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DIE! MOMMIE! DIE! is cast!!!

April 3rd, 2010 1 Comment

HURLYBURLY is up and running and rehearsals are about to begin for our next production, Die! Mommie! Die! by Charles Busch. it’s a fabulous throw-back to the melodramatic, big screen soaps of the 60′s and i’m back in the director’s chair. the show opens May 14 and plays for 4 weeks. find the promo poster [...]

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UPDATE: [title of show] is CAST!!!

December 7th, 2009 2 Comments

hey all! this past weekend was crazy busy with the opening of The Real Housewives of the North Pole (click HERE to reserve tickets and HERE to read their awesome review from EncoreMI!), the reading of The Boys in the Band on sunday (which went awesome, thanks to the fabulous cast and the awesome audience [...]

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THE LARAMIE PROJECT – rehearsal photos

October 4th, 2009 No Comments

as i’ve blogged about before, we are doing the epilogue to The Laramie Project on monday, october 12th, which is the 11th anniversary of Matthew Shepard’s death. after we had our cast (Jon Ager, Melissa Beckwith, Christa Coulter, Cassandra McCarthy, Dan Morrison, Jamie Richards, Jamie Warrow, and myself….Joe Bailey is directing), we got together to [...]

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BAD SEED – video … Mrs. Daigle’s second appearance

September 29th, 2009 No Comments

had to post this hilarious scene with the amazing Laurel Hufano in The Bad Seed @ The Ringwald in the spring of 2008. she won a 2009 Wilde Award for Best Supporting Performer for her hilarious take on Mrs. Daigle. Jamie Warrow is playing Christine and Melissa Beckwith is Monica. i’m the chick with the [...]

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EVIL DEAD: THE MUSICAL is CAST!!

August 20th, 2009 1 Comment

i am thrilled to announce the cast for my next directorial venture, EVIL DEAD: THE MUSICAL. thank you to everyone who came out to audition. i am extremely excited about the folks i’ll be working with and think this is going to be one HELLUVA bloody good time!! the show opens Friday, October 23rd at [...]

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BOOK OF LIZ promo shots!!

June 18th, 2009 No Comments

hey hey! we are rehearsing the next show to open at The Ringwald, Amy & David Sedaris’ THE BOOK OF LIZ. it’s a kooky little comedy about a woman, her cheese balls, and the crazy people she meets as she ventures out into the real world for the first time. the Sedaris combo is absolutely [...]

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vlog: 09/10 General Auditions – Day One

June 8th, 2009 2 Comments

so here we are at day one of the 2009/2010 General Auditions with six of the hottest Detroit theatres: Abreact, Breathe Art, Matrix, Magenta Giraffe, Planet Ant, and Who Wants Cake? we were auditioning for four hours on monday, june 8th, and saw 55 actors! we were all a little hungry so pardon the tootsie [...]

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Top 10 WWC? Characters I’ve Loved (Pt 2)

June 6th, 2009 5 Comments

thank you to everyone who has been checking out the first part of my Top 10 List for WWC? Characters I’ve Loved. below you will find the conclusion to that list. there were over a hundred characters to choose from and it wasn’t easy. keep in mind that these are characters i love….meaning that they [...]

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Fabulous Write-Up on WWC? & The Ringwald!

June 4th, 2009 1 Comment

  we were the subject of a fabulous write-up in MetroMode Online Magazine!!! Click on the above photograph or HERE to Tanya Muzumdar’s complete story!

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WWC? Receives 9 Wilde Award Nominations!!

June 3rd, 2009 3 Comments

after a crazy and fabulous sophomore year at our home, The Ringwald, Who Wants Cake? was thrilled (i, for one, was screaming like a little girl) to wake up and learn that the Wilde Award Nominations had been announced….and Who Wants Cake? had received 9 nods! congrats to all the nominees and we look forward [...]

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