Celebration Barn Day 12

Day 12. The Big Show!

Here's the set-list.

The show starts outside with people experiencing intimate live theatre in a moving vehicle. Then I'm the first act, doing my new solo Fireman piece, which combines a rope trick, strip tease, and baby juggling. The others I'm in are, Twelfth Night (a trio), The Ladder (a duo), Rope (solo), and Wonka (group).

 We did run-throughs this morning, then went to town for a boat ride!

Monica, Taylor, Nettie.

It was lovely time. So lovely that I even jumped off the boat, into the dark and scary, yet warm and wonderful lake water of Pennesseewassee, or Norway Lake. Fun facts: Located in the Oxford Hills of Maine, Norway Lake is the common name for Lake Pennesseewassee which has been used for both recreation and in support of local industry in Norway. Norway, settled in 1786 and incorporated in 1797, was known for wood mills, shoe factories and snowshoes. Millie Dunham supplied snowshoes to Commodore Robert Perry for his 1909 Expedition to the North Pole.

Afterwords, Davis had the brilliant idea of getting ice cream.

So we did. Mike just wanted his dipped cone to match his shirt. Success!

Everyone (Jose, Sarah, Davis, Marjo, Nettie) was happy with their choices. Davis was so happy, that he went back for seconds! No joke! Two  consecutive triple scoop ice cream cones. What a champ!

Afterwards, we came back and had some time to work with our live musician, Mike, then prepped for the Show. We had about 20 people in the audience (not including us), and the show was a great success.

Here is the cast of 12th Night... and our emensse amount of props.
Me (as Cesario/ Violeta), Michela (as bow sprit/ crab/ Malvolio/ Orsino), and Sarah (as boat stern/ crab/ Olivia).  I absolutely love these gals!

After our fabulous student recital (Fred Garbo, a Celebration Mime theatre original, said our show reminded him of the old days here at the barn... quit a compliment!), we had a glorious bonfire. Davis loves a good bonfire. This is Sarah and I by the fire. She was worried her forehead would look too big so I tried to cover it with my hand. This looks much better.

I slinked off from the fire, only to be hunted down by Sarah and Davis "worried" about me. Or maybe they were worried about their empty GnT's. Regardless, it was adorable and the feeling of the evening lifted me into dreams of movement and creation.