Well, it's official.  MOPO will remain in hibernation for another summer as Bonny Kate and I return to the Black Hills of South Dakota.  This in all likelyhood means we wont be seeing many of you for at least another year, and that makes us sad.  We had hoped very much to be able to make some September faires in 07, but scheduling and work and school was against us.  Again this year we'll have one week between the end of the school semester and our reporting date, and the same window towards the start of the fall semester. 

The only consolation is that we are very, very happy they have asked us to come back, myself as the Production Manager / Technical Director, Bonny Kate as the Charge Scenic Artist.  I'll be designing lights for one show, and Kate will design sets for two.  It looks like we'll be teaming up for "Big River." and we're very excited about it.  I've put up some photos of our current colaboration for KSU's production of "The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man in The Moon Marigolds," or as I call it, "the play with the really long and hard to remember name."  Anyway, this is Bonny Kate's set design and my light, and I think it's indicitive of our product.  It's just natural that she and I work together, and frankly, theater pays beter than faire.  (WOW!  SOMETHING THEATER PAYS BETTER THAN!)  Or at least it's more steady.

Anyway, just thought I'd let everyone know we probably won't see you this summer, but that we're doing well and we think of all of you all of the time, especially MerryDeath because I didn't specificly mention her last time and she got pouty... so here's special luv to the Nutella Godess.

Be good to each other... THUMBS UP!

Well, the show was a big success... we sold out all three performances, the audiences all responded exceptionally well (laughing in all the right places) and the cast had a terrific time with the whole thing.  A very positive experience to be sure.  I'm so happy I was able to be a part of it, and I wouldn't trade the experience for anything.

You'd think that now I'd have all kinds of extra time on my hands.  Not true.  We go straight into tech rehearsals for "Fiddler On The Roof" this weekend, where I'll be running sound for the show.  That actually starts on Thursday night for me, marking the first of a full week of tech/dress rehearsals and then five performances.  Once that's over it's time to design lights for our winter dance concert... and then auditions for the spring semester, and once that's over and I find out what (if any) roles I have landed, I'll be questioned on how many design projects I want to take on in the spring, along with enrolling in another 15 or 17 hours of classes and being pestered into submitting another directing proposal for next fall.

*sigh* -- does it ever end?  And what would I do if it did?

Ta for now!  THUMBS UP!