Two weekends to go!

The first weekend of "Fully Committed" is finished, and audiences love it. The only real problem about the production was voiced by someone after the show. She said to me: "This is a fantastic show - why aren't all the seats filled?" I don't know. Let's hope the next two weekends will make up for it.

Someone posted the following on a list-serve in Norwich. (I'm not going to post her full name or other information.)

My husband and I saw "Fully Committed" last night at Shaker Bridge Theatre in Enfield, NH. It was a one man show, fast paced, zany, well written, in a word: excellent! I laughed for the entire 70 minutes of uninterrupted dialogue. It's one of the funniest shows I have ever seen and the young man who played 33 different people did an awesome job! The show runs December 3 - 19th. The number to call for reservations is: 603.448.3750. I'm considering seeing it again! - Betsy.

 So on we go, hoping that the word gets out. (And by the way, it's actually 37 characters!)

Now that this one is up and running, I can dedicate a lot more time to working on the next show. The whole cast will be getting together during the last week of the month for our first "table-read." I'm pretty excited about that, and ready to get going. I've started doing some preliminary (read - "rough and simplistic") design work for the set.

The next step is to either make a 3-d model (matte-board, foam board, etc.) or finish teaching myself to use "sketch-up" - a three dimensional CAD program that is really amazing and far beyond my present capabilities. I'm old enough to admit that when I was taking design courses in various graduate school programs, there were no CAD programs. Just matte board, xacto knives and white glue. Those learning curves get steeper and steeper, and there are fewer handholds to be found.

- Bill