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So I am trying to get the word out on theater first and co. and I wanted to see if you guys would mind doing the same for one of my projects. I act and do the makeup for these guys and we think it is good but could use some more hits and for it to be passed around to people outside our group. So yeah, take a look and tell us what you think and if you like it post it, email it, pass it on.
Crys

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So many people have been complimenting us on 664, and telling us its funny. People bugged us and bugged us wanting to know when season 2 was coming- Well its here, if you missed it! Episode 3 just came out today.

But well wishes and compliments dont pay the bills. The Intarweb is supposed to be this great thing for getting word out and getting attention- so why do we still have only dozens of hits on YouTube? You people need to pull your weight! You dont want all those warm wishes to ring hollow, do you? DIdnt think so. Come on, you have Facebooks, twitters, LiveJournals- use them! Help us! Link us, talk us up, subscribe to us, rate us on YouTube! If I dont start to see some word getting out, then we might just have to turn off the funny faucet :)

Here are some helpful links for ya. We really, really, really appreciate the support.

The blog: http://www.lazyhorde.com
Our YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/LazyHorde
Subscribe on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=287837021
The latest- Season 3 episode 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwNvHreWZAo

Many thanks and appreciation to gilana, eclecticavitar, and heliopsis for letting us store our stuff in their basements for the last year. This meant multiple invasions of their space during each show and countless times they made last minute arrangements in their personal lives to accommodate our last minute emergencies.

This past Wednesday the move into our new storage space was finished. Not only did we get HUGE amounts of OUR STUFF into our small space, there was still room for people to stand:



(Front Row) greenlily, smacaski, justom, chanaleh, Nellie, John,
(Back row) vanguardcdk, brief_life, Brian,muffyjo, barumonkey, lillibet, Amy S.
(Taking photo) buxom_bey

Those were the last of the mohicans at the end of the day. The full list of Wednesday's Warriors were:

Amy S.*	Brian E.*	John O*	Nellie*	audioboy
barumonkey	bex77	brief_life	buxom_bey	chanaleh
dpolicar	earthling177	greenlily	jason237	justom
lillibet	lordfeepness	smacaski	srakkt	vanguardcdk

*I either don't know their lj names or they don't have an LJ Account.

Please give them a big round of applause for their efforts!

One of the things I appreciate most about working with Theatre at First is how generous and amazing our community is with their time and energy. Whether you participate in the next show or watch from the audience, you should know how much you are appreciated and how incredible your support is.

Thank you, one and all.

Theatre@First is excited to be performing at The Somerville Theatre for the first time! The show is Never After, an original musical comedy screenplay by local author, Colleen Campbell. We'll be presenting it in concert on September 26-27 and are currently recruiting musicians to join the fun. As you can see from the list below, we need a wide range of talent!

( Instrumentation List and Schedule Behind the Cut )

For more information about the show and to listen to selections from the score, please visit our website <http://www.theatreatfirst.org>

If you're interested in being part of the orchestra, please email our Music Director, Thom Whittemore <music@theatreatfirst.org> and let him know what you play and your general availability during August and September. If you have any questions, he'll be happy to answer them.

Please pass this along to anyone you think might be interested. And if you know vocalists who love to sing showtunes, please point them at the website for audition information.

Thanks!

Theatre@First presents Festival@First 6: Tables Turned,
an evening of eight one-act plays. These plays, including
two world premieres by local playwrights, are about
ordinary people in extra-ordinary situations. Watch as
they make the choices that will shock and delight you
in a hilarious and thought-provoking evening of entertainment!

The Festival opens July 23 and runs through August 1.
Tickets are only $12, $10 for students/seniors. Reserve your
tickets now at our handy website http://www.theatreatfirst.org

WHEN:
Thursday, July 23 at 8pm
Friday, July 24 at 8pm
Saturday, July 25 at 8pm
Sunday, July 26 at 3pm (matinee)

Thursday, July 30 at 8pm
Friday, July 31 at 8pm
Saturday, August 1 at 8pm

WHERE: Unity Church of God
6 William Street, corner of College Ave.
(just 4 blocks up from the Davis T stop)
Sadly we're not accessible to wheelchairs.

