I have a callback today for a community theater today!

Sing out,louise

Oh I intend to R1!

Bravo OP!! Wipe the competition out and be a STAH!!

What must one do to receive a callback from a community theater?

Be in the possession of a pulse?

OP arriving for her audition:

R4 I guess you’re reading for Cratchett?

break an eggroll

We're gonna get through it - together!

Thanks r7!

Totally Waiting for Guffman vibes

You either got it or you ain't

R10, trust me the characters at this theater are very much in the same vein.

Is it today?

Yah I see my error now r13. Go ahead and oh, dear me.

R14 Fuck that, I was just being a wiseass. :)

Break a leg.

Lucky. I was the back half of Caroline.

Depends on Caroline's front half.

i was on shifting crew at age 15 in a community theatre production of Gypsy

thats how I ended up on DL at age ......

“I’M PRETTY MAMA-I’m pretty…”

Good luck OP! They're both wonderful roles but fingers crossed that you get cast as Herbie. Please keep us posted!

Work your caftan like your life depends on it.

But Herbie is Uncle Jocko, so you're only trying for one role.

r22 Only in the movie.

No matter how bad you are, you know you can sing better than Jack Klugman or Karl Malden.

R22. Not true in the play—you’ve obviously only seen the movie, where Karl Malden plays Herbie, who, in the opening scene is “Uncle Jocko.” In the stage musical, they are two different people (and roles).

Remember my name, FAME!

[quote]Depends on Caroline's front half.

Unfortunately, the front half of Caroline was fat and sweaty.

It's today!

Gypsy isn't done a lot in community theater.

Does Tulsa have a hot ass? (He usually does.)

I hope you get cast.

Or casted.

I’m back from my callback. They rushed me through to read my sides first because I also am in rehearsal for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (playing Gooper) at same theater at the same time today. I think I did really well, I’ll bump this thread when I hear news about casting.

I also haven’t stepped foot on a stage since 2002 so this is all pretty exciting!

We performed GYPSY in my all-boys Catholic high school.

I loved it.

Dare we ask what part you played?

[quote] Dare we ask what part you played?

The curtain boy.

But Miss Mazeppa, Electra, and Dressy Tessie Tura were all played by boys—a smart move.

[quote] They rushed me through to read my sides first

I never heard anyone in community theater refer to audition scenes as sides. Only in pro theater.

For inspiration, OP. 😂

OP just keep repeating this over and over again singing even better and good things will happen

“God, I hope I get it.

I hope I get it

How many people does he need”

Why would you be excited to be Jocko? That's like being excited to be Rose's father. I guess you're too old to be Tulsa. Is that the Paul Wallace role? Why didn't that guy have a career? What did he do after the film of Gypsy until his death in 2001? Very cute and a terrific dancer though I bet everyone of Robbins' male dancers had to sleep with him. Personally I wouldn't have minded if I were a cute dancer of the period.

R40 I like Jocko and he literally opens the show. I also read for Cigar (the guy who tries to get Tessie to do “scenes”).

I can do a good Phil Silvers so I threw that into Jocko.

I know it’s just community theater but I chose between theater as a hobby and profession. I chose hobby and got a y’know real job.

Uncle Jocko was a perv.

R42 probably.

[quote]I know it’s just community theater but I chose between theater as a hobby and profession. I chose hobby and got a y’know real job.

Life upon the wicked stage ain't ever what a girl supposes

Stage door Johnnies aren't raging over you with gems and roses

Wild, old men who give you jewels and sables

Only live in :Aesop's Fables

Life upon the wicked stage ain't nothing for a girl!

You're going out in that stage as a kid, but you're coming back as a star! Break a leg me friend!

Is it really like "Waiting for Guffman," OP? Does your town have regulars who always audition and star in these productions? Is there a Corky-type director?

Anyway, I wish you good luck. Sounds like fun.

I hope it isn't over there at the Pepperpot Playhouse. They're nothing but a bunch of rank amatuers!

Maybe this one can give you some pointers...

[quote] "amatuers"

*amateurs

One of my favorite episodes of ROSEANNE is when Jackie does a community theater production of CYRANO DE BERGERAC. haha

R46, our Artistic Director is more of a…daddy than Corky haha. He’s actually my Big Daddy in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. He’s kind of a cross between Corky and the character Patti LuPone played in Shows For Days. He is also the director of Gypsy whom I auditioned for today. He taught me my love of theater, camp and John Waters. He is my gay mom.

