Theatre Freaking

The Life and Times Of A Theatre Freak in Chicago

Saturday, April 30, 2005

Ethan on the Beach

This Is Ethan. He is chillin' on the beach, a place I wish I was chillin' today. Instead I am at work waiting for my shift to end so I can go to job number two today. Booooo. Want to be home sleeping, or watching the Hitchhikers Guide, or something fun. Just got to make it till tomorrow- sunday starts my break till Tuesday! Hooray! Till then I can look at this picture and wish my life were this simple.

Saturday, April 23, 2005

More on the Cabinet front...


More from The Cabinet
Originally uploaded by MariGerard.
I love this photo so much. Thats Linsey hanging, and Eric peaking up. The show moves to Redmoon Central this week. Bigger house, more people..good times. So just in case you were wondering- it is SNOWING today in Chicago. Yep you heard me. I am so not dressed appropreatly today. Ya know a week ago it was 75 degrees and today it snows-what kinda craziness is that. Chicago for ya!

Wednesday, April 20, 2005

YAY SPRING!


Michigan at the river
Originally uploaded by Luke.
So I stole this Photo from someone on flickr. I take the L through the LOOP downtown (where this pic is taken) on Wednesdays on my way to Redmoon for the show. Tuesday it was actually 80 degrees here! I LOVED IT!! Today we are at 68- but the warmth will return I know it. And the city does not cease to take my breath away with the views daily. So I thought I'd share! Happy Wednesday!

Saturday, April 16, 2005

The Cabinet keeps going and going and going....


The Cabinet
Originally uploaded by MariGerard.
It's like the energizer bunny. We have officially extended till June 5th. Very cool because we are still selling out houses.I like this picture because you can see all Four levels of the Cabinet. The bottom is the victrolla that plays the narration for the story. The two skinny doors on the right and the left of the bottom sections are the doors Vanessa squeezes through to come out at the audience at one point and make them very uncomfortable before going back in. The middle is where most of the action happens. The upper three doors are where smaller scenes with the puppets are acted out and at this moment it is the shadow show projection up there. The very top is where the silent film text is projected to give the piece that connection to the origional 1919 silent film it is based on. I can not tell you how fortunate I feel to be working on this project with Redmoon evn if it is only as a house manager. The show is amazing.

Wednesday, April 13, 2005

Chicago in the spring.....


Chicago_from_NavyPier
Originally uploaded by Via Chicago.
is really an interesting phenomenon. First the weather is so confused it doesn't know if it should scratch its watch or wind its butt. One day its 70 and the next its 40. This keeps my apartment in this constant state of windows open-windows closed-too stuffy-too cold-all the time. It drives me nuts. Then it's the rain...heavy out of no where windy to the point of blowing your umbrella inside out RAIN. No fun either. But this morning at 7am with my eyes barely cracked open, on the way to the EL I saw that flowers are starting to bloom, and grass is returning to replace the mud. And out of nowhere a Bunny rabbit, rather large came darting out onto the side walk and hopped across a rather busy Sheridan Rd. It was the first sign of wildlife other than birds and squirels I have seen since moving here. What is a rabbit doing in uptown chicago? We hardly have enough greenery for the birds and ocasional squirrel. Where do the bunnys live? With warmer weather comes the horrific smell wafting up from the sewers below the streets. God help you if you walk over a man hole-hold your breath, that smell can kill you. But resturants open their kitchen doors and let yummy smells waft into the streets too and that makes you hungry all day, in a good way. So they say the spring and the summer makes up for the horrible winters here in Chi-town...I haven't seen that yet...but I haven't lost hope.

Tuesday, April 12, 2005

Scot's on Montrose


Me and Michael at Scots
Originally uploaded by MariGerard.
Last night I went to Scot's 8th aniversary party. It was open bar from 7-9pm and the food was divine. These photo's were on the wall from Mardi Gras when I went and was a Karaoke rock star. (See previous blog post from February titled Mardi Gras King and Queen) I took them off the wall on my stumbly way out (did I mention the open bar) because I knew the photographer was gonna put up the ones from last night this week and would more than likely just toss them. So I rescued them- and thought I would post them today. Happy Un-Fat Tuesday everybody from Mari in the Big City!

Saturday, April 02, 2005

What I am doing these days....


The Cabinet
Originally uploaded by MariGerard.
So some of you may already know that I have been house managing for Redmoon Theatre since March 3rd. They are doing a production called The Cabinet- based on the 1919 German Exspresionist silent film "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" about a sonambulist (one who sleep walks trough life) who is controlled by the director of the asylum where he is confined. Eventually the doctor sends him in his sleepwalking state into the village to kill people. It isn't a happy play- but this particular production is amazing- the set is a giant cabinet of curiousity- the scenes take place in the various opening cabinet doors. 5 puppeteers manuever the puppets and giant pop up sets and shadow pupets. the show has been sold out since previews- and we have recieved amazing reviews. This photo is of Vanessa and Dr. Caligari in the courtyard of the asylum- preparing to instruct Cezar (the sonambulist)to kill the bird flying about. The show has a very black and white feel to it- and the narration is a crackly old victrola recording of Cezar himself telling his sleepwalking story. I wish you all lived closer-because it is truely something to be seen. We just extended the run to June 8th. Origionally we were to close on May 8th.I am really glad to be a part of it!