I remember getting a few strange responses when I started announcing my pregnancy to friends and family. In amongst the congratulations I had people ask me the following questions (could not make this up if I tried): Continue reading
Bardolatry: Opening C is for Clown & other updates
I’m writing a quick entry this morning because we have our tech rehearsal today for C is for Clown! We preview tomorrow at 7PM which means if you live in the valley of the sun (Phoenix) and you work a day job then tomorrow is your only chance to see this fun little show! And let me just say: it includes a rubber chicken and ridiculous hats… Here’s the official info:
Amanda and Dan Trombley will be performing at The Herberger Theater Center’s Lunch Time Theater from July 28 to August 6 in C is for Clown. The Pandanda Players are at it again! The group that brought you M is for Marriageand Q is for Queen brings their newest Alphabet Shakespeare play to Lunchtime Theater. Come learn the difference between a clown and a fool and enjoy highlights from some of Shakespeare’s funniest characters. We promise not to have any potentially creepy rainbow wigs or white painted faces – just good old fashioned laughs, witty banter, and maybe a pratfall or two. So if you love to laugh, join Amanda and Dan for their next adventure in Shakespeare’s works!
The regular lunchtime shows run Tuesdays-Thursdays at 12:10 pm, with tickets $6 each and lunch available for purchase. However, there will be a special Monday night preview performance on Monday, July 27, at 7:00 pm for $3. (No food available at this one). Doors open at 6:40 pm.
Online tickets for the lunch performances and additional info can be found at: http://www.herbergertheater.org/calendar/c-clown/
A wacky picture of our wedding taken by Katherine Miles Jones photography
This runs for 2 weeks and then we get a little break before jumping into Tempest rehearsals!
The only thing remotely related to Taming of the Shrew I thought I’d every like… until I read The Taming by Lauren Gunderson!
In other Bardolatry news… I have once again been invited to direct with Class6 Theatre. I had such a fabulous time directing How I Learned to Drive last winter and will be taking on Lauren Gunderson’s THE TAMING this fall after we open The Tempest! This is a modern play inspired by The Taming of the Shrew… very VERY loosely inspired. Those of you who know me know why this has to be true/is kind of funny. Taming of the Shrew is one of my least favorite plays in the canon. I have no desire to be in it or direct it.anytime in the near future (and odds are good not in the far future either) I think it is problematical on a number of levels. THE TAMING, however, is a delightful, wacky, feminist story and I think Class6’s timing of selecting it is perfect as we make our way into the political madness of the next presidential election. I can’t wait to cast a few stellar actresses and tackle this play with them! 🙂 Here’s a VERY brief summary:
Miss America contestant Katherine has political aspirations to match her beauty pageant ambitions. All she needs to revolutionize the American government is the help of one ultra-conservative senator’s aide on the cusp of a career breakthrough, and one bleeding-heart liberal blog
PLUS there is some major geeing out over James Madison
So that’s the short update… I have to run to tutoring and rehearsal so more details to come and please catch C is for Clown while it lasts!!!:
Baking #26: Kona Cafe Sweet Bread
I wasn’t sure I’d get a baking project done this week after the stressful start… but hubby is home today and that gave me a chance to try my hand at some sweet bread! Continue reading
Baby’s 1st ER visit…
Warning: this would make me from 2 years ago queasy… talk of blood ahead. Continue reading
Building: A check in on this month’s theme
This month has been… busy. Beyond busy. And much of it connects with the theme for the month. Continue reading
Baking #25: Honey Oatmeal Bread
A short post is better than no post at all:
Well we survived the fist week of summer camp with baby in tow… and it’s been a great experience so far but a total whirlwind so I wanted this week’s baking project to be a little sweet but mostly full of sustenance to get us through another week! I’ve had this recipe pinned for years but until I started all these baking projects I was intimidated to try it with all the waiting time for the bread to rise etc. etc. I’ve been wanting to make this recipe all week but had no time until today and it was worth the wait!
This recipe made a HUGE loaf! and so pretty…
He ate his piece so fast I could barely get a picture of him trying it!
Definitely a recipe we will be trying again! The bread is fluffy but hearty and full of flavor. Having it with some melted butter was heavenly!!
We’re gearing up to head into week 2 of camp and I’m up early this morning finishing this blog post since in my quest to take better care of myself, I went and worked out last night instead of writing and editing. Will definitely be having some of this bread tomorrow as a mid-day snack!
8 Parenting Lessons from my Life in the Theatre
Monday we started camp at the studio I’ve been working with for half a decade. I love teaching this camp each year but this year I know it is going to be a little trickier because I am bringing my son with me. I was a little worried at how he would do with all the commotion and wondering if we had maybe made a mistake trying to bring him with us, but so far it has been great. It has also been a lot more work, so last night and early this morning I started brainstorming for a post I mentioned I wanted to write a while back- I want to talk about just a few of the ways theatre has helped prepare me to be a parent, or even made me a better parent than I would have been: Continue reading
Bardology: It’s a Small World
Sorry to those of you who now hate that they have that song stuck in their head all day. But I wanted to write about how beautifully small a world it really is (one might say after all… one might have a Disney problem…) The theatrical community is inescapably interconnected. Continue reading
Baking #24: High Tea and Scones
This was the magnificent spread of our high tea in London… obsessed!
I few weeks ago, I was invited over by a dear friend for a playmate and tea time. It was FABULOUS. She had these incredible “southern style” scones to go with it- more like biscuits actually and my son and I couldn’t stop eating them. Absolutely heavenly and I need to get that recipe! But in the days that followed I started missing London and more traditional scones. I went to London as a summer study abroad program when I was studying at Pepperdine and while there I got to go to high tea with one of my best friends. Hands down one of my top 10 favorite travel memories. Continue reading
You Can’t Fake a Deep Breath
In an earlier blog post, I mentioned Kristin Linklater’s awesome quote on how holding your breath makes part of you absent. I think that observation is one of the intimidating things about activities that make you take deep breaths and truly be present- acting, yoga, birth, prayer, rest (not just sleeping but sabbath day take a break or a vacation conscious rest…). All of these activities make me recognize my own humanity, my frailty, my imperfections. Continue reading
Alphabet Resolutions 