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At The Fred
This week, we saw a play develop before our eyes. After a weekend of
set building and costume completions, we had a rough Monday night
coordinating the play. One night of stressful but productive
work turned into a clockwork play Tuesday night. The cast and crew
were on it and the results were evident. Be prepared for a long but
fruitful week ahead!
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Rehearsal
News
Rehearsals took a big change this week as we all got into character and
focused on completing this play. Tuesday's rehearsal was
near performance level. Congrats to the entire cast for stepping
up the action when it counts. This week, we will focus on
timing, transitions, sound, and lighting. The performance must
be up to par. Know your lines! Study!
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Weather Forecast
The Iowa Farmer's Almanac weather prediction:
FAIR
for the day and evening of our
city's
July 4th Celebration
and our country's 136th anniversary! Come out to
Madison Picnic Park for the Paine's Fireworks Spectacle.
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Snow Cone Night!
In spite of the heat, it snowed in River City last Tuesday! The cast
enjoyed snow cones during intermission. A variety of flgvors were
available. Thanks Thom Sandwich and family for organizing this
event. And a special thank you to our teen girls for serving the
snow cones to the cast.
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Watermelon Night
It's hot in River City so this Tuesday, come enjoy cold watermelon
during intermission. Just another way to cool off this smokin'
hot cast! Thank you Denise Leak for leading this re-
freshing
break.
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The Crew
Ellie Shelton leads our young crew in setting up the stage and managing props.
She coordinates scene changes and queues actors on stage right. Colleen Adams complements Ellie as she manages stage left. Together, the play is running very
smoothly.
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Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer was the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages. He
wrote The Canterbury Tales, a group of stories ranking among the
masterpieces of literature. Sometimes called the father of English
literature, Chaucer is credited by some scholars as being the first
author to demonstrate the artistic legitimacy of the vernacular English
language, rather than French or Latin. Chaucer was born in
London
around 1340 and died in 1400.
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Rabelais
Francois Rabelais, a French humanist, is one of the comic geniuses of
literature. Rabelais was born in about 1483 in Poitu, France.
Rabelais' satirical
masterpiece, Gargantua and Pantagruel, is a collection of five
books. Beneath the often ribald humor of the book are serious
discussions of education, religion, politics, and philosophy. The third
book in this tome was condemned as heresy by the Sorbonne. He died in Paris in 1553.
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Balzac
Honoré de Balzac was a French writer of realist novels. Balzac was born
in Tours,
France
on 20 May 1799. Balzac conceived of the idea of collecting his novels
into one mammoth continuum entitled La Comédie Humaine (The
Human Comedy.) Balzac infuses his novels with extreme realism. His
description of background is almost as important as his development of
character. Balzac died on 18 August 1850.
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