Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Rehearsal Thursday Sept 1

Great work Wed night everyone.

Rehearsal Thursday Night September 1st
Dance Rehearsal 7-9pm
Let There Be - all cast, including animals and storytellers.

Monday, August 29, 2011

Rehearsal Tuesday August 30

We are off and running with storyteller music. Great job everyone in the cast. Thank yu to everyone who also took the time to review Generations.

Costume fitting info will soon be posted as well for the Entire cast, including animals.

Tuesday night is both a Music and a Blocking Rehearsal, please note below..

Tue August 30 - MUSIC AND BLOCKING REHEARSALS
Music Rehearsal, Little Theatre
7pm-7:30pm "The End of A Perfect Day" and "Childhood's End"
7:30-8pm "Wasteland" and Wasteland Soloists
8pm-9pm "Ring of Stones" and "Mark of Cain"

Blocking Rehearsal, Lobby
7pm "A World Without You" - Adam, Eve, Father (inc. pp33-38)
7:30pm "The Spark of Creation" - Eve
8pm "Hardest Part of Love" and the "Gathering Storm"- Noah
8:30pm "Sailor of the Skies" and "Stranger to the Rain" - Yonah

Sunday, August 28, 2011

Rehearsal Monday August 29

Mon. August 29, Music Rehearsal, Little Theatre
7pm  "The Expulsion" - All Storytellers
7pm-7:30pm "Perfect Part 1"
7:30pm-8pm "Father's Day" and "Perfect Part II"
8pm-9pm "In Pursuit of Excellence"

Leads who are also in these songs please attend as well.

Saturday, August 27, 2011

Rehearsal Updates

Rehearsal updates for the next couple of weeks are ready folks.

Mon. August 29, Music Rehearsal, Little Theatre
7pm  "The Expulsion" - All Storytellers
7pm-7:30pm "Perfect Part 1"
7:30pm-8pm "Father's Day" and "Perfect Part II"
8pm-9pm "In Pursuit of Excellence"

Tue August 30 - MUSIC AND BLOCKING REHEARSALS
Music Rehearsal, Little Theatre
7pm-7:30pm "The End of A Perfect Day" and "Childhood's End"
7:30-8pm "Wasteland" and Wasteland Soloists
8pm-9pm "Ring of Stones" and "Mark of Cain"
Blocking Rehearsal, Lobby
7pm "A World Without You" - Adam, Eve, Father (inc. pp33-38)
7:30pm "The Spark of Creation" - Eve
8pm "Hardest Part of Love" and the "Gathering Storm"- Noah
8:30pm "Sailor of the Skies" and "Stranger to the Rain" - Yonah

Wed August 31, Blocking Rehearsal, Little Theatre
7pm In the Beginning (all cast including storytellers and animals)
7:30pm The Expulsion (Adam, Eve, Father, Storytellers-all)
8pm Family of Noah pp 124-128 (including The Hour of Darkness)
8:30pm Yonah and Japeth "In Whatever Time We Have"

Thu September 1, Dance Rehearsal, Little Theatre
7pm - Let There Be
All Cast including Storytellers and Animals

Tuesday September 6, Music Rehearsal, Little Theatre
6:30pm-7pm "Noah's Lullabye"  (**NOTE EARLIER TIME)
7pm-8pm "A Piece of Eight"
8pm-8:30pm "The Flood" Singers
8:30pm-9:00pm "Words of Doom"

Wednesday September 7, Dance Rehearsal, St. John's Church
TBA

Thursday September 8, Blocking & Music Rehearsal, Little Theatre
7pm Music Review-All Cast including animals
At 8pm block pp57-71 (Adam, Eve, Cain, Abel, Young Cain, Young Abel) during music review

Saturday September 10, Dance Rehearsal, Little Theatre
TBA

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Rehearsal Wed August 24 and cast notes

Another great rehearsal tonight for Children of Eden. The vocals are coming along great.

Wednesday Aug 24 - 7pm Blocking Rehearsal - ALL Storytellers and Families of Noah and Adam!
We will be blocking the storytellers into Act One and Act Two numbers.


Thursday Aug 25 we will be dancing Generations!

No animals are needed Wednesday or Thursday. Next animal rehearsal is Sat at 10am at the THEATRE, not the church.

We are now in the process of ordering costumes and doing some fittings. We will have some details posted soon on a costume day to try things on and get adjustments marked.

