FCOA and BCT present a Theatre in the Little Theatre Dinner Theatre presentation of Agatha Christie's THE MOUSETRAP. Enjoy an evening of fine dining and suspense at "Monkswelll Manor." Directed by Peg Hennessy

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

November 10, 2010

     Don't forget, brush up rehearsal is tonight at 7 PM in the Little Theater.  I would like to get through it very quickly due to some of the cast needing to go to other rehearsals.  Then if possible I would like to run a line rehearsal on Friday in the lobby befor the show.

See you tonight.

Peg

Sunday, November 7, 2010

November 7, 2010

     We had a wonderful opening this weekend.   You all should be feeling pretty proud of yourselves.  I am extremely lucky to have had you all as a cast and I appreciate your hard work and commitment.

      We will have brush-up rehearsal on Wednesday, November 10th at 7 PM.  As a reminder, next week's performances include a show call on Friday, November 12th at 6:45 PM, Saturday, November 13th at 1:15 PM for the 2 PM matinee, and then we will have our cast party after this show as well as prepare for the evening performance, show call  at 6:45 PM.  Strike of the set will take place on Sunday, November 14th, time to be announced.

     Peg

Thursday, November 4, 2010

November 4, 2010

     Congratulations cast.  You are performance ready.  But, don't let your guard down.  Stay focused and fine tune your performances even further.  Review your lines daily.  Knowing your lines allows for the play to flow as it should.

     Tonight is final dress rehearsal.  Your call is 6:45 as I want to block curtain call and take some photos before we begin the run at 7:30.  If you need more than 1/2 hour to prepare yourself then by all means come earlier.  Tomorrow nights call is also 6:45 as we will have circle before our 7:30 start.

     Thank you for all your hard work.  See you tonight!

Peg

Monday, November 1, 2010

November 1, 2010

     Welcome to November.  We have 4 more rehearsal to make an already awesome show better.  Please keep reviewing your lines...especially the important ones that are needed to reveal the plot and try not to paraphrase so much.

     Rehearsal tonight and tomorrow night at 7 PM...hopefully full technicals.  Wednesday and Thursday are full dress rehearsals...then we open.  The numbers look very good and we have high ticket sales for every show.  It is going to be spectacular, intimate, dinner theater.  Keep yourself healthy and rested.

Peg

Friday, October 29, 2010

October 29, 2010

     We had a productive week.  It is looking real good.  Friday and Saturday are a break from rehearsal but not from studying lines.  This show leaks information...as a mystery does... and the lines that provide this information are critical to the story and the suspence and cannot be dropped.  Please be aware of when you are delivering lines essential to the plot and put extra effort into getting them right.

     Next week is tech week with sound, lights, costumes and a finished product.  We will rehearse Sunday through Thursday to prepare for opening night on Friday, November 5th.  Please be sure your bio is in and that any costume or prop problems have been brought to our attention.  The rehearsal start times are as follows for the full cast:

Sunday              7 PM
Monday             7 PM
Tuesday             7 PM
Wednesday        6:30 PM   Full dress rehearsal
Thursday            6:30 PM   Full dress rehearsal

     Call for show on opening and all other performances will be at 6:30 as our show begins at 7:30 (not the ususal 8 PM start) so please arrange your schedule.

     Thank you again for all your hard work.  You are a wonderful cast to work with.

Peg

Monday, October 25, 2010

October 25, 2010

     Good rehearsal last night with everyones's attempt to be off book.  All rehearsals will be the full play from now on and please be going over your lines aggressively so that scripts will not be needed to be brought on stage during Tech Week.

     Rehearsal tonight for the full cast at 7 PM and again on Wednesday and Thursday at 7PM.  Tech week begins Sunday and we will run the show with lights and sound every night at 7 PM untill we open November 5th.  We will have dress rehearsals with costumes on Wednesday, November 3rd and Thursday, November 4th.

     We are looking good and we will be ready to open.  Keep up the good work.

Peg

Thursday, October 21, 2010

October 21, 2010

     Show is really following into place.  I am very pleased with the cast's development of the characters and there ability to grasp the basic mood and delivery of this show.

     Tonight is Act II aand we will be stopping if direction is needed.  As a reminder, beginning Sunday, October 24th, we will run the entire show during rehearsal with director's notes at the end.  The goal is to be off book by Sunday and a prompter will be available during this week if you forget a line.  We will continue with the same schedule or rehearsing Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Thursday until Tech week which begins on Sunday, October 31st.  Tech week will require that we rehearse the show every night until we open November 5th.

     Thank you for all your hard work.

Peg