NYC Birthday Trip

 

  

 

Paper Lantern Theatre's Summer Acting Collaborative

Paper Lantern Theatre's Summer Acting Collaborative presents a showcase of scenes from classic and contemporary plays. Scenes and monologues from:

The God of Carnage
Loose Ends
The Women
The Road to Mecca
A View From the Bridge
Dottie
Steel Magnolias
Reasons to be Pretty
Doubt

How Does Your Garden Grow

A New Garden by Emily Dickinson

New feet within my garden go,
New fingers stir the sod;
A troubadour upon the elm
Betrays the solitude.

New children play upon the green,
New weary sleep below;
And still the pensive spring returns,
And still the punctual snow!

S.O.S Spring Migration

2009 Spring Safari celebrating 25 years of South Carolina's State Dance, the Shag, since 1984. Had a great time with friends, dancing, and eating seafood and ice cream at Sweet Treats.

What am I doing with this pirate?

This was also the 15th year for SOS Parade. The parade is always fun watching floats created by different Shag clubs, vintage cars, and clever characters. Catching throws of beads and candy brings out your inner child.

Eno Beach Shag club float and a friendly parade participant

Rogers & Hammerstein's Carousel 2009

Performed by the Brock Players March 20, 21, 27 and 28--7:30 pm , March 22 and 29--3:00 pm matinee. Brock Performing Arts Center, 622 North Main Street, Mocksville, NC

Mrs. Mullins and Billy

CAST LIST:

Carrie Pipperidge - Katrina Pfitzner

Julie Jordan - Jamie Groce

Mrs. Mullin - Angela Hodges

Billy Bigelow - Matt Morris

1st Policeman - Chris Speer

Mr. Bascombe - Terry Hauser

Nettie Fowler - Donna Bissette

Enoch Snow - Michael Hoch

Jigger Craigin - Todd Donaldson

June Girl - Courtney Williams

2nd Policeman - Nathan Webb

Heavenly Friend - Phred Rainey

Starkeeper - Jimmy Myers

Louise Bigelow - Allie Fruits

Carnival Boy - Morgan Harrison

Enoch Snow, Jr - Lance Morrison

Doctor Seldon - Jimmy Myers

Principal - Morgan Harrison

Arminy - Carol McConnell

Mrs. Mullins and Jigger

Melissa - Holly Mead

Amelia - Amelia Baity

Megan - Megan Hauser

­THE SNOW CHILDREN­:

Enoch Snow, Jr - Lance Morrison

Cassandra Snow - Suzanne Phillips

Margaret Snow -Kristin Hauser

Evan Snow - Micheal Hauser

Amy Snow - Ellen Tutterow

Jordan Snow - Ryan Ball

Elizabeth Snow - Riley Ball

Kimberly Snow - Katie Hauser

­ENSEMBLE­:
Amelia Baity, Riley Ball, Ryan Ball, Zach Campbell, Kat Clift, Logan Dunn, Morgan Fuller, Morgan Harrison, Angie Hauser, Terry Hauser, Kaity Hauser, Megan Hauser, Michael Hauser, Danielle Markey, Carol McConnell, Mark McSwaim, Holly Mead, Lance Morrison, Carlos Nieto, Phred Rainey, Kaity Smart, Kalli Spaugh, Chris Speer, Ellen Tutterow, Kirk Tutterow, Nathan Webb, Courtney Williams, Vicky Zickmund 

PRODUCTION STAFF: 
Jim Shover, Artistic Director
Freddy Casstevens, Music Director
Melissa Peller, Assistant Director and Stage Manager

A March Snow

Snowflakes by Emily Dickinson

I counted till they danced so
Their slippers leaped the town,
And then I took a pencil
To note the rebels down.


And then they grew so jolly
I did resign the prig,
And ten of my once stately toes
Are marshalled for a jig!

It snowed on March 1. Transformers going out, trees releasing snow from their branches, and lights flickering all kept me awake. These photos were taken the next morning. Not sure how many inches fell.

Daffodils Blooming in February

I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud by William Wordsworth

I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.


Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.


The waves beside them danced, but they
Out-did the sparkling leaves in glee;
A poet could not be but gay,
In such a jocund company!
I gazed—and gazed—but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:


For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.

A day with the feeling of spring prompted me to take the photos of these daffodils blooming. I thought the poem reflected the happiness I felt with the promise of warmer weather.

"Dead Man's Cell Phone"

I participated in a reading of "Dead Man's Cell Phone" by Sarah Ruhl. What fun to read the part of an espionage spy as the other woman and the stranger using different accents. You can almost hear the film noir music as Jean (the girl that finds the dead man's phone) gets herself into an adventure that might be in a Hitchcock film. The theme of the play deals with the ability of the phone (and the people who use it) both to unite and isolate. The phone becomes another character in the play -- reminiscent of the use of the phone in a Neil Simon play "Chapter Two”. The commonplace phone that we are asked to turn off in the movie, theater, and on an airplane becomes a character of transformation. There are several references in the play to “Carousel” in this oddball comedy. The song "You'll never Walk Alone” is mentioned several times and the idea that if there is one person on earth who remembers you then it isn’t over. The author reflects on the question of how will you be remembered after you're gone by entrusting the memory of a not-so-dearly-departed man to a woman he never met.

Christmas Joys 2008

"Christmas Joys" By Joanna Fuchs

Evergreen boughs that fill our homes

With fragrant Christmas scents,
Hearts filled with the loving glow

That Christmas represents;

Christmas cookies, turkeys stuffed,
Festive holly berry,
Little faces bright with joy,
Loved ones being merry;
Parties, songs, beribboned gifts,
Silver bells that tinkle,

Christmas trees and ornaments,
Colorful lights that twinkle;
Relatives waiting with open arms
To smile and hug and kiss us;
These are some of the special joys
That come along with Christmas.

This poem sums up the joy of the holiday season. I enjoyed visiting with family and friends during the holidays and loved my Christmas tree and decorations.