The countdown to our FRINGE opening begins!

We had our first rehearsal on June 14 at Equity Showcase. It was great to get the whole cast together (and yes, they are as cute in person as they are on the Web site!).

Joining us was Shawndra, our Stage Manager, and our new Assistant Stage Manager/Props guy, Don McMahon — welcome aboard!

Also, our accordian player, Heather Amyot (yes I said accordian!) was playing piano. While I’m on the subject, our band will be composed of Heather on accordian, Julia Hambleton on clarinet, and our composer Mitch on baritone (which is sort of like a small tuba). I can’t wait to see our roving band of musicians in action! Mitch was running the show as we focused all on running through all the music.

It’s always great to hear your songs performed, and it helps me as the lyricist to hear how the words sound when they are sung by somebody else. The group stuff sounds great, and the cast are very quick when it comes to harmony. Then we went through the solo songs, and Lana and Daniel really sound great together in their duets. Our director, Marc, was furiously making notes and already came up with great suggestions and I have started writing new stuff already!

We had our venue walkthrough last week and it was really exciting to see the theatre, and imagine our actors in the space, singing and dancing up a piggy storm!

Stay tuned for more rehearsal news!

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