Currently- September 16, 2011

Reading-

The Alchemist's Door- Lisa Goldstein

Sentences of the week-

"SPRAGUE: Goodness throbbed in the hearts of them boys! There was a quality 'bout them..an essence that made folks aware of 'em..

(Flashback, a few lines later)

WILLIE: (To Huckleberry Finn) (Grimacing) Oh, they were sure right. You DO have a perfume all yer own!"

"POLLY: I ain't never lambasted you like I done Tom but there's a first time for everythin'!"

"WIDOW: And so handsome, too!"

All these quotes are from a stage adaption of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by the wonderful director and playwright Harvey Cocks for the Fort Wayne Youtheatre. Youtheatre is a wonderful project that allows young people to gain acting experience outside of school in an environment that is very similar to professional theater. Harvey is the best director such a program could have. He's kind and patient with young children and has an astoundingly diverse professional acting experience that he uses to teach the actors. I've been in a few plays with him before and they've all been great successes. This production of Tom Sawyer will be performed at the Civic Theater building on October 8 and 9 at 2:00. Youtheatre is in desperate need of funding, so please help keep this program alive by attending the play. It's bunches of fun and it adheres quite well to the book for those who are uptight about that sort of thing.

Quote 1: I just found the wording quite witty. It won't be so easy to catch just watching the play, I think, but when I read the script I thought that was really clever.

Quote 2: I play Aunt Polly and I just love saying "lambasted" with a Southern accent. It sounds like "layamb-bassted."

Quote 3: A few of us, when this line is said, have to stand up quickly and give the Widow a dirty look. I have this one angry-looking face I do that seems to make everyone laugh, so that face was my first idea for a "dirty look." A few of my friends who are offstage during this scene always barely control their laughter, and that always makes me break character and hide my big, stupid grin behind my hand.

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