Tag: RLT Players
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My First Sell-out!
We had a great opening night of the world premier of “Tales of Wonder.” Great crowd – even for a weeknight, but as we head to the weekend, we’re in new territory! Friday night’s show is SOLD OUT and Sat night’s show is SOLD OUT! Wooohooo! Even our Saturday matinee show is approaching a sell-out…
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Playbill for Opening Night
Just returned from the amazing opening night of my new play, “Tales of Wonder.” Here’s middle two pages from the playbill which lists the show order. Tales of Wonder: A Drama Medley “Arise & Touch the Dawn” by Mark W. Sasse Recorded & Arranged by Elisabeth Brokaw ¨ Snow Fort Boys & girls fighting in the…
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A Vigil for a Starry Night
On a night when the clouds cover the stars like an impenetrable mountain cliff, I wait for a sign. A small tinge up my spine. A desperate plea for the ancient ways to speak once again. I wait for the light, hoping it will come, hoping it will be enough. . The stars, spread brightly…
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Sketch #5: The Christmas Banquet
Here’s my next in a series of vignettes about the dramatic sketches I wrote for our show “Tales of Wonder” which opens next week. “The Christmas Banquet” is a poignant piece, an allegory of sorts, about a person who shows up at the Christmas banquet and gets asked to hand out invitations. It’s unclear who…
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#2 & #3 – Previewing “Tales of Wonder”
I’d like to take a closer look at my upcoming show I’m real excited about. It’s the first Christmas show I’ve ever written, so I naturally think it’s going to be awesome. It consists of 10 separate dramatic pieces all centered around the most wonderful time of the year. Here’s two of the pieces: This…
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My Afternoon Poster
I was supposed to finish my novel this afternoon, but I just received some photos from our drama photo shoot, so I couldn’t resist putting together my new show’s first poster. I’m no photoshop expert, but I’m learning, and it is quite fun. I hate fonts, and need to learn about them. But I was…
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A Party to Rally the (Drama) Troops
We had a lot of fun last night – we being the RLT Players – as I cooked up a feast and we ate, played, and laughed all evening at our October Christmas costume party. Here I am giving my best dictator impression. (That’s usually my nickname.) As our show is 7 weeks out, I…
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Tales of Wonder: Tickets on Sale Now!
My drama group’s new show – RLT Players Christmas: Tales of Wonder – is quickly approaching. Only 54 days out! This is brand new, all original show, and for the first time ever completely themed around Christmas. I’m so excited about it. Here’s the Facebook event page: Facebook I wrote this show during the summer –…
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Consider funding a short film by my talented, former student?
I absolutely love to see my former students pushing their creative talents in new ways. The extremely talented and expressive Juliette DeVette is crowd-funding her latest short film entitled “Riptide.” Please check out the Kickstarter page A couple words about Julie. She’s just good at whatever she puts her mind too. Excellent student. Good athlete.…
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