Memorial Day weekend

I hope that everyone had a safe and wonderful Memorial Day weekend.

This past weekend, we had a reunion of the Les Miserables cast - we cooked burgers and hot dogs and shared memories and talked about our experiences with the show. One of the joys of community theatre is the feeling of family that exists within the volunteers. Les Miserables was a unique experience for our theatre - the cast worked together for many months to learn the music and the blocking and then performed it for six weekends. Gail Theobald summed it up best when she said that there were many musicals she had performed in the past where she would have been happy to never hear the music again, but Les Miserables was a show that she could have kept performing and hearing even after it closed. Many thanks to all the great volunteers - both onstage and off - that helped make this a wonderful opening to our 2009 season.

Knock Knock continued performances this past weekend and the crowds have been enthusiastic and full of laughter. We have a three show weekend coming up - Friday and Saturday night and Sunday afternoon.

Finally, many people have been asking me about Summer Mummers recently - the show opens on June 12th and runs through September 5th. Laura Abbott in the Box Office reports that sales are actually stronger for the first 1/2 of the season than the second half. Group sales have been going on in April and May, and the Box Office will open for single ticket sales on Wednesday, May 27th at 10 a.m.