Becca's Blog for Realsies

Of Mice & Men Reviews...

2011-08-07T12:42:00.000-07:00

Once Upon a Time

2011-04-15T15:47:00.001-07:00

KanabtoAZ13
Originally uploaded by rebl1231

...I got the opportunity, since I am on tour in Utah, to visit Kanab's Best Friends Animal Society, home of Dogtown, one of my very favorite shows. Eliot and I were able to take a brief (and free) tour of the grounds, visiting both Dogtown itself and Cat World. I got to meet Bo Bo, who you can see to the right, as well as Roxy the wobbly kitty and Eva, whose temperament reminds me strongly of Chloe. This is a really fantastic place and I can't say enough how impressed I am by their work. I really hope to go volunteer there myself for some period of time, and, when I have the means, adopt from them myself.
And that's all I have to say about that.

2010-12-25T00:10:00.001-08:00

Wall Street Journal article

2010-08-26T15:25:00.000-07:00

These aren't directly my shows, but I worked on 'em indirectly at APT this summer and am always happy to read what the WSJ has to say about us!
Clicky

Happy Opening APT!

2010-06-13T15:33:00.000-07:00

Below are some links to articles on my show this year, which opened last night.

Brava Magazine, which, sadly, got our design team wrong

Isthmus Daily Page

77 Square

2010-06-09T18:27:00.000-07:00

2010-06-03T13:19:00.001-07:00

First Article on APT's winter show!

In one week and two days...

2010-04-15T20:25:00.001-07:00

I will arrive in Spring Green.

Some Shrew media snippets

2010-03-31T13:10:00.000-07:00

Oh, hi again Big Budah

Jamie speaks to "Big Budah"

Bianca and Kate duke it out in the studio

Alex and Matt on the radio

Matt and Kristen talk stage combat

2010-03-10T22:02:00.000-08:00

a video...

2010-03-02T17:09:00.000-08:00

..that I enjoy... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgf5rgEeSbo

Just a little while to go now!

greetings from the Wild West!

2010-02-07T11:36:00.000-08:00

just some links from Las Vegas:

-an article on my show

-a review. F is for FUN, right??

-Katrina and Ben on NPR

Looking to the future...

2009-10-23T10:46:00.000-07:00

APT announces it's 2010 season

I'm currently home in the suburbs of Philadelphia after another great season in the woods. Spring Green and the people there, not to mention the work, really do continue to grow on me each year I'm out there. I'm certainly looking forward to getting back ALREADY.
Meanwhile, I'm taking a breather at home before I head out to Utah in January. I'm looking forward to doing the tour again and apprehensive about not having the same exact group pf people with me.
So I've got two great jobs to look forward to and am trying to fill up my time at home with interesting things to do. Get in touch and let's make some plans!

2009-09-30T08:28:00.001-07:00

2009-09-22T08:37:00.001-07:00

2009-09-15T10:26:00.001-07:00

another article

2009-09-10T13:27:00.001-07:00

WSJ on the Touchstone and Long Day's Journey...

...

2009-09-04T10:32:00.000-07:00

Mini-Vacation has ended, and it's back to work. Speaking of work, here's this year's WSJ article on APT. In other news, looks like Utah in the winter is a go again! I is excited :)

They're all open!

2009-08-28T15:38:00.000-07:00

Long Day's Journey into night is damaging, and, I think, amazing. Here are two reviews from last night's opening performance.
http://77square.com/arts/theater/story_463667
http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=26777

30 Years of Summer

2009-07-12T09:40:00.000-07:00

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel talks The Philanderer...

Today we're celebrating APT's 30 Anniversary, so in between work there are all sorts of fun events going on, and tonight I'll go see Comedy again with Sharon & Jesse, who are in town.

It's been a looooong week, so I'm glad that this is at the end of it.

yup, me too

2009-06-25T10:59:00.000-07:00

3 Reasons...

and another lovely article on APT.

(In case you couldn't tell, I want everyone to come drink our Kool-aid.)

APT debuts new indoor theater in its biggest season yet

2009-06-13T12:06:00.001-07:00

APT debuts new indoor theater in its biggest season yet

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final Twelfth Night publicity

2009-04-20T16:01:00.000-07:00

This is what I was doing from 5-9am this morning. I'm only briefly visible in a few of this 10-part series, but they are all worth watching! Except the 8th one, so I'm not linking to it.

