Jane Bridges, intrepid FoTT board member, is a cast member of the new original musical Treasure of Lefty the Pirate, Oct. 2 - 4 at the Tybee Gym. Music & book by Eddie Wilson, direction by Mel Gordon. Jane will be blogging about her experiences. Click on title above to link to info and tickets.
One of our three rehearsal venues, the Black Box Theater, has two sides, and here we are practicing our conga line in the art and reception part.
Good thing for us it has some comfortable couches. All that dancing
makes us tired!
makes us tired!
Now, here we are in the performing side of the Black Box. You may think that's Howard Bowden standing on a chair, but it's actually the character Roger, standing on the bow of the cruise ship; the one that Mel and Jim are building in the Tybee Post Theater.
Mel has been working on that thing too much! He told us how many feet wide this part would be, and how long that part would be, and where the wall would be, but he did stop short of telling us how many 2x4s he used. Come on, Mel! We just wanna sing and dance!
One of the secrets of Lefty's Island is the romance between Wendell and Susan, aka Tracy Priest and Samantha Claar. Aren't they a cute couple? They have a shipboard romance and a big secret!
Back at the Gym. Pictured are Willow, Ritajane, Polly and Rick. Willow's a theater major performing with us for the first time! Ritajane co-directed our performance of South Pacific on the pier in 2004. Polly is a welcome addition to our chorus, and you may remember Rick's unforgettable line as Chicken Man in Best Little Whouse in Texas.
Eddie Wilson, script and music writer, and Lucinda Morin, choreographer extraordinaire are two of the main brains behind this production. Lucinda is a former Rockette who has danced on cruise lines and all up and down the east and west coasts and now dances in musical productions at the Savannah Theater. She just listens to one of Eddie's songs, comes up with a dance and staging concept for it, and somehow, she gets us to make it into a Cecil. B. DeMille style production! At least, that's what we hope. We are trying to keep all our left feet on the imaginary stage in the gym. But at least we're in the room where the play will actually be performed!
Eddie Wilson, script and music writer, and Lucinda Morin, choreographer extraordinaire are two of the main brains behind this production. Lucinda is a former Rockette who has danced on cruise lines and all up and down the east and west coasts and now dances in musical productions at the Savannah Theater. She just listens to one of Eddie's songs, comes up with a dance and staging concept for it, and somehow, she gets us to make it into a Cecil. B. DeMille style production! At least, that's what we hope. We are trying to keep all our left feet on the imaginary stage in the gym. But at least we're in the room where the play will actually be performed!
All for now,
Jane
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