Kiss Me Kate - the reminder

If you would like to come, here are the details:

Stillwater Area High School presents "Kiss Me, Kate" with fabulous music (and very innuendous lyrics) by Cole Porter

Showdates and Times
Thursday the 28th at 7:00
Friday the 29th at 7:00
Sunday the 31st at 3:00
Friday Nov. 5th at 7:00
Saturday Nov. 6th at 7:00
Sunday Nov. 7th at 3:00

Tickets $7

Reservations, call 651-351-8109

Directions
From the Cities, take Hwy 36 east to Stillwater. After passing 694, take the Stillwater Blvd. exit (after the 3rd? stoplight past 694).
Turn right.
Go to the first stoplight, turn left.
Go to stoplight, turn right into school parking lot.
Plenty of parking. Go in the doors that front on the circle drive.

Random show comments to whet your appetite:
Stupid boy is still stupid. "The pants are too short!" (The "pants" are Renaissance "breeches" which are short pants gathered below the knee.) So I ask, "Do they come below the knee?" He replies yes. "Then they are not too short." He then stated that he couldn't figure out how to wear his costume (which consists of elastic waistband breeches, a pullon shirt and a vest with NO hooking mechanisms). There is no hope for the future.

The orchestra sounds good. Good and LOUD. We're working on turning them down. (They go to 11.)

Petruchio/Fred is enjoying every innuendo.

Kate is getting suitably shrewish.

The brawling between the two is getting quite fierce.

It's a damned funny script with great music and loads of good Shakespearean comedy to boot.

Things you notice at 3:30am

My brain likes to think about spooky things late at night. This is not helpful when all is dark and quiet and my only company is cats who like to spook at nothing.

My thigh gets strained from holding presser-foot position.

I like being in The Zone. I wish The Zone wasn't at 3:00am.

I am clever and Solve Problems. Yay for opposable thumbs!

Math is harder at 3:00 am. Particularly geometry.

It's quicker to top stitch than to press, and it's more effective. But make sure the right thread color is on your machine.

My serger needs a tune-up.
And more thread colors besides black, white and red.

What wakes up a Windelina at 3:00am? Nightmares of opening night without costumes.

I deserve Omegacon after this.

Cole Porter wrote very catchy tunes. Too catchy. Replacing "Always True to You" with "Wive It Wealthily in Padua" doesn't really fix things.

There is a cat keeping me company in the house across the way. It is sitting in the second floor window looking at me. Hello cat.

Double fold bias tape is Teh Shit.

I made a very dorky hat. I don't like it. But it's onstage for 3 minutes tops. Fuck it.

I want a Pepsi.

Chutzpah

From Phyllis my "tech head" who did nothing then went AWOL:

Hello all--

I am so sorry that I have not been in touch with the build for about two weeks. I am not going to give excuses, I have just had several things build up that were high stress and ate away my time. I truly apologize. I am going to do what I can to help the next couple of days, but we definitely should renegotiate my pay--I can not accept the full amount we agreed on originally since I have been absent for the past two weeks. I just don't feel right being paid the full amount for not doing the full work. Thanks again, and my sincere apologies.

My flabber is gasted.
Well, no, Phyllis, we weren't planning on paying you much at all, actually. I'm glad you're okay with that. Of course, I'm NOT okay with you popping back up on the radar two fucking days before the show opens.
And while we could certainly use the help...
1. I will believe it when I see you standing in front of me with a power tool in your hands.
2. I'm not sure how helpful your "help" will actually be.
and
3. I'm not sure being close to Dave or Frost with power tools in hand is such a good idea. They might get ideas. Or be slow in stopping me from doing something...