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Post Rehearsal Post

Posted on April 19, 2019 by mohawkvalleygirl

Here is a rare post-rehearsal post, because I do not have to go to work tomorrow, so I do not feel I should hurry to bed (I don’t think that’s a run-on sentence, but I am too lazy to diagram it and see). I spent the day at work assuring myself I felt Less Crappy. Yes, I used capitals. I do that sometimes when I am telling myself things. Don’t you? If not, I recommend you try it. It sometimes has an impact.

It is probably clear by now that I have not much to say but am merely posting because I can, and to keep from being two posts behind. If I make two posts tomorrow, a feat well within the realm of possibility, I shall be caught up. Blogwise, anyways. As far as my life goes, no promises.

Regular readers may remember that I am in rehearsals for Morning’s at Seven at Ilion Little Theatre. It is a charming play first presented in 1938. The plot concerns four sisters, three of whom live right next door to each other. I grew up with three sisters (um, four girls, counting me), so I feel I can understand the characters. Of course, it is not an exact parallel, because I also have a brother, which the sisters in the play do not. Also, in the play, the youngest sister is the maiden aunt, who lives with one of the sisters and her husband. Also, one of the sisters has a 40-year-old son, who has been engaged for five years and just can’t seem to commit.

I don’t think I am describing the play very well. It is actually very funny, touching and sweet. I totally recommend local readers come and see it.

Performances are April 26, 27, and May 3 and 4 at 7:30 p.m., and April 28 and May 5 at 2 p.m., at Ilion Little Theatre, 13 Remington Ave, Ilion. For more information or for reservations, you can all 315-894-3203, or go to ilionlittletheatre.org.

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Pre-Rehearsal Tired Typing

Posted on April 17, 2019 by mohawkvalleygirl

Tired Tuesday follows Monster Monday. This has happened before. I quite frankly can’t BELIEVE how tired I am!!! But I must, must, must make a blog post, or I will once again be two posts behind. Think fast, Cindy, what can you type about (because obviously I am too tired to actually write) (that’s a reference to Truman Capote: “That’s not writing; that’s typing”) (but regular readers knew that). Where was I?

Last night we had rehearsal for Morning’s at Seven, the play I am in at Ilion Little Theatre. I did not know all my lines. I’m usually so good at learning them! I am also usually better at having a character and, you know, acting. Well, one does what one can. I looked over my lines during breaks at work. I thought about my character while working (I have the sort of job you can do and think about other stuff at the same time). I will strive to do better at rehearsal tonight. Tomorrow, when I do not have rehearsal, I will study my lines and go to bed early. After making a blog post which I hope will NOT be a Wuss-out Wednesday, but no promises.

In the meantime, I had better catch a second wind before rehearsal. It is too late for coffee, or I’ll never sleep after rehearsal. Maybe chocolate milk would do the trick. Or I could put on some peppy music and dance around the living room. That would have the added bonus of entertaining my husband. Perhaps I can report on my success or failure tomorrow.

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Lame Excuse, and It’s Not Even Friday!

Posted on April 9, 2019 by mohawkvalleygirl

So I found out that if I go two days without making a blog post, the world does not come to an end. Well, we knew that, and anyways it is a cliche. My brain is not firing on all cylinders (cue unkind remarks about my brain’s general lack of cylindrical capacity).

My laptop clicked off as I typed that last sentence. My husband, Steven, never has any problems like that. He gets on and the computer stays on as long as he likes. It must be operator error, but I’m damned if I know what I’m doing wrong. But I digress.

Digress from what, I ask myself. I got up early to make a blog post but I have no idea what to write about and, as I said, very little brain to write it with. I’ll just mention that it was not a problem to get up early since I went to bed practically as soon as I got home yesterday afternoon. Actually, I ate something, took a nap, got up and took a hot, hot shower with the water pounding on the back of my neck (it felt GOOOOD!), and got dressed for rehearsal. Then I realized I could not possibly drag myself to rehearsal, much less actually rehearse. I emailed a lame excuse to the director and stage manager, and went back to bed. I think it helped.

And the computer clicked off again, just as I typed in that last sentence and was composing the next one in my head. I was about to say and now I am offering a lame excuse to my blog readers. By my new rules for myself, I must make two posts on two days now, and then I will be caught up again. I hope my brain returns soon.

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A Labor of Lame

Posted on April 6, 2019 by mohawkvalleygirl

I have about 12 minutes to make a blog post before the next episode of Dateline: Secrets Uncovered on Oxygen. I want to sit on my couch and knit! But I do not want to make this post tomorrow morning. I want to make it now. So here I am. I originally wanted to have a blog to get myself to write every day. Alas, as Truman Capote once said, “That’s not writing, that’s typing.” I have applied that quote to this blog before.

