tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8671908365121455002024-02-06T19:57:10.777-08:00Stage WhispersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867190836512145500.post-46759492941077404442016-03-09T05:53:00.001-08:002016-03-09T05:53:46.325-08:00Pssst! A SNEAK PEAK at "Camelot", with no spoilers! Take the quiz.....<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">LOGON has hit the road! We opened in Beer Sheva last week, and this past Sunday we played in the Jerusalem theater. Thank you, Jerusalem, for a lovely reception; you were a splendid audience!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have persuaded the Producers to let you have a sneak peek at the show (thank you to Avital for the lovely photos!) - but since we all hate spoilers, I'm not going to tell you what is happening in each shot. Will match the picture to lines from previous LOGON shows. How many can you identify? Boast in the comment section below! So here we go - let's start with an easy one. Here is Dr. Albert Jacobs, our Orchestra Steward:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How about one of the King and Queen, in their casual clothes?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "<i>To life, to life, l'chaim</i>!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<i>Oh what a beautiful morning, oh what a beautiful day...</i>."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's an amazing show, a comedy and a tragedy at the same time, with manly men and a beautiful queen, famous songs ("If Ever I Would Leave You", "I Loved You Once In Silence"), swordfights and a miracle and a human of the female persuasion who thinks she's a dog (a pointer). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> COME SEE US for <i>One Enchanted Evening</i>! Details of performances and ticket sales:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The bulk of the play will follow Arthur's attempts, over a period of years, to reform his world; to make the country, and himself, <b><i>civilized</i></b>. A new code of chivalry, "<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">might for right</span>", a system of civil courts to replace trial by combat - and of course, the Round Table, where Knights will sit and discuss things and make laws. His dream is a a world where "no one will bear arms at all anymore... and that there will really be peace... all borders will disappear...." In Erikson's terms, this is where he evolves through Stage 7, "Generativity vs Stagnation". He tries to "establish and guide the next generation", not by fathering a child, but by fathering a civilized nation. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As the play continues, it becomes clear that Arthur is imperfect. He allows his illegitimate son Mordred to poison the atmosphere, he stands by in helpless confusion as his wife and his best friend find themselves in love. At moments of crisis he begs to be turned back into a hawk, that he might fly away..... and yet, in the final act, King Arthur blooms into full maturity. He almost gives in to despair - "It's too late, Lance. The Table is dead. It exists no more....It's the old, uncivilized days come back again. Those dreadful days we all tried to o put to sleep forever." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">At the last moment, however, King Arthur transcends despair and successfully resolves the final conflict, Stage 8, Ego Integrity vs Despair. He meets a child, Tom of Warwick, who has been inspired by the tales of the Knights of the Round Table - and realizes that all is not lost, that in the future, "<i>...perhaps people will remember how we of Camelot went questing for right and honor and justice. Perhaps one day men will sit around this world as we did once at our table and go questing once more... for right...and honor... and justice."</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Pellinore reminds him that there is a battle to be fought, but Arthur has moved beyond spear and lance:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">PS It isn't mentioned in the play, but "young Sir Tom of Warwick" is intended to represent </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sir <b>Thomas Malory</b> (c. 1415-18 - 14 March, 1471), an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_people" title="English people">English</a> writer, the author or compiler of <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Morte_d%27Arthur" title="Le Morte d'Arthur">Le Morte d'Arthur</a></i>. From Wikipedia: " <i>Le Morte d'Arthur</i> was first published in 1485 by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Caxton" title="William Caxton">William Caxton</a>, and is today perhaps the best-known work of <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthurian_literature" title="Arthurian literature">Arthurian literature</a> in English. Many modern Arthurian writers have used Malory as their principal source, including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._H._White" title="T. H. White">T. H. White</a> in his popular <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Once_and_Future_King" title="The Once and Future King">The Once and Future King</a></i> " - which is, of course, the source for our play. </span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">King Arthur got laryngitis, and none of Merlin's potions could help. Some last minute changes were made to the script. Gah! Final bits of scenery have yet to be delivered, and our costume designer is still trying to get the knights' helmets to work. On Thursday, Lancelot sang an entire solo with his visor down..... made for some interesting echo effects.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Incidentally, we're celebrating LOGON's 35th season this year!!! Happy Birthday LOGON!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">On a personal note, I am pleased to report that this year I'm having NO TROUBLE AT ALL remembering my lines. Possibly because i don't actually have any lines, but whatever, it feels great. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Also: intended to do a "Camelot on the Couch" post about King Arthur, but only about ten people read the last post (about Lancelot) -- [THANKS GUYS, YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!!!!] - so decided that maybe it wasn't an interesting thread. If anyone <i>is</i> interested, let me know in the comments, and it will be done. Your wish is my command!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So!!! Hope people will turn out in their multitudes to join us, for an evening, where the rain may never fall til after sundown, and by 8 the morning fog must disappear. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">PS We have one dear Lady of the Court who is ill and <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">will apparently not be able to perform with us this season. Get Well Quick, dear l<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ady, we miss you much, verily! </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">OK, back. But it's freezing cold in this castle, so i settled for some hot spiced wine instead. Please ignore all subsequent spelling errors. Thank you kindly.</span><br />
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His heart and his mind as pure as morning dew
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I wonder quite a bit about what happens to Lancelot after the events depicted in the show. Does he live the rest of his life consumed with shame? Full of self-hatred and regret? Does he forgive himself, or try to find salvation via some noble quest? There is that whole Holy Grail thing, but that's out of the scope of the show.</span></div>
