2009 - Year in Review

This is a little bit late, but here it is anyway. 2009: A Year in Review (and in pictures)!

January -March: COMPANY

Role: Amy

Company: Music Theatre of Denton

March - May: CRAZY FOR YOU

Role: Irene Roth

Company: Music Theatre of Denton

June: DON'T DRESS FOR DINNER

Role: Assistant Stage Manager

Company: Denton Community Theatre

June: ENCORE II: CALLBACKS
Role: Performer
Company: Denton Community Theatre

June - August: SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS
Role: Milly
Company: Denton Community Theatre

Let's not forget Pottygate 2009:

In October, I trashed my wedding dress with my wedding photographer, Lynn Michelle, and we ended up on a nationally televised segment of The Today Show:

Screen shots:

Video on YouTube of segment:

Photo Evidence:

October: CHICAGO
Role: Matron "Mama" Morton
Company: Music Theatre of Denton

October-November: TALKING OF MICHELANGELO
Role: Dayna
Company: Fight Boy Theatre

December: A TUNA CHRISTMAS
Role: Assistant Stage Manager
Company: Denton Community Theatre

December: One for Mahler (a musical cabaret)
Role: Founder and Performer
TWITA (This Week in the Arts) Podcast & Interview Here

I also wrote the following reviews for John Garcia's THE COLUMN:

Oliver! (Theatre Coppell)

The Spitfire Grill (Stage West)

Man of La Mancha (OnStage in Bedford)

My Way: A Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra (Rover Dramawerks)

Funny Girl (Lyric Stage)

Christmas My Way (Garland Civic Theatre)

A Christmas Survival Guide (Runway Theatre)

I unofficially wrote my thoughts on these shows, as well:

Carousel (Denton Community Theatre)

A Feminine Ending (Water Tower Theatre)

Evil Dead: The Musical (Level Ground Arts)

Crushing Grain (Level Ground Arts)

*****

Whew!! No wonder I was so exhausted at the end of 2009! But what an AMAZING and successful year! Here's to even more fun in 2010! Happy New Year!

CHICAGO - Backstage: A Picture Essay

Since this blog is entitled "DFW Backstage," I thought I ought to do my part in making the name logical and take some backstage photos at last night's pick-up rehearsal/benefit performance! Enjoy!

My dressing room spot! Makeup and hair are done, I'm just killing time before they call "Places!" which is when I put on my microphone, costume, and lipstick. (Don't worry, I don't go onstage for a good 15 minutes or so after the show begins!)

Our wonderful dance captain, Whitney, leading warmups! This is a very dance-heavy show, so we spend quite a while warming up.

No final weekend of performances is complete without a cast party! Two of our cast members made flyers with all the pertinent information, and we made sure to let our orchestra members know the deets, too!

Three members of our OUTSTANDING orchestra always arrive early and get set up, go over some tricky passages, and generally heckle us as we warm up. :)

A great photo of "They Both Reached for the Gun" from my spectacular vantage point in the wings!

Very blue shot of one of our prop tables, and the fans used in "All I Care About is Love."

Very green shot of two of our sexy ensemble members, as well as all the spreadsheets with set change assignments, etc. on the wall in the stage left wings.

Assistant stage manager SarahAnn Sutter on headset Stage Left! She's amazing!

The other fabulous ASM, Olivia Norine on Stage Right headset!

Going over my lines and blocking again before I go onstage!! I'm terrified not to do this, because I've had very little time to let this show saturate my brain!

Who's that sexy "Mama?" It's me! I'm ready to go onstage!

This is the final weekend of performances, and it has been such a rockin' good time! I'm going to miss it, but I'll have Talking of Michelangelo to keep me busy for the two weeks after this show closes, so I'm never facing an excess of spare time, that's for sure!

OH and did I mention that Chicago is SOLD OUT? Well, it is! Wahoo! And you can read the review in The Column by clicking here or by clicking on the show poster in my sidebar ------->