Part 1: Happy Birthday, Brian
Part 2: Combat Workshop
Part 3: Boxtree
Part 4: Quick-changes
Part 5: Viola & Andrew's Fight
Part 6: Hi, My Name is...
Part 7: Load-in
Part 8: This one is useless.
Part 9: Zoom in on Vince
Part 10: Fight Call

my favorite Twelfth Night vid

2009-04-12T13:04:00.000-07:00

This article contains, without a doubt, my favorite PR video for the tour that I've seen thus far. Go watch it!

some linkage

2009-04-04T00:08:00.000-07:00

Another article on our tour...

This week has been a good and long one. After departing Salt Lake, we performed in a final elementary school, headed to Bryce Canyon National Park for a (wonderful) day off, performed in Tropic and Trout Creek, UT (pictures are forthcoming), then made a stop in Eureka, NV to perform in the Opera House and spend some time in the Owl (a bar with video gambling, pool tables, and lots of food). Next week includes some time in Logan, UT and then we head up to Idaho to live lodge.

Although I don't yet have pictures up from Trout Creek, my Flickr page is filling up more and more: check it out!

We have officially performed this show 50 times. Less than a month to go...

oh, elementary schools...

2009-03-28T09:32:00.000-07:00

Video Courtesy of KSL.com

I'm visible (very fuzzily) TWICE in the background; can you spot me?

Two PR pieces from today

2009-03-28T00:59:00.000-07:00

Number one: here
and number two: click here!

Thanks, bonobo chimps

2009-03-22T13:35:00.000-07:00

...I wanted to post this in honor of being in Salt Lake City, a block from Temple Square right now...

sometimes....

2009-03-03T23:07:00.000-08:00

Life is too busy and I don't quite even know what to say about the past month. Make that two. So instead, I post some pictures, and am reminded how much I love photography.

This is what life has been like - if you click on "All Sizes" on any photo page you can see it bigger, or even in original size (huge), which makes some of them quite amazing!

2009-02-12T14:37:00.000-08:00

some links

2009-02-09T15:36:00.000-08:00

-Nevada Public Radio discusses the education tour and interviews two cast members. Unfortunately, you have to download the file to listen to it. Sarah and Brian's segment starts at about 3 minutes in.

-Here's some pics of my lovely li'l play!

-I saw KA the other night. It made my brain explode, and I mean that in a good way.

for those of you who didn't get the e-mail

2009-02-09T15:29:00.000-08:00

Show Your Approval/Disapproval About Senate Anti-Arts Amendment
Senate Vote Prohibits Arts Recipients in Economic Stimulus Funding

During their consideration of the Economic Recovery bill, the Senate approved an amendment offered by Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) that prohibits funding for "...museums, theaters and arts centers..." This amendment, approved by a vote of 73-24, if included in the final version of this legislation would prevent the economic recovery funding from supporting these areas of the non-profit arts community. We have crafted a customized message for you to send to your Senator based on their vote on the Coburn Amendment. If your Senator vote for this funding prohibition, you can send them a message expressing your disappointment. If your Senator voted against the amendment, you can thank them for their support of the arts. The correct letter, customized to each of your Senators will appear when you enter your zip code.

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a link for you

2009-01-30T22:06:00.000-08:00

From St. George, where we were yesterday...make sure to watch the video! Hahahahaha. At least my mother will enjoy it...

Where is Becca? The 2009 edition

2009-01-09T09:18:00.000-08:00

January: Cedar City, UT
February: Nevada and Arizona. Two week sit-down in Vegas, baby!
March: Arizona and Utah
April: A Nevada/Idaho/Utah combo. I think I shall call it ALL THEMES COMBO. And then I fly to Madison and start work at APT.
March-September: Spring Green, WI
October-December: who knows! Hopefully some time at home again in there.

This tour is going to be VERY busy but fun. We started rehearsals on Tuesday and have already blocked Acts I and II, and by the end of today will probably have blocked III and IV, as well. As I was warned, I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed with not having the normal amount of time to prep for rehearsals or get to know my surroundings. In fact, I still have not been to the grocery store and thus far have been relying on cafeteria food, the local coffee place, and the kindness of my roomie who makes me hot chocolate at night. And there's no internet at our apartments, so I always feel a need to go into the office at the crack of dawn in order to check e-mail and print off anything I'll need for the day. Life without a printer at home is hard. But yesterday I started to feel like I was getting into the swing of things and finding my feet and I'm looking forward to rehearsal today.