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<i>I love how bored the squire appears to be. Rehearsals get me feeling like that sometimes, too.</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Here's something to contemplate in your spare time: is it possible that Lance was somewhere along the spectrum of Asperger's disease, just a little bit autistic? Here's what Wikipedia has to say about the disorder: </span><span class="_Tgc"><b>Asperger</b> syndrome (AS), also known as <b>Asperger's</b> syndrome, <b>Asperger disorder</b> (AD) or simply <b>Asperger's</b>, is an autism spectrum <b>disorder</b>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There is his single-minded, obsessive devotion to achieving perfection (and to perfecting Chivalry, as well). There is his difficulty in understanding the emotions and reactions of others. His social isolation. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If this is so, then his attraction to Jenny is all the more excruciating, on an epic scale. King Arthur is a tragic figure in many ways, but when you think about it..... it's really Lancelot whose story breaks your heart. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When we first meet Guenevere, she is awash in the romantic fantasies common to her era (this would be a good time to go back and read the blog entries "It's Complicated", parts 1,2 and 3, from 2013). She sings of "the simple joys of maidenhood": </span><br />
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<i><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24.2857px;">Where are the simple joys of maidenhood?</span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24.2857px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24.2857px;">Where are all those adoring daring boys?</span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24.2857px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24.2857px;">Where's the knight pining so for me</span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24.2857px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24.2857px;">he leaps to death in woe for me?</span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24.2857px;" /><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "arial";"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24.2857px;">....</span></span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24.2857px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24.2857px;">Shan't I have the normal life a maiden should?</span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24.2857px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24.2857px;">Shall I never be rescued in the wood?</span></i><br />
<i><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24.2857px;">Shall two knights never tilt for me </span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24.2857px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24.2857px;">and let their blood be spilt for me?</span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24.2857px;" /><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "arial";"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24.2857px;">....</span></span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24.2857px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24.2857px;">Shall I not be on a pedestal, </span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24.2857px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24.2857px;">Worshipped and competed for?</span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24.2857px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24.2857px;">Not be carried off, or better st'll,</span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24.2857px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24.2857px;">Cause a little war?</span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24.2857px;" /><span style="color: #111111; font-family: "arial";"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24.2857px;">....</span></span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24.2857px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24.2857px;">Shall a feud not begin for me?</span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24.2857px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24.2857px;">Shall kith not kill their kin for me?</span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24.2857px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24.2857px;">Oh where are the trivial joys?</span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24.2857px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24.2857px;">Harmless, convivial joys?</span><br style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #111111; font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24.2857px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 17px; line-height: 24.2857px;">Where are the simple joys of maidenhood?</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Years go by and many things happen (trying not to inject too many spoilers into the blog!), but in the end, Guenevere will be rescued (as she dreamed, though not in a wood) and she will, in fact, cause a 'little war' --- and discover that it isn't nearly as much fun as she thought it would be. In fact, it will be a terrible thing, bringing the dream of Camelot crashing down upon King Arthur:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Popeye and his Blutto.... Othello and his Iago..... Snow White and her evil stepmother.... Luke Skywalker and his Darth Vader..... The Roadrunner and his Wile E. Coyote.... the Transformers and the Autobots..... and so on and so forth.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Who can think "Thundercats" without going <b>MUMMMMMRAAAHHHHHHHH</b>? We expect our villains to do mean, terrible things.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Villains are violent, destructive; they lie, cheat, steal and kill. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (Or at least <i>try</i> to, until the Hero stops them.) Villains are scary and awful and horrible (also, usually ugly).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Previous LOGON shows have featured some great villains. In Oklahoma!, Judd tried to kill our Hero with a deadly kaleidoscope (extra points for creativity there, dude). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You might expect the story of King Arthur to have as a villain a big, evil knight - an antihero in coal black armor and an ugly visor on his helmet, a vicious hulk who goes thwacking about killing innocent damsels and small furry animals.... But you would be wrong. The villain of Camelot describes himself as "free and happy little me". And goes about unarmed. And throughout the play - strikes noone, tells no lies, steals nothing, doesn't even dip a girl's braid in the inkwell. Yet he manages to completely destroy Camelot. How does he DO that?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mordred will not trick or force Lancelot and Gueneviere to do what they do..... he only provides the opportunity. He opens the door.... but they walk through it, under their own steam and of their own free will. Mordred will trap King Arthur into a no-win scenerio (think <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobayashi_Maru">Kobayashi</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobayashi_Maru"> </a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobayashi_Maru">Maru</a>), assisted by Arthur's dogged determination to be <i>civilized</i>.... but - at least in the confines of the play - he never raises his hand against Arthur. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When last we met, 'twas in the shtetl of Anatevka. Long ago and far away.... Come with us now to longer ago and not quite so far away, to Merry Olde England. This year, our 35th, LOGON is proud to present [may I have a flourish of trumpets, please?]:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Gueneviere and Lancelot. Mordred the Evil, Merlin the Wise, Morgan LaFey the Magical [these dudes had a thing for the letter M, it would seem]..... passion, love, violence, dragons.....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We've been meeting since late August; auditions are over, the show is cast, and the chorus is well on the way to learning the music (which is beautiful, by the way!!). We're starting to block scenes, the first bits of costume are in. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In other words, we don't really know if there really was a King Arthur at all. The name of the castle/kingdom associated today with King Arthur - Camelot, from which our show takes its name - is actually mentioned for the first time in French romance literature of the 12th century (thank you again, Wiki). Why French, you may ask? The Lancelot connection! And thus doth Lancelot become the French Connection. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Assorted: <i>no, we said that already - no, that's later - no, that's after the chickens - who says that? didn't he say that before? that's Lazar's line. Where are we? Did we do that part already?</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">May have to wear sun glasses so that nobody recognizes me. How about that, a cool/stoner version of Yente.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now, lest you think all is total chaos (ha ha ha, what ever gave you THAT impression?), please check this out: Remember a while back we talked about getting up at dawn to film a promo clip? Well, we finished it, and here it is. ENJOY!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Things really are moving along. We're seeing characters develop, we're seeing the dances starting to really take shape, we're seeing the director's hair go grey..... it's all very thrilling. Tickets are on sale and if you want good seats - actually, if you want any seats at all! - you might want to order your tickets NOW. For further information: <a href="http://www.negevlightopera.com/">http://www.negevlightopera.com/</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Watch this space for more updates as we round the far turn and gallop/limp/stumble/charge into the home stretch....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and if you should notice me asleep in some corner, please don't wake me up. Thank you in advance!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then you came to Israel, and when people asked "Where are you from?", you were an "American" [apologies to the Canadians, and the Mexicans, since we say American when we mean from the United States].</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once you finally found LOGON and started coming to rehearsals, "Where are you from?" would again be more local - Ashkelon, Omer, Beer Sheva, the University [which is an entity separate from Beer Sheva, it would seem], Arad, a kibbutz, kishkeveldt......</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">HOWEVER - now we come to rehearsals for Fiddler on the Roof, and suddenly "Where are you from?" take on a whole new meaning -- where did your grandparents come from, or their grandparents - where is your family FROM? This is about my 17th LOGON show, give or take an extravaganza or two, and never do i remember overhearing so many conversations about "back in the shtetle .....". </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, dear readers, where are you FROM? One of my grandparents came from Motele, same as Chaim Weitzman's family. My cousins claim that there was a strong strain of "genius" in Motele, but it sure as heck missed my family. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can feel it in the intensity of the discussions about how certain scenes "should" be staged - many of us (at least those over 40!) have strong feelings about what does and doesn't belong in a scene of preparing for Shabbat, lighting the candles, or celebrating a wedding. And this time it isn't intellectual, or theoretical, or artistic - it's visceral, meaning you feel it in your kishkes.... this is how it SHOULD be. We know. We <i>know</i>. We saw it in our grandparents, and heard about it in the family stories told around the Passover table, and remember it from the old men who always came to the morning minyan at the shul. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Being in this show does something to my awareness, my consciousness. In Tel Aviv a couple of weeks ago, went into a McDonald's (please don't tell anyone) and ordered an Egg McMuffin*. Bit into it and was transported back 35 years and 6,150 miles.... a taste of "the old country". Then started thinking about what that means, "the old country". And how my relatives must have felt, all those years ago, when they landed in the Goldineh Medinah - and left behind, forever, "the old country". What tastes, what smells, what images would have reminded them of what they left behind? How did it feel to them? Did they grow nostalgic, and long for "home", or were they glad to be out of there, and never looked back? That entire generation is gone now, and we didn't ask them when we had a chance, at least not in my family. Even more astounding, i never thought about it all these years - until here we are, standing in the cold with our bundles and our babies, singing goodby to Anatevka, sweet little village little town of mine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Many of the participants in our first Fiddler are no longer with us. Some left Beer Sheva (i still miss you, Phyllis and Harvey Narrol!!), some left Israel - our Hodel, Estelle Kunoff, to become a professional cantor (cantress?) in the States - and some left us completely. Kinneret Lichtenstein/Laor, assistant to the director. Margo Tepper-Shotz, who did the programme as well as sing with the chorus. Marcus Myerowitz, our brilliant Lazar-Wolf. The incomparable Paul Hare. All gone, may their memories be for a blessing, and they are all missed very much.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When last we met, LOGON was right in the middle of touring the country with "Man of La Mancha". Then came Passover, and then <i>whooooooosh</i> it was the end of August and whoopsy daisy here we go again, the LOGON season has begun. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We're already through the workshops, through those first music rehearsals, and even through the auditions. Roles have been assigned and we've even started to block out the first scene. Suddenly it hits me: in about four and a half months, the curtain goes up on our first performance and <b>THERE'S SO MUCH TO DO!!!!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you've never been involved in something like LOGON, it's going to be hard to imagine what the next few months will be like for us. Learning the lines, the action on stage, the dancing - that's the <i>easy</i> part. There are sets to be built, costumes to be designed and sewn, a backdrop to be painted, posters and tee-shirts to be printed, ticket sales to arrange, rehearsals to be scheduled and rescheduled and rescheduled again because Shmulik's mother in law is having a party for her 57th birthday..... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now, it may seem simple to you. You may ask, aren't there professional staff to take care of all these things? Well, I'll tell you: no, actually, not really! We have our musical director, our stage director, our choreographer and our costume designer, but aside from that, LOGON is a do-it-yourself operation from top to bottom. Nobody's gonna do it for us if we don't do it ourselves!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>SO</b>, here we go again. Why, you may ask, do we do this - year after year after year? Suffer through the agony of auditions, rehearse endlessly, put our lives and our families on "hold" while we break our backs shlepping scenery and props and each other halfway around the country to put on a show - and remember, we pay for the privilege, even if we only help out backstage!!!!!!! -- and then do it again, for about 35 years now? Well, THAT I can tell you in one word:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's a TRADITION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Actually, that's three words.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And by now you have probably guessed that this year LOGON will be performing - for the first time in 19 years - <b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: blue;">FIDDLER ON THE ROOF</span>.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Welcome to Anatevka!!!! Watch this blog for frequent updates and insights and anecdotes and the unfolding of the tale - as LOGON presents, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And awayyyyyy we go........</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">PS: If you'd like to know more about LOGON, you're welcome to go back and read the posts from last year. Also: <span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">you can find photos of previous shows on the LOGON Facebook page:</span><span style="color: #666666; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"> </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/NegevLightOpera" style="color: #4d469c; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-decoration: none;">https://www.facebook.com/NegevLightOpera</a><span style="color: #666666; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"> </span><span style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">or on our website: </span><span style="color: #666666; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"> </span><a href="http://www.negevlightopera.com/past-shows/" style="color: #4d469c; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-decoration: none;">http://www.negevlightopera.com/past-shows/</a></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867190836512145500.post-33738962226695797652014-03-18T18:16:00.000-07:002014-03-18T19:19:50.283-07:00WEDNESDAY MORNING, 2:30 AM<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's 2:30 am, and here I sit: traces of make up on my face, a whiff of hairspray in my ponytail, my aching feet propped up on the desk. But there's no way to even <i>think</i> about going to bed until i share the experiences of this night with you, my loyal blog readers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tonight we did our 6th show, three more to go; this one was in Ra'anana. The performance was <i>sold out, </i>and the energy of a full house helped push us to our best show yet. When the final curtain closed, a fellow cast member turned to me and whispered - "the show sailed tonight". And so it did. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The before-curtain experiences weren't exactly auspicious - Ra'anana celebrated Purim today, and our bus got tied up in traffic. Then we discovered that we were quite close to the theater - but it was on the opposite side of multiple police barricades! One of our veteran members (thank you, Bob) hopped off the bus and managed to sweet talk the cops into letting us through. We arrived to find enough dressing room space for about one third of the cast; we crowded in together like passengers on the Sunday morning bus, glad that this show requires virtually no off-stage costume changes. <b>Then</b> we found out that due to technical difficulties, this show would not have a cat. Wahhhhh! (confused? see the blog post from March 1) <b>Then</b> we discovered that our flautist was stuck on a train!! We didn't know it at the time, but she wouldn't arrive until 20 minutes into the first act. But you all know what we say: <span style="color: red;">the show must go on</span>. And so it did.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And what a show it was! We could hear the audience laughing out loud at the funny bits, we could hear warm applause for the songs, we could hear the hush and the stillness at the dramatic peaks. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> We did not hear, but were told afterwards, that the audience hummed and sang along with the most popular songs. In the end, we heard the sweetest sound of all: cheers, and shouts, and calls of <i>bravo, </i>waves of applause as chorus members and each principal player come out to take a bow. What a night! "I don't want to leave here, ever" wailed one of our new members, as the curtain finally closed. "It's ok, sweetie" someone consoled her. "On Thursday we'll be in Haifa, and wait til you see the show we put on for THEM!!!" </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Haifa is usually our very best audience, and they usually bring out the best in us in return. Which is not to say that we don't <span style="color: red;">LOVE</span> performing in our home theater, that performing in the Jerusalem Theater isn't a thrilling experience, or that we don't appreciate every person in every audience in every venue. But Haifa...... Even in the old days, before Highway Six cut hours off of our travel time, we looked forward to that trip, knowing the reception that awaited us.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We'll see you Thursday, Haifa! Nesher theater, 8 pm. For ticket information: <a href="http://www.negevlightopera.com/">Click here</a> . We promise an unforgettable show. And we won't forget the cat, or the flautist. Nothing but the best for our northern-most audience!!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">From the beginning, this blog - like the play itself - has been about transformation. On Thursday night, at the Culture Hall in Beer Sheva, the transformations became complete.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Characters transform. Cervantes, the author, becomes a befuddled old man who then morphs into Don Quixote, knight errant. An anonymous female prisoner becomes the tart Aldonza who then morphs into the Lady Dulcinea. The Governor's brutal bodyguard becomes a kindly innkeeper. A shaving basin becomes a magic helmet. Even the music transforms: a gentle love seranade transforms into the anthym which accompanies a brutal molestation. The dungeon itself transforms from a dark place of horror and fear to a place of courage, hope, and respect for both self and others. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The response from the opening night audience left <b>no room for doubt</b>; this is a show that <b>should not be missed</b>. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Come join us for a magical evening. Come and help us dream the impossible dream. Perhaps you too will be transformed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'd probably be more nervous if i wasn't so exhausted. I'm getting my dialogue right - but never ALL of it right in the same rehearsal. I'm very creative; each time, I forget something else. Or say the right thing, but at the wrong time. And every so often we'll still have one of those terrifying moments when nobody seems to know who is supposed to say the next line. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And yet.... yesterday went sort of like this: due to bad weather, I didn't go to Tel Aviv, missing what my friend reported was an excellent opera production. My porcelain tea-pot-in-a-cosy dropped and shattered. Worst of all, one of my cats [not a black one] died after a short illness.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the best known superstitions is that you never, ever wish a performer 'good luck' before a performance. This is why, before a show, we tell each other to "Break a leg". We don't mean it literally - at least, not most of us and not most of the time - and it is also considered inappropriate to ask "whose?". This is theater, after all, not championship ice skating (that one's for you, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonya_Harding">Tonya</a>). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shows such as Fiddler on the Roof, Oklahoma!, Oliver!, Pajama Game, The Music Man, Carousel, Singin' In the Rain, My Fair Lady - all those great shows that LOGON <i>has already done</i>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now is the time to start thinking about what we'll be doing after our 2014 production of "Man of La Mancha". No, not sleeping for days and then making Pesach - well, we'll do that too - what i meant was, which show to present in 2015. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The more we try to come up with good new ideas, the more creative we get. How about a local version of "Chicago" - we could call it "Beer Sheva", and Roxie can be in jail for ... stealing camels? We could combine two shows - what do you get if you cross "Fiddler" with "Cats"? "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", right? But that's not a musical, too bad.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some of us loyal members of LOGON are, shall we say, past our first bloom..... which would require modifications of some plays. GREASE - The 40th CLASS REUNION, anyone? "West Side Retirement Home Story"?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">SO! Here's where you come in, faithful readers. Please, <i>please </i>tell us what show(s) you would like to see LOGON perform! What shows would you come to see? Which shows would you be interested in performing? Could be something we've done before (Gilbert & Sullivan, anyone?), maybe something from the list above, or some fresh new idea. All suggestions welcome, we'll worry about whether or not rights are available, and whether or not it's a good 'fit' for LOGON. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is your chance! Make a wish - what would you like to see, or even perform in? - and who knows, it could happen..... The Rocky Horror Show..... Milk & Honey...... the mind boggles.......</span></div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-867190836512145500.post-17541553450961585852013-11-13T05:01:00.002-08:002013-11-13T09:45:04.007-08:00Rehearsing the Scene<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are different types of rehearsals. Sometimes just the main characters (principals) rehearse their lines and interactions. Sometimes the entire chorus works on learning where they are supposed to be, how they are supposed to react to the principals, when to move, etc. The real fun starts when these two elements are combined, and the principals and chorus TOGETHER try to run the scene. The first few times can be ..... interesting. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stage left, people, stage <i>left!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's a sample, which might have been based on the rehearsal last week but of course is COMPLETELY FICTIONAL, and any resemblance to any actual person or event is simply a coincidence. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let's say that the following is written in the script:</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dick: Hello Jane, hello, hello.</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jane: Hello Dick, hello.</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mother: I see Dick and Jane. They have many friends. Hello Dick, hello Jane, hello friends. [chorus waves hello]</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All: Hello Mrs. Smith, hello, hello.</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mother: Here are some cookies. Please have some cookies. [passes around plate of cookies]</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jane: Thank you mother.</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All: Thank you Mrs. Smith. Yum yum, what good cookies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Director: <i>OK, ok. Dick and Jane are here, Mother is here, chorus - you come in from that way. Let's try it, ok.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dick: Hello Jane, hello, hello.</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[chorus waves hello]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>No, no, not yet. Wait. We try again.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dick: Hello Jane, hello, hello.</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jane: Hello Dick, hello</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[chorus waves hello]</span><br />
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<i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No, not yet. Wait for the Mother to say hello. Go back out and come in again.</i><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dick: Hello Jane, hello, hello.</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jane: Hello Dick, hello</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Where is the chorus? Chorus, you supposed to come in right away. We try again.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dick: Hello Jane, hello, hello.</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jane: Hello Dick, hello.</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mother: I see Dick and Jane.</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[chorus waves hello]</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mother: Yes, I see you too, but could you wait til I say hello first?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chorus goes out. Chorus comes back. </span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dick: Hello Jane, hello, hello.</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jane: Hello Dick, hello.</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mother: I see Dick and Jane. They have many friends. Hello Dick, hello Jane, hello friends. </span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[chorus waves hello]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Good! And when you wave, remember, you all say 'hello Mrs Smith, hello hello".</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chorus member: How many times do we say hello?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Three, you say hello three times. OK, we try again.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dick: Hello Jane, hello, hello.</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jane: Hello Dick, hello.</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mother: I see Dick and Jane. They have many friends. Hello Dick, hello Jane, hello ---- </span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[chorus shouts "HELLO HELLO HELLO, waves hello]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>That's good, that's ok, but you wait for mother to say hello to you.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Prompter: Hello Mrs Smith hello hello</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Mother: Hello Prompter (company laughs)</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Ok, we try again. Go.