Don't forget t-shirts are 10.00 and you can give those orders to Jenny our stage manager.

Fntastic job everyone. Keep up the great work, we are all so pleased with the progress everyone is making.



Monday, August 22, 2011

Rehearsal Tuesday August 23

Great rehearsal tonight everyone. The show is sounding so amazing so far and we are so happy and thrilled. You all have an amazing show in the works.

Tuesday rehearsal August 23 is a Music Rehearsal
All Cast (including animal chorus) at 7pm

Note: The Animal Chorus will also be a part of singing Let There Be, Children of Eden, and In The Beginning. On Tuesday, we will start with In The Beginning and release the Anmal Chorus hopefully around 8pm. We are also going to start to take costume measurements for the animal chorus as well.

For Storytellers: check the link to the right under Show Links for the storyteller breakdown by song.

Great job everyone.

Sunday, August 21, 2011

Rehearsal Monday August 22

Rehearsal Monday August 22 is at 7pm in the Little Theatre.
Music Rehearsal - ALL CAST!  

Breakdown of storyteller songs will be handed out and can be downloaded HERE.

Upcoming rehearsals:

Tuesday Aug. 23 - 7pm Music Rehearsal - ALL CAST!
Wednesday Aug 24 - 7pm Blocking Rehearsal - ALL Storytellers and Families of Noah and Adam!
Thursday Aug. 25 - 7pm Dance Rehearsal - Generations - Leads and Storytellers
Saturday Aug 27 - 10-11:30 - Zoo Animals, 11:30-1:00pm add Lauren, Victor and Olivia.

Monday August 29 - Music Rehearsal
Tuesday August 30 - Music Rehearsal
Wednesday August 31 - Staging Rehearsal
Thursday September 1 - Dance Rehearsal "Let There Be" (Leads and Storytellers)

Tuesday September 6 - Music Rehearsal -
Wednesday September 7 - Blocking/Music Rehearsal - Review ALL
Thursday September 8 - Blocking/Music Rehearsal - Review ALL
Saturday September 10 - Dance Rehearsal - TBA

The blog will be used to update the schedule - please be aware the week of September 12th will be a mix mash of staging, music, and dance rehearsals so we can wrap up the basics.  

Leads - we may have a request for a special music/staging rehearsal at some point - stay tuned.

Thank you everyone for a great ensemble cast and a wonderful experience so far.  

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

COE Rehearsal Thursday August 18



Rehearsal Thursday August 18 - Little Theatre
7pm - Blocking reheasal - Family of Noah.

Working Act Two Blocking.

Coming up:

Sat. August 20, 10am-1pm. Dance Rehearsal, Animals (TBA)
Mon. August 22, 7pm - ALL CAST for Music Rehearsal
Tue. August 23, 7pm - ALL CAST for Music Rehearsal
Wed. August 24, 7pm - ALL CAST for Act One Blocking (More Info TBA)
Thur. August 25, 7pm - ALL CAST for Act Two Blocking (More Info TBA)

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Children of Eden Rehearsal Updates

Rehearsal Wednesday August 17 - Little Theatre
7pm - Blocking reheasal - Family of Adam and Father.

Working Act One Blocking.

Coming up:

Thur. August 18, 7pm - Family of Noah and Father for Blocking Rehearsal
Mon. August 22, 7pm - ALL CAST for Music Rehearsal
Tue. August 23, 7pm - ALL CAST for Music Rehearsal
Wed. August 24, 7pm - ALL CAST for Act One Blocking (More Info TBA)
Thur. August 25, 7pm - ALL CAST for Act Two Blocking (More Info TBA)

Monday, August 15, 2011

Music Rehearsal Tuesday August 16

We are off and running strong. Great rehearsal tonight with Father and the Family of Adam

Tuesday night August 16 at 7 pm
Music Rehearsal for Family of Noah

In the Little Theatre

Sunday, August 14, 2011

COE Music Rehearsal Mon August 15

Great cast meeting and music rehearsal tonight everyone.    It is sounding amazing already - and we've only met once!

Monday Night August 15th - Little Theatre
7pm Musical Rehearsal for ADAM'S FAMILY and FATHER

Called are Noah, Eve, Cain, Abel, Young Cain, Young Abel and Father.

Cast Meeting 8-14-11

Hello cast,

Our first cast meeting is TONIGHT at 7pm in the Little Theatre. 

We have lots of information to share and go over - including our first draft of the rehearsal schedule.