HOW: Reserve tickets now online at
http://www.theatreatfirst.org
Or E-mail tickets@theatreatfirst.org
Or call 1-888-874-7554

Join us for summer theater in Somerville!

This year, we present an interesting opportunity for our stage hands. In addition to moving set pieces off and on between plays, you’ll also get to do some acting!

As you may know, one of our plays is a pantomime about a person looking for their 15 minutes of fame, played by ladrescher. Feeling slighted that she only gets one ten-minute play to star in, she make appearances on stage during each scene change to try and eek out a few more minutes.

The stage hands will not only have to move furniture and prop items, but will also be active parts in getting this character off stage.

As a stage hand, you would be required on the following dates:
July 6th at 7pm to rehearse with the director and cast of Breakfast with Warhol
July 13th at 7pm to rehearse
July 14th at 7pm for a full show run
July 19th at 2pm for cue-to-cue
July 20th at 6:30pm for dress
July 21st at 6:30pm for dress
Performances: July 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 30th, 31st, August 1st

Please comment here or send an email to Shelley MacAskill, our Stage Manager, if you are interested in being a stage hand. Shelley's email address is shelley.macaskill@gmail.com

Thank you!
Renee

Have a great voice?  Love to play in the band?  Theatre@First seeks vocalists and musicians for our September show at Somerville Theatre!

Ever wanted to be a princess?

Ever wanted to battle dragons?

Ever wanted to perform on the main stage at Somerville Theatre?

Then Never After is the show for you!

Never After is an original musical comedy screenplay by local writer/composer Colleen Campbell. We will be presenting it in concert form, with minimal staging.

Never After is the story of Princess Lesley Ann, destined by a conniving fairy to be a lesbian. Ill-suited to her role as a fairytale princess, Les leaves the kingdom of Generica to search for adventure. Along the way, she makes friends in unlikely places, fights dragons, finds her true love, and discovers her own indomitable strength.

Vocalists!
Auditions on August 3 & 4 by appointment only, with callbacks on Aug. 5.  For more information and to make your appointment, visit
http://theatreatfirst.org 

Musicians!
We are seeking a variety of musicians for our orchestra. If you are interested in volunteering, please email music@theatreatfirst.org

Join us as we fly the rainbow flag from the battlements and sing out proudly!

Please spread the word to all your musical friends!

Theatre@First is planning our first musical in several years for our
very first production at the Somerville Theatre.

The show is Never After, an original musical comedy screenplay by
local writer/composer Colleen Campbell. It's the story of Princess Lesley Ann,
destined by a conniving fairy to be a lesbian. Ill-suited to her
role as a fairytale princess, Les leaves the kingdom of Generica to
search for adventure. Along the way, she makes friends in unlikely places,
fights dragons, finds her true love, and discovers her own indomitable
strength. We'll be presenting it in concert form with a live, onstage orchestra
and minimal staging.

To make this happen, we need an accompanist. The commitment would be
for auditions on August 3/4 and rehearsals on Mondays and Wednesdays
for the rest of August and September with performances on Saturday,
September 26th at 8pm and Sunday, September 27th at 3pm.
Theatre@First is an all-volunteer organization and we are hoping to
find someone willing to join us on that basis.

If you have any questions, or are interested in volunteering, please
contact our Music Director, Thom Whittemore <music@theatreatfirst.org>.
For more information about Theatre@First, please visit our website <http://www.theatreatfirst.org>

Please pass this along to anyone you think might be interested in
joining the project!

Thanks!

Last week I lost a cast member from "Dan In The Lion's Den" due to unexpected extended travel. This week I'm pleased to welcome alfie1981 to the cast! That would be the ever-to-the-rescue Kerri Babish, playing the older child who has been renamed as a girl (no drag this time!). I'm delighted to have her. On with the show!

