When I think of the three words "in my body" many things come to mind. I think of issues that many of us have, such as body image and hating or loving what we physically see in the mirror. Lately though I have been thinking about issues that we can't see in our reflection. Issues that are most definitely and literally IN THE BODY. For some of us I am talking about a chemical imbalance that is taking place within the brain or a trauma that is affecting our thoughts, emotions and even physical actions and causes depression. When a loved one suffers from depression, people often struggle with what words of comfort and wisdom we can say. It is a difficult situation and sometimes we think we are saying the right thing but for someone with depression those words can often end up making things worse. Here is an article I came upon stating six things you should never say to someone with depression...TAKE NOTE!
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Day 7 Reading!
On Sunday January 19th we introduced IN MY BODY to our first ever audience at Christ Church Neighborhood House in Philly! They cried, they laughed, they LOVED it! The amount of positive feedback that we have been receiving has been overwhelming and we are so grateful. We are quickly recovering from this fantastic experience and are trying to figure out what our "next step" is. Thank you to all our musicians, actors, producers, writers, behind the scenes peeps, and of course our fantastic first audience, for making some quite spectacular magic that night!
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Friday, January 17, 2014
Rehearsal Day 5
Today we moved our operation from the "burbs" to our official reading space in Old City, Philadelphia. We welcome the final member of our team, tech extraordinaire Alyssa Cole! Found out that Alyssa is a proud WCU alum just like our writers, Kate and Melissa!
Load in day was filled with lots of action! From piano moving and tuning, to setting up chairs, stands, risers, lights to last minute script changes...WE ARE WIPED! However, the excitement grows as we approach Sunday!
Load in day was filled with lots of action! From piano moving and tuning, to setting up chairs, stands, risers, lights to last minute script changes...WE ARE WIPED! However, the excitement grows as we approach Sunday!
Day 5 Photos
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| Robin's equipment |
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| Dan Martin and Fred Lassen going over score |
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Rehearsal Day 4
Yesterday was our last day rehearsing in Malvern, pa at our producer's home. Two people joined Fred Lassen (our MD and pianist) to make up the In My Body Band. Very excited, we welcome Tony Pirollo on cello and Robin Burdulis on percussion. Their rich sounds combined with our actors voices sound phenomenal already!
Day 4 Photos
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| (R to L) Writer, Composer- Dan Martin, Director- Bill Fennelly, Percussion-Robin Burdulis |
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| (L to R) Writer, Lyricist-Michael Biello, Writer, Producer-Lis Kalogris |
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| Percussion-Robin Burdulis |
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| (R to L) Tamara Anderson, Jeff Coon, Jillian Louis, Javier Muñoz, Donnie Hammond |
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| Stage Manager-Keighty McLallen |
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| Jeff Coon |
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| Jillian Louis |
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| Rob Tucker |
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Rehearsal Day 3
Today the actors got deeper into learning the songs and spoken words! Everything sounds a little crisper than it did yesterday and it just keeps sounding better!
Day 3 Photos
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| Jeff meeting with two of the writers (Lis and Kate) to discuss spoken word pieces |
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| Javier rehearsing with musical director (Fred), and lyricist and composer (Michael and Dan) |
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| Jeff Coon getting into character |
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| Donnie Hammond taking a much needed break |
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| Rob Tucker going over the schedule for the day |
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| Javier Muñoz reviewing his roles |
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Hello......again!
It's so cliche to say this but "sorry for not posting in a while!" Alas, we have good reason to start blogging again this week as we are officially in rehearsal for an *AEA Staged Reading which is taking place in less than a week! Almost 20 of us are spending the week rehearsing in one of our writer/producers phenomenal home in Chester County, PA. We are here until Thursday night and then we move into our performance space in Philadelphia on Friday morn!
Day 2 Photos
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(L to R) Fred Lassen (Music Director) & Bill Fennelly (Director)
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Justyn Wade (one of our Stage Managers)
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(L to R) Donnie Hammond, Javier Muñoz, Jillian Louis, Jeff Coon, Tamara Anderson
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(foreground to background) April Woodall, Rob Tucker, Donnie Hammond,
Javier Muñoz, Jillian Louis, Jeff Coon
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*Actors' Equity Association
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Trip to London's West End..