Okay. Time to go home and put makeup on and get ready for the day. If you want to reach me, texts are best!

Happy Holidays 2008

2008-12-24T09:46:00.001-08:00

Happy Holidays 2008
Originally uploaded by rebl1231

Facebook is killing my blog.

2008-12-16T13:39:00.000-08:00

I have realized that all the posts I've made of late are basically Tweets. As a result, ever since I joined Twitter and started sharing those posts, as well as any Flickr uploads I make and items I share on Google Reader, on my Facebook page, I never seem to need to update this blog. So, in an effort to try and keep all of these exciting things still accessible and viewable from the blog, I've gradually been adding boxes to the right-hand side of this page, so you can see my Flickr uploads, Tweets/Facebook status messages, and Reader Shared page.

And to keep things exciting here are some exclusive updates:
-I'm finishing up season 3 of Bones, and I HATE what they did. Still like the show, HATE the end-of-season plot twist. Have I mentioned that I HATE it?
-Finally recieved my contract in the mail and sent it back in. Yep, it's official: I have a job.
-Mom and I continue in our quest of watching Gilmore Girls pretty much every night. We watched way too much of it this past weekend, and as a result, are nearing the end of season 3. If somehow we could make it through season 4 buy the time I leave home, I would be happy.
-I talked to Sharon last night, and it looks like I may actually for once in my life have fun new year's plans. I'm knocking on wood that it works out.
-I've been renting stupid movies galore in an effor to try and catch up on all those new releases. The most recent have been 27 Dresses, Tropic Thunder, and Sex and the City. I think the latter was my favorite, mainly because I already know the characters so well.

Kthxbai!

2008-12-03T11:01:00.000-08:00

See more Jack Black videos at Funny or Die

...a contract will be in the mail soon!

2008-11-18T11:47:00.000-08:00

Yesterday I officially accepted a job with Utah Shakespearean Festival, stage managing their educational tour of Twelfth Night! I head out there January 5th, spend a few weeks in Cedar City, Utah, then hit the road for weeks on end until April 25th - visiting Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and Idaho. It sounds like it'll be a blast and hard work and possibly non-stop fun. And then theoretically on April 26th I'll get on a plane to start work at APT on the 27th.

So, home and visiting friends and holidays are LOVELY, but I'm very excited to see an end to unemployment. :)

should i actually...

2008-11-12T12:41:00.000-08:00

...post something that has no media content? no? okay.

Well, I just want the world to know that now I actually have Dr. Horrible songs running through my head. Thanks, Joss. ;)

This one:

better late than never

2008-11-11T12:18:00.000-08:00

Mixwit.com

2008-11-10T12:18:00.001-08:00

a haiku

2008-11-05T11:48:00.000-08:00

Penny and I want
To take a walk outside now
But the rain is here

isn't it nighttime?

2008-11-05T10:51:00.000-08:00

yes, we did.

2008-11-04T22:19:00.001-08:00

After an exciting year/month/week/day I'm so happy the election is over. And proud.

A blast from the past, 2004:
Daily Mirror on George Bush's Re-election

Get your own at Scribd or explore others: Politics US Federal art media

And then there's the reaction from across the pond on tonight's news: They Did It

Meanwhile, watching twitter is kinda fascinating right now, and I'm concerned about this Prop 8 business.

I'm glad Jon Stewart was the one to break the news to me.

GOBAMA!

Evil League of Evil

2008-10-16T19:15:00.000-07:00

So, you've seen Dr. Horrible by now, right? RIGHT? It's available free on Hulu! Here's a 20-second clip I selected to show you how awesome it is:

Anyway, this link has some Evil League of Evil applications seeking consideration to be on the DVD when it comes out. I stumbled across that information from reading a friend's blog, who happens to have created the second entry mentioned in the link. So, you can imagine how surprised I was to click on the aforementioned link and realize that I ALSO once upon a time knew the writer and star of the FIRST one mentioned! Is anyone else out there holding out on me?

Cool.

not a Jedi yet

2008-10-15T09:41:00.000-07:00

Dreams

2008-10-14T10:40:00.001-07:00

Last night I had a dream that went on for quite some time (I think). First, a bunch of APT people were standing around backstage at an indoor theater waiting to go out and take a company bow, and I, realizing that I was about 4 months pregnant, decided to refer to my belly during the bow Tracy Arnold-style so that the baby could be acknowledged as well.