I haven’t done anything in this theater since 2003. Those early days I could write volumes about and get kicked outta town faster than Peyton Place. Let’s just thank God smart phones didn’t exist then. And those friends I met are still my best friend but have since moved on from this theater.

R47, I truly just watched that episode last week.

Is Phyllis Hammerow (the Meryl Streep of Miami) playing Rose?

[quote]Life upon the wicked stage ain't ever what a girl supposes

Does that apply to the "Wicked" stage as well?

The only part I would really want to play in that show is Mr. Grantziger's secretary.

"That's the mother..."

I’m a pretty girl mama

R55 that’s a small yet hysterical role.

OP, I haven't performed in community theatre in ages, good for you going back to it.

God, I wonder if I could still memorize lines, deliver them, remember my blocking...

Beak a leg in Cat and fingers crossed you get into Gypsy.

I met some of my best friends in college and then community theatre.

Moo. Moo. Moo. Moo.

I think in all of the Broadway productions I've seen Jocko and Cigar are played by the same actor. They're both fun character roles. I also saw a regional production where Herbie was Jocko like in the movie. Not sure how they got away with that.

Do not let an accidental fart during the reading

Clearly I should have gone to an all-boys school so I could play Electra, one of my dream roles, along with Peter Pan (I just want to do the flying) and the Master of Ceremonies in Cabaret.

The community theater I was in was on a pretty decent level. Many of the people had studied acting or had been professionals and had to give it up or didn't like the grind. Some plays were better than the ones at the local professional theater.

The fortunate thing about “Gypsy” is that there will always be at least three well-rehearsed queens in the audience ready to take Rose’s place…should she fall, or trip and suffer a punctured eye ball, or suffer from pancreatitis, or just collapse in a puddle of BAD nerves!

Good luck OP!!!

Either ya got it, or ya ain’t and OP YOU GOT IT

Is your name Dorothy, Blanche, or Rose, by chance, OP?

Got my white tie Got my hopes high All I need now is the boy …

Got the time and the place and I got rhythm Now all I need is a boy to go with ‘em

thinking back when I was involved in a production of Gypsy in the 1960s

in terms of referencing the show on media

you had the vinyl record / broadway cast and film soundtrack

and the film.... which of course was not available on any home media, you had to see it when it was being shown in a theatre...

that was it

If you want to bump it bump it with trumpet!

Can you give us all complimentary tickets please ?

The version I saw with Angela Lansbury when I was a teen is still my favorite show I've even seen. And I'm otherwise not that fond of Gypsy as a show.

*ever seen

I love doing community theatre......it's so much fun.....

Please tell me there will be a bake sale! That’s how I learn the substance abuse habits of the boosters.

Is there pet hair under the cling film? Was the treat smashed in the back of a Yaris? Is there a nut allergy alert on the gummy s’more?

R74 has community theater mixed up with the Cub Scouts.

"You'll never get away from me," sung to Herbie.

Good luck, Eunice!

The Pepperpot Playhouse always needs background scenery.

Did they tell you to stay home for the sake of the cast?

R77 I loved that episode!

"The ensemble was less confused this time around."

Stolen and mangled:

The last time OP starred in “The Diary of Ann Frank”, the audience yelled,”She’s in the attic!”

R80 when you said "Tureen of Beef" I got totally hungry! 🤤

I ♥ R38

I did community theater eons ago. It was lots of fun. The director was a closeted gay man who was married - a hoot and a half.

The most fun to be had in GYPSY, in my humble opinion, would be Tessie/Mazeppa and the bitch that lights up.

[quote]would be Tessie/Mazeppa and the bitch that lights up.

Elektra.

One of the funniest actresses I ever saw was in a community production of Gypsy playing Elektra. She played it like her costume had jolted her brain one too many times and her brain was fried. Hi-larious!

Remember when the Springfield Community Center musicalized "A Streetcar Named Desire"? 😂

Reminds me of one of my favorite headlines ever from the Onion

So are you playing Tulsa, or Tessie Tura?

