Final Carnage

  The final two performances of God of Carnage starts tonight! Meet the Novaks (Tom Cherry and Lisa Wade) and the Raleighs (Jeff Shull and Antoinette Heard) and fall in love with these delightful characters! You'll laugh! You'll cry! You'll learn to love clafouti! But hurry! You just have two more chances before your opportunity goes down the drain quicker than a liberated hamster! The show starts at 8:00pm tonight and Saturday at the Muncie Civic Studio Theatre! Tickets are $10 for adults and students. Seating is general admission.   Directed by Michael Kleeberg. Photo by Pat Kleeberg.

Weekend of Carnage

  The second weekend of Muncie Civic Studio Theatre's production of God of Carnage wrapped up yesterday. It was an interesting run of shows. Friday night was our smallest audience with just four brave souls. Well, maybe "brave" isn't the right word because two of them walked out during the show's climax. On Saturday, things got pretty rocky when we skipped over a page or two. It wasn't a complete train wreck. We stayed on the tracks, but the engineer was slightly shaken. However, Sunday's performance rebounded with our best show of the weekend! I still think our show on the previous Saturday was our best one yet, but Sunday was a close runner-up.   We close next weekend and hopefully the momentum from Sunday's show will continue into this upcoming Friday and Saturday. We shall see!

Four Days

Some brief thoughts about the past four days...

October 25: After weeks of rehearsal, God of Carnage opened at the Muncie Civic Studio Theatre! It actually felt more like a dress rehearsal than an opening night for some reason. I thought my performance felt wobbly and uncertain. Afterwards, I deemed it a "Lumpy Rutherford" and vowed to myself to aim for a "Ward Cleaver" the next night.

October 26: It was a super, busy, fun day! The radio gang knocked this month's episode of Tom Cherry's Old Time Radio Show out of the ballpark! It was our Halloween show that featured the classic "Chicken Heart" episode of Lights Out. Our soundman and soundwoman, Jerry and Judy Cole, out did themselves with the sound effects and everyone in the cast (Bob Green, Sean Heline, Linda Gilchrist, Wendy Carpenter, Missy Donahue, Jim Banta, and Rita Wessel) brought their "A" game to create a wonderful show for an enthusiastic audience! Already looking forward to recreating that magic for November's show!

As for Saturday night's performance of God of Carnage, we nailed it! It was a great show and a vast improvement over Friday night methinks. Hopefully we'll continue to grow as the run continues!

October 27: It was Sunday and I rested.

October 28: I auditioned for a radio version of Miracle on 34th Street that Indiana Public Radio will be producing in December. I thought it went rather well! Of course, I won't know that for a fact until the cast list is posted.

And that brings us up to date!

Coming Soon to a Theatre (or Library) Near You!

  It's been a busy few weeks for the fat cartoonist with play rehearsal (Hey, I got a part in a play! More info on that in a moment) and working some overtime (Extra money! Yay!) and some other stuff, but I wanted to take a moment to share some upcoming events for yours truly. First off, Tom Cherry's Old Time Radio Show is hitting the road this Saturday (10/19) to perform at the New Castle-Henry County Public Library! We'll be featuring some classic comedy bits from The Red Skelton Show as well as our usual fun features with our usual fun folks! The show is at 2:00pm and it's free!   And then next Friday (10/25), God of Carnage opens at the Muncie Civic Studio Theatre at 8:00pm! Tickets are only ten dollars! I'll be playing the guy who really hates hamsters. Come one, come all!