Forgive me, it's been quite some time since I've posted. Good. That's out of the way...
A few days ago I did a quick trip to London for a long weekend. While there, a top priority was to head to the West End to see a show! I had been to shows in the past at some of the larger theaters such as the Royal Albert Hall to see Puccini's Madam Butterfly. So, this time I wanted to try my hand at a more intimate place. One day upon visiting the National Portrait Gallery (which is a post unto itself) I asked someone where a good, non-chain place was to get good tea and beer. I was told to head across the street to St. Martin's Lane and find a spot called Notes. I ordered some mint tea and my husband got himself a good english craft beer which he had never heard of. That alone is quite a feat! The place was a great little hidden gem and if you ever find yourself in London near Trafalgar Square you should definitely GO! After we had warmed ourselves up, we set back out to explore the area. We walked a little further up the lane and saw a beautiful little venue called The Duke of York's Theatre. There was a play showing there called The Judas Kiss AND in the lead role was Rupert Everett. Gawwww, I have always loved him ever since I saw My Best Friend's Wedding. Side note: everyone around us in the theater was saying the same thing. Perfect! We purchased tickets thru http://www.lastminute.com (and saved a few pounds) for the following night's performance.
The Duke of York was a great little theater and just what I had wanted it to be. You could hear the sound of London's tube station rumbling underneath which gave it that authentic british feel! Everett plays Oscar Wilde and as coincidence would have it, Everett was also in the Movie version of "The Importance of Being Ernest." Which is ALSO the time period that "The Judas Kiss" takes place in.
To set the stage for you, the show begins in 1895 and The Importance of Being Ernest is a hugely popular play in London's West End. Oscar Wilde is about to become incarcerated because of his open relationship with Lord Alfred Douglas. The arduous decision to be made by Oscar is to stay in
London and face being imprisoned for gross indecency (homosexuality) or to flee the country! There are people in his life that have his best interest in mind while advising him whether or not to flee and others that do not. Hence, that title of the play. It was a fantastic play (written by David Hare) and Everett and his co-star Freddie Fox were superb.
A few days ago I did a quick trip to London for a long weekend. While there, a top priority was to head to the West End to see a show! I had been to shows in the past at some of the larger theaters such as the Royal Albert Hall to see Puccini's Madam Butterfly. So, this time I wanted to try my hand at a more intimate place. One day upon visiting the National Portrait Gallery (which is a post unto itself) I asked someone where a good, non-chain place was to get good tea and beer. I was told to head across the street to St. Martin's Lane and find a spot called Notes. I ordered some mint tea and my husband got himself a good english craft beer which he had never heard of. That alone is quite a feat! The place was a great little hidden gem and if you ever find yourself in London near Trafalgar Square you should definitely GO! After we had warmed ourselves up, we set back out to explore the area. We walked a little further up the lane and saw a beautiful little venue called The Duke of York's Theatre. There was a play showing there called The Judas Kiss AND in the lead role was Rupert Everett. Gawwww, I have always loved him ever since I saw My Best Friend's Wedding. Side note: everyone around us in the theater was saying the same thing. Perfect! We purchased tickets thru http://www.lastminute.com (and saved a few pounds) for the following night's performance.
The Duke of York was a great little theater and just what I had wanted it to be. You could hear the sound of London's tube station rumbling underneath which gave it that authentic british feel! Everett plays Oscar Wilde and as coincidence would have it, Everett was also in the Movie version of "The Importance of Being Ernest." Which is ALSO the time period that "The Judas Kiss" takes place in.
To set the stage for you, the show begins in 1895 and The Importance of Being Ernest is a hugely popular play in London's West End. Oscar Wilde is about to become incarcerated because of his open relationship with Lord Alfred Douglas. The arduous decision to be made by Oscar is to stay in
London and face being imprisoned for gross indecency (homosexuality) or to flee the country! There are people in his life that have his best interest in mind while advising him whether or not to flee and others that do not. Hence, that title of the play. It was a fantastic play (written by David Hare) and Everett and his co-star Freddie Fox were superb.
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| National Portrait Gallery (No Cameras Allowed! Don't tell) |
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| Mint tea @ Notes |
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| Beer! |
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| About to see The Judas Kiss |
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| Duke of York's Theatre |
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