We are currently in Vandalia, OH. We had two shows on the 23rd and 24th in PA at two different venues. We then traveled to Falconer, NY beginning a four day stretch of just travel interspersed with 1 day off in St. Louis. Our final destination for the end of these four days is Alma, AR where we will be performing at the Alma Performing Arts Center.
Its only the first week of tour and we are already experiencing the shenanigans that happen during the run. Our second night in PA we wanted to go out for a cold one and some bar food. There was a tavern within 5 minutes of our hotel called Captiain Jack's. The place looked respectable on the outside and it was listed online with its own website (according to Kyle). But you never truly understand the meaning of a small po-dunk town until you walk into a smoky bar and the music stops causing all 10 bar guests to stare at you (clearly aware that you are not from that town) and then the staff proceeds to ignore you. We sat down and after about 2 minutes realized that nobody was going to take the time out of their busy day to wait on us. Needless to say we scrambled out of there.
During the load out of our last show in PA we had the back doors of the theatre open to let in some natural light. After about 5 minutes the mangiest, most ugly, orange, fluffy cat I have ever scene sauntered onto the stage from outside. The cast became very excited but I instructed them not to touch it for fear it might have fleas. Not 1 minute later Brynn, who had not heard my announcement shows up in the doorway of the van where I was loading set pieces, holding the cat with a delighted look on her face saying "Look what I found!". She put the cat down and it was then that 'ugly McGee kitty' decided it would be a good idea to hack up a hairball on a set piece. Did I mention that the cat only had one eye and its tongue was lolling out of its mouth? Now you understand why I dubbed it Ugly McGee Kitty.
We've had a long couple days and tomorrow we have a 9:00AM call for a 6 hour travel day to MO. WE have to cross Illinois and Indiana to get there. But the exciting part is we will be staying at Kyle's house for the next two nights resulting in saved per diem and home cooked meals. Mmmm. I will leave you with some pictures I have taken of the cast over the past few days:
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| Cameron (The Duck) striking a pose before our show. |
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| Brynn (Jenny), Rachael (Darlene), Kyle (Loretta) and Jed's (Farmer Brown) feet laying around. |
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| Rachael, Sarah (Maddy), Kyle and Cameron conked out in between shows. |
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| Kyle in the Toy Story themed dressing room holding Slinky Dog |
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| Cameron, Sarah, Jed, Me, Brynn and Rachael in front of the Keystone Theatre in Wysox, PA (Taken by Kyle) |
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