will be rehearsing outside in Angela's backyard. We'll meet at the cafe and car-pool over promptly at 6, so if you think you will be late, call for directions! If the day turns out to be stormy, we will decide on an alternate plan, but that will still start with leaving from the cafe at 6.

After announcements, we will have a stumble-through of the full show. Everyone is called except Curio and Fabian.

Plan for Thursday, May 14

6:00: Call for Pink and Grey and scenes - 1.3, 2.3, 3.2, 4.2; 2.1, 3.3, 4.1, 4.3 - Toby, Andrew, Court Ladies 1-4, Feste, Maria, Malvolio, Fabian, Sebastian, Olivia, Priest, Antonio.

Exempt from call: Viola

I will have lists of costume items we would like you to pull from your closets; those of you not called tonight, I'll email you your list. If you don't own an item, don't feel that you need to go out and buy it - ask me or Christina first. If you have any questions, let me know.

Plan for Wednesday, May 13

Court Ladies are included in the calls from tonight on.

6:00 Call for 2.2 and Blue scenes - Viola, Malvolio, Maria, Feste, Olivia, Court Ladies 1-4, Toby, Andrew.

7:30 Call for 3.4 - Viola, Malvolio, Maria, Feste, Olivia, Court Ladies 1-4, Toby, and Andrew should stay; add Fabian, Antonio, Officers 1 and 2.

We will rehearse the fight after 3.4.

Plan for Tuesday, May 12

Announcements, questions

6:00 Call for Blue scenes (1.5, 3.1): Maria, Feste, Olivia, Malvolio, Toby, Andrew

Viola and the four Court ladies are exempt from call

7:30 Call for 2.5: Toby, Andrew, Maria, Fabian, Malvolio

Plan for Monday, May 11

Call is 6:00. Everyone is called but the four ladies of the court.

After announcements and questions, we will work Act 5.

Etext Resources

We've added a couple of etext links in the left column. The University of Virginia library has the Globe edition of Shakespeare's plays, so we've added the link for the full library and for Twelfth Night.

We're using the Arden version, so if you notice any discrepancies, go with our script or ask Liz to look into it.

Welcome to the Online Call Board

FCT's Call Board can now be reached wherever you have internet! We will update this blog with changes to the rehearsal schedule, general notes, and anything else that you would normally find on the call board. A few things that you would find on the board at the Good Beans (handwritten notes, pictures, etc.) may not make it on here, but the vital information will.

Note: this is not a replacement for the call board at the Good Beans. However, the online call board will be correct as of 6:00 PM each night. Anything added to the standard call board after 6 PM might not be updated online till the next day.

Also, commenting on this blog if you have a question or conflict does not replace calling the stage manager. If you have an urgent question or think you will be late, be sure to call!