Looking Back on 2019 Part 6 -- The Penultimate Part

Two For The Price Of One.  

While working on a brand new play, I got to participate in another Opera experience.  First things first.

Spokane is home of a wonderful place - The Hutton Settlement, a home for orphaned children. (look it up for more details - https://huttonsettlement.org/)  2019 marked the 100th anniversary of the Settlement, and a local playwright wanted to do something about it.  The result - a 2 Act Play about Levi Hutton and how he was inspired to create the Settlement.  A cast of about 40 worked for 2 months workshopping the play, with the playwright in the director's chair.  

Newspaper reporter Russel Bankson taking a Wild Ride with Levi Hutton

Most of the Cast

During the rehearsal process, I had the chance to be in MADAME BUTTERFLY as a supernumerary.  (I just did it because I like saying "Supernumerary"!)(well, that and they paid me)  The folks at Inland NW Opera were a joy to work with. And we had many an interesting discussion in the Dressing Room about the differences between opera and musical theater.

The Cook -- or The Butler.  I'm still not sure which I was

Stay tuned - there's one more part to close out 2019 On Stage.  

Looking Back On 2019 - Part 3

The next production was a quick one. But it was a lot of fun and a great group of people.   I was asked to perform a staged reading of a new one act by playwright Molly Allen - BROADWAY.

Cast and Crew of BROADWAY

We performed it at Spokane's Stage Left - an intimate space located in a store front downtown.

It was a wonderful piece, and made for a wonderful evening.  Just the right job to carry me through before leaving town for my next big musical.