Online C.A.S.T. Merchandise Shop

I'm happy to announce that I've got the C.A.S.T. online store up, finally (I know, it took me a whole year of talking about it... but better late than never!). It has a few general items that people talked about in the past but never got around to having made, and a section just for "Tales From Behind the Curtain II." You can reach it at:

http://www.cafepress.com/hipius/868359

I've so far gotten four general and for specific items up. In the area specific to "Tales II" (click on the logo in the store), there are t-shirts ($17) and hoodies ($26), each in a choice of designs, including one bearing the poster logo Molly created to hang around the school, and the other bearing the fancy computer animated adaptation of it that we're using for the programs. In the general area, there's a black cap with the C.A.S.T. logo ($16), a golf shirt wit the C.A.S.T. logo ($18), and two versions of a "crew" shirt (I remembered this was something crew repeatedly mentioned they'd like in some past years but never got around to ordering) including a golf shirt ($18) and a long sleeved t-shirt ($20) each bearing the C.A.S.T. logo on the front and a large stamped "CREW" on the back (just like the ones used by Event Productions at SU and Syracuse Stage).

Please don't hesitate to give me feedback - if there's something you'd like me to put up there for sale, just lemmie know and I'll see what I can do!

"Tales II" Final Production Week Schedule

Here we go, about to enter the production week. If you're one of the people who planned on doing a monologue but whom we haven't seen yet, come see me right away - it's not too late, but it will be soon. Here's our schedule for next week:

Monday, October 3, 3 PM - 5 PM: Blocking convergance rehearsal. The order of pieces will be finalized and we will iron out the blocking for the show. We'll also have our pianist here to play along. Bring something to do (homework?) for when we're not working on your particular number(s).

Tuesday, October 4, 3 PM - 5 PM: Final music rehearsal. All pieces run through in order onstage with staging, this time paying special attention to the music, so that our accompaniments will know what tempos to take and where to make the breaks.

Wednesday, October 5, 3 PM - 5 PM: Tech rehearsal. We've got significant sound to integrate (thanks, Shawn!), and a new lighting technician to work with (thanks, Rutger!), as well as some special effects I've been working on. Another full runthrough, hopefully without any needs to stop any longer.

Thursday, October 6, 3 PM - whenever (5 PM, but later if needed): Final Dress Rehearsal, runthrough as if it were the performance itself, with all costumes, music, and moving parts operating.

Friday, October 7, 6 PM: CALL for the performance - entire cast and crew must be here by then! The performance itself will be at 7 PM.

Here we go... should be fun!

"Tales II" Date Finalized: October 7th

We've finalized the date for the performance showcase this fall: it will be Friday, October 7th, at 7:00 PM. I do know that the date isn't perfect for everyone and there are a couple of people that will be precluded due to sports and trips, but please understand that we did the best we could and moved the tentative date around several times trying to make it work before realizing that this was the closest we could come to pleasing everyone. Now let's get to work! :-)

Performance Showcase

Well, a new year is upon us! If you're interested in performing a musical number in our "Tales From Behind the Curtain II", or even a monologue or other small scene, please let me know right away. I'll have some formal auditions soon, but you need only arrange to perform it for Ms. Scheuerman and I at some point to have a shot (so don't worry if you can't make them!