From the Inside Out

We held auditions for our annual comedy show this evening, and we saw some great talent tonight. Some of the actors had us laughing hysterically during their performances. They really let go and had fun with it which makes for a very entertaining audition process.

The hard work begins when all of the actors have departed and the casting directors are left to decide which actors will be assigned to each role. It’s so difficult to choose, especially when you have such great options. Eventually, we narrowed it down to a cast of 15 actors. It’s a larger number than I had originally wanted, but we can make it work. This cast gives us a nice mix of existing talent, core “ALC Drama Players,” and newcomers.

The show will be held on Friday, October 8 and Saturday, October 9 at 7:30 pm in the main auditorium at Abundant Life Church (ALC). The guest host this year will be ALC’s Greg Bailey, and Jacob Lowery will be returning from Nashville as our special musical guest. It’s going to be a fantastic show!

Mark your calendar now, and don’t miss out on a fun night of laughs, surprises, and entertaining performances.

The third installment of Saturday Night Life is officially over. We had two fantastic performances on Friday and Saturday. Great crowds, good laughter, and lots of fun!

* BACKSTAGE FUN *

Brandy and Brittany hanging out backstage before the show

Logan, our “MJ”

Trying to throw Gobstoppers into her mouth

Jason and Aundre — getting ready for the show

Derrick fully recovered from the swine flu and back for Saturday night’s performance!

Gary fully immersing himself in his role

Steve, Ben and the real star of the show, Kermitt

Daphryne and Jess — these dresses are so sparkly!

Walker, TX Ranger

Wow, the show starts tomorrow! Our final dress rehearsal tonight was controlled chaos, but I think we’re ready. Here are a few pictures from rehearsal tonight.

Our Trekkies

The protection program

Makin’ Copies

Musical guest, Jacob Lowery

Having some fun while waiting to take cast pictures

We had our first “tech week” rehearsal tonight. It was controlled chaos, but I guess it’s always that way on the Monday before a show. And….we’ll do it all over again tomorrow! Here are a few pictures from tonight:

Our amazing SNL cast and crew

Gary practicing for Weekend Update

Lights, action, more lights

Rehearsing Movie Pitch

DJ Mellow

Stages are set…we’re ready to go!

We filmed three videos for Saturday Night Life today — a commercial, digital short, and the opening cast video. It was a long day, but I’m very pleased with the footage we obtained. We captured some funny moments…can’t wait to see the first edit!

If you want to see the finished product, be sure to join us for the show on Oct. 9 and 10 at 7:30 pm. It’ll be great!

For a few “behind the scenes” pictures from the video shoot today, check out the following:

Killing time in between tapings

Infomercial shoot

Getting prepped

Fun with zombies

Wait…look behind you!

Hanging with the zombies waiting for the next take

RAWWRRRR!

Pooped!