This Saturday, October 4th at 8PM will be our one thousandth show. We'll crack open some champagne to celebrate this landmark.
Our current cast is: Pat Shay, Mary Archbold, Mike Shreeman and Jen Shepard, of course.
We had a good September--up from last year. We've signed on our lease for another three years in our current space and are looking forward to season 6.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Here Comes Fall
Hello!
Well, here we are one week into our Fall season. It's finally getting a bit cold and the trees are starting to turn. September promises to be a busy month - Larrance's sister is visiting this week as is Marla's husband, James; my Dad and his wife Mary are visiting at the end of the month; and the NCL Dawn will be coming in once a week and our friends Jeff & Jeannie are on that ship so we'll probably see them pretty frequently. A month of social calls!
Last night was Sam's final night. He left this morning and left us a gift - the travel edition of Settler's of Catan! The travel edition! Wow! Thank you, Sam! If you haven't played Settler's of Catan - do it. I'd explain it but it sounds geeky than it is......or does it?
As of tonight the cast is:
Mike Shreeman
Marla Caceres
Me
Larrance had another day off this week. I'm unsure why we're actually letting him have time off work but we are. We went bike riding on the carriage paths! We were going to ride around Eagle Lake and maybe over to Jordan Pondhouse but the Eagle Lake carriage path was flooded! There were very heavy rains on Saturday and yesterday. So we rode around Witch Hole and Paradise Hill. I was very proud of myself as I rode up all the hills without stopping or walking my bike.
I'm traveling back in time but on Sunday night we had a Nacho Night. It was an epic Nacho Night - Larrance made lime daiquiris, I made guacamole and toasted corn cumin salsa and strawberry dessert nachos; Sam made Italian nachos; Marla made Cuban Pork Nachos. WOW - everything was so good! We're probably going to have another nacho night soon while Marla's husband is here.
We have five weeks left in our fifth season! Cross your fingers that we have a great fall. We've placed a radio ad on I-95 the classic rock station - it's on at approx. 12:32pm and 8:30pm - listen for it!
Jen
Well, here we are one week into our Fall season. It's finally getting a bit cold and the trees are starting to turn. September promises to be a busy month - Larrance's sister is visiting this week as is Marla's husband, James; my Dad and his wife Mary are visiting at the end of the month; and the NCL Dawn will be coming in once a week and our friends Jeff & Jeannie are on that ship so we'll probably see them pretty frequently. A month of social calls!
Last night was Sam's final night. He left this morning and left us a gift - the travel edition of Settler's of Catan! The travel edition! Wow! Thank you, Sam! If you haven't played Settler's of Catan - do it. I'd explain it but it sounds geeky than it is......or does it?
As of tonight the cast is:
Mike Shreeman
Marla Caceres
Me
Larrance had another day off this week. I'm unsure why we're actually letting him have time off work but we are. We went bike riding on the carriage paths! We were going to ride around Eagle Lake and maybe over to Jordan Pondhouse but the Eagle Lake carriage path was flooded! There were very heavy rains on Saturday and yesterday. So we rode around Witch Hole and Paradise Hill. I was very proud of myself as I rode up all the hills without stopping or walking my bike.
I'm traveling back in time but on Sunday night we had a Nacho Night. It was an epic Nacho Night - Larrance made lime daiquiris, I made guacamole and toasted corn cumin salsa and strawberry dessert nachos; Sam made Italian nachos; Marla made Cuban Pork Nachos. WOW - everything was so good! We're probably going to have another nacho night soon while Marla's husband is here.
We have five weeks left in our fifth season! Cross your fingers that we have a great fall. We've placed a radio ad on I-95 the classic rock station - it's on at approx. 12:32pm and 8:30pm - listen for it!
Jen
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
First Day Off
Hello!
Well, yesterday Larrance had his first day off in two months! He was very excited. We went to the Blue Hill Fair (pics coming soon) and we enjoyed the Fair.
Marla and I rode the Thunderbolt and the Tilt-A-Whirl and got a little sick from so much spinning. But it was great.....and we ate fair food and did fair things.
