ACT 2 at FestivALL Charleston
I’ve just returned, along with my fellow THE LION IN WINTER cast members, from the FestivALL Charleston Theatre Festival. It was the first time for the event that was held at the Walker Theater at the Clay Center, and it went surprisingly smoothly on the day we performed.
Major kudos go to Victor Folio for providing the van and orchestrating the set/props loading and transportation and to the cast members who helped him load and unload all that stuff. It was also great having Andrew Fulton step in in the role of King Philip for this performance. Many thanks, too, go to Jason Young who stepped in as stage manager for the event for us. Jason’s show, TALKING WITH…, with the Backyard Theatre Co. was also a participating group.
I performed in that show, too. All in all we rehearsed both shows twice on Saturday and performed them that evening. I started the night as Eleanor of Aquitaine and ended it as Anna Mae (“French Fries”). I had a blast!
After the Saturday performances the Kanawha Players fed us all at their newly purchased building. We didn’t stay for the Sunday afternoon performances, but I sincerely hope they had as good a time as we did… and as good an audience. What a great crowd that night! In numbers AND enthusiasm.