done and very creative, and the actors were really good. Although, some parts of it I did not like very much. This performance was something we signed up for through our co-op. I am going to tell you about the story line because not everyone is familiar with this play. There was a couple, who were named Egeon and Emilia. Egeon was a merchant of Syracuse and was quite wealthy. The couple had identical twin sons, and that same day identical twin sons were born to a much poorer family. Therefore, Egeon and Emilia bought the other set of twins to be servants to their sons. Egeon and Emilia set sail for home but their ship was wrecked. Egeon, trying to save whomever he could, grabbed one of his sons and a twin servant and secured them to a mast, hoping they would survive. The mother did the exact thing to the other twin and servant, and Egeon and Emilia went separate ways. Emilia, who ended up in Ephesus, thought she had Antipholus and Dromio, so she called them that. After years, Antipholus grew restless wanting to find his long lost brother, so resolvedly he told Egeon his father he was going to find him. He went searching, leaving their father alone. Antipholus and Dromio searched for a long time until they came to Ephesus. Their Father, thinking his life was just too dull, left to find his son, who was looking for his brother. Finally Egeon came to Ephesus where his son was, but soon after his arrival was arrested for being from Syracuse and coming Ephesus. He owed 1000 pounds or he would be executed!!! Explaining what happened next would be confusing and you probably would not to read it all, so I am going to finish here and invite you to read the play for yourself. All I will tell you is there were many errors that left an angry wife, a man in debt, an angry goldsmith, two confused Antipholuses, two outraged servants, and finally a family that lived happily ever after.
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Showing posts with label Plays. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Plays. Show all posts
Friday, March 13, 2020
Comedy of Errors Play by Connor
Last weekend we went to watch Calhoun College perform a
Shakespearian play called “A Comedy of Errors”. Calhoun has
a couple of different campuses, and we went to the one in Decatur. It was well
done and very creative, and the actors were really good. Although, some parts of it I did not like very much. This performance was something we signed up for through our co-op. I am going to tell you about the story line because not everyone is familiar with this play. There was a couple, who were named Egeon and Emilia. Egeon was a merchant of Syracuse and was quite wealthy. The couple had identical twin sons, and that same day identical twin sons were born to a much poorer family. Therefore, Egeon and Emilia bought the other set of twins to be servants to their sons. Egeon and Emilia set sail for home but their ship was wrecked. Egeon, trying to save whomever he could, grabbed one of his sons and a twin servant and secured them to a mast, hoping they would survive. The mother did the exact thing to the other twin and servant, and Egeon and Emilia went separate ways. Emilia, who ended up in Ephesus, thought she had Antipholus and Dromio, so she called them that. After years, Antipholus grew restless wanting to find his long lost brother, so resolvedly he told Egeon his father he was going to find him. He went searching, leaving their father alone. Antipholus and Dromio searched for a long time until they came to Ephesus. Their Father, thinking his life was just too dull, left to find his son, who was looking for his brother. Finally Egeon came to Ephesus where his son was, but soon after his arrival was arrested for being from Syracuse and coming Ephesus. He owed 1000 pounds or he would be executed!!! Explaining what happened next would be confusing and you probably would not to read it all, so I am going to finish here and invite you to read the play for yourself. All I will tell you is there were many errors that left an angry wife, a man in debt, an angry goldsmith, two confused Antipholuses, two outraged servants, and finally a family that lived happily ever after.
done and very creative, and the actors were really good. Although, some parts of it I did not like very much. This performance was something we signed up for through our co-op. I am going to tell you about the story line because not everyone is familiar with this play. There was a couple, who were named Egeon and Emilia. Egeon was a merchant of Syracuse and was quite wealthy. The couple had identical twin sons, and that same day identical twin sons were born to a much poorer family. Therefore, Egeon and Emilia bought the other set of twins to be servants to their sons. Egeon and Emilia set sail for home but their ship was wrecked. Egeon, trying to save whomever he could, grabbed one of his sons and a twin servant and secured them to a mast, hoping they would survive. The mother did the exact thing to the other twin and servant, and Egeon and Emilia went separate ways. Emilia, who ended up in Ephesus, thought she had Antipholus and Dromio, so she called them that. After years, Antipholus grew restless wanting to find his long lost brother, so resolvedly he told Egeon his father he was going to find him. He went searching, leaving their father alone. Antipholus and Dromio searched for a long time until they came to Ephesus. Their Father, thinking his life was just too dull, left to find his son, who was looking for his brother. Finally Egeon came to Ephesus where his son was, but soon after his arrival was arrested for being from Syracuse and coming Ephesus. He owed 1000 pounds or he would be executed!!! Explaining what happened next would be confusing and you probably would not to read it all, so I am going to finish here and invite you to read the play for yourself. All I will tell you is there were many errors that left an angry wife, a man in debt, an angry goldsmith, two confused Antipholuses, two outraged servants, and finally a family that lived happily ever after.
Saturday, September 5, 2015
My Son Pinocchio Jr. (Siobhan)
~Pinocchio~
One of my favorite things to do in the summer is work as a teen intern at Franklin Area Children's Theater. We have only two weeks to put together a Disney musical. This year we performed My Son Pinocchio (a junior Broadway musical.) It always amazes me to see how quickly the play comes together. The teen interns and kids are amazing, and we always have so much fun.
This year my camera died right before the play (thankfully I had a warranty on it!) so I couldn't get pictures, but our director took some on her phone.

This year my camera died right before the play (thankfully I had a warranty on it!) so I couldn't get pictures, but our director took some on her phone.

Each of the teen interns were assigned a 'buddy' to look after. Mine was Olivia :)
My friend, Asia Grace, was able to do FACT this year and loved it!
Gepetta's Toyshop

Toys!

The Blue Fairy

Fairies in Training


Pinocchio and Gepetta


Townsparents


Stromboli and His Marvelous Marionettes


I've Got No Strings



Idyllia


Pleasure Island


This was my 5th year in FACT. Here are links to pictures of the different plays:
~My Son Pinocchio~
Thursday, September 25, 2014
FACT Presents the Little Mermaid By: Siobhan
Recently I was part of a production of Disney's Little Mermaid. It was a lot of work, but so much fun! For the past few years I have done FACT (Franklin Area Children's Theater.) Once a year we get together and put on a musical in only two weeks! This year I decided to do FACT as a teen intern. Teen interns get paid to teach the kids who do the camp basic theater skills, help them learn the lyrics and choreography for the songs, teach them games, and learn our own parts for the play. We had two 1 1/2 hour productions. Our cast was made up of 53 people! I played a Mersister. We were all very sad to see it end.
Thankfully, someone came in on one of our rehearsals and took some amazing pictures, so I do have quite a few to post here. Since it was a rehearsal, we did not have all of the costume pieces, but we had quite a few, so you get a good idea of what it looked like on show night. :)
Makeup :)
Mersisters!
Prince Eric, the Pilot, and Grimsby
Fathoms Below
Ariel
Flotsam, Jetsam, Ursula, and her Tentacles
Daughters of Triton
Flounder, Sebastian, and Ariel
Dinglehopper!
Ariel and Scuttle
Human Stuff
Ariel and Triton
Part of Your World/Ariel's Grotto
Under the Sea
She's in Love
Flounder and the Mersisters
Flotsam, Ariel, and Jetsam
Ursula's Lair
Poor Unfortunate Souls
Ariel and Scuttle
Ariel and Eric
Les Poissons
Kiss the Girl
~Little Mermaid Teen Interns Cast Photo~
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