I am not surprised I missed making my Saturday blog post on Saturday. When I hadn’t gotten to it before I left for the play, I knew I was unlikely to get to it afterwards.
The play, of course, is Love’s Labour’s Lost, presented by LiFT, Little Falls Theatre Company as part of Canal Celebration (perhaps you have read a few of my blog posts about it). It was a lot of fun.
I received a few pictures in my email, which I will now share.
A royal couple.The princess and her courtier.And with one of her ladies.Frenemies. I’m the one in the cap.The girls plotting against the guys.They are both in disguise.Curtain call without the curtain.
We have one more performance, today, Sunday Aug. 14, 1 p.m., at Benton’s Landing in Little Falls, NY. Admission is free. If you’re in the area, come on down!
Can I make my Lame Post Friday post on Friday? Well, I have five hours till midnight (although my WordPress timestamp may disagree), but the sad fact is, I got nuthin’. The happy fact is, my headache finally went away. I guess I could just continue my theme of All Love’s Labour’s Lost All The Time. Can I think of anything new to say about it? We shall see.
The King and his guys.
In the spirit of Waste Not, Want Not, I append another rehearsal shot. I hope some friends take pictures of the performance that I can steal.
I was just looking over my lines again. I had meant to study them while on breaks at work, but my headache interfered. Other days I have recited my speeches in my head while I worked (it is the sort of job where you can do that) but had not the brain power for such activities today (cue unkind remarks about my usual lack of brain power).
She’s telling him a thing or two, I think.
I am gradually internalizing the fact that tomorrow is Opening Performance. I will soon start to get all nervous about remembering all my costumes and props. My lines? Truth be known, I rarely forget them. Still, it could happen. I will look them over again.
In the meantime, I am over 200 words. Score! And Happy Friday, everyone.
Once again Love’s Labour’s Lost by William Shakespeare, presented by LiFT, Little Falls Theatre Company Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 13 and 14 at 1 p.m. at Benton’s Landing in Little Falls, NY. Admission is free.
I have been so good about making my blog post on the day indicated. I have at worst resorted to a Post-Rehearsal Post. But here I sit Thursday evening, wondering exactly how bad it would be to make my Non-Sequitur Thursday post on Friday morning. Oh, I understand it would be bad. But would it be terrible? Would it be catastrophic?
Obviously it would not. I have done it many times. But it is not my favorite thing to do. I can only say it is better than not posting at all. Which I have done.
Where was I? Ah yes, trying to make at least a Non-Sequitur Thursday Post.
Regal, yes?
I quickly throw in a picture from 2017, to make for a Throwback Thursday Post. Oh yeah, it is also All Love’s Labour’s Lost All The Time, because this is a shot from a previous offering from LiFT, Little Falls Theatre Company. The actor is in this year’s offering, but he does not wear this costume.
Now it is Friday morning and I am sipping coffee and trying to finish this post despite the headache that came to me during the night. Yes, I just had to throw in that little whine. Judge me if you are so inclined.
However, that useless little paragraph got me over 200 words. I say that is OK for a Non-Sequitur Thursday Post. I’ll just throw in one more picture of Love’s Labour’s Lost, because, you know, All The Time.
Similar to the last one I shared, but a little different.
Once again, Love’s Labour’s Lost by William Shakespeare will be presented by LiFT, Little Falls Theatre Company Saturday and Sunday August 13 and 14 at 1 p.m. at Benton’s Landing in Little Falls, NY, part of Little Falls Canal Celebration. Admission is free.
I think I have time for a Pre-Rehearsal Post before my ride picks me up, but is it the best use of my time? The more I think about it, the more flustered I get. Now I am getting heart palpitations. Or is that heartburn because I ate the wrong thing for supper? As regular readers know, most of my problems fall under the heading Operator Error.
Someone’s in trouble.
I threw in a picture from last night’s rehearsal, to try to get myself back on track. Hmm… It’s no use. My brain is not responding. Not an unusual situation for me, you may justly observe.
That is where I gave into my nerves, saved what I had, and logged out. Now it is after rehearsal and I would like to finish this post before I go to bed. I am not as exhausted as I felt yesterday, so I’ve got that going for me.
An amusing pair indeed.
As I keep saying, there are many funny parts in the play. I keep sharing them with my husband Steve, with the result that he says now he does not need to go see the play. I shall not repeat the error with my blog readers.