I saw a community theater (I guess that's what you'd call it -- it's too small for a regional theater, but it is professional-- production of "Pippin" yesterday. I guess pre-COVID I used to be more forgiving since I went to dozens of performances every year. Now that I've started going back, I should probably limit myself to better quality venues. Some of the performances were decent, but the "band" was awful, and the Leading Player didn't have the greatest voice. I think "Pippin" is one of those shows that depends a lot on the quality of the production since the book is a mess and the overall concept is overly "weird." But I've always loved the music, since buying the OBC album as part of a record club promotion back when I was in college (in the Dark Ages.)

R89 I did Pippin in 1998. It was the greatest moment of my life for many reasons. We used the original script and cut NO songs. We used the Tarot deck and pagan imagery as the design. It wa a thrilling.

Our cast was almost run out of town. The artistic director said we all looked like dope fiends by the end. We were told to tone it down. We didn’t change shit.

Now the licensed version is the clunky “circus” theme. How original.

R90 Explain why you were almost run out of town. Not all of us are experts on musicals.

R91 Why, there was trouble, right there in River City!

I also did Pippin - I was the choreographer and unfortunately the director had no idea how to do the show.......but the cast was talented and the audiences loved it.....

But I couldn't convince him that the ending with Theo staying with the Players was NOT supposed to be a happy moment......

R92 There you again with the same old comment about the low mentality of River City people and taking it all too much to heart.

R91 the ending can get pretty dark. They try to get Pippin to kill himself. I mean we looked straight outta Kensington & Allegheny in Philly.

Oh, I love community theater productions! I'd rather go to those than most professional theater productions. Everyone is so passionate and excited that they're on stage. The energy always is so much fun--it carries the day. Break a leg, OP!

" Honey, your show was better than Broadway."

I love you r96! Thanks! I’m nervous as all hell.

Yeah, break a leg OP

I DON'T KNOW PIPPIN.

[quote]I DON'T KNOW PIPPIN.

Pippin and Merry were secret lovers who did musical theater. Originally, his lover's name was " Mary!," but the musical's director thought that it might be a little too gay, so he changed his name to " Merry," which is a synonym for " gay."

R93

Did you use the Fosse choreography?

That’s the main reason to see Pippin.

Some of it - but it's a thrust stage so I had adapt it.....and of course we were a bit limited by the talents of the cast - most of whom studied tap & ballet in Miss Ludie's basement.

[quote]I did Pippin in 1998. It was the greatest moment of my life for many reasons.

This is sad, on so many levels.

I watched the 1981 version of PIPPIN on YouTube.

The show seems endless.

When I was away at college, I stayed the summer and did one of the first community theatre productions of A Chorus Line. It was fun. Some guys from the local ballet company were in the cast and they were hot.

I like this song from Pippin.

Is this some sort of colossal joke?

[quote]R106 When I was away at college, I stayed the summer and did one of the first community theatre productions of A Chorus Line. It was fun.

How does one do that show without everyone being a professional dancer? I’d be shoved in the back row.

this is very reminiscent of a community theatre production circa 1969.....

R101 Soooo funny,

Not.

When I did a lot of community theater in my late 20s-early 30s, a guy who'd been around a while and had been a professional actor pointed out that in professional theater he played smaller supporting roles, but in community theater he got to play some of the great parts, like Willy Loman in DOAS, or whatever. In the pretty good community theater that this was, I got to play some leads in great plays, which would have been very hard to do as a professional.

You’re sad on so many levels r104.

R104 you are sad on so many levels.

Well, did you get Herbie or Uncle Jocko? Dying to know.

R115 I won’t hear back for a while, but the director did text that he was very impressed by my audition but I read too young against our Rose. I’m 44, she’s about 50. I’ll probably wind up getting Jocko.

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is preoccupying my time and I have the flu pretty awful. It is not fun rehearsing in a mask and making sure I stay a few feet away from fellow actors.

[quote] she’s about 50

Why is your director casting so young? 😂😂😂

[quote]You’re sad on so many levels [R104].

[quote][R104] you are sad on so many levels.

Is this like the "Let's go up to Westchester!" line reading from Stage Door?

R117 the real Rose Hovick was in her late twenties when June and Louise began performing professionally (beginning of Act I).