Then we were at some sort of function, sitting at tables, and I was sitting with (my boyfriend?) the father of the baby, who was Dean from Gilmore Girls, who I've never really liked. In real life he was Dean, not in the dream life.

And I had to climb 4 flights of stairs and at some point I thought of Kelly Tallman climbing all those stairs in the Powerhouse while we were doing A Flea in Her Ear... And then she was there and commiserating with me for a minute.

Then we were at someone's house, and out the large window I saw several funnel clouds coming our way, so we all ran for the basement and his under the stairs and played some crazy game where you weren't supposed to say English words to refer to things, so, to refer to a dance I said "Chilean" and everyone bought that, so I think I won that round.

And then I realized I hadn't told my mom yet that I was pregnant, so I called her to tell her.

4 months pregnant and tornadoes....?

Happy...

2008-10-13T10:25:00.000-07:00

National Kick Butt Day! Personally, I'm really looking forward to National Grouch Day on Wednesday. I wonder if there's an INTERNATIONAL Grouch Day...?

EW Weekly, of course, has a countdown. I had an inkling whom their number one might be...

linkage

2008-10-10T18:08:00.000-07:00

NY Times Op-Ed Piece

"He Lied" About Bill Ayers?

I am a lasagna

2008-10-08T20:12:00.000-07:00

Browsing thru old posts, I found this game and wanted to play again. So I did.

1. Randomly pick a song from your music library.
2. Find the lyrics for the first four verses/chorus.
3. Go to Google Translation and translate the lyrics from English into German.
4. Take the new German lyrics and translate them into French.
5. Take the new French lyrics and translate them into English.
6. Post the NEW English lyrics and have people guess the original song.

Exhibit A
If you were
So I start
You need a light
I play a game
I like the cause, as you say, Bonjour
And take the path I am
If you are costs
Here, take my pullover
His head is painful
I will do better
I like the cause, as you call me baby
And take the path I am
I buy you Rogaine
When you start losing all your hair
Sewing on patches
For everything you break
Cause I love you more than ever, I promise
And I take the path I'm mmm
I was here, as I am
I was here, as I am

Exhibit B
So you're on, you're not "
I knew that if you have said, if you told me they were Leaving
It is, if I knew certainly,
But if you try, for my heart
His plan is a mistake from the beginning
You can not break my heart, it is unnecessary
It melted, if I
And as you return to leave
No "new to me!
Do not go back and see if I cry
I'm not crying

I'm not crying
It is just raining
on my face
And if you think you can see, some tracks break my cheeks
Please. Can not say, my mates
I'm not crying
No, I'm not crying
And if I cry
It is not, for example, because you have
It is because I think a friend of mine, you do not know who dies
It's true, die
These are not tears of sadness, because you leave me
I just cut onions
I am a lasagna
For a
Oh, I'm not crying
No
There are only a little dust in my eye
This is the path you if you said your Goodbye
I am not crying because you are not here for my hand
For your information, there is a crack in my gland inflammation
I am not angry because I left this way
My eyes are a little today suant
You've always dreamed of
They like you to research
You've always dreamed of you
Even if I told them not to
These are not tears of sadness
They are tears of joy
I just laugh
Ha ha ha ha ha --
I sit here at this table the name of love
You rigid fixation on the irony of life
How we reached this fork in the road
Yet the cut like a knife "
I'm not crying
I'm not crying
I do not cry-y-y-y --
-y-y-y-y-Ing

why bother?

2008-10-04T12:07:00.000-07:00

I saw you, Dawnie!

a haiku

2008-10-02T16:17:00.000-07:00

I took my car in

Then did some paperwork and

Now I want some beer

done, hopefully for realsies this time

2008-10-02T09:51:00.000-07:00

After much debating (they tried to tell me I needed a new EGR valve. Um... no.), the mechanic here determined that Ernie's didn't do a thorough job of cleaning the ports and they were still clogged. So this time I *should* be in good shape. He said this i totally unrelated to the catalytic converter, so as long as nothing else goes wrong before Tuesday, when I'm supposed to drive home...

Excuse me, I have to go find some wood to knock on.

...

2008-10-02T08:12:00.000-07:00

SIXTH time in three weeks. Yes, that's right! I'm back at the Honda dealer today. Luckily when they told me they couldn't see me before MONDAY and I said pissily, "Oh, just forget it." they managed to fit me in. At 10, rather than at 8, as they originally offered. Ha.

updates...

