tour week 2: DROCK/big bob gibson

this week the Zorro tour hollered at Decatur Alabama (d'rock its called by its natives) and the Princess Theatre. This was a cool space. Load in was a breeze ( THANK YOU JESUS ) and we were there for a couple of days so all we had to do was show up perform eat and go home. The venue was sweet and the people who ran it were super accommodating. I've been told this is one of our nicer stops so yay for a couple of nice days at the Princess.

Nikki, our in house stage manager, is a Drock native and so she graced us with her presence for this leg of the tour! She was eager to introduce us to one of her favorite restaurants called Big Bob Gibson World's Best Barbecue.

By the pic you can tell shes pretty proud of her home town.

We ate one of our many many meals together after a very speedy run of Zorro ( we purposely did an almost italian run of the show to shave off a few minutes and it was a blast. just what we needed for having done the show 30ish times by now. ) then we found out that our second show was cancelled because of the tornado warnings so we took our time eating.

Alex(tour manager/hero) and Christina(rosa ) showin some love.

touring week 1.

tour has begun. its fun/physically taxing/ a good thing im extraverted or id die from the amount of quality time you get with the cast.

but so far its only been to Tuscaloosa. Don't worry we travel in a sweet white minivan. It has space doors and a space trunk that open and shut themselves. and glows neon blue at night on the inside. its like a little tiny rave on wheels.

i have my first tour wound. i kinda had a piece of the set fall on me. its epic. and i'm positive there are more to come.

good news is this weekend we are back in bham which means no load out until sunday! woot!

latest going ons

there has been so much going on lately.

1. I finished my internship at Briarwood and then stayed for another month and a half to be the admin assistant which is hilarious.

2. I started rehearsal, then tech and now the in house run performances of Zorro! The cast and crew are fun pleasant people which is wonderful bc i am going to be living with most of them in a van and hotel rooms for weeks on end coming soon.

3. I have been doing more temp work than I know what to do with. The list goes as follows: character at a birthday party, over night babysitting, and most IRONICALLY a housekeeper. Which if any of you ever saw my car or closet in college ( or lets be real ever in my life ) you will appreciate that some sap hired me as a housekeeper. Surprisingly I am getting pretty good at it. ( but i absolutely do not enjoy it. though it does pay for my gas for the month. )

4. kristi moved out. depressing for me but so wonderful for her! Kristi and Liz are both moved in their gorgeous apartment in NYC and are both just being fabulous.

5. Payne visited which was wonderful to play with my old friend and chat about the good ole days ( midsummer and deadwood ) and encourage each other in whats going on now! He was so supportive and encouraging about Zorro and I know he's doing so well in his rep of shows right now! I cant wait til we live in Richmond at the same time. What a treat to be in the same town and be working for the same company as one of my BFA classmates.

6. Kara also visited and that was wonderfullllllllllllllllll! She got to come see Zorro which was cool because she is the only person I know who has come to see it! We had lunch ( funny how everyone including me craves mexican food after Zorro) walked around the mall and ate ice cream at yogurt mountain! It was a wonderful and much needed afternoon of great company. I love Kara very much!

7. I am buying an obscene amount of auburn looking fall wear. this is stupid because i do not go to school there anymore but i cant stop myself. blue and white striped sweater, orange toms, orange scarf that matches virtually nothing in my closet. i have a disease. i love auburn too much. and i have a crush on cam newton. for real. o and Laura hooked me up with a tour of the stadium. so jazzed.

8. mason came home for fall break and that was fun to have my 6'5'' buddy in town! He's a peach.

9. I have gotten to see some fun shows lately. I saw the Birthday Party in auburn and really enjoyed it. I also saw Hairy Gary Ard in Cabaret at Red Mountain. I will see Drowsy Chaperone featuring two of my Zorro cast mates tomorrow night and The Fantastiks in Auburn this weekend.

10. I am going to Auburn this weekend for several important things. 1. Suzanne's bday, 2. Claire's bday, 3. THE PARENTS TAILGATE! we have all ( we as in the taleeda court gang) invited our parents to come tailgate with us this weekend. Dave and Gi are pumped. Mom is fussing over food and DAd is fussing over tickets so they are clearly in their happy places. Im pumped to be on the plains this weekend. Lets just hope I have the maturity not to yell, stay away from smoke, and allergies so I keep my voice! War Eagle my friends!