Message Fr. Mike Klarer

Last night on Monday November 2 we did the first full run through with Scripts. After the warm ups last night Dave Bristow announced that all actors had to be "off script" by November 15. That will be the next full run of the show. The show ran under an hour and 45 minutes which is good meaning we can keep it under two hours. I played roles of those actors who were not able to be present and had a blast.

Dave Bristow also was very pleased. He said at the end of the rehearsal, "Actors we have a show. It has a ways to go but now we begin the work of polishing." Polishing will include some reworking of some of the scenes that have already been blocked and helping the actors to coordinate their movements with the flow of the script.

Ahead is to over the next rehearsals is to focus in on each stave (each act) to ensure that the flow is smooth for the actors. It will also mean helping a few of the actors who have been out of town to catch up with the rest of the cast.

We also heard from Richard Hilger, the retired actor who is an expert on Carol of his praise for the final script. Richards comments were very uplifting. He has been an extraordinary help to me in writing the script.

John Baumann and I have over 17 appearences in the community to showcase the show and provide some instruction on Charles Dickens and A Christmas Carol. We are scheduled to appear at most of the senior citizen centers, the schools in the community, and many orgainzations and churches.

If you would like to schedule a show please contact Wendy Weiler Erb.