2008-09-29T09:35:00.000-07:00

hey, look, AOL finally added more "mood" options so I can actually select something other than "quiet"! It's about time...

So right now I'm at the Honda dealer, having the car checked out for the 5th time in three weeks:
-engine light comes on, get EGR valve replaced
-oil change
-engine light comes on in Milwaukee, stop by dealer to consult
-engine light still on, take it back in in Spring Green to have clogs from bad EGR valve removed
-engine light comes on a few hours later, go to dealer in Madison to have this taken care of once and for all. And by "this", apparently I mean the catalytic converter...$1,100!
Dear Honda dealer,
thank you for the wifi. And coffee. And hot chocolate, aka "hocho".

My season at APT is finally winding down. I say "finally" not because I'm ready for the season to come to an end (one work week left...), but because I'm ready for that time of the season when things get less crazy, less busy, have some sense of finality, etc. I would have been experiencing this much sooner if it were not for being in rehearsals for the R&J Apprentice project. Rehearsals started during previews week of Belle's Strat and continued through yesterday, when we put on the performance for a pretty great crowd of just over 250. I'm proud of all their hard work, and happy it went to well for them, but mostly I'm happy for me being done with rehearsals for the season! So, this week will be office work - finalizing paperwork, going over documents for the future, etc - cleaning, striking props as the shows close, packing, moving into a new storage unit, continuing on the quest of job apps, closing AW and BEL, attending Midsummer closing, and hopefully spending some good quality time with these friends that I might not see until next April.

Went to Milwaukee on Friday night after rehearsal with SDH and Sharon to see I Am My Own Wife and have a drink in the Cabaret. Michael Gotch is fantastic, and I love the cab...

Aside from my frustration with season 7 of Gilmore Girls ("BAD CHOICES!"), that's probably about it. For those of us keeping track of my East Coast-age, methinks I will arrive back in PA on Wednesday night. When you next see me, you should ask me how I feel about black widow spiders crawling around on my mailbox.

I enjoy fact checking

2008-09-25T12:48:00.000-07:00

The Whoppers of 2008

fa la la la politcs

2008-09-23T11:08:00.000-07:00

Vote: Is Palin qualified to be Veep?

Aaron Sorkin Conjures a Meeting of Obama and Bartlet

politickets

2008-09-12T15:21:00.000-07:00

The amount of e-mail forwards I've gotten in the past few days (not to mention Facebook activity I've viewed) regarding Sarah Palin is pretty staggering. Here are two articles I found to be worth sharing.

Palin: wrong woman, wrong message

Drill, drill, drill

2008-09-11T15:42:00.000-07:00

http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=793571

Congrats to Sharon & Jesse

2008-09-03T12:21:00.000-07:00

linking

2008-07-17T13:16:00.001-07:00

NPR on the Water Sitch

linking

2008-07-17T13:16:00.000-07:00

NPR on the Water Sitch

RIP, friend

2008-07-12T13:33:00.000-07:00

Last year on Mother's Day, Joe Bu asked for my mailing address. I asked him if it was so he could send me a Mother's Day card. His e-mail response was as follows:

Dear Mom, I hope you are having a nice time while I am at summer camp. All the kids are bullies and my undies are on the flag pole,
Love,
Joey.

That sense of humor will be missed.

distractions

2008-06-25T08:44:00.000-07:00

The Philosophy of....

Buffy's Hair.

hey there, you with the...

2008-06-17T09:32:00.000-07:00

It's GOOD for you.

not drowned

2008-06-14T12:28:00.000-07:00

In the past few days I've filled some sandbags, piled LOTS of sandbags, watched the radar quite a bit, and oh yeah! We had our first preview of Ah, Wilderness! last night. Actually, it was the first full preview of the season thus far. I ran across this snippet today...

I'd have to disagree with several of the statements in it. Richard falls for the lovely sophisticated Belle? Really? Tracy isn't given much to do in this play? Huh.. Shrug. Oh, and that picture is not our set.

Tonight - happy Opening (and first full performance) to Midsummer!

the fun keeps a'comin'

2008-06-12T13:41:00.000-07:00

To add to this week's excitement, we've had torrential downpours here today, and I spent about 20 mins of my life today taking shelter from a tornado. Good times! Methinks there will be still more flooding problems in the days to come...

skunking

2008-06-11T10:15:00.000-07:00

More on the floods. Many people I know have been spending their free time filling sandbags.

