Thursday...

Thursday always brings a sense of expectation...when I was a little kid it meant that the weekend and two glorious days from school were almost here. As an older kid and teenager, it meant that Friday and Saturday night, with either a date or an outing with friends, was imminent. In college, Thursday night was the biggest "going out night" of the week, which explained the poor attendance at Friday morning classes. Now, as an adult, Thursday is essentially just another day, but there's still that little feeling of happy anticipation that comes with Thursday afternoon...I think I'll mix myself a bourbon and coke (the official drink of fall) and sit and watch the leaves fall before I go to rehearsal.

And for what am I rehearsing, one may ask? The world premiere of Lloyd J. Schwartz's The Phantom Of The Opry, which opens October 14th. We have a wonderful cast, which includes:

THE PHANTOMOF THE OPRY....................Greg Hagler
CHRISSY............................................................Lindsey Kennedy
RONNIE.............................................................Howard Green
CARLY................................................................Holly Dikeman
DUSTY WHITAKER.........................................Don Everett Garrett
ANDY..................................................................George Scott
PHIL...................................................................Andrew Duxbury
MADAME...........................................................Pam Cooper
MEG....................................................................Kimberly Piazza
SKEFF.................................................................Ron Dometrovich
JOEY BOUQUET...............................................Ryland Byars
THE "DOWN HOME SINGERS".....................Siusan Buie
Ali Fredrick
Chuck Evans
Russell Jones
LIGHTING DESIGNER/SHARPSHOOTER........Jerry Handley
PIANIST/SHARPSHOOTER..................................Dave Crabb
YOUNG CHRISSY....................................................Kendra Bridgham
YOUNG RONNIE.....................................................Reid Watson
GORDY.......................................................................Brent Jones
DARLENE..................................................................Kim Rollins Dometrovich

The show itself follows the traditional "Phantom" story, but places the show at a country-music house. For more information, please visit our website at www.centerstage-productions.org

Not much else to report today. I am going to do my VERY BEST to post something new every day, or at the very least to avoid any more three-month absences!!! :-)

FLT3