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dick: Hello Jane, hello, hello.</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jane: Hello Dick, hello.</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mother: I see Dick and Jane. They have many friends. Hello Dick, hello Jane, hello friends. [chorus waves hello]</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All: Hello Mrs. Smith, hello, hello. </span><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yum yum, what good cookies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Nobody gives you cookies yet! Props, do we have cookies now?</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>(The intrepid Props Lady brings on a big plate of "cookies". Everyone is impressed)</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chorus member: Do we actually, like, eat a cookie?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Props Lady: You do not!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Ok, from the beginning. Go.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dick: Hello Jane, hello, hello.</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jane: Hello Dick, hello.</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mother: I see Dick and Jane. They have many friends. Hello Dick, hello Jane, hello friends. [chorus waves hello]</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All: Hello hello hello Mrs. Smith, hello, hello.</span><br />
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<i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Prompter: Hello Mrs Smith hello hello</i><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mother: Here are some cookies. Where are the cookies? How do I get the cookies? Who gives them to me?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>You bring them on with you. Let's try again.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dick: Hello Jane, hello, hello.</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jane: Hello Dick, hello.</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mother: I see Dick and Jane. They have many friends. </span><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[chorus waves hello]</span><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Not yet, you wave when Mrs Smith says hello to you and you say hello back.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hello Dick, hello Jane, hello friends. </span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All: Hello hello hello Mrs. Smith, hello, hello hello. </span><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[chorus waves hello]</span><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Prompter: Hello Mrs Smith hello hello</i><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All: Hello hello hello Mrs. Smith, hello, hello hello hello hello.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>And wave! </i></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[chorus waves hello]</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mother: Here are some cookies. Please have some cookies. [passes around plate of cookies]</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jane: Thank you mother.</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All: Thank you Mrs. Smith. </span><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[chorus waves hello]</span><br />
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<i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Prompter: Yum yum what good cookies.</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chorus member: But we haven't tasted the cookies yet!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>After you taste the cookies, then you say 'yum yum'. Ok, good, we take it from the beginning. Go.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dick: Hello Jane, hello, hello.</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jane: Hello Dick, hello.</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mother: I see Dick and Jane. </span><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dick: Hello Jane, hello, hello.</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jane: Hello Dick, hello. </span><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[chorus waves hello]</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mother: I see Dick and Jane. They have many friends. Hello Dick, hello Jane, hello friends. </span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All: Hello Mrs. Smith, hello, hello. </span><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yum yum, what good cookies.</span><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mother: Here are some cookies. Please have some cookies. [passes around plate of cookies]</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jane: Thank you mother.</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All: Thank you Mrs. Smith. Hello hello hello. </span><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[chorus waves hello again]</span><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Yum yum, what good cookies.</span><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They have many friends. Hello Dick, hello Jane, hello friends. [chorus waves hello]</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All: Hello Mrs. Smith, hello, hello.</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mother: Here are - where are the cookies? Give me the plate. Here are some cookies. Please have some cookies. [passes around plate of cookies] [Chorus drops plate of cookies. Props lady turns pale, sits down]</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jane: Thank you mother.</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All: Thank you Mrs. Smith. Yum yum, what good cookies. </span><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[chorus waves hello]</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dick: Do I have a cookie, too? Do I say thank you? What is my motivation for taking a cookie?</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[chorus waves hello]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>I think we take a break now. We do it again after the break. Ok, break now!</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In his next adventure, Sir Ulrich manages to out-Quixote Don Quixote - by embarking on a jousting quest from Venice to Bohemia, while dressed as Venus, in one of a dozen custom-made white gowns. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From which we learn that cross-dressing was a 'thing' back in 1227. And have we mentioned yet that good Sir Ulrich was married?</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Having completed his epochal feat [see above] of love service, Ulrich waited for his reward, and at long last it came: the [Lady] sent word that he might visit her. Yet he was to expect no warm welcome; she specified that he must come in the disguise of a leper and and take his place among the lepers who would be visiting her to beg for alms. But of course this monstrous indignity fazed the faithful Ulrich not in the least. Nor did he falter when she knowingly let him, disguised in his rags, spend that night in a ditch in the rain. Nor was he outraged when, the next night, he was finally allowed to climb a rope up the castle wall to her chamber, only to find it lit by a hundred tapers [candles] and staffed by eight maids-in-waiting who hovered about her where she lay in bed."