Meanwhile, we finally got to tech yesterday. Here's what I spent much of time looking at backstage. Please note that baby skunks are roly-poly and ADORABLE.

flooding

2008-06-10T08:11:00.000-07:00

We are in tech for Ah, Wilderness! And by tech, I mean that on Sunday night's 5-hour call, we managed to get in 45 minutes of rehearsal between pouring rain.

Meanwhile in the town of Spring Green...

Floods.

come drink our Koolaid

2008-06-03T10:36:00.000-07:00

This article goes into many of the reasons I love APT...

uhh..

2008-05-25T18:13:00.000-07:00

I'm about to leave work for the day, but it's been all stormy and we're under a tornado watch and the sky just turned GREEN. No, really.

a few things

2008-05-18T11:50:00.000-07:00

-My play, Ah, Wilderness! (I almost just typed Misalliance) is great, great, great. I'm a little in love with it. I love being back in rehearsals, which I really haven't been since Timon last summer.

-The mosquitos have arrived in Spring Green. Because it was such a wet winter and spring, they keep saying this will be a killer mosquito year. Thus far it seems to be true... the other night we were rehearsing inside, and throughout the course of about 2 hours I killed 24 mosquitos.

-I love my house. It's old and cute and I think great for the three of us (four if you count Daphne, which you should). Steph and Amy decreed one night that Apple Hill should be deemed the Association of Loose Women...we're ALL females out there. Anyway, the ALW is going to have great fun this summer. As for my wife (Steph) and Mistress (Amy), they keep me happy by having the coffee made by the time I wake up each day.

-Currently on my Blockbuster queue: Torchwood (I'm just over halfway through season 1), The West Wing (FINALLY finishing off season 7), and the third season of Slings & Arrows, which is a must-see for theatre folks. I'm also borrowing Bones from Steph, which has proven highly addictive.

I feel really good about how this sumemr has started and how good it will be for me to be in this environment again. Although I did have a stolen purse dream the other night, which symbolizes a loss of identity, or others forcing an identity upon you. Slightly fitting, given some conversations I've had recently and my reactions to those conversations.

Anyway, I better go rehearse a play.

...ew.

2008-05-11T08:50:00.000-07:00

Your Score: Dawn Summers72% amorality, 63% passion, 63% spirituality, 54% selflessness

Dawn is a person driven by her love for her friends and her desire to make a difference. Perhaps you are, too. You're willing to do whatever is necessary to do what is right for those you care about, and sometimes this can get you in a little bit of trouble.

Most of all, however, you have a heart of gold.

Congratulations!

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Happy Earth Day

2008-04-22T11:57:00.000-07:00

Being Green is hard, but this one's easy.

Time to go vote. For Obama.

Tags: Earth Day, Election 2008

A for Effort

2008-04-12T09:58:00.000-07:00

So, I really only use Yahoo! mail for my junk mail (i.e. when I REALLY don't want to give a company my real e-mail address)... but this new video they made gets an A in my book.

Tags: e-mail, Lord of the Rings

the original boyfriend

2008-04-11T11:38:00.000-07:00

Keanu!

Tags: Keanu

2008-03-28T13:07:00.000-07:00

Tags: Election 2008, Buffy

another article on APT

2008-03-28T13:01:00.000-07:00

This one has more details and makes me more excited!

Tags: American Players Theatre

soon to break ground...

2008-03-27T11:41:00.000-07:00

...in a rural area near you!

If by "you" I mean people in Madison. Or thereabouts.

Journal Sentinel Online

Tags: American Players Theatre

SWEET

2008-03-21T00:13:00.000-07:00

The day has arrived:

Buffy season 2 is now on Hulu. Best.TV.Ever.

Yay!

P.S. Um, and Point Break too.

Tags: Buffy, movies, Keanu

Today....

2008-03-19T22:28:00.000-07:00

....it rained all day.
Speaking of which, you know what ELSE I can't wait to get back to?

This!

Tags: weather, American Players Theatre

Good Links

2008-03-19T13:21:00.000-07:00

Click to give to some important causes

and Expand your Vocab while you give!

Tags: charity

adopt a lizard

2008-03-08T15:30:00.000-08:00

BLUE TONGUE SKINK SEEKS NEW HOME

Tags: lizard, blue-tongue skink, pet adoption

computers

2008-03-08T11:06:00.000-08:00

Yesterday I spent half the day trying to get my mom's Windows 98 a bit up to speed with McAfee, to no avail.

