Who is excited about Wonderland...

Sorry it's been a while but there have been a few things going on. Mr. Rhodes had surgery so we were all making sure he was doing well. The good news is while he was on the drugs the day after I talked him into ordering the new lap top which should be here this week!!!! that means more video! I know you are excited!

Tomorrow is the first day of Alice auditions. We have around 50 people auditioning for Alice in Wonderland and we are very excited. That's a big audition! I may swing by and take some pictures.

In the mean time I better get back to making my Christmas shopping list.

I hope all of you have been nice!

OH, and Mr. Rhodes is fine, although he is wondering why on Earth he bought the new laptop. hahah SHHHHHH! That's our secret.

~Nero

bloated...

mm...............mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.......... pie.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!!!

~The Makeshift Family

Yea Video!!

With Thanksgiving coming up I ahve more time on my hands to work out this whole video thing. Mr. Rhodes turned the whole thing over to me so wish me luck. Hopefully bellow you will be able to view the fight scene from Jack and the Beanstalk.

We have a lot of folks coming out to audition for Alice in Wonderland!!! It's pretty amazing and we are very excited. I will get some pics of the Makeshift family from Thanksgiving and post them over the weekend.

Other than getting ready for the Alice auditions things are pretty quiet on the Makeshift Theatre front. We are looking for a lighting designer and board op for Alice, so if you are interested please email Mr. Rhodes to set up a meeting.

Hope you enjoyed the video!!

~NEro

Getting to know you... getting to know all abouot you...

Hey folks,

As you see in the previous post audition time is quickly approaching once again. Our second show of the season is Alice in Wonderland and this one is once again adapted by the one and only Jack Neary.

This show is going to be directed by Anna Wladron who performed last year in Sleeping Beauty and then came on board as Makeshift's new Director of Marketing. Let me tell you she has done a great job since she took the position. Some of you have seen the fancy new season cards that we have been giving out, well you can thank Ms. Waldron for those. Ms. Waldron is also getting married this summer to multi talented Stephen Libby who not only played the story teller in Jack and the Beanstalk, but designed our logo and has done many other projects for us along the way. I asked Ms. Waldron if I could be the ring bearer and she said she would get back to me on that.

I plan on interviewing Ms. Waldron and other members of the Makeshift staff this winter so you can get to know the team that brings you these crazy shows. There is also a lot of news about next year that I want to tell you, but Mr. Rhodes said he would cancel my X-Box live subscription if I let the cat out of the bag to early.... He was pretty compelling.

In the mean time take a look at the audition notice bellow and sign up for an audition!!

See you soon!

~Nero

ALICE AUDITIONS!

It's that time again folks!!!

Makeshift Theatre Co. announces
AUDITIONS for…

ALICE IN WONDERLAND
Adapted by Jack Neary

Makeshift Theatre Co., now in its third season of Saturday morning family shows, announces auditions for it’s up coming production of ALICE IN WONDERLAND. Lewis Carroll's whimsical adventure is given a new spin with Jack Neary's witty adaptation. Alice is up to her neck in tardy rabbits, mad-hatters and grinning felines, but will it cost her her head? It will if the Queen of Hearts has anything to say about it! When nothing in Wonderland makes any sense, how will Alice ever find her way home?

Seeking:
Alice:
female, adult actress who can play younger;
Queen of Hearts:
female, any age, imposing presence, it is always the Queen's way;
King of Hearts:
male, any age, a meek soul next to his wife;
Ensemble:
four actors (male and female) will portray all the other characters in Wonderland including: The Cheshire cat, the Caterpillar, the White Rabbit, The Mad Hatter, The March Hare, The Mock Turtle, etc.

Some dance or movement experience a plus.

Auditions will be December 4th and 5th
7 – 10 PM
@
Cambridge YMCA in Central Sq.

Email head shot and resume and preferred day to artistic director Andrew Rhodes, andrew@makeshifttheatre.com, to schedule an audition time.
Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script, and please have prepared a short comedic monologue. There will be half hour slots and please be prepared to stay.

Performance will be Feb: 2, 9, *16, 17, 23 & March 1st
All shows are 10:30 AM.
There will be 2-3 short rehearsals in early December and will begin in earnest in January 2008.

www.makeshifttheatre.com

Trick or Treat!

We will be passing out creepy scares and candy Mr. Rhodes's house. He gets tons of spooky kids visiting his house. The tough decision is Poltergeist or SAW I & II.

Be safe. Have fun.

been busy....

Home Town!

Grumble, grumble....

Mr. Rhodes says he is still waiting to order the new computer that will be able to handle video stuff....

How much longer Mr. Rhodes?!?!?!

I hate waiting. He says that it's for sure by Christmas. Christmas he says?!??!?!

Ugh...

Grumble..

If you will excuse me i have to go pout.

~Nero

Guess what I have....

PICTURES!!!

Well... ok... I have 2 pictures. I am the biggest slacker, you don't have to tell me. I have been playing a lot of video games lately now that the weather has been getting colder and being outside is not as much fun. But enough about me being lazy, I get enough of it form my Mom....

