I LOVE YOU BECAUSE opens tonight!

Here’s a little preview made by Jenn Goff. Poor sound quality, but you’ll just have to come and see it to get the real thing.

I LOVE YOU BECAUSE!!!!!

I just got out of our first dress and its looking good people so I hope you are getting your tickets soon.  After all its been held over from not just this weekend April 4th through 6th, but also to April 10th and 11th.  You don’t wanna miss the hottest tickets in town.  Here’s a little blurb that the talented Ms. Goff wrote about us to clue you in a little if you haven’t heard about the show yet…

I Love You Because is a modern musical meandering through the reality of modern metropolitan romance, with all of its twists, turns and neuroses.  Meet Marcy and Austin – “they couldn’t be less perfect for each other” – on the rebound and on the defensive.  Meet Diana and Jeff – “We’re just friends… who also make out.” – just out for a good time.  Meet the bartenders – “we’re basically therapists who encourage you to drink.” – the all-knowing chorus who help guide our fed-up lovers through all-too-familiar relationship pitfalls.  Funny and sweet and witty, you’ll love I Love You Because… because we’ve all been there.

So come see it and enjoy.  We promise a good time! =)

No.  Actually, high school.  The J’s are back in action as of today teaching Shakespeare to South Carolina High School students everywhere.  Travelers Rest is the beginning of our tour of Midsummer Night’s Dream this final half of the year.  Our students so far have been an interesting bunch to say the least.  I actually think they should eat Midsummer right up with the way they behave in class, lol. 

And in other news… I can talk about it since its on the calendar on the web site now.  Myself and Ms. Weinreich (the two musical Js) will be doing a musical loosely based on Pride and Prejudice with another former musical J(Ms. Jennifer Goff) and some others local actors entitled I Love You Because.  Its a special event planned for the weekend after the closing of Sight Unseen.  So start spreading the word, and come see SIGHT UNSEEN. (The set is awesome… i’m willing to be the acting is too!)

Word. 

This week’s residency is nearing completion.  Tomorrow we have a performance of Romeo and Juliet for 9 classes of around thirty kids at J.L. Mann High School.  We’ve been one man down this week with Jason staying at the theater to prepare for Eliza Jane, but he’ll be back in action with us tomorrow.  I think Lauren, Nick, and Jenn would agree that we really enjoyed this week.  The students really seemed to respond well to the material and grasp what we were trying to teach.  We were all saying today how much we enjoy teaching and that we feel that we’ve gotten better at it.  Its weeks like these that we really feel like we’re making an impact on some of these kids… hopefully!  Anyway… off I go to go over lines for tomorrow’s performance. 

I wouldn’t want to say anything crazy like, “And lips oh you the doors of breathe seal with a dateless bargain a righteous kiss to engrossing death.”  That just doesn’t make sense!!

For those of you with a copy of last weeks City Life.  I suggest opening up to page 13.  You might find a certain two journeyman enjoying a couple glasses of wine in the upper right hand corner.  Just a thought.

As I sit here on this dreary Friday morning.  Jason and I just finishing our fabulous McDonald’s breakfast and start to feel the clogging of our arteries.  The phone rings… its Sonja!  She’s thinking about skipping her chemistry lab tonight just to see our production of Turn of the Screw.  Now thats true love of the theater my friends. 

Talking about love of the theater.  Theater Thursdays was killer last night.  Twas a good time had by all.  Our handsome leading man Brock Koonce and beautiful young starlet Debra Capps were there last night enjoying the evening’s festivities.  In fact there was this wild rumor circulating the room that Debra has webbed feet and this morning I ponder the fact that I’ve never seen her wear open-toed shoes.   I leave you with that thought.

Another thought… the warehouse theatre has a myspace page!!!  So if you are our friend… visit more often.  If you’re not… add us as a friend.  We’re trying to spruce it up and add more exciting thing to it, just like here at our Warehouse blog.  In fact… check it out now at www.myspace.com/warehousetheatre   If you scroll down you might just find a video of Paul and Ryan doing a little disco number.  And would we want to miss that?!

And one final thought…. tomorrow night’s show of Turn of the Screw is sold out and tonight’s show is only about 9 tickets away.  Congrats to the cast and crew!!!  "That needed to happen….  didn’t it?!"

Hello to all you Warehouse blog readers in Greenville or wherever you might be.  This is David Ryan one of the new Journeyman writing all the way up in Buffalo, NY.  I thought I’d take a break from memorizing Romeo and Juliet and write a blog.  We just had the first rain all summer the past two days so i’ve spent much of them inside memorizing lines. 

If you’d like know a little bit about me, I just graduated with a BFA from Niagara University which is located near Niagara Falls.  I’m excited to play Romeo for the Journeyman’s Wooden O Program because i have previous experience with the part. 

Two years ago I did a little known play called An Evening of Culture where a very un-professional community theater puts on R & J.  I was lucky enough to play the very "special" character of Bubba Bedford who played Romeo in the horrible play within the play.  Then last summer i was able to play Tony in West Side Story which was a lot of fun.  Needless to say i think it only makes sense that i finally play Romeo. 

Currently I’m in rehearsals for a children’s repertory theater that will tour Western New York for the rest of summer.  I was chosen to direct it this year after three years of acting in the company.  Anyways, I can’t believe how little time I have left up here in New York before my time with the Warehouse starts, but I can’t wait!