Today I woke up to find that my MacBook won't start, no matter how many different troubleshooting steps I take to try and get it up and working.

AAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGH!

Do I dare try to turn on the computer running XP upstairs?

well, darn

2008-03-06T21:07:00.000-08:00

the post below was supposed to be a radar shot of what ohio looked like when i drove through it and the hail storm it was experiencing. instead, it seems to just be a radar shot of current conditions.

darn.

a change of theme song

2008-03-04T17:26:00.000-08:00

Today I'm driving home. Only, it went much slower than it was supposed to, because it's snowing and hailing and raining and icy in Ohio, and the roads are RIDICULOUS!

This summer I decided my theme song should be "Why Does it Always Rain on Me?" - but surely the title should be changed to "Why Does it Always Precipitate on Me?"

Tomorrow...home.

horoscope

2008-02-28T21:52:00.000-08:00

You need to make surethat you're focused and on track today, because otherwise nothing willget done. The good news is that if you push yourself, you should makeremarkable progress on any task!

I don't know about remarkable progress, but focused and on track are things I can be.

Next week I get to back to this...

Tags: Horoscopes

show assignments

2008-02-27T12:58:00.000-08:00

I spoke to Evelyn on the phone this morning, and found out the shows I'll be working on this summer! First up is Ah, Wilderness, with Jacki as SM and John Langs as director. Then comes Belle's Stratagem with David Frank directing and Sarah DH SMing. Could I BE any more excited?

Plus, now that there won't be tour rehearsals near the end of the season, I'll get to do some organizing of the office and updating paperwork projects; things that I will (very dorkily) enjoy.

I can't wait to get back to this....

Tags: American Players Theatre

more flickr fun

2008-02-23T23:38:00.000-08:00

Here's how it works:
1. Go to www.flickr.com
2. Type in your answer to the question in the "search" box
3. Use only the first page
4. Copy the html and paste for the answer.

What's your first name?

What is your relationship status?

What is your favorite color?

What band are you listening to right now?

What is your favorite Disney Princess?

Where is your dream vacation?

What do you want to be when you grow up?

What do you love most in life?

One word to describe yourself?

I was born in:

My eye color is:

Blonde or Brunette?

Night or Day?

What's your favorite TV show?

Favorite saying?

Favorite drink:

P.S. Apparently, AOL Journals now will FINALLY let me post my Flickr pictures here. See?

Tags: pictures

no one will participate

2008-02-20T22:20:00.000-08:00

...but I will do this anyway.

1. Pick 15 or 20 of your favorite movies.
2. Go to IMDb and find a quote from each movie.
3. Post them here for everyone to guess.
4. Fill in the film title once it's guessed.
5. No googling or using IMDb search functions.

1. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to.
2. What do you know? You build flying machines and you walk on water, and yet you know *nothing* about life!
3. Thank you for curing me of my ridiculous obsession with love.
4. I could love someone even if I, you know, wasn't paid for it. I love you, and... you don't pay me.
4. I can arrange that. You could use a good kiss.
5. You know that point in your life when you realize that the house thatyou grew up in isn't really your home anymore? All of the sudden eventhough you have some place where you can put your stuff that idea ofhome is gone.
6. Can I have one last first kiss?
7. He would get these far-off looks in his eyes and he would say 'Lifedoesn't always turn out the way you plan'. I just wish I'd realized atthe time, he was talking about MY life.
8. It'll be spring soon. And the orchards will be in blossom. And thebirds will be nesting in the hazel thicket. And they'll be sowing thesummer barley in the lower fields... and eating the first of thestrawberries with cream. Do you remember the taste of strawberries? *
9. Hm. Teenagers. They think they know everything. You give them an inch, they swim all over you.
10. Yeah? Well, I'm TALLER!
11. Big doesn't even sum it up, right? That word big is so small.
12. And if in some distant place in the future we see each other in our newlives, I'll smile at you with joy and remember how we spent the summerbeneath the trees, learning from each other and growing in love.
13. A shepherd must tend his flock... And at times, fight off the wolves.
14. This is a tale about an unprejudiced heart, and how it changed our valley forever.
15. "All we are is dust in the wind," dude. **

*Best movie ever, right? SOB. Gasp. Sniffle.

