Wonderful Life: rehearsal week 1

You know, it’s one of those things that theatre people have the most trouble adequately communicating to those who have never been inside the rehearsal hall–just how much fun it all can be.  The Crucible was certainly its own kind of fun, but when you put five actors in a room–five talented actors who are comfortable together–and tell them to come up with funny character voices and just have a good time….well….let’s just say it can be hard to stay on task!  Despite our breaks for laughter, we’ve worked on making sure all the sound effects happen for our radio play, and we’ve worked on the various characters–all played by our wonderful cast of 5; we have David Alford (directing and acting), Matt Carlton (you’ll be seeing a lot of this gifted actor this season), Jenny Littleton (ditto), Marin Miller (playing Mary and others), and Todd Truley (our George Bailey)–Rep vets all and all talented comic actors.  Sometimes rehearsals come to a screeching halt as one of them does something so outrageously funny that we spend the next 10 minutes rolling around on the floor trying to catch our breath.

We’ve had visits from people who sound suspiciously like Carol Channing, Hank Hill, and Truman Capote (just to name a few)–and then rehearsals started!  It’s a Wonderful Life will be a wonderful, joyous show, but I wish that all of you could have one day to see the insanity–the lovely, life-giving insanity–that comes from hanging around theatre folk.  We have our share of neuroses (ok, MORE than our share!) but the extra shot of endorphins from all the laughter has to make up for it! 

So as I’ve said before, plan on coming by the NPT building (161 Rains Ave–Nashville, TN) this Tuesday Nov. 20 at 5:30pm for our LookIn–and still leave those ideas for It’s a Wonderful Life songs.  Oh, and plan now to give the BridgeKeeper his (her!) own special ovation!

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