In her thirties when they were teenagers (rest of Act I and beginning of Act II)

And early forties when Louise achieved fame as Gypsy Rose Lee (end of Act II).

Rose's lover who managed their act and inspired 'Herbie' was named Sam Gordon and was around her same age.

[quote]the real Rose Hovick was in her late twenties when June and Louise began performing professionally (beginning of Act I).

I know but they always cast older actresses.

Merman was 51

Lansbury was 49

Daly was 43

Peters was 55

LuPone was 59

Does anyone know how old I am?

Streisand was 93

[quote]Rose's lover who managed their act and inspired 'Herbie' was named Sam Gordon and was around her same age.

Sam Gordon was a single, traveling, candy salesman pushing 30 when he met Rose and the girls on the road.

June adored him immediately, but Louise kept her distance until she realized they had the same dream of settling down,

However, Rose convinced Sam to manage the act, which he did so reluctantly.

Rose strung Sam along for a few years with promises of marriage until finally he called her bluff and walked out of their lives forever.

[quote]Rose strung Sam along for a few years with promises of marriage

Didn’t he realize that Rose liked the ladies?

Wasn't she a late in life lesbian?

Rose was married and divorced twice by the time she met Sam in her late twenties.

OP, depending on your ability to do different voices, the director can also cast you as the unseen announcers during The Strip ("Preeeeeesenting! In her own *personal* flesh! Miss Gypsy Rose Lee!") There are three or four of them, all of them with varying degrees of sleaziness. You can also be the back end of Caroline. No small parts, you know!

Gooper is a good part, OP. He undergoes real emotional changes throughout the play.

Give it everything you've got and make sure they remember you in it. BREAK A LEG!

R109, we were mostly theatre or dance students and took ballet class several times a week as a company. There were some really good dancers, some good singers, some good actors - I think it gave it a sense of being an open call. Plus, it was community theatre. We worked really hard on the finale.

I couldn’t really tap but my character didn’t make the final cut so I never really learned it and desperately faked my way through it every performance, lol. It was the mid-‘80s, I was young and hot with a hairy chest in a wife beater and Lycra dance pants with a big bulge. People thought I was sexy, I got a lot of dates that summer. :)

[quote] I know but they always cast older actresses.

Merman was 51

Lansbury was 49

Daly was 43

Peters was 55

LuPone was 59

.... and I'll be playing Baby June!

I still haven’t gotten official casting news about Gypsy, could be a few more weeks. They’re still auditioning kids and calling back a few people.

In the meanwhile, Cat is going well and I really have my work cut out for me as Gooper. It’s not a big role, but pivotal. And goddamn if I’m not struggling to find his voice. He’s on a different planet from me. But that’s why it’s Acting. My director said I “found his foundation” tonight which is a huge unburdening. I’ve been panicking.

After a 20 year hiatus from theater, I completely forgot the process. Now it’s coming back to me.

Still, I’m probably gonna 🤮 at the 5 minute call on opening night.

Foundations for Mature Skin

Lol r132.

This is literally me now

OP, I played Brick, back in the late '90s. Not an easy part, either. I was hardly ever offstage in three acts.

And with the amount of drinking of colored water you have to do, that's not easy.

R106, did you hook up with any of the ballet dancers? That's my fantasy (and twins).

Yes, tell us about Brick and Maggie, R131. How are they fairing?

Is your foundation holding OP?

[quote]How are they fairing?

Oh, dear.

I’m worried about OP. Artists are sensitive people.

What if he isn’t even cast as Caroline the cow?

Have they cast Sister Woman yet? Or her no-neck monster offspring?

So fun! Congrats to you. Keep us posted and break a leg!

I hate when they drag out the casting. The other night I had a callback for a play. When I got home I checked BACKSTAGE (which I do several times a day) and I noticed the director reposted the casting notice. Guess I didn't get the part lol. That's show biz!

I hope I get it. I hope I get it.

How many people does he need?

How many boys how many girls?

Oh, God, I need this job.........

Well I talked to my friend, the director, and he said I’m also too young for Jocko. I dunno, without playing Jocko or Herbie it is a long show for small parts. I may turn it down. I dunno.

We have an 8 hour rehearsal tomorrow.