For those of you without listed conflicts, we will see you there :)

Ted

Friday, August 12, 2011

Welcome to Children of Eden - First Dance Rehearsal and more...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to Children of Eden cast!   What an outstanding group!

First things first - DANCE REHEARSAL!  Saturday Aug. 13 10am-1pm at St. John's Episcopal Church in Franklin.  This is the stone church behind the theatre on the corner of 12th and Buffalo St.   They are kindly letting us use their space for rehearsal.   Use the 12th Street Door!
10am-12noon: The Naming - All Animals(Children's Chorus)
12noon - 1pm: The Return of the Animals - All Animals (Children's Chorus).
If you had a conflict on your audition sheet, thank you for letting us know.

Second, Cast Meeting is Sunday Aug. 14th at 7pm in the Little Theatre at the Barrow.  We will be handing out scripts (please bring a $20.00 deposit for the script), going over the cast packet including director visions, rehearsal schedule, and more!!!

Third - we have had some cast changes since announcing the cast!  I have update the cast announcement in the previous blog posting but Connor McCanlus (Adam) and Mike Leisher will not be able to do the show.  We will miss them but their reasons are good and we all need to know that.

In the meantime, I have recast Jacob Krupitzer as Adam, and recast Zak Klassen as Abel.   We will be looking for as Shem.

See everyone soon - and thank you for being part of a fantastic production of Children of Eden.

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

CAST ANNOUNCEMENT - CHILDREN OF EDEN

Here it is folks, your cast list for the FCOA 2011 Applefest production of Children of Eden.
A cast meeting will be held Sunday August 14th at 7pm at the Little Theatre for orientation and to kick off the rehearsal process.   A dance rehearsal will be held Saturday August 13th at St. John's Church for the Animal Chorus (10am-12n The Naming and 12n-1pm Return of the Animals).

Congratulations everyone!

CAST LIST
Father-Zach Covington
Adam-Jacob Krupitzer
Eve-Janelle Chambers
Snake – Marc Ellis Holland
Young Cain – Scott Greene
Young Abel – Brady Thatcher
Cain – Bret Sloan
Abel – Zak Klassen
Noah-Steve Luxbacher
Mama Noah – Jennifer Lowrey
Japeth – Victor Aponte
Yonah – Katie Rogers
Ham – Kent Zacherl
Shem –
Aphra- Danielle Winterhalter
Aysha – Sarah Creighton
Storytellers:
Jeri Bolton, Bryana Delaney, Bowen Dye, Julie Greene, Bill Hennessy, Peg Hennessy, Connor Kingdom, Veronika Lamphere, Linda Leisher, Anna Lowrey, Marcy Lusher, Carissa McClintock, Anne Medina, Rosie Petulla, Beth Pfohl, Laurajane Stone, Lauren Sarazen

Animal Chorus:
Rachel Anderson, Lauren Caralla, Kate Ditzenberger, Kristina Hartle, Shannon Hingl, Anne Marie Hutchinson, Lucy Hutchinson, Gabriella Keebler, Jenna Kirkwood, Tina Krizon, Cara Lowrey, Julia Lusher, Savannah McQuade, Beth Pfohl, Hannah Plowman, Regan Scott, McKenzie Shook, Hope Sires, Moira Sloss, Summer Stevenson, Nicole Way

Snake Ensemble:
Sarah Creighton, Julie Greene, Anna Lowrey, Lauren Sarazen

Lead Dancers:
Storytellers – Victor Aponte, Olivia Beals, Madison Henry, Marc Ellis Holland, Lauren Sarazan
Animals – Astrid Logue, Athena Rankin


Children of Eden cast to be announced tonight 8-9-11

Keep holding onto your hats!   We are finalizing the last few calls, texts, and emails so we can post the full cast list for Children of Eden.

With over 60 people auditioning, we were overwhelmed by the amazing and diverse talent pool and thank everyone for coming out.   We will be posting the cast list tonight 8-9-11 by 8pm.

Thank you all -
The Children of Eden Production Team

Sunday, August 7, 2011

Final Audition Call - Mon. Aug. 8th

Auditions for Children of Eden conclude Monday August 8 at 7pm.

These are open auditions for ALL AGES - for anyone who has not yet auditioned for the 2011 FCOA Applefest show.

The production is looking for all interested actors, singers, dancers, and others who wish to participate in this family oriented and friendly show.

Monday August 8th at 7pm - FINAL AUDITION CALL.