Dotting i's and Crossing t's

Well, we're in the final stretch.

Tonight is the last traditional rehearsal. Thursday night is the preview performance, and we're on our way to a full house. I've asked the Elite office manager to start a reservation list for the preview, primarily because we've got several parties traveling a fair distance to get here, and I don't want them left out. Remember, this is an invitation-only preview. Unless you were invited by Tom Eubanks or I, please don't just show up. And for those who were invited, you might want to call the ETC box office at 805-483-5118 and get your name on the list if you're coming.

I'm going to try something a little different for the preview performance, and actually invite the audience to sit through notes after the show to help us fine tune the show a bit more. I'll lead with my notes for two numbers or so, then Tami will give the choreography notes, then I'll field any questions comments from the audience for that section. We'll continue until we're through the show. I'll ask the audience to focus their comments on the positives, and the minor tweaks we can perform to make it a better audience experience (sound levels, couldn't hear certain actor, couldn't see a scene...). What they won't be offering will be critical feedback on the acting, singing, or dancing. That's my job.

It should be fun. Heck, it already is fun.

Here are some more photos:




Lorraine MacDonald delivers Leonardo Da Vinci's philosophy during "The Tower of Babel" in ETC's Godspell, running June 9 through July 16, 2006. The production features new arrangements and stagings suited to the intimacy of the Petit Playhouse.


Arryck Adams portrays Buckminster Fuller during "The Tower of Babel" in ETC's Godspell, running June 9 through July 16, 2006. The production features new arrangements and stagings suited to the intimacy of the Petit Playhouse.


Arryck Adams plays a lowly tax gatherer in ETC's Godspell, running June 9 through July 16, 2006. The production features new arrangements and stagings suited to the intimacy of the Petit Playhouse.


Lori Lee Gordon sings "Day By Day" in ETC's Godspell, running June 9 through July 16, 2006. The production features new arrangements and stagings suited to the intimacy of the Petit Playhouse.


Lorraine MacDonald performs the favorite "Turn Back, O Man" in ETC's Godspell, running June 9 through July 16, 2006. The production features new arrangements and stagings suited to the intimacy of the Petit Playhouse.


Spanky and Amberlee Peterson articulate the mouth of a Pharisee judge in ETC's Godspell, running June 9 through July 16, 2006. The production features new arrangements and stagings suited to the intimacy of the Petit Playhouse.


Todd Weldon prepares wine for Lori Lee Gordon, Lorraine MacDonald, and the others in ETC's Godspell, running June 9 through July 16, 2006. The production features new arrangements and stagings suited to the intimacy of the Petit Playhouse.


Todd Weldon suffers at the hands of his persecutors in the finale of ETC's Godspell, running June 9 through July 16, 2006. The production features new arrangements and stagings suited to the intimacy of the Petit Playhouse.


Custom set pieces ("menhirs" or "long stones") are shown holding props and costumes from ETC's Godspell, running June 9 through July 16, 2006. The production features new arrangements and stagings suited to the intimacy of the Petit Playhouse.


Hope you like them.


- Sean