I took a lot of shots of this scene.
Once again, Love’s Labour’s Lost by William Shakespeare will be presented by LiFT, Little Falls Theatre Company Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 13 and 14 at 1 p.m. at Benton’s Landing in Little Falls, NY, as part of Little Falls Canal Celebration. Admission is free.
Hello and welcome to another Post-Rehearsal Post. There will not be many more of these. For one reason, we do not have many more rehearsals. Yikes! Opening Performance is in just four days!
Regular readers know I am talking about Love’s Labour’s Lost by William Shakespeare, being staged by LiFT, Little Falls Theatre Company as part of Little Falls Canal Celebration this weekend. I just got back from a dress rehearsal. I brought my Tablet and took a few pictures.
It was hard to get one where everybody showed.
I will need to work on getting a few shots of the scenes I am in. And maybe get a few staged shots to really show the costumes.
Another funny scene.
I am still laughing out loud over some of the bits in this play. I have some very funny castmates.
This was an earlier scene. Should I have gone in order?
I guess I do not have a whole lot else to say about rehearsal. I am going to say that is OK for a Tired Tuesday Post. For one reason, I want to go to bed NOW.
I will probably spread my pictures out over a few posts. After all, it is All Love’s Labour’s Lost All The Time.
Once again, performances are at Benton’s Landing in Little Falls, NY Saturday and Sunday, August 13 and 14 at 1 p.m.
Well, I missed making a Pre-Rehearsal Post, but I hope to come up with something before heading off to bed. I am also hoping that by taking time to make a blog post, the fan I just put in my bedroom window will have time to cool that room off somewhat. It seemed a little cooler outdoors than previously. Oh, I know, I know, it could be a lot worse. At least we have fans and electricity to run them. I am not a complete ingrate.
Totally me. In more ways than one.
Full disclosure: I tend to be dramatic about many things, not just the heat. As regular readers know, theatre is my life! We had a pretty good rehearsal earlier. Unfortunately, I did not take any pictures. I suppose I have not shared all I took at an earlier rehearsal. Unfortunately, they are on my Tablet, and I am on my laptop (dining room table top, as regular readers may recall) (I always feel I have to reiterate these things, like saying I am pecking in one letter at a time with the stylus when I am on the Tablet. I hope my readers do not find it tiresome).
I guess she told him!
There! I got on the Tablet and found one I like. I need to take some more rehearsal pictures. Perhaps tomorrow, when we will be in costume. I hope I have time to press my Rosaline dress. It is a little wrinkly. It is OK if my Jacquenetta outfit is a little rough; she is, after all, a base wench.
In the meantime, I am over 250 words. I find that respectable, especially for a Monstrous Monday (since I included the Wicked Witch of the West, I think we can count this as a Monstrous Monday post). I will just mention once again that my rehearsal was for Love’s Labour’s Lost by William Shakespeare, being presented by LiFT, Little Falls Theatre Company, Saturday and Sunday, August 13 and 14, 1 p.m., at Benton’s Landing, Little Falls as part of Little Falls Canal Celebration. Admission is free!
Yes, I was lame enough to miss my Lame Post Friday post (and my predictive text thingy is really falling down on the job; it used to always jump right in with “Post Friday post” when I typed in “Lame”) (pecked in one letter at a time with the stylus, I like to add).
Where was I? Ah yes, posting late and lame, neither of which is an unusual situation for me. Yesterday morning I made Thursday’s post with no apology for its being late. Full disclosure: at first I typed in a couple of sentences about it but deleted them. I did not want to distract from the post, which I thought was a good, non-lame one, plugging both a local business and my upcoming Shakespeare play (alas, I did not get a lot of blogger love, but you’ll have that).
I love our cast.
Since I mentioned our Shakespeare play, I thought I’ve throw in another rehearsal shot. It took me a little time to be sure I wasn’t uploading the same picture twice. Now that I have more storage space in my Media Library, I am careful of preserving it.
I will just mention that this blog may become All Love’s Labour’s Lost All The Time. One week from today is Opening Afternoon! Hmm, that does not have the same ring to it as Opening Night. Never mind. It will be fun.
Once again, Love’s Labour’s Lost, will be presented by LiFT, Little Falls Theatre Company at Benton’s Landing in Little Falls, NY, August 13 and 14 at 1 p.m., part of Little Falls Canal Celebration. Free admission! I hope to see you there!