Pictures... First here are a few of the cast and crew hanging outside The Coolidge before we move in. You can see the Makeshift season II poster in the fore ground. Each year we make a poster with pictures from the previous year to display for at the shows. This on was designed by Kristin Boucher... again she is fabulous, and she is in this picture. So there! :P!

This next one is of the inside of Ye Ole Coolidge Corner. Man I really love that big red curtain. We run thru the shows every morning and some times we have to refocus the lights, hence the latter in the picture. Guess he gets to have his hands burned doing the refocusing... I'll give you two guesses... Mom made me put butter all over my fingers when I got home. Mr. Rhodes says 2nd degree burs build character and showed me some of his theatrical scars. But, I bet he never had his mom make him stick his fingers in a bowl of margarine..

See you soon with more pics...

~Nero

Stupid butter still on the key board... hrmmmph.

I suck..

I know I promised pictures and i have them I have just been very busy. The good news is my charater leveled up. Bad news no new pictures posted. I suck.

Looks like we will be posting video before Christmas. In the mean times I will tape things and keep saving the footage. We even had some of the folks at the Coolidge offer to download the video for us.

OK. promise pictures soon!!!

~Nero

So excited, and so upset...

Jack and the Beanstalk opens tomorrow!!!! I am so excited! The show looks good people. We have so many new and excited faces and we hope to see excited faces in the audience.

I also have some seriously frustrating news. Mr. Rhodes finally got the new camcorder in and now he finds out that he cannot attach it to his laptop to down load the video and mine does not have a connector either. So no video. Grrr.... Mr. Rhodes promised me that we will be getting a new company laptop very soon. A laptop that can do all but walk on water. We shall see.

Never fear though. I will be there tomorrow morning with my trusty camera to take some pictures! Post again come Monday!

~Nero

Dance of joy, Dance of joy...

Camcorder has been shipped!!!!

I repeat, THE CAMCORDER HAS BEEN SHIPPED!!!

I can smell the excitment!!! Either that or I need to shower.

The last wiffle ball game of the season was yesterday and I heard it was a heck of a turn out!! Can't wait till next year!!

...and did I mention... THE CAMCORDER HAS BEEN SHIPPED!!!

~Nero

Rehearsals and art work for Jack...

Hey everyone!

The poster art for Jack has been completed! Once again we had Ms. Kristen Boucher behind the pencil... or drawing tablet as the case may be. She is all digital and such, completely cool! Check it out!

Seriously, she does great work so if you think you might need a graphic artist let me know and I will give you her contact information. Like Mr. Rhodes says... It's all about connections.

I also took some pictures at rehearsal last week, so here is your first look at some of the cast of Jack and the Beanstalk.

Here we have Kenny Roraback who is playing Jack, and Julia Bingham who is playing Cordelia, Jack's love interest. You might recognize Julia from Sleeping Beauty!

Here is a good pic of 90% of the cast including Carolyn, Kristen (of poster fame), Stephen, Shaine; Bottom: Julia, kenny, Malia (call me Lia).

Here is Herr Director (Overby) with Mr. Vinnie going over the role of the Giant @ 29 Cedar. Most of the role will be done by voice over which fantastic sound guy Josh will be recording for us. How cool is that?! VERY!

I see that blogger can no upload video which I would be uber excited about except that... The camorder that Mr. Rhodes ordered is still on fricken back order. It's been over a month sice he ordered it... stupid Best Buy!!! But fear not fans... as soon as it arrives you will be seeing thiings in NeroVision. I know you all tingly with excitment!!

Wiffle ball next Sunday!!!

~Nero the Impatient

Meet the cast of Jack..

Ladies and Gentlemen it is my pleasure to announce the cast for our first production of the 07-08 season....

The cast of Jack and the Beanstalk:
Natalie Cabral / Jack's Mom
Julia Bingham / Cordellia
Kenny Roraback / Jack
Carolyne Gallo / Victoria
Malia Wright / Elizabeth
Shaine Carney / Thalia, Muse of Comedy
Kristen Boucher / Mel, Muse of Tragedy
Stephen Libby / Story Teller
Vinnie Morreale / Jack's Dad, Giant

Thanks too all of you who came out! Mr. Rhodes said there were many, MANY talented people. He was most impressed.

I will have some pictures soon! Happy Labor Day!

~Nero

Down time...

Hi All,

I wanted to remind you all that Jack auditions are next week and that if you are interested in auditioning please email Mr. Rhodes to schedule a time. All the information about the auditions is bellow.

Other than that there is not much new to report. We are still looking for different rehearsal spaces so if any of you makeshift fans out there have any ideas I would be super glad to hear them.

OH, OH, OH, I almost forgot! Mr. Rhodes ordered a video camera!!!!! Yes, I will be Nero, Video Blogger! I will even be able to give you guys clips of the shows! A picture is worth a thousand words so a video must be worth a bazillion words! Seriously can't wait!

~Nero, soon to be video blogging

Jack is off and running...

Hi all,

As you can see by the previous post we have officially begun work on or 07/08 season. WOOT!