R137, I’d rather not answer 🤐

R141, I love my Mae and my no neck monsters. Mae is a harder role than Gooper, she has more stage time and has to really transform into a monster by act 3. I figure I have about 6 minutes stage time in the first two acts then 26 minutes in act 3. Speaking of, I have to go work on my lines.

[quote]R143 I hate when they drag out the casting.

Sometimes the first choice turns them down - which can slow down the process. They might still call!

Once I got a call offering a role a month after I auditioned. The producer was a bit disorganized but the play was a success.

Then there was the time I got a message telling me I was cast for something. When I called back, their first choice who’d initially turned down the part had reconsidered, and accepted after all.

It can be dismaying. FUCKERS!

You may very well have dodged a bullet, OP. GYPSY is a tall order for community theater. And you can't judge a part by "stage time" - there is a lot you can do nonverbally while onstage. Inhabit the role!

[quote]there is a lot you can do nonverbally while onstage.

Don’t wear underwear for starters.

Tulsa doing his big number in a g-string would make community theater history.

OP, will your show be miked? I saw a Gypsy and the mikes were on the heads and looked silly.

I want that production of “Gypsy” SHUT DOWN! And am beginning a letter writing campaign to that end right now.

[bold]#WeStandWithOP

OP, you’ll always be our Uncle Jocko.

Haha thanks r152.

Worse r150, I think we’re miked in Cat too. I’m reminded of the Forbidden Broadway where Ethel Merman calls head mikes “that Andrew Lloyd Webber’s disease.”

Rehearsal was tense and insightful today. We ran act 3 4 or 5 times and were down Brick and Big Mama. But I’m emotionally and physically feeling like molasses on a hoppin’ john so I must’ve gotten work done.

I love my director.

Community theatre uses mics for spoken word productions these days? Jesus, that's ridiculous and yes, R153, nice reference to the old Forbidden Broadway!

Well I am the assistant choreographer for a Community Theatre production of OKLAHOMA! with auditions today.

We will have another session of auditions on Tuesday.

First time director.....scary......

r155 Who's in charge of making the chili?

R155, what's your dance background?

[quote] I want that production of “Gypsy” SHUT DOWN!

Sumthin' wrong with STRIPPIN'?

[quote]R155 Well I am the assistant choreographer for a Community Theatre production of OKLAHOMA! with auditions today.

Can you fly OP in for the callbacks?

It might mean a lot to him right now.

LOL degree in dance, been in many shows......choreographed many shows community and Equity level.....and I've seen just about everything.

I was co-choreographer - but the other person involved has had extensive ballet training and experience so I'll do the cowboys and she'll do everything else.....

[quote]so I'll do the cowboys

Pics please.

I saw a community theatre production of Funny Girl where an ensemble member pulled out a ham sandwich and started eating on stage while Fanny belted out ',,,,Parade.'. He was promptly dismissed.

R156 no chili and probably no wheelchair - we will probably be picketed.

Weird materials from Concord - libretto is a small paperback book and the music books are those spiral bound copy paper things. Permission granted to write all over them - but everything has to go back - no erasing necessary.

[quote] I still haven’t gotten official casting news about Gypsy, could be a few more weeks. They’re still auditioning kids and calling back a few people.

I did community theater for years (not musicals, usually) but I don't remember a lot of callbacks or weeks of auditions. I mean it's not professional theater - who has all this time to devote to it? Don't people have jobs?

The theater I was in did something like 4 - 6 plays a year, and you had about 4 weeks to build a set and rehearse a play. Casting was usually done in two nights.

Community theatre productions I've been involved with usually rehearsed 8-10 weeks. 3-4x a week for three hours weekday evenings and maybe an extended rehearsal on a weekend closer to the opening.

We usually rehearsed three nights a week but I think you can get very stale rehearsing a non-musical play for 10 weeks.

I imagine this, R157.

R168 I do use that as a party trick.

one hour / 17 minute mark

a very funny Forbidden Broadway tune I'd never heard / from the original show over 40 years ago by the original players ( Nora Mae Ling passed away circa 2017)

Update: I’ve been cast as Mr. Webber/hotel guest/Pasty. I think I’m going to turn it down.

R171. If you're not going to be happy then definitely turn it down. Pasty is a good part but Webber is a throwaway role. Do you have any other auditions coming up? Don't settle!!!

R171 Tell him to get fucked.