A few of us LiFTers met at Benton’s Landing in Little Falls to rehearse bits and pieces of Love’s Labour’s Lost. Regular readers may remember that this is Little Falls Theatre Company and that we are presenting the Shakespeare play as part of Little Falls Canal Celebration next weekend.
We got a few scenes done a few times when thunder started to rumble. We moved inside to Mangia Macrina’s Wood-fired Pizza to run lines.
I’ve enjoyed their yumminess before.
By this time there were fewer of us, but we went over a few problem spots while enjoying pizza and drinks. I did not have any pizza but sipped some Pinot Noir. Others had Margherita pizza with basil. I think it is delightful that Mangia’s now offers beer and wine.
Actors at work.
After rehearsing we sat and chatted for a while, making for a perfectly enjoyable evening.
A good prop for a warm night.
You can catch Love’s Labour’s Lost at Benton’s Landing in Little Falls Saturday and Sunday August 13 and 14 at 1 p.m. You can enjoy Mangia Macrina’s Pizza at Canal Place in Little Falls Wednesday and Thursday from 12 to 7 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 12 to 8 p.m., Sunday 12 to 5 p.m.
Rehearsals continue for Love’s Labour’s Lost by William Shakesapeare, to be presented by LiFT, Little Falls Theatre Company as part of Little Falls Canal Celebration August 13 and 14, 2022. We rehearsed last night, with the result that I was too tired to make even a Tired Tuesday Post. I hope to make it up to you by sharing a few more rehearsal pictures. Of course I also hope to induce local readers to come out and see the play. It’s going to be great!
A delightful bantering duo.
We were looking at costume pieces last night, so I should have taken a couple more pictures, only I did not have my Tablet with me. Don Armadio, the dude in the hat, is going to wear the purple cape I wore a few years ago as Gonzago, or whatever his name was in The Tempest. Don’t judge me to harshly for forgetting the name. I am having enough trouble remembering my lines for this one!
The prince and his guys.
We have been having a blast at rehearsals, cracking each other up. When somebody does something, on purpose or accidentally, particularly funny, we all yell, “Keep it! Keep it!” I would give an example, but I don’t want to spoil the joke for anybody who comes to see the play.
This one is a really funny scene!
I think I will bring my Tablet tonight and get somebody to take some pictures with me in them, as well as my friend Kim. All our scenes are together, so I have none of her, either. Egregious omission! Does that sound Shakespearean? I may be infected.
Love’s Labour’s Lost will be shown free of charge at Benton’s Landing in Little Falls, NY, at 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, August 13 and 14, 2022. I hope to see you there!
OK, so my Thursday post is late too. Judge me if you are so inclined. I had rehearsal last night and, oh, other things. As I said yesterday (and other times), explanations are tiresome. Speaking of yesterday, for anybody who read that post (Wednesday’s, again, judge me if you must) and was wondering: I looked for those flowers on this morning’s walk. The flowers are still there, only of course I could not appreciate the purple color in the dark.
Never mind all that, on with my Throwback Thursday Post, with a little bit of Non-Sequitur Thursday thrown in, because, I like non-sequiturs. Some may point out that many of my so-called non-sequiturs are not truly so, but I have no inclination of semantic arguments this morning.
A wide view.
This is from the 2017 production of The Tempest by William Shakespeare, presented by LiFT, Little Falls Theatre Company. The setting is Benton’s Landing, near the canal in Little Falls, NY. That will be the setting for Love’s Labour’s Lost, our current production, and it is where we were rehearsing last night.
A noble stance.
This gentleman was the King in The Tempest. I believe he plans more comic garb for his part in Love’s Labour’s Lost.
World’s most interesting Shakespeare guy?
The is one of my favorite pictures. The actor has longer hair now, but I think he is hoping to wear the same pants.
They were a fun pair, although they wanted to kill me. Long story.
Only the actor on the right is joining us for Love’s Labour’ Lost, and I believe she will be dressed quite differently.
I guess my Throwback Thursday turned into more of a Preview of Coming Attractions with very little of the Non-Sequitur about it. You’ll have that, especially in my blog. However I have reached 300 words, and I rather enjoyed this post. Let’s see if I can be on time for Lame Post Friday. As always, no promises, and thank you for tuning in.
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