theatre

I am currently in a production of “Inherit the Wind,” which is a play centered around Dayton, Tennessee (referred to as Hillsboro, Tennessee in the play) that deals with the time surrounding the trial of John Scopes. The trial was dubbed the “Monkey Trial” and the “Trial of the Century.” It deals with a common [...]

The theatrical company I volunteer for is doing a touring show of Seussical: The Musical to the local elementary schools. We have just did our fourth production with thus far being one show a week. We are shortly heading into a week off due to the local TCAP test, but after that we are also [...]

Yes, the title of this blog is a spoof of the classic play, “Death of a Salesman”.
So, why call it this? well I have been almost killing myself this week. I get tot he local stage on Saturday and help a little with set construction, as we are entering tech week. Tech week is the [...]

The light and sound systems at the local college are pretty state of the art. I mean it they should be with a one hundred thousand dollar grant. So if something goes wrong, technology fails us.
Tonight was one of those nights. James Templin was operating the light board in the second act of Glass [...]

Tomorrow the local college, Walter’s State Community College, will be opening the Tennessee Williams classic, The Glass Menagerie. This production stars Kathy Garver, who is best known as “Cissy” from the TV classic “Family Affair.”
The director of the show has done something that I really don’t like with plays. He has two separate casts. In [...]