Thursday May 22

Well its almost midnight again and I've just finished uploading a video of the publicity shots I took last night. I spent most of the day working on the photos after I returned the costumes we used last night back to Creatures of Habit and running out to Sears to return for a credit the unused parts from the new dryer installation kit the theatre just purchased. As I drove out to Sears I wondered if the credit would be more than the gas it cost me to drive out to the mall from downtown. It was fortunately. Every penny counts at the present time.

Alexis worked on group sales today as we prepared to send out information on school matinee information to the schools for next season. School matinees for High School Musical and, Ramona Quimby are scheduled and ready for booking. We are planning on a very special production of the play The Secret Life of Girls which is focused on the bullying that happens in schools. The play uses a screen that shows real time texting and emailing that happens between the characters. We will produce the show in our studio theatre with a "talk back" after the show with a counseling professional who will help to provide tools to deal with bullying. We are still working on the dates for this production.

April and the Story Theatre troupe are at Lone Oak Elementary and Clark Elementary School tomorrow. April has spent the evening pouring over the materials for the Summer Drama Camp Cinderella.

Yesterday I wrote about a cast member from Anything Goes who went to the hospital. That cast member is Fowler Black. Fowler today notified Diane that he is having surgery tomorrow for his Gallbladder. Fowler has the lead in the play as the romantic lead. We will keep our fingers crossed and our thoughts and prayers with him tomorrow at 2 pm when he has his surgery. Hopefully Fowler will be back to rehearsal as soon as possible!

Tonight the Anything Goes cast rehearsed the end of the show. At four pm today before the rehearsal, Jim Keeney and I along with cast members Adam Gilliam and Chris Schnarr helped the Buzzard Brothers setup for the Lowertown Festival. We set up tents, unloaded refrigerators, serving tables, warmers, and helped place two large BBQ cookers in place along with 5 of the Buzzard Brothers. The festival starts tomorrow afternoon and looks to be a lot of fun!