Thanks to everyone who's made the trek to see the show I'm in called "Dearly Departed". It is still on at the Evergreen Cultural Centre in Coquitlam for another week with shows in the evening at 8 and one on Sunday at 2. It's quite a laugh riot, I think, about a family in the southern United States planning their uncle's funeral. I'm really enjoying playing Marguerite, who is a nasty old woman who drives everyone crazy by quoting the Bible at them.
It's great fun to be in a play (and also a little nerve wracking). You really feel close to the other actors and work together really hard to create the best performance you possibly can. Our director, Dale Kelly, is very inventive and I have learned so much about staging and set design and lighting and sound ideas from him. As I said before, he has made the set changes just as interesting as the play with a great sequence called "the parade of the coffins" (you have to see it to appreciate it) and a slow motion chase scene and a set piece that really looks like a car, using flashlights and people dressed in choir gowns. The theatre is such a magical place!
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