R171,

Enjoy doing the Williams. And turn down Gypsy. Better parts are coming your way.

Would you be happy doing backstage?

Thanks r174. Cat opens in 8 days. It’s really coming along great.

Yea, forget GYPSY - those parts are no way to get noticed.

DADDY DEAREST-A sequel to Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

Summer, 1956, Gooper’s law office in Memphis.

Big Daddy Pollit is dead and it’s the reading of the will. Gooper, Mae and their six kids (seventh on the way!) are doled out pittances of remittances. Brick, now escalated to a dope fiend, and his wife, Maggie, (who do have a new baby who suspiciously looks nothing like Brick) are left the whole plantation and aim to turn it into a touristy B&B. If Brick can even get sober.

Gooper gets shitfaced drunk after years of sobriety and has a huge show stopping monologue cursing the elements and pisses all over Big Daddy’s grave.

“I will have the plantation in any way possible (I’ll sue the whole family), level it, and sell the land to HoJo developers and MDOT to rip a highway through.”

Mae: As always, Big Daddy has the last word.

Gooper: Does he? Does he?

Brick dies on the streets of Biloxi outside a gay dive, drunk and doped out. Maggie goes to Hollywood to be a star but finds herself workin’ the strip and throws herself off the H of the Hollywood sign.

Gooper, shunned, writes a tell-all story about his vile family and makes millions. High on the hog, Gooper, Mae and the kids move to NYC, donates thousands to the Kennedy campaign (“That’d kill yo’ Daddy if he weren’t already dead!” cries Big Mama), opens his own successful law-firm and he drops his southern accent.

DADDY DEAREST Cattier… Hotter… Tinnier…

By Gooper Pollit

"pittances of remittances". Tennessee would be pleased. Or, Pleasshed.

if you can come in late in the rehearsal process / Gypsy is a great show to be a part of.... if you are not familiar with it.

I doubt OP is familiar with that obscure show, Gypsy.

GYPSY is unworthy of OP, IMHO.

He deserves an entirely new play, tailored especially to him. He doesn’t need Patti’s hand me downs!

Oof I stunk tonight at rehearsal.

Bad nights are still good nights.

Good night!

R183 You learn. From the bad nights. Maybe you were not listening enough, or the other actors stunk?

Oh no - the director wants to start on Monday with choreography for "Kansas City" - and they haven't even learned to song yet......and I have to use a track because the piano player won't be there.....

And three of the guys won't be there either.

I love community theatre.

Everything's up to date.

And Concord only sent 16 scripts for a cast of 25.

R182 Like Patti was the original star of Gypsy...

Patti’s was the last one on the Great White Way, and the one all the kids today chatter about and remember!

You know the Patti “Mama Rose” LuPone clubs - that they've got in most of the girls' high schools?

Barbra, you're still too old!!

R184, we all kinda stunk together. Act 3 is a doozie, and we were finally all off book. My director said I was too angry, but really I was more frustrated with myself and it read angry.

Tomorrow is tech.

Look. We’d be in Flyoverstan if we actually wanted to see you in the show. You’re losing the goodwill from upthread. About to lose all interest in 3…2…

Do they pay well?

You're going out there a chorus girl ... but coming back a STAR!

In community theater, the first rule is LESS IS MORE!! In everything except PROJECTION! Sing out, Gooper!

OP, no offense but if you're up to tech rehearsals, I think you've had enough time to get the part down cold. Gooper isn't a gigantic role. Why is the director still telling you things like "You're too angry?" It's not a musical, what has your director been doing in rehearsals. other than watching and directing your performances? If you're lost watch the movie.

R 194 I haven’t done this shit in over 20 YEARS. Give me credit.

My director is an affable, wonderfully supportive person and I take all he says to heart. He is not as cruel as some other directors. He is not cruel at all.

I hope you’re not a director r194. I would bring you up for a comment like “watch the movie” to the SM.

So, do you open Saturday? Fucking hate tech week, whatever can go wrong...

r11 that Mama is scary

I would bring you up for a comment like “watch the movie” to the SM.

What does this mean?

R196, we open tomorrow the 18th.

Last night in true community theater tech week form, the fire alarms went off in act 1 and we had to evacuate. There was a problem with the pipes that may take a day to fix.