** Dust. Wind. Dude.

Tags: movies

snow, snow go away

2008-02-15T21:46:00.000-08:00

Last week we added another 8 inches of snowfall to this crazy winter in Milwaukee. Then on Thursday, as we drove to Oshkosh, snowfall in Oshkosh accumulated to around 8 inches. On Sunday, we'll drive back from Madison to Milwaukee, a region which is expected to get somewhere between 8 and 14 inches.

Seriously?

We don't need any more snow, thanks.

Tags: weather

gadgets

2008-02-13T17:46:00.000-08:00

I discovered Last FM today... methinks this will prove even more addictive than the once-fascinating Pandora.

Meanwhile, I continue to love hulu. Yay no more writer's strike!

Tags: WGA Strike, music

me, too

2008-02-05T18:13:00.000-08:00

it took me a while, but I'm off the fence.

Philadelphia Inquirer endorses Obama

Tags: Election 2008

fun with Flickr

2008-02-04T11:01:00.000-08:00

Tags: pictures

rot roh

2008-01-30T23:07:00.000-08:00

I just realized LOST started up again tonight. And not only did I not think of it til now (I'm on tour again, officially)...I'm too tired to watch it!

No one spoil me, please.

Tags: LOST, The Bachelors

if it were season 6, i'd save the world

2008-01-27T22:51:00.000-08:00

Which Buffy the Vampire Slayer Character Are You?

Created by BuddyTV

No wonder I'm so moved by yellow crayons..

Tags: Buffy

damn Laura for being in Hawaii right now

2008-01-18T13:16:00.000-08:00

from AccuWeather:

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
306 PM CST FRI JAN 18 2008

...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS TO AFFECT AREA TONIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY NIGHT...

.AN ARCTIC FRONT WILL BRING GUSTY WINDS AND BITTERLY COLD
TEMPERATURES TO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.
NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS...AND THE VERY COLD TEMPERATURES...WILL
PUSH WIND CHILLS DOWN INTO THE 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO RANGE. THESE
WIND CHILLS SHOULD LAST THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.

Meanwhile, there's gonna be a nice, FREEZING game going on at Lambeau Field Sunday night. Why do I know/care about this, you ask? Oh yeah, our show Sunday night got canceled because the PACKERS ARE PLAYING. Welcome to Wisconsin. :)

Tags: Weather, The Bachelors

it's that time again

2008-01-17T19:29:00.000-08:00

What time, you ask?

The time when I re-start my Tour Blog, so check it regularly!

In other news, I've started watching Angel season 5, which means that I get to see my Spikey-doo again. eeee.

Tags: The Bachelors, Milwaukee Repertory Theater

Are you as excited as I am?

2008-01-15T19:38:00.000-08:00

1. The Bachelors opens tomorrow night! Woohoo!

2. A mention of APT is always exciting :)

Tags: Milwaukee Repertory Theater, The Bachelors, American Players Theatre

Becca's Blog for Realsies

Of Mice & Men Reviews...

Once Upon a Time

Wall Street Journal article

Happy Opening APT!

In one week and two days...

Some Shrew media snippets

a video...

more links

greetings from the Wild West!

Looking to the future...

another article

...

They're all open!

30 Years of Summer

yup, me too

APT debuts new indoor theater in its biggest season yet

final Twelfth Night publicity

my favorite Twelfth Night vid

some linkage

oh, elementary schools...

Two PR pieces from today

Thanks, bonobo chimps

sometimes....

some links

for those of you who didn't get the e-mail

a link for you

Where is Becca? The 2009 edition

Happy Holidays 2008

Facebook is killing my blog.

...a contract will be in the mail soon!

should i actually...

better late than never

Mixwit.com

a haiku

isn't it nighttime?

yes, we did.

Evil League of Evil

not a Jedi yet

Dreams

Happy...

linkage

I am a lasagna

why bother?

a haiku

done, hopefully for realsies this time

...

updates...

I enjoy fact checking

fa la la la politcs

politickets

Congrats to Sharon & Jesse

linking

linking

RIP, friend

distractions

hey there, you with the...

not drowned

the fun keeps a'comin'

skunking

flooding

come drink our Koolaid

uhh..

a few things

...ew.

Happy Earth Day

A for Effort

the original boyfriend

another article on APT

soon to break ground...

SWEET

Today....

Good Links

adopt a lizard

computers

well, darn

a change of theme song

horoscope

show assignments

more flickr fun