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Wait, what am I doing here...

6/15/2015

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PictureVirginia City Opera House (sump in background!)

Just realized I haven't gone into a lot of detail about what exactly I'm doing this summer. I've answered the questions in a multitude of ways since I got the job, and it varies according to whether I'm talking to my high school drama teacher, fanny-pack-sporting tourists who wander into the Opera House lobby, fanny-pack-sporting tourists who have succumbed to our lobby chat and bought tickets, or a super chill whitewater rafting guide that I hope to meet again. So to be comprehensive, here they all are...


"I'm going to a preserved Old West town in Montana to do 19th century melodramas and vaudeville for 4 months. Virginia City. Southwest. About an hour and a half from Yellowstone according to Google. It doesn't feel real."

"Sure! We do a play that lasts about an hour. It's super slapstick and hilarious. Then there's a 15-minute intermission, and then we do another hour of super cool variety acts. It's super fun and family friendly. We're in the second half of the show right now, but there's another performance tonight at 7pm. Would you like to buy tickets?"

"Ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats. The show is about to begin. We've an hour-long performance of Box & Cox followed by our variedvigorousvagaryofvivaciousvaudevillevarietyvignettes!"

"We do plays and make enough money to finance our alcoholism and smoking habits."

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Jim Ellington link
6/17/2015 05:45:36 am

Thanks for the explanation. I have always wanted to do Cox and Box. It was Gilbert before Sullivan, right? So proud of you, kiddo! And you are singing, too, I hope?

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Case Watson
6/18/2015 03:22:31 am

Thank you! If Wikipedia is right, it was Sullivan before Gilbert. The opera is based on the straight play version we're doing by John Maddison Morton.

I am indeed singing! Lots of music acts in the olio. For me, a couple of quartets and a couple of vaudevillian solo numbers. I'll blog the list once we nail things down and get closer to showtime.

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    About this blog...
    19th century melodrama,
    vaudeville shows, 
    haunted costume shops,
    nightly campfires, 
    my discovery that "sump" is a word...
    Current show...
    Box and Cox, a satire about two English gents unwittingly renting the same flat.
    Performance update...
    Season complete. Bags packed.
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