Turn out that Sam grew up owning Llamas and Pygmy Goats so he was a great source of info about those animals. We visited the Llamas and Sam told us they hum - we heard them humming! We visited the goats and Sam said they were nice - they were nice! We had fun petting the animals and listening to stories of Sam's childhood.
We ended the day by making pizza at home, playing Pictionary Man and watching Hot Fuzzy.
It was a good day!
Well, yesterday Larrance had his first day off in two months! He was very excited. We went to the Blue Hill Fair (pics coming soon) and we enjoyed the Fair.
Marla and I rode the Thunderbolt and the Tilt-A-Whirl and got a little sick from so much spinning. But it was great.....and we ate fair food and did fair things.
Turn out that Sam grew up owning Llamas and Pygmy Goats so he was a great source of info about those animals. We visited the Llamas and Sam told us they hum - we heard them humming! We visited the goats and Sam said they were nice - they were nice! We had fun petting the animals and listening to stories of Sam's childhood.
We ended the day by making pizza at home, playing Pictionary Man and watching Hot Fuzzy.
It was a good day!
Monday, August 25, 2008
So I missed a few things...
August got real crazy. We've been busier than ever before so a few things slipped by the wayside....like the blog.
So a few casts have gone by without noting them, I'm going to remedy that right now:
Andy
Joe Burton
Shelby Jennings
Leah Gotcsik
Me
Then Leah departed and we just went with four performers for a bit. Then Farrell Walsh & Sarah Reule took Joe and Shelby's place so it was:
Farrell
Sarah
Andy
Jen
Then Andy left and Natalie Sullivan and Sam Super came so it's been for last three weeks....
Farrell
Sarah
Natatlie
Sam
Me
On Thursday, Natalie, Farrell & Sarah all depart and Jon Karpinos will go in. Jon's only here a short time, so until Sunday it will be:
Sam
Jon
Jen
On Sunday, Jon departs and Marla Caceres arrives so the cast becomes:
Marla
Sam
Jen
That's catches us up on casting.
Like I said, we've been very busy and we're very happy with season five.
More in the Fall when things slow down a bit but hopefully not to much....
Jen
So a few casts have gone by without noting them, I'm going to remedy that right now:
Andy
Joe Burton
Shelby Jennings
Leah Gotcsik
Me
Then Leah departed and we just went with four performers for a bit. Then Farrell Walsh & Sarah Reule took Joe and Shelby's place so it was:
Farrell
Sarah
Andy
Jen
Then Andy left and Natalie Sullivan and Sam Super came so it's been for last three weeks....
Farrell
Sarah
Natatlie
Sam
Me
On Thursday, Natalie, Farrell & Sarah all depart and Jon Karpinos will go in. Jon's only here a short time, so until Sunday it will be:
Sam
Jon
Jen
On Sunday, Jon departs and Marla Caceres arrives so the cast becomes:
Marla
Sam
Jen
That's catches us up on casting.
Like I said, we've been very busy and we're very happy with season five.
More in the Fall when things slow down a bit but hopefully not to much....
Jen
Monday, July 21, 2008
What's up now?
We are in the thick of the busy season. Crowds have been good and surprisingly happy for July.
Our current cast is:
Joe Burton
Leah Gotcsik
Shelby Jennings
Vince Kracht
Me
This weekend Andy Eninger replaces Vince.
We had our first proposal! Rich asked Lucia to marry him atop Cadillac Mt! We're a breeding ground for love - well, they were in love before they got here but they got engaged here. So, we're a breeding ground for engagement. It's true.
I've tweaked my shoulder somehow - it hurts quite a bit. Frankly, it was either from the handstand I did (pretending to do a keg stand with the help of Shelby) or from the cat bit I did later in the evening. I was pretending to be my Mom's cat Talia after she would come in from being outside and having a good time. Yes, I hurt myself for a bit. I'm serious about bits!
We did our first Improvision at Reel Pizza about a week ago. Basically they show a movie that we've never seen without the soundtrack. We improvise all the dialogue, music and sound effects. Before we see the movie, we have an audience member pick a style from the bag of styles (horror, western, merchant ivory, coming of age, etc.) The first movie was Queen of Outer Space starring ZaZa Gabor. It went very well. We're doing our next one on August 1st at 11pm. Come see it!
