Welcome Back, Mistress of the Game!

The Broadway Knights Theatre Academy was blessed, Thanksgiving Eve, by the presence of the Mistress of Theater Games, Miss Allison Erskine.  And what a thrill to see her cut down to size in an improv exercise by Alyson Tober, The Invader of Personal Space!

"That's funny.  I didn't lose!  Tober can get in my space, but, you see, I'm a big proponent of invading personal space, and if I had fought back, she would have been on the ground!  Just standing there was an act of mercy on my part.  I mean, come on!  The kid is a stick!  It's the truth.  I'll give the kid some credit, though, for knocking her classmates over like stacks of dominoes.  Now, if Matt Rogers, Joanie Shinn, or Spaccarelli had been there, I might have lost an argument or two.  But I guess we'll never know, since they were too cool to show up.  I mean, it's not like I come down every day, or anything.  If that's all they care, I'll time all of my visits, so they don't have to see me!  And for the record, I'll concede that I'm glad I didn't have to fight Mr. Benjamin Erskine.  I probably would have lost!  Just sayin'!"

"Fun, it was, the Padawan Learners, to watch," Yoda said, following the class.  "Pity, other things, the Jedis had to do.  Interesting, it would have been, seeing whether Mr. Rogers, Ms. Shinn, and Ms. Spaccarelli, the Dark Side, would have crossed to."

Sometimes, the Less Said....

"Impressed, with the Broadway Knights, today, I was," Yoda said, following the first complete, uninterrupted run-through of The Envelope.  "Chills, I had, watching Mr. Rogers and Miss Shinn, channeling anger, in Act 2, Scene 2!  Did a great job, all the young ones, and teachers, did.  Proud, of their acting, they should be."

The Gospel According to Jacobi

Writer, artist, actress, comedienne, musician, evangelist...Evangelist?...Preacher of the gospel of John?  John Pierpoint?  Really?  Has Ciara Jacobi finally discovered her calling?

There's no denying that Ciara knows more about Jingle Bells than any person should.  And the enthusiasm with which she speaks of Mr. Pierpoint's less-than-successful life does bring a tear to the eye, although it should be because of sadness, not hilarity!  What person, watching from the house of Georgetown Middle School's theater, failed to notice Matt Rogers' and Jack Shinn's thinly-veiled glee when Ciara delivered the line: "Five years later, he was dead!"

"Has the gift, the child does!" Yoda giggled, trying to persuade Ms. Jacobi to deliver her lines slow enough that they could be understood by creatures other than hummingbirds.  "If figure out, she does, the discipline of timing, rolling in the aisles, the audience, she will have."

How Many Days Do the Padawan Learners Get Off, Anyway?

National election?  Over.  Return Day?  Over.  Veterans' Day?  Hey, wait a minute!  The Broadway Knights Theatre Academy is going to lose another rehearsal?  "Make me happy, this does not!" Yoda said, extending a bony finger like the Grim Raeuber, indicating Thanksgiving break.

While Jedis Messick, Bendistis, Spaccarelli, and Yeo may not need a lot of rehearsal time to learn their lines, Jedis Shinn, Rogers, Raeuber, and Wilson need as much time on the boards as they can get.  And Padawan Learners Bradley, Ingrassia, Johnson, Lecates, and Herlihy?  Well, it goes without saying that if they don't learn the acting ropes soon, they may wind up being hung by them come December 17.

"Important, it is, that the Padawan Learners and Jedis, ALL, to every rehearsal, get," Yoda said, sagely rubbing his chin.  "Come, the December Ides will, before they know it.  If, ready they are not, embarrassed, they will be."