I really hope we don’t have to delay opening.

Break a leg goOPer! Remember, don't be angry... oh tech week; so many things to add to a run-through, so many things to go wrong, so many tweaks by the director.

Thanks R200! Tonight went really smooth and we have a show. Most importantly I made it through because I was stumbling there a bit.

I had this intense fear this week. Finally, tonight I got “the click” and turned off that fear, and I had no turbulence, I didn’t know I could do that.

R201 Stumbles in tech week are good, make you work harder and really focus when it is need.

[quote]Look. We’d be in Flyoverstan if we actually wanted to see you in the show. You’re losing the goodwill from upthread. About to lose all interest in 3…2…

And you lost our interest even before we read your toxic post. Get on a subway and hurry to " Lempicka" or " Suffs." You don't deserve the joy of community theater.

Tonight’s Opening Night! I Am Ready!

Toi, toi!!

Well we did it! Opening night was a revelation. It was wonderful. I’m so proud of every member of this cast and crew.

I even got laugh lines! Wheee!

Bravo, OP! I keep meaning to ask, does this production of Cat have a Dream Skipper?

Opening night is family and friends. The real test is second night when you hope the real people come.

"MOMMA'S GETTIN HOT! / MOMMA'S LETTIN LOOSE!"

R207 funny you should ask, we made great fun of that ghost Skipper conceit lol!

R208, I’m well aware of the 2nd day slump. But I’m gonna still give 110%.

Have a great second night!

R195 No, I'm a fellow actor. There's nothing wrong with taking a look at what another actor did if you're stuck. We all steal from each other. Sometimes seeing another production helps you understand the relationships better.

I played Brick. That is not an easy part. Not that Gooper is an easy part but what I'm saying is if you understand the character you'll do fine.

Merde, OP!

Good luck, Madonna!

Well done, OP!

How many old farts did you have to suck off to get a callback, OP?

Is the one playing Brick hot?

I love you OP.

And did you refuse the parts offered in Gypsy, and told the punk Director, Herbie or nothing!

R218 I love you too, and yea I turned down Gypsy.

We have a 3 day rest from Cat. We are getting organic standing o’s nightly. People are loving it. My cast is a master class nightly.

I’m going back to bed.

You're a ⭐️, OP!

Today Gooper

R219 Find out who got Herbie, fuck him, and then get him to quit. Is the only normal reaction. Enjoy the season, they are golden.

Well we got a rave on BWW. Since the cat is outta the bag, here’s the review with my name.

['quote]Tennessee William’s classic Cat on a Hot Tin Roof recently slinked onto the EPAC stage

Oh, dear.

R222 = Eve Harrington.

Why are they wearing those dumb headphones? Project!

R226, I despise the mics.

Congrats, OP, on the positive reviews.

You are a Super Nova. Great review.

Great review. Thanks for posting.

your theater has an impressive slate of shows/ past seasons OP.

Angels in America is next at your venue OP?

R231, it’s a great theater with a surprising pool of talent. Yes, Angels is next…our Big Daddy is directing it.

^^I hope it's a good production and that the community comes out and supports the show.

(I'm curious to know after the Angels run how it went actually.... get back to me if you think of it....)

R233 we really do challenge our audiences in this podunk county. It’s already selling well.

Thanks for the well wishes too. I’ll miss this show but I’m happy to move on. Cat is just such a dark, depressing show that gets in your psyche when performing. I’ve had to dig up some rotten family memories to get into this character.

I would never want to spend Thanksgiving with the Pollit family. Or the Westons, from that county in Oklahoma.

[quote] I think I did really well, I’ll bump this thread when I hear news about casting.

If you're gonna bump it, bump it with a trumpet...

wireless head microphones for a fucking drama? Christ!

R236, that’s been covered up thread and I specifically mentioned that FB number.

yes, goOPer, but without the appropriate link.

R237 Yes, being a whore I did google image search you Gooper. And yes, you can top me.

Stick around after the show, r237. There’s a bed on stage. Lord knows Brick and Maggie ain’t using it.

Sorry that was for you r239.

You may be goin' to broadwayyyyy!

i googled and can't find it...darn.

R29, yes, OP is a cutie pie.

Wow, so many goOPers when you do a Google image search. How to choose?

