Tour To Date...Part One

OK, so, as you can imagine, I have about a billion pictures to choose between to show you what's been going on in my life for the past two weeks as we've been on tour. I'll try to keep this short (ish!) (OK, since short didn't work, I've decided to just make this a two-parter! Keep your eyes peeled for part two!)

I do have to tell you a funny story before I forget it...I went to a church across the street today. It was all in Danish, so I only understood the words that sound like German or English (about half of them.) Interesting! My favorite part of the service (apart from getting to sing worship songs and have communion, of course) was the final song of the service. We sang, as a congregation, "This Little Light of Mine," in Danish (I sang in English.) And, to top it all off, we did the motions. Everyone. Including the old couple sitting beside me, and the minister in his robe and regalia! I loved it!

So, the tour: there are four of us actors, two guys, two gals. The guys are from the US, and the gals are from Scotland. The first week of tour we were in Germany near our rehearsal base in Soest. After that week we drove up to Copenhagen, Denmark! So, here are some show pictures (from week one when our director was traveling around with us.) I'll post pictures of our week in Denmark in part two!

My character in "The Weasel in the Sack," Me as the FAT brother, Marmaduke.

The brothers after having "lost" their sister whom they were planning to kill...

The brothers - in the sack! Tied up by the princess we had treated poorly her whole life as our "sister." When the children have to "tickle the sack" they tend to hit/pinch! :(

The second level play, "Future Perfect," in which I pay the main character: Jimmy Doramus. Jimmy is quite the slacker and nerd as a kid...

He imagines himself fighting crime as James Pond, and, yup, you guessed it: SUPERMAN! Yes, this is a rip away suit under which is the Superman costume. The first time we did this show (as the final invitation dress where the other tour casts were able to watch) the rip away worked a little too well - my red plastic underwear came off as well! Thankfully, they decided to put buttons instead of snaps which works much better!

By the end of the show, Jimmy becomes a rich and famous rap musician - yes, I have to rap! I also teach the kids the coffee grinder - great fun!

Tom in The Glass Menagerie "Sometimes they would turn all the lights out except for a large glass sphere that hung from the ceiling. It would turn slowly about and filter the dusk with delicate rainbow like colors."

Tom and Amanda (my mother is played by a woman who's 6 years my junior!) "What about Laura?"

Tom and Laura (This is when I come back after getting drunk and Laura comes to check on me.) "What are you doing?" "I'm looking for a door key!"

The cast of Glass Menagerie L-R: Michael (as Jim), Amy (as Amanda), Nichole (as Laura), and Me (As Tom!)

Our Glass Menagerie Set

Our trusty touring van!

The dam near our first lodging.


Another view.


This sign made me chuckle. Notice that for the next 10 ft beyond the no diving sign is a slab of concrete - NO KIDDING NO DIVING!

Stay tuned for part two, coming soon!