Thank you to all 53 amazing individuals that auditioned for the summer one acts, this week! As always we saw so many more talented people than we could cast in roles on stage.

After much deliberation, not to mention blood, sweat and tears, we've got a cast:

Breakfast with Warhol
Leslie Drescher
Amy Sonnanstine

Canyon’s Edge
Brian Edgar - Roy
Laurie Brackett - Coral
Cheryl Bellows - Kathy

Cupid’s Beau
Andrew Gerst - Peter
Katie Mallinson - Lacey

Dan in the Lion’s Den
Juliet Bowler - Sharon
Lou Lim - Evan
Erik Leupp - Drew

Helluva Poker Face
Jess Viator - Brenny
Brie Frame - Mo
Sylvine Raverdy - Phillipe
Renee Johnson - Cam

Not Funny
Michael Dewberry - Brad
Elizabeth Leonard - Emily

Season’s Greetings
Brian Rust - Steve
Alyssa Osiecki - Ellen
Katherine Bryant - Gina

The Usual
Andrew Hicks - Clark
Mary Niederkorn - Staci

For anyone involved with The Winter's Tale who doesn't read bard_in_boston, you guys got a glowing review from frequent reviewer xiphias. Congrats, and check it out!

The idea was floated to make a Theatre@First Special at Deli-icious, whose owner thinks it's a great idea. So now we just need to come up with what's in it!

Poll #1391032
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All

Should the Theatre@First Special be

What should the Theatre@First Special be?

Whatever's in it, it should definitely

At our monthly Steering Committee meeting, a proposal was made to do Dracula. The original idea is to perform it at the Elizabeth Peabody House (where we did The Rimers of Eldritch last year) in November 2009. Since we are currently planning to perform Never After (an original musical) at the end of September and our sister group, Post Meridien Radio Players, are performing War of the Worlds at the end of October, there was some concern that this would make it hard to find the necessary cast and crew to do Dracula in November. An alternate plan was suggested to do it in February, possibly with an "alternate Valentine's Day" spin on the marketing. To help the staff of Dracula and the rest of the committee make this decision, we thought we'd ask you!

Poll #1391028 Timing Dracula
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All

Which of the following shows would you like to audition for or join the crew of?

If you could choose only one, which show would you audition for or join the crew of?

Given the timing of the other two shows, when would you prefer Dracula to be performed?

We realized this weekend that William Shakespeare's birthday is tomorrow, April 23.

How appropriately we chose our Opening Night! And we'll have a bit of cake, too.

Break A Leg, 'Winter's Tale!' It's looking and sounding so very lovely, so elegant, affecting and vibrant- major kudos all associated with it. Folks, don't miss it!

'The Winter's Tale' Can Haz Press!

Somerville Journal: we currently top the 'Latest Stories' on the homepage. In their print edition, article is on P. 6, funky WickedLocal pic P. 2! Plus our ad is third page of their 'Arts & Travel' section(It's follows the Sports section), on P. 25.(And online alphabetically in 'Top Ads' )
Boston Metro: we're P. 18 in the 'Theatre and Arts Guide' with the blue cityskyline banner.

So reserve those tix today, for the love of Kings and Queens, rogues and clowns!

Tragedy. Romance. Redemption.
Exits Pursued by Bears!

Directed by Kamela Dolinova
With Original Live Music!

Eight Shows, April 23 - May 2
( Show Times, Tix, Venue info here )

There you are, living a perfectly normal and sometimes mundane life... Then, in an instant, life throws something completely unexpected in your path; a natural disaster, an opportunity too good to pass up, a chance encounter, a fight that gets out of hand. You have to make a choice. Your choice will change your life and help define who you are and how you relate to the world around you.

Not only do these kinds of choices throw a cog in the works of our lives, they also make for a hilarious and thought-provoking evening of entertainment!