More later....
Jen
Our current cast is:
Joe Burton
Leah Gotcsik
Shelby Jennings
Vince Kracht
Me
This weekend Andy Eninger replaces Vince.
We had our first proposal! Rich asked Lucia to marry him atop Cadillac Mt! We're a breeding ground for love - well, they were in love before they got here but they got engaged here. So, we're a breeding ground for engagement. It's true.
I've tweaked my shoulder somehow - it hurts quite a bit. Frankly, it was either from the handstand I did (pretending to do a keg stand with the help of Shelby) or from the cat bit I did later in the evening. I was pretending to be my Mom's cat Talia after she would come in from being outside and having a good time. Yes, I hurt myself for a bit. I'm serious about bits!
We did our first Improvision at Reel Pizza about a week ago. Basically they show a movie that we've never seen without the soundtrack. We improvise all the dialogue, music and sound effects. Before we see the movie, we have an audience member pick a style from the bag of styles (horror, western, merchant ivory, coming of age, etc.) The first movie was Queen of Outer Space starring ZaZa Gabor. It went very well. We're doing our next one on August 1st at 11pm. Come see it!
More later....
Jen
Monday, July 7, 2008
Quick Update
Hi-
So we have a new cast!
Currently we have:
Rich Baker
Vince Kracht
Lucia Bonifazi
Amy Roeder
and
Me
On Thursday, Amy departs and Leah starts.
Yep.
There you go.
Jen
So we have a new cast!
Currently we have:
Rich Baker
Vince Kracht
Lucia Bonifazi
Amy Roeder
and
Me
On Thursday, Amy departs and Leah starts.
Yep.
There you go.
Jen
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Who's here now
Well, it's...
Brett Lyons
Chris Day
Rachel Miller
Amy Roeder
Me
Chris leaves on Saturday - boo! But Dave Colan arrives - yay!
I have decided to leave knitting for a bit to try Creweling. Yeah, it's that exciting.
Today we're going to take a walk or if the weather holds we might go for a swim.
ImprovAcadia is quickly approaching the busiest part of the season. Already this week it's been very busy and it should just keep climbing. Hopefully July will be a super busy month...and August will be insane. Insane.
We're thinking about creating a radio spot for the fall. We have a bit of trouble getting the older crowd in for our Fall shows so we thought a radio ad might help reach an older demographic. So Andy and I are going to work on it when he's up here in late July and early August....
We're doing a new project this year. We're teaming up with Reel Pizza to create a show called Improvision. If you around Chicago in 2002 (or 03?) you might have seen Fuzzy's Cinema 2.0, and it's kind of like that. The difference for us is we won't know what movie we're going to be dubbing. Oh, and Larrance will be providing a new music score. We're going to do Improvision on July 11th, August 8th and August 15th - I think.
Okay, that's all.
~Jen
Brett Lyons
Chris Day
Rachel Miller
Amy Roeder
Me
Chris leaves on Saturday - boo! But Dave Colan arrives - yay!
I have decided to leave knitting for a bit to try Creweling. Yeah, it's that exciting.
Today we're going to take a walk or if the weather holds we might go for a swim.
ImprovAcadia is quickly approaching the busiest part of the season. Already this week it's been very busy and it should just keep climbing. Hopefully July will be a super busy month...and August will be insane. Insane.
We're thinking about creating a radio spot for the fall. We have a bit of trouble getting the older crowd in for our Fall shows so we thought a radio ad might help reach an older demographic. So Andy and I are going to work on it when he's up here in late July and early August....
We're doing a new project this year. We're teaming up with Reel Pizza to create a show called Improvision. If you around Chicago in 2002 (or 03?) you might have seen Fuzzy's Cinema 2.0, and it's kind of like that. The difference for us is we won't know what movie we're going to be dubbing. Oh, and Larrance will be providing a new music score. We're going to do Improvision on July 11th, August 8th and August 15th - I think.
Okay, that's all.
~Jen
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