Culture alert!
For those of you reading this in the Atlanta area and environs, here's what I've been up to lately.
That's right, I'm directing New London Theatre's "The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow," which goes up next weekend (Halloween weekend.) Don't miss the funny/creepy story of Ichabod Crane and his adventure with the mysterious Headless Horseman! Fun for the whole family. If I haven't met you in person, be sure to introduce yourself.
It's been a lot of fun. I've got a great cast & crew - possibly a better cast than the last show I directed (and adapted), The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer. We took the show to the Georgia Theatre Conference's Community Theatre Festival last week (no link due to my current Google-less status). We didn't win the competition, but we got called back for an encore. No, wait, that was School Of Rock. No encores, but it was an overwhelmingly gratifying experience. The chapel where the festival took place was a neat old craftsmanly space where you could picture Mark Twain doing one of his shows.
I've been battling a bug of some kind since last Wednesday and that has hurt my energy for the show, but we managed to make it through the festival without me dragging anything down. Next week's Tech Rehearsals should be pretty smooth and I hope to work with some of the actors to tighten up their performances. That's something that I'm always giving short shrift in these large cast shows.
Wish me luck!