Theatre@First is proud to present Festival@First6: Tables Turned. An evening of 8 one act plays, Tables Turned is chock full of ordinary people finding themselves in extra-ordinary situations and making the choices that shock and delight us.

Auditions are by appointment, only, and will take place on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, May 18th, 19th and 20th. Please visit our auditions page for more information and to make an appointment.

Performances are July 23rd through August 1st.

Auditions and performances will be held at The Unity Church of God at 6 William Street in Somerville -- just up College Ave. from the Davis Square T stop.

There you are, living your sometimes mundane life and then, in an instant, life throws something completely unexpected in your path. A natural disaster, an opportunity too good to pass up, an unplanned pregnancy, a chance encounter, maybe a fight that gets out of control… You have to make a choice. Your choice will change your life and help define who you are and how you relate to the world around you.

Not only do these kinds of choices throw a cog in the works of our lives, they also make for one hell of an evening of entertainment!

Festival @First 6 is a festival about ordinary people finding themselves in extra-ordinary situations and making the choices that shock and delight us.

Now... what do we call it? As you all know our past festivals have included a subtitle, like "C'est Levine" or "Surprise Kisses." Let's brainstorm some ideas and we'll put them to a vote to get this puppy named! Keep in mind that it should be short, we've already got the long title of "Festival@First 6 (or VI)" to deal with.

There have been a few suggestions, so far:
"Chance Encounters"
"That's Entertainment"
"Life is Entertainment"
"Chances and Choices"

I'm very excited to share with you all the final lineup of plays and directors for this summer's Theatre@First Festival@First 6.

This summer, we will be performing:

Breakfast with Warhol by Chris Lockheardt - directed by Andrew Lebrun
Canyon's Edge by Babs Lindsay - directed by Nick Zendzian and Amy Bennett
Cupid's Beau by Babs Lindsay - directed by Purnima Baldwin
Dan in the Lion's Den by Mare Freed - directed by Mare Freed
Helluva Poker Face by Chris Lockheardt - directed by Mikey DiLoreto
Not Funny by Chris Lockheardt - directed by Jude Shabry
Season's Greetings by Chris Lockheardt - directed by Jennifer Cseh
The Usual by Babs Lindsay - directed by Bobbi Woodward

Performances will take place at Unity Church on: July 23, 24, 25, 26, 30, 31 and August 1

You may have heard that we're still on the lookout for a Technical Director. If anyone has thoughts on someone that may fit the bill, please let me know! More info about their potential duties can be found here: http://community.livejournal.com/theatreatfirst/95644.html#cutid1

The position of Props Master/Mistress is still open, as well.

I was on the T@F website today hunting for photos and I noticed that the photo galleries are gone except for Much Ado. Are they going to come back? I like being able to link to them. I'm happy to help (I know its a lot of work) if someone shows me what to do.

Also, are there any public Flickr or other galleries with our performance photos?

Hi Firsties and Fans,

As we approach another exciting show, ‘The Winter’s Tale,’ with _eight_ shows Apr 23-May 2, we'd like to take a minute to recognize some of our most devoted supporters. Of course, there's you all, but also the local businesses whose ads in our programs help bring you Theatre@First’s great offerings.

Take a look below; we’d bet you recognize these from our programs- perhaps you already frequent them. As the weather gets warmer and you go about greater Somerville, stop in and thank them on behalf of Theatre@First. Visit some of these that are new to you, and mention that their support of local theater matters to you.

Blue Cloud Gallery
True Grounds
Rosebud Diner
Wedgewood-Crane & Connolly
Ball Square Cafe & Breakfast
Rudy’s Café and Tequila Bar
Baldwin Hill Art & Framing
Deli-icious
Dave’s Fresh Pasta
Out of The Blue Restaurant

Ad support is growing too. (T@F's past projects webpage includes our programs- peek at our newer advertisers you should also visit!) Let us know if you know a business, or run one, that would like an ad in the Winter's Tale program!