Last friday was our big fundraising event at The Garage.
Many friends had sworn they were coming and I was afraid we'd have to turn people away at the door, which made me especially nervous. Of course there was the potentiality of me being a total fool for believing and claiming that, but I had made partial lists of friends and it really looked like we were gonna sell out... And we did! (Though I don't think anybody was sent home.
Joe and Donna (The Garage people: you rock!!) added a few seats in the audience, and we had a nice crowd gathered by the time we started the show.
Rotimi stepped up to the plate as our Mistress of Ceremony, Fraulein Kit Kat. Phoenix then opened the show and set the tone of the evening with her warm, slow, and sexy dance piece. Following her was CoiCoi the clown, wearing her neon yellow one-piece stretchy suit and her red nose. Her clown took us on a short trip through laughter and tragedy, and left the audience delighted and wanting for more. So came another performer. Dressed in a taxi driver's clothing, Samphibian wandered on stage and gradually stripped down to reveal herself and display some really impressive contorsion skills! From the back of the room I could hear the "ooooh! aaaahh!" of the audience. On my face - Magda's, that is - an everlasting smile translating the joy and satisfaction from seeing this party happening! Sam's act added something very special - that is, circussssy! - to a night of clowning and dancing. But Dr.Zebrowski also gifted us with a unique number in which he shared his psychic powers and danced the horoscope of each twelve zodiac signs!!! Laughter was on! Fraulein Kit Kat then returned with her own high-quality act, singing "cabaret" while dancing on and around a lucky chair.
I have such talented friends!!!
"HE" appeared last, of course. It was finally our time to share what we'd been working so hard at! Weeks of rehearsals in front of empty chairs! Now, there was a room full of friends... would they laugh? Would the show meet their expectations?
I haven't seen the recording yet, but I know people laughed a lot. I think they were shocked at times too, which is excellent. I personally had a blast playing Magda (I've become quite fluent in gibberish by now!) and interacting with the audience. I wish the play ran longer still. Hopefully, we'll be developping new material after we settle in Berlin... in about three weeks!!
So thank you to all those who came out. Our fundraiser helped us gather about 320$, which will be used in the building of an ever better cake puppet, as well as multiple replicas of "breadman".
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Stay tuned for videos and photos of the event!