Jack and the Beanstalk is our first production of the season. It's adapted by Noah Smith who is a friend of Mr. Rhodes and a playwright and teacher current living in Los Angeles.

We have posted the audition notices and have already receive responses. We have also begun work on the production side, which most people never see. Yesterday the production team (director, Lighting designer, sound designer, costume designer, production manager, and artistic director) met for the first time and laid out plans for the look of the show, the schedule, and budgets. I don't think most people know that work on these shows begins well before we even cast the actors. As of this date our production countdown has begun, we have 57 days before Jack and the Beanstalk opens.

Jonothan Overby is directing this time out. Here he is looking at costume ideas and sketches with the one and only Deb Shea, and production manager Emily Brown. We are excited to have some new people joining us this season on the tech side. We have Josh Staines, who ran sound for us on (abridged), will be designing sound and running the sound board for Jack. We also have Margaret Hodes joining us as lighting designer and board op, this will be Margaret's first time working with us here at Makeshift and we are pretty dern excited.

Which brings me to a sad sad bit of news. Makeshift's own Mollie McKenzie will not be back in the booth this season. Ms. Mollie has excepted an offer from the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art in North Adams, Ma to tech and teach. Yea! for Mollie... boo! for us. We wish her the best of luck.

We miss you Ms. Mollie!!!!

~Nero

It's that time... AUDITIONS!

MAKESHIFT THEATRE CO.

Announces auditions for it's up coming production of..
Jack and the Beanstalk
adapted by Noah Smith.

Audition will be held at the Cambridge Family YMCA in Central Sq..
August 29 & 30
7:00PM-9:30PM

Please contact Artistic Director Andrew Rhodes to schedule a time.
andrew@makeshifttheatre.com

Rehearsals start September 5th and will be 3 nights a week through October 4th. Location TBA.
Performance dates are:
October 6, 13, 20, 27, 28

For more information about us and our company please visit
www.makeshifttheatre.com

We are looking for 3 men and 6 women for the following roles:

Storyteller: Male, Ageless, Loud, Energetic, character traits may vary, must be able to capture a crowd and play multiple “character” roles.

Victoria: Female/Male, Ageless, young, playing children, pigtails and the whole nine yards, partners in crime with Elizabeth, plays multiple characters comfortable with adlibs and audience participation.

Elizabeth: Female/Male, Ageless, young, playing children, pigtails and the whole nine yards, partners in crime with Victoria, plays multiple characters comfortable with adlibs and audience participation.

Thalia: Female, ageless, bright, cheery, clumsy and loud, likes to laugh, overeager to please, muse of comedy

Melpomene: Female, ageless, dour, gloomy, classic straight man, played down but not quiet, muse of tragedy

Jack: Male, early 20’s, sweet, slightly clueless but with an energy of excitement for exploration, yet still timid and unsure of himself,

Mother: Female; 40’s -, Jack’s mother, Fiery, Jewish/New York accent, larger than life, a spry old women with a bounce in her step a cackle in her throat and a look that could freeze a Nargel in its tracks

Giant/Father: Male, 40’s -, doubles as Jack’s father and the giant, wears a giant suit most of the show, tall or short, more submissive to his wife, wispy, slightly blank look permanently occupies his face,

Cordelia: Female, early 20’s, love interest, good natured, does the right thing despite personal sacrifice, comedic, likes to have fun

Scared Hit-less 12 Spider-Pigs 9

Hi friends!

It was wiffle ball weekend yet again! For those of you who missed here are the highlights. The Spider-Pigs lost to Scared Hit-less 12-9 in this high scoring struggle between to power hitting teams. There were 2 in the park home runs by John "plastic killer" Sanzi and Allan "The One handed wonder."

Team captains were John Sanzi and Emily Brown. Mr. Sanzi is Makeshifts consigliere and this was his wiffle ball debut, and what a debut it was! Emily brown was finally out of injured reserve, having been previously reduced to mere umpire-dom because of a bum ankle, but yesterday she was ready to play in spite of the blistering heat. Here she is at first base ready for action.

The Spider-Pigs came out strong in the first two innings in this 6 inning game. However, after a change in pitchers the tide quickly turned in favor of Scared Hit-Less. Victoria "The Vixen" Welch, the blond bomber from Vermont, made a strong showing in this game. Here she is coming down the third baseline headed for home in a 2 run dinger by Allan.

The MVP for the day has to go to Matt Arnold for the multiple times he sacrificed his body for the game. In this interns mind he earned the title for the play at second where he dove head first for the base and ended up in the outfield still clutching the base in his brave, but slightly sore hands. Mr. Arnold we salute you!!!We also set a record for people hit by pitches and number of balls thrown in a single game. Here Allan stares down the ball as it heads straight for his face. His new bride, our own Sleeping Beauty Julia Bingham, looks on in the back ground.Post game consisted of smoothies and watermelon. See you again in 2 weeks!

~Nero

melting, MELTING....

Too hot............... Can't blog............

All strength used up... updating... website.....

http://www.makeshifttheatre.com/

~Nero