The Big Bad Musical turned out to be a pleasant surprise for me. For the spring season at Original Kids Theatre Company, I was initially assigned to only direct Nancy Drew: Girl Detective. But when the director of TBBM had to leave the show, I was asked to take it over. I admit that I …
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Nancy Drew: Girl Detective has been closed for a full month as of today. This is probably the longest I've gone before writing a "What I've Learned" recap,which I apologize for, but life has been crazy busy this past month (more details to come on that!). Plus, The Big Bad Musical began rehearsals exactly four days …
The Wedding Singer closed its sold-out run at OKTC on Sunday evening, and since then I've basically been sleepwalking through life. This has been the biggest show I've ever undertaken. A full-length Broadway musical with 36 actors (between the ages of 13 and 16), over 100 costumes, wigs and makeup, glitter and shoulder pads coming out the wazoo, …
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Through the Looking Glass closed a little over a week and a half ago, and it's been really strange not being at the theatre 24/7. August has been fairly quiet so far (despite the fact that now that I'm not working on a show, all my friends and family want to hang out ALL AT …
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Mrs. Ballyshannon's School for Orphaned and Afflicted Girls Presents Jane Eyre closed on Saturday, and it was a really fun project to be a part of. I haven't had a lot of time to reflect on the process, as I've still been busy with rehearsals for Through the Looking Glass at Original Kids, Macbeth with The …
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Kerry Hishon 