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"... </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">[S]exual outlet was not really the point of all this. Ulrich had not been laboring nearly 15 years for so ordinary a commodity; his real reward had always been in his suffering, striving, and yearning.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And that, dear reader, brings us to the conclusion of Sir Ulrich's adventures, or at least as much as you're going to find here. Remember that this story only predates Cervantes' "Man of La Mancha" by about 300 years! The chivalry that Cervantes was making fun of had almost - but not quite - died out by then. In the novel, Aldonza is not a kitchen slut, but simply a local farm girl with whom Don Quixote has never actually spoken. Transforming her into a prostitute only sharpens the satire, while staying loyal to the spirit of the novel. Think of it as "The Onion Does 'Don Quixote'". So now do you understand the relationship between Don Quixote and Dulcinea/Aldonza? Oh well, it's complicated. See? There's a Facebook status for everything.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Source: </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> abridged from </span><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The Natural History of Love</i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> by Morton M. Hunt (New York: Knopf, 1959), pp 133-138, as presented in </span><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Sociology: a text with adapted readings</i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> by L. Broom & P. Selznick (New York: Harper & Row, 5th ed 1973) pp 331-333.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(The gallant knight has just had cosmetic surgery under conditions that make Soroka look good, all for the sake of "his" lady, who so far has refused to accept his devotion)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"News of this ... softened the lady's heart, and she sent word that he might attend a riding party and enjoy the rare privilege of speaking with her for a moment, if the opportunity should arise. And it did, once, when he had the chance to help her down from her horse. He could have uttered a sentence of two of devotion, but unfortunately he was tongue-tied by her nearness and could say nothing. The lovely lady, considerably put out, whispered to him that he was a fraud, and gracefully indicated her displeasure by ripping out a forelock of his hair as she dismounted."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"When he was a mere lad of five... he first heard older boys saying that true honor and happiness could come only through serving a noble and lovely woman. He was deeply impressed, and began to shape his childish thoughts in that direction. Even at that tender age, he clearly understood that such service, the keystone of courtly love, could be undertaken only for a woman one could never marry. True love had to be clandestine, bittersweet, and beset by endless difficulties and frustrations: by virtue of all this, it was spiritually uplifting and made a knight a better man and a greater warrior."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">OK, so it's not <i>exactly</i> like that. You will notice, however, that the men and the women are separated (no mechitza required). This is done in choirs, traditionally, not out of sexism so much as out of a desire to organize the singers in such a way that those singing the same line (parts) of music are standing together. Our chorus is divided into six main sections: the women with the high voices (sopranos, mezzos), women with lower voices (altos and lazy sopranos), men with higher voices (tenors; we aren't even going to discuss <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castrati">castrati</a> here), medium voices (baritones) and, last but not least, the men with the<b> really</b> <b>deep</b> voices (basses). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This arrangement has the advantage of making it easier to sing your line, as most of the people sitting around you are singing, or at least attempting to sing, the same as you. My neighbor helps me tremendously - as soon as i hit a wrong note, she covers her ear with her hand and closes her eyes (oh, the pain!), thus giving me instant feedback.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The disadvantage is that while the musical director is working with one group (la la <i>la</i> la la, basses, not la la la la <i>la</i>), the other five groups are bored. And talking. Or knitting, or reading the newspaper, or practicing their dialogue, or texting, or playing games on their smartphones, or catching a late lunch, or - well, you get the idea. Our long-suffering musical director, David Waldmann, is hard put to keep such a rowdy mob under control. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">David, a British import, is famous for his dry wit in these situations. We sing a section of music, and we get:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">* That was interesting! This time, let's try singing the notes that are actually written on the page. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">* There were some lovely harmonies there. Too bad we were supposed to be singing in unison.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">* Very nice, basses - but what show was that from?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">* Well done, ladies. Now let's have all the men - and the tenors.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">* OK then! The diction was quite good. The notes, not so good.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">* Well, not to worry, it's still months\weeks\a few days until the show opens.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And so on and so forth. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But now here's the really cool part: we work and we work and we work. Old mistakes are replaced by new mistakes. We get it almost right one time, and the next time it's .....basses, basses, basses (sigh) - let's try that again. And then, it's almost 10:30 pm, let's try one last time, standing up please - and it <u>works</u>! The harmonies come out exactly right!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's hard to convey how exciting it is. To be a part of a bigger, better whole. To have succeeded. To feel the collective energy surge. To create, just for a moment, something so beautiful and so rich. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And to know that soon, once we have it down pat (yes, even the basses, sort of), we'll leave the chairs and go down to the floor, mix up the different voices, spread out on the 'stage' and sing our hearts out as we begin to block out the scene.....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and we'll forget almost everything and have to start all over again. Are those tears i see in David's eyes?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">MAN OF LA MANCHA opens in Beer Sheva on February 27, 2014. That's 19 weeks from today. But who's counting?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A dank, shadowy dungeon of the Spanish Inquisition, circa 1600. Below are the individual cells. Above is the holding cell, where murderers, rapists, and various other dubious types await their fates. One prisoner in the holding cell is the informal "boss"; the script describes this prisoner as "a big man with obvious authority". </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So who gets this part?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Me. A small middle aged woman with grey hair. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My son suggested changing the description from "a big man with obvious authority" to "</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A cranky, mean spirited old lady who smacks unruly prisoners with her purse". </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But did they even have purses back then? </span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since i'm not sure, let's try another tack. Perhaps if the 'boss' had some serious muscle to maintain her authority?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">OK, so I just called the director to suggest bodyguards, but he said <i><b>no way</b></i>, not enough men in the cast as it is. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Perhaps i, too, can pull it off with just the sheer force of my personality? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the spring, the group votes on which show to perform the following year. We try to choose a show that will sell tickets, that will be a good "fit" for the demographics of the group when it comes to casting, and that fits our abilities and budget. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Towards the end of the summer, the script is made available to us [by license and on line only! No copyrights have been harmed during the writing of this blog!] and people start deciding if they want to audition, and if so, for what role. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Insert Here: </span><i><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>MONTAGE</b></span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> of people working on their auditions. Play the sound track from</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At this stage, a few people will be <b><span style="color: magenta;">Very Happy</span></b>; they got the big parts that they had hoped for. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You feel humiliated. Rejected. Inadequate. Slighted. Insulted. "Disappointed" is not strong enough; deflated, perhaps? Discouraged, dejected, despondent, devastated, desolate, depressed, d'fuka. What's with all the D words, anyway? <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;"> But it hurts. </span>Not only for yourself, either; for your friends and colleagues who didn't get what they wanted, too. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>AND THEN COMES THE HARD PART!!!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You have to get over it. You remind yourself that it's the good of the production that really matters, not your personal gratification; that as long as the best people got the roles, all is right with the world. No matter how jealous you feel, how wounded, you are going to show up at the read-through and smile until your cheeks hurt, congratulate the people that beat you out, tell everyone how <i>delighted</i> you are with your role [even if you are merely a fork], and get down to the business of doing the best you can with what you've got. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Because being in LOGON is being part of a team. Remembering that, right after auditions, can be hard. Not everyone can hack it, and there are those who take their marbles and go home because they didn't get what they wanted. Sorry, that's just not part of the LOGON spirit. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By next week we'll be over it. In another month we'll be glad we didn't get that role, who needs all that aggravation, and all those extra rehearsals? And besides, we love the role we got, or the laid-back feeling of being in the chorus, and wouldn't want it any other way. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On with the show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We had auditions on Sunday and Monday. Some people have been called back for Thursday. Only the audition panel knows what is going on, the rest of us can only bite our nails and .... wait. Cast should be announced by Friday, but until then - </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">here are some Don Quixote odds and ends for your amusement.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let's start with one of the most recognized, iconic images of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, the Picasso sketch:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Did that get you into the spirit of the early 1600s, or even better, into DQ's vision of the 1400s? Hope so, because this poem was composed in that spirit [more or less]:</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Why so sad, my Lady?</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Why so sad, my Lady?</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For what these silver tears?</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shall i slay a dragon</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And banish, thus, your fears?</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh no, good Sir, but thank thee</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">yet i weep not from fear.</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I weep for being "chorus"</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">for this, the 16th year.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Be not so sad, my Lady!</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The chorus is thy fate.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You may not get the glory, </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but you may show up late.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I dream of being chosen</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to have a leading role.</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To even be "supporting"</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">would soothe my wounded soul.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thou surely must be dreaming</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">while still awake, my dear.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From whence these expectations</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that rise anew each year?</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ye olde Audition Panel</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">will never give thee votes.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My Lady is not comely</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and cannot sing the notes.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tis true, good sir, and seemly</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that you should chide me thus.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So I shall join the chorus</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and make no more a fuss.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is approximately what DQ's windwill would have looked like, with a car thrown in to give you an idea of the scale:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Getting bored sitting around waiting to hear who gets what role in our production? Perhaps you'd enjoy a nice game of chess, to take your mind off of Don Quixote and all:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pictured, left to right: Don Quixote, Aldonza/Dulcinea, the Padre, DQ's horse Rocinante, an anonymous windmill, DQ's squire Sancho Panza</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Of course, some of us can carry our enthusiasm even further than our chess sets.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And finally, just to remind us that this isn't only a fantastic show, it's a show <i><b>about</b></i> something.....</span></div>
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