Laura P on May 19th 2011 Daily Life, Journal, theatre
Our latest show, Blame It On The Pony Express, opened last weekend at McKinney Repertory Theatre. The audiences were fantastic! Adults and kids had a blast cheering, booing, laughing, and throwing popcorn — and so did we. I absolutely love melodramas. They are so much fun for the actors and the audience.
I was able to reprise my role as the cranky, but loveable piano player, Ivory Keyes. The character is lots of fun to play because she speaks her mind and provides much of the background music for the show. It’s a unique role that allows me to use both my acting and musical abilities, so I really enjoy it.
The show continues to run through this weekend. We’re performing at 8 pm on Friday and Saturday, and our final performance is on Sunday at 2 pm. If you haven’t seen the show yet, get your tickets now, and bring a can of food to get a free bag of popcorn. All canned food donations will go to the local food bank.
Check out a few preview pictures below (and more in the albums section of my blog).
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Laura P on Jul 18th 2009 Daily Life, Journal, theatre
Tonight’s blog will be a short one. It’s late, and I need to get some sleep. Hartburn Hotel is quickly coming to an end. We performed our last 8 pm show tonight and have only one remaining performance, a 2 pm matinee tomorrow.
The crowd tonight was awesome. We had about 150 in the house, and they were quite rambunctious. The playwright also attended tonight’s show, and we went to dinner with him afterwards. It was great to learn more about the play and what transpired when it was being written.
Below are a few additional pictures from the show…goodnight all!
The stage is set and we’re almost ready to begin
Ma and Pa get the bad news
Sahara’s back in town
Ivory complains about Sahara
Mrs Spoffingford-Sykes asks Ivory to summon the owner
Prettyfoot, the Sheriff and Ivory
The Sheriff meets Sahara
The last scene — Rod has an announcement
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Laura P on Jul 7th 2009 Daily Life, Journal, theatre
Cast photo taken last night. It appeared with an article on N. Tx eNews today.
We’re on the front page. Read the full article here.
Me and Gary hanging out before rehearsal
Mark stopped by to take some professional pictures tonight. He captured some great shots. I’ll try to steal…ahem, borrow some of those for a future blog. 
Waiting for rehearsal to begin
My view from the stage: “Polly” and “Jasper” rehearsing their scene
Gary and Daniel working on the intermission entertainment
Melissa being sneaky
“Mrs. Spoffingford-Sykes” having a little fun with Gary’s mustache
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