R245 Rookie stalker.

[quote] Tennessee William’s classic Cat on a Hot Tin Roof recently slinked onto the EPAC stage and had audiences purring with appreciation.

Isn't "slunk" the word?

Slinked is a word.

Slink, slank, slunk.

Shlunkh

Casted.

Slunked.

Don't let the fame go to your head, OP!

Yeah, let it go to your penis.

[quote] Don't let the fame go to your head, OP!

Please, I’m the lowest form of celebrity.

I’m up for the lead in the Community Theater rendition of THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK. It’s DEI casting, as I am a six foot 250 pound African American. But I think I can convince the audience to believe me as Anne.

R256 I’d see that!

I once saw a 40 year old guy as Rhoda in the Bad Seed. That was a hoot.

[quote]Please, I’m the lowest form of celebrity.

You're a KARDASHIAN?

Worse, r258, a Jenner!!!!

[quote]I’m up for the lead in the Community Theater rendition of THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK. It’s DEI casting, as I am a six foot 250 pound African American. But I think I can convince the audience to believe me as Anne.

I hope those people had a roomy and sturdy attic!

AND we're being allowed to ad-lib r260. For a creative diva like me, I'm in my ELEMENT!!!

Op, are you using an accent?

Herbie or nuttin'.

Anne Frank ad-libbing: All day long, all I hear is how great Margot is. Margot, Margot, Margot.

Yes r262 we all use Southern accents.

was there a dialect coach?

Any gossip now the run is on? Any affairs, anyone now trying to act it up, spill.

There needs to be a line where someone asks Anne what her pronouns are.

No dialect coach r266.

Today is closing. I can’t wait to land this puppy.

I’ll post back later when I’m drunk at the party.

Thank you all for being part of one of the most wholesome threads I’ve seen on my 20 years on DL.

Yaaaah hot drunk GoOPer.

That's a short run.

Our SuperNova is in a three way. Right. Now.

Honey? You OK?

I’m very ok, but I guess that’s all she wrote. No gossip, no gore. I’m proud of myself and all I’ve accomplished.

I’m sad that my cast was so distant. It wasn’t fun like 20 years ago. Times have changed. I felt like Gooper backstage.

I’m happy to put this to bed.

The party’s over It’s time to call it a day

After fame and fortune, OP decided to be Olivia de Havilland and become a recluse.

He’d make a lovely Catherine Sloper

Sorry to read that the run of Cat wasn't great for you Go0Per. I've considered returning to community theatre at times, but hesitate, thinking the world has changed and I would be the odd man out in 2024.

But if you find a good company, it's a grand way to spend some time and meet new people.

Just a bit of choreography left on OKLAHOMA! and then we're on to act runs.

Break legs, r278. Oklahoma was my first time on stage as a freshman in high school.

Yes, I’m off to live la vie solitaire en Paris like Olivia after this farewell to the stage.

Bolt the door, Mariah.

keep us informed

[quote]—because we give a shit!

Now, that's ACTING!

Hi everyone.

I was asked by the theater to play Max in Cabaret.

It’s a really small but cool role and I get to do a rail on stage.

That's cool, OP. Can you explain the "rail" term?

My local community theater is doing Gypsy. I might try out as a dancer. I can't sing.

[quote]I can't sing.

Miss Mazeppa.

R282 Yahhhhh. Fuck the Cliff.

R283 he and Sally do ❄️❄️❄️ together before he fires her. Then she sings Mein Herr.

R286 Oh. I thought you meant a line/rail.

R283 always remember that you tryout for football or basketball but that you AUDITION for theatre. And it's NOT play practice - it's rehearsal.

So I was asked to do a stage reading for our Queer Voices Festival of The Temperamentals. I just picked up my script today and read it and I think I’ll do it. It’s a great gay historical play and all that jazz.

R288, it's spelled theater unless you're trying to be pretentious or are British.

Same difference here at the DL^^

R289 Nice booking.

So what does rail mean, in this case? Still don't get it...

Is it this?

R293, a rail of cocaine

I used to do coke sometimes, I heard of a line, never heard of a rail.

R296 It Is a term used by sophisticated people.

R297 That explains it. I need to start hanging out with the sophisticated community theater crowd.

Are you famous yet? Buy me dinner.