End of season!

Last night we had one of our best shows to date and it also happened to be our last. The audience was wonderful and we couldn't have asked for a better send off. We then all went for a few drinks along with Sam's family to the British Beer Company. What a great end of season!

Last show!

We had a great Tempest and R&J the last two night with great audiences. Tonight is the last Twelfth Night and the last show show of the season. This summer has been a big learning challenge and overwhelming success. We had repeat costumers almost every night for the whole summer. I'm going to miss laughing and crying as the nurse, fighting as Tybalt, and being drunk as most of my other characters. ;) It is time to move on though. There are bigger fish to fry and more drunks to explore in Shakespeare's cannon. I hope I have the means to do this kind of theater, just as good and better, for the rest of my life. Also, I can't wait to return to my homeland Wisconsin this next week for mein Geburtstag! P-A-R-T-Why? Cause I gotta!!!

Almost down!

We only have one performance left of our three fabulous Shakespeare productions. It went by fast as usual, but now I'm on to the next thing. I'll be home in Wisconsin for the week surrounding my birthday.YEAH!!!! Then it's back out to Massachusetts for the fall. I am most looking forward to a special trip down to Texas over Halloween!!!!!!

Happenings in the East

Well it's been a long summer so far and I haven't blogged a whole lot. So here's the scoop: We've been performing Tempest, R&J, and Twelfth Night to almost all full houses since we started. The Plimoth Players all male Shakespeare troupe, I believe I can say, is a success. Yeah! A lot of hard work went into this project to get it on its feet, but I think (hope) we have all learned or are learning from our mistakes/failures/etc... In the end the product is what counts and our product has impressed many, including several newspapers and some theatrically important people.

I have also gotten the side job of giving walking, historical, ghost tours of Plymouth on Sundays and Mondays. Apart from that, I mostly am keeping with costume repairs and performing a fight demonstration on show days. I choreographed a "silly" fight (I also used a piece of my SiS SPT fight from DC Wright.) and Jake and I perform the fight, explain the parts of the sword, and break down the fight move-to-move. We then have volunteers (usually children) come up and, while always keeping hold of the blade, teach them how to do a thrusting lunge. The demonstration is much enjoyed by all.

As for the future, we're done with the shows labor day weekend and I will be going home to good old Mount Horeb for the first week of Sept (including my birthday) and then returning to Massachusetts for the fall. Then probably being home for Christmas and the month or two after. At which time I will have to start preparing for next summers season at Plimoth Plantation.

So that's what I got so far. I'll try to be more frequent about this whole blog thing. :)

Shakespearean Success!

It's been too long. (TWSS) The shows are a huge hit! We've been selling out almost every night. Here are a couple of recent reviews. If anyone is in the Boston/Plymouth area please contact me and come enjoy some theater!!!

http://www.patriotledger.com/entertainment/weekend/x145180167/Plimoth-Players-love-performing-Shakespeare-at-Plimoth-Plantation

http://www.wickedlocal.com/plymouth/features/x84676643/Plimoth-Plantation-presents-The-Tempest?img=4

Opening Night and Beyond!!!!!!!

Well after three applause-forced bows and a standing ovations I'd say our opening night of Romeo & Juliet was a major success.

Check out this link to newspaper articles about Plimoth Players:

http://www.patriotledger.com/entertainment/x1218688594/Plimouth-actors-use-Shakespeare-to-teach-about-Plimoth-colonists