I just got back from the last rehearsal for Murder by the Book, the murder mystery we are doing tomorrow at Morning Star Methodist Church in Ilion, NY (see Wednesday’s post for more information). Last night I had rehearsal for Morning’s at Seven, the full-length play I am in at Ilion Little Theatre. I have had rehearsal for one or the other all week, feeling grateful that I did not have any days of two rehearsals (but only because Monday’s second rehearsal got cancelled). I am rehearsaled out! I know, I know, that should be “rehearsed out.” Sometimes the grammatically correct expression just doesn’t feel right (feel write?).

Have I mentioned yet that today is Lame Post Friday? Or did you perhaps catch on by the title? And I see I am over 200 words, just in the introductory paragraphs. Do I dare hit Publish on this meager nonsense? YES! Happy Friday, folks! Let’s all hope for a better post on Saturday.

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It’s a Mystery!

Posted on April 4, 2019 by mohawkvalleygirl

This will be a kind of a Wordless Wednesday. I had a rehearsal for Murder by the Book, the murder mystery we are putting on at Morning Star Methodist Church this Saturday, April 6. I brought my Tablet and took a few pictures. I think we are a suspicious-looking bunch.

All eyes turn toward Jeanetta Robespierre, the authoress of many murder mysteries, but of a real life murder? Hmmmm….

The setting of the murder mystery is the gala release party of Jeanetta Robespierre’s new murder mystery thriller, An Ill Wind in Ilion. However, the festivities are interrupted by the untimely demise of… well, I don’t want to give away any major plot points. For one reason, I did not include a spoiler alert.

Tensions are high! Accusations fly!

But is romance also in the air?

And here is a full cast shot.

The rehearsal went pretty well. My actors are doing a marvelous job. I think the audience will be highly entertained.

Tickets are $20 for Roast Pork Dinner and Show. Doors open at 5 p.m. Saturday, April 6, at Morning Star Methodist Church, 36 Second St., Ilion, NY. For reservations and tickets call the church office at 315-894-4093. Tickets will also be available at the door.

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Post Rehearsal Pictures

Our director, directing one of our actors.

I promised pictures of rehearsal then almost forgot to take any. These few shots were taken at the end of our rehearsal. I guess I could not have taken many during rehearsal, because I was on stage most of the time.

This lady is really good in her part.

The rehearsal was for Morning`s at Seven, the play I’m in at Ilion Little Theatre. It was a short but useful rehearsal. Only three cast members were there, so it would be a good idea if I bring my Tablet to future rehearsals as well.

And here is our stage manager, you know, stage managing.

The play is to be presented April 26, 27, 28, May 3, 4, and 5, at 7:30 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays . For more information , you can visit Ilion Little Theatre`s website or Facebook page.

Well, this is a short, kind of dull blog post. I comfort myself with the fact that at least it is about something and not just whining that I can’t make a decent blog post right now. Additionally, I am posting on my Tablet, typing one letter at a time with the stylus . Regular readers know how I hate that.

So I close now and say Happy Sunday. I feel pleased with myself that I am not posting it Monday morning .

Pre-Rehearsal Monsters

Really, when you come to think of it, my life is pretty boring.

To begin this week’s Monstrous Monday post, I went to our laptop’s Downloads, to see if my husband, Steven, had downloaded any monsters I hadn’t used yet. This is what I found. I would love an outfit like the one that lady is wearing, but I am less enamored with her escort. She looks as if she is regretting it as well. You just can’t trust those on-line dating apps.

“Did somebody say Monstrous Monday?”

Finding no further treasures in the Downloads, I return to my Media Library and find my old favorite, Nosferatu (1922). I should perhaps mention that I am posting in haste (posthaste, that is an old word seldom used these days), because I have a rehearsal this evening. I feel fortunate that I don’t have any days of two rehearsals this week (unless we reschedule Wednesday’s rehearsal for Thursday, but I can’t worry about that now). One murder mystery is in the books! In less than two weeks, both murder mysteries will be over and done with, and I will only have to worry about Morning’s at Seven (the full-length play I am in at Ilion Little Theatre). Regular readers may recall that I mentioned in a vague sort of way another theatre project I may have undertaken. Well, it seems not, so Phew!

My happy face when I only have one rehearsal.

I hope to do a couple of longer posts, telling more about my theatrical endeavors, especially in case local readers might like to attend. For today, though, I must say Happy Monday and may all your monsters be nice ones.

