We had the technical rehearsal on Sunday afternoon for the Lunchbox and everything went smoothly. MHT Vice President Heather Dorr (who also is the mother of the Hare -Mary Kathryn) bought pizza for the cast to enjoy after the rehearsal.
Monday morning the show opened and everything went great. By the end of the week the cast will have performed 12 shows. Chris Simpson, Mary Kathryn Dorr, Maria Miller, and Jamie Hagood are all doing an outstanding job. Through a mix up by the summer festival organizers they omitted the Lunch box listing on their website and in their press releases to the Paducah Sun. Monday morning was spent tracking down the problem and getting everything corrected. Since our ticket income is split with the caterer we have very little money to advertise the show. We depend heavily on being listed in the Paducah Sun daily events guide and the Summer Festival Website. When it wasn't there, our box office for the show was really struggling. This run has sold out the last 4-5 years that we have run during the summer festival. Tickets are still available for this week at the present time.
Monday & Tuesday night I participated along with 4 other judges for the Paducah Poetry Jam judging. The poets stood before the judges in the Studio theatre and performed their poetry. Many were participating for their first time and were very nervous. You could see their hands shaking as they read their poetry. I think I can speak for all the judges when I say that we were all pulling for them to succeed! We heard several wonderful poets. It promises to be a great event Friday night in the main theatre. MHT is acting as a host for the event and the poetry jam group has worked hard to pull this off. Tickets for the jam are $5 at the door.
Yesterday the fundraising committee met and worked on the details for the August 23 murder mystery event at the Civic Center. It is the "Wedding of the Year" subtitled "the Wedding from hell". Not only does everything go wrong at the wedding but their is a murder too! The committee spent time thinking of all the "bad" wedding things that we could do in decorating, etc... Every cliche was thought of. It should be lots of fun as well. MHT board members will receive their tickets to sell tonight at the board meeting and tickets are on sale through the box office now. Teams for the mystery are tables of 8 and tickets are $25.
We are rushing to get out new brochure done. The artwork and copy are in the final stages before going to press. This is always a project that is behind schedule due to so many special events that we try to wait to add before it goes to press.
Jim Keeney has been working hard on the back restroom areas. He is renovating the actors restroom backstage and really giving it a clean up. Aaron Spoden has been coming in as well to add a fresh coat of paint to the dressing room and actor areas.
Next Monday Dave Keele a contractor will come in and start work on creating a door front he scene shop into the studio theatre close to the front of the studio theatre. This will help us cut down on the entrances and exits that actors have to make by running out through the lobby doors onto the sidewalk and in through the scene shop to enter on the opposite side of the studio stage. Although it is certainly interesting for pedestrians on the side walk to watch as the actor go in and out of the studio and shop for a performance it also lets in all the sound and causes traffic jams with audience members who need to use the restrooms at the same time as actors entering and exiting.
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