Much Ado About Much Ado



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Three days. Three shows. Rain threatened both Friday and Saturday nights, but no matter. We made it. Decent crowds came on both nights and were treated to some exceptionally good Shakespeare. The nice thing about producing plays (and not being actually on stage) is that I can praise honestly the performances without fear of seeming egotistical. Convenient.

And on Sunday afternoon, we pulled off our first ever matinee performance. The weather was just about as perfect as could be, though I’m sure the actors would’ve liked a little more overcasting. By Act IV, I could tell that the glare was threatening their concentration, but not enough to be noticed by the sizable crowd. And now that the experimental performance is over, I’m thinking we can do it again for the next show. (My photos from the matinee are available on Flickr.)

Okay. I’ve been good up to this point, but you all knew this was coming. We have one more weekend’s worth of performances. May 11 & 12. As with our previous outings, these shows are free. If you want, you donate. If not, so be it. Now, some of you have already come out to check it out. Thank you. You know you’re awesome. And others have promised to attend this weekend. Good. But the rest of you, my lovely local friends in Blog-lanta … you really need to drive on up to Roswell and see what we’ve been able to do. Nikki calls it “sheer force of will theatre,” and she’s right. She and Alyssa have outfitted our players incredibly. And our actors are just about perfect, hitting wonderfully their marks of hilarity and pain and everywhere in between. Once I convinced them of the idea that the key to comedy was taking it seriously, they went with it entirely.

may11_12.pngSo come one, come all … North Fulton Drama Club’s production of Much Ado About Nothing. Two more nights only. May 11 & 12, weather be damned.

And one more thing. We’ve compiled another Cast Podcast, hosted kindly at Georgia Podcast Network. So even before you come out and see them in person (or if, heaven forbid, you just can’t make it to the show), you can still meet this cast of ours and hear what they think about their characters, about difficulties with language, about playing outdoors and — in a couple of cases — what it feels like to “be” evil.

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