Tardy Tired Tuesday

I knew yesterday morning I would be late for this post, and when I thought of this title, I didn’t mind so much. Anyways, I mean to make Wednesday’s post today, on Wednesday, by my clock if not by my WordPress timestamp (why does my computer not recognize “WordPress” as a word? According to the website, it powers a good percentage of the internet) (but I digress).

I had two rehearsals last night so left the house prior to 5 p.m. I might have been able to type in something, but I felt too flustered. I left my second rehearsal early, because I was feeling ill so went to bed without getting on the computer at all. I am still not feeling 100 percent, so we can call this a blogger’s sick day as well. Tomorrow I have two rehearsals again. Oh dear.

One might be tempted to point out to me that I am too old to burn the candle at both ends. Well, the joke’s on that know-it-all, because I could NEVER burn the candle at both ends. Oh, I’ve tried. I’ve always tried. There are just so many good things to do sometimes! Additionally, one must work for a living, overtime if possible, because, you know, money (not that I’m one of those money-grubbing individuals, but sometimes a little extra comes in handy) (but, once again, I digress).

I see I am over 200 words. As usual (and how embarrassing that it has become SO usual), I apologize for a foolish post. Undaunted, but feeling a little silly (that is a quote from a friend), I drive on. Happy Tuesday/Wednesday, everyone!

Rapunzel, I’m Not

Here is a good idea for a Non-Sequitur Thursday post: a PRE-shout-out to a local business I am ABOUT to go to. And I’d better hustle up, or I won’t have time to shower first. Oh dear, do I even have time if I hustle? Well, I’ll just start typing and see what I can do.

My hair has been growing at its usual annoying rate, that is, fast till it gets to where I can’t do anything with it and then stop. I was undecided to cut or not, because I did not know what my director wanted for the play I’m in (remember? Morning’s at Seven at Ilion Little Theatre) (the murder mysteries don’t matter; I can make any number of ‘do’s work for them). When the stage manager said she had a grey wig that would work for me, my first question was, “So it’s OK if I get my hair cut really short?” It was.

Hence, I have an appointment with Clair, my usual stylist at The Hot Spot Salon and Spa in Herkimer. I decided I might as well have a pedicure while I was at it, if the appointment time was available. It was! The appointment is for five tonight. When I made the appointment, the lady making it said I would be out by about quarter after six. Perfect for a six-thirty rehearsal in Ilion! I hope.

Hmm… this is kind of a boring blog post. It might have been more interesting if I had waited till after the appointment. I could have included a picture of my toes, at least. Well, I can’t help that. I have a shower to take. My appointment is for a cut without shampoo and blow-dry (I get a REAL low-care cut). I still don’t know what I’m going to wear to rehearsal. How flustered I get!

The Hot Spot Salon and Spa is located at 121 E. Albany St., Herkimer, NY, phone number 315-866-9113. You can also Like them on Facebook.

Witless But Deadly

Well, I spent another day NOT writing a blog post while on breaks at work. In my defense, my light-headed-ness continued. In my — what? accusation? prosecution? Somebody get me a thesaurus! — it was not as bad as yesterday. Well, these things happened, and blog posts must be made. Why, you may ask. I say, because they are not there. See what I did there? Thus, mildly pleased with myself, I continue with this week’s Witless Wednesday post.

She is cold, yes.

First I throw in a random picture, so this can be a kind of a Wordless Wednesday as well (not that I am every completely wordless). Here is Bette Davis, committing the murder that begins The Letter (1940). I thought a picture from a murder movie would be appropriate, because the rehearsal I am about to go to is for a murder mystery. Unfortunately, the murder in The Letter is no mystery. At least, not unfortunately for the movie; it’s a great movie. Unfortunately for the picture being entirely appropriate. I did mention this is Witless Wednesday, did I not?

Judith Anderson and Vincent Price.

Here is a picture from an authentic murder mystery, Laura (1944). In my mind, this is the real romantic couple of the picture, never mind Gene Tierney and Dana Andrews.

I don’t imagine it was trivial to the victim.

The murder mystery we are rehearsing is A Trivial Murder, an interactive dinner theatre to be presented March 23 at the Travel Lodge in Little Falls, NY, to benefit Herkimer County Historical Society. Doors open at 5, dinner starts at 6. Cost is $25 per person. For more information, contact the historical society at 315-866-6413.

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Tag Archives: rehearsal

Post Rehearsal Post

Pre-Rehearsal Tired Typing

Lame Excuse, and It’s Not Even Friday!

A Labor of Lame

It’s a Mystery!

Post Rehearsal Pictures

Pre-Rehearsal Monsters

Tardy Tired Tuesday

Rapunzel, I’m Not

Witless But Deadly

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