Later that night:

Yep. Same theater

Interesting point before the show starts: They have both a Board of Trustees and a Board of Directors.

The trustees are more honorary positions and are expected to donate/raise money. The directors run the business. There are 6 trustees and 11 Directors plus 4 officers listed with the Trustees. I need to find out how the Trustees are selected. (Elected or appointed).

Very heavy smell of incense. The lady next to me or somewhere else???? During the show it changed from incense to licorice.

The play tonight was written by Joe DiPietro. Several years ago we did one of his plays “Over the river and through the woods” with Bill Gincig, Bill Hagen, Bev Leyman, Jan Claussen and two younger actors who have left the island. The script was very good. He also wrote “I love you, you’re perfect, now change” which was a musical they did at orcas center. Melinda was in it. “The art of murder” isn’t one of his better scripts. I have a copy if anyone wants to read it.
Opening night 100 people in a 264 seat theater.
At first I thought they were doing it as a melodrama – everyone was over the top. But it wasn’t. The acting was just not good. I blame it on the director. The blocking was far better than Dixie Swim Club (which I saw there two years ago) but there was still too much chorus line: the actors stand in a straight line facing the audience and saying their lines.

The audience seating is 11 rows of 24 seats with a large aisle right down the middle of the audience and on each end so you have a lot of people sitting past the sides of the stage.

The stage is probably 40 to 45 feet wide but no deeper than the Grange stage. They used old fashioned muslin flats that shake when someone opens 0r closes a door.

There were very few laughs during the play. Even lines that were meant to be funny didn’t come across as funny. Part was the delivery but I find it hard to laugh when someone is murdered.

They had an opening night reception with free wine and munchies but I didn’t stay.

You get tomorrow off – I’m visiting several cousins then back to it on Sunday. I’m going to the early bird dinner theater sunday – dinner at 4 then show at 6 so everyone can be home and in bed by 8pm. I’ll be one of the younger people there.