Angel’s River Rehearsals Start

I want to thank Jason Swan for inspiring me to start blogging again.  I left this to Julie Ridlington, who worked in our office over the summer, to do some blogging over the last few months.  I directed two shows back to back again this year and didn’t have time.  So thanks also to Julie for covering the blog.  She’s back at school now and missed very much by both me and Jocelyn!

So here’s a plug for Jason’s blog, which I was reading earlier this evening.  He writes very entertaining entries about mundane stuff and here’s the link if you want to check him out: http://theexcitablemundane.wordpress.com/

This will be a short entry because it’s getting late and I need to get some sleep.  On a side note, I went to donate blood tonight and fainted, so I think I need to rest a little more.  The fainting happened after the donation was completed, so that’s a good thing.  However, the head nurse has told me that my reaction was so extreme that I can’t donate any more.  My body is telling me it doesn’t like donating blood, which is disappointing because it’s such a good thing to do.  I want to encourage everyone to donate if you are able.  Here’s the link for that:http://www.blood.ca/centreapps/internet/uw_v502_mainengine.nsf/page/Registry%20Background?OpenDocument.  In the meantime, I’ll be recovering from the embarrassment of fainting at the Blood Donor Clinic tonight.

Okay, so this blog is supposed to be about Live Bait Theatre and the behind the scenes stuff.  And it will be short tonight.

We started rehearsals today for “Angel’s River”, a new play by Andrea Boyd.  Andrea is a Fredericton born playwright who now teaches at the University of Alberta.  The play is amazing.  I feel so lucky to get to direct it.  I am so happy with the cast — Burgandy Code, Drew O’Hara, Breanna Moore and Alexandra Rhindress — none of whom knew each other before today.  One of the things I like best about my job at Live Bait Theatre is getting to put together teams for shows, and I’m really happy with everyone who’s come together to work on “Angel’s River”.  And — very exciting for all of us — Andrea is coming from Alberta in early October to work with us!  Can’t wait.

Okay, that’s it for tonight.  Must get some sleep.   Will write more soon about how the rehearsal process is going!  And there are photos in the Live Bait Theatre group on Facebook if you’re interested.

Happy autumn, everyone!

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