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Welcome to Autumn!
As last night was the very first time this fall the house got cold enough for the heat to kick in, it now is officially autumn. I've had the thermostat set at 60 degrees all spring/summer.
Because the day was colder than it has been (40s and 50s), I set it up a couple of degrees to 64. Just the type of day to enjoy a cup of tea with cookies. The trees are slowly starting to turn, and in a week or two we should be reaching color-peak.
I got my script for the children's theatre show "The Princess and the Pirate." This will be kind of fun to costume, I think. The youngest child will be about eight and is playing a cat. The other kids in the show are teenagers, and the bulk of the players are adults. The characters are the King and Queen (ages 35-50), the Prince (age 12ish) and Princess (age 14ish), the Pirate (adult), a Mouse (teenage girl - 14-16ish), a Cat (child - 8-10 years old, no gender specified), an Innkeeper and his Wife (ages 35-50), a Juggler and a Dancer (the Nasty Nasties - adults), the King's Groom (adult male), and a Boy (12-14ish).
So, yes, while it is a few more people than I was told I'd be dressing, it is not going to be difficult. The setting is "general fairy tale" so anything remotely period, no matter the period as long as it is not modern, or within the last 150 years I should be fairly okay. The story line is fairly simple - the Pirate is on vacation and is angsting over trying decide what to do next in his life, and at the same time the Princess is unhappy with learning to be a Princess (those difficult teenage years!) and runs away with her pet, the Mouse. They end up at this wacky inn where there are no rules, and the Nasty Nasties generally cause havoc and mayhem. It is here that the Pirate and the Princess become acquainted. The Princess sends the Pirate to her parents to let them know that she is alright, and he goes happily enough, because even if he is a pirate, he *is* on vacation and really, not such a bad sort. For a Pirate. The Princess decides at the end to go home to her Royal life, and finds the Pirate has decided to stay at the Palace to advise the King and Queen. The Boy, who the Princess meets at the Inn goes off to sea to seek his fortune, and although it is never stated, he probably signs on the Pirate's ship, and twenty years down the road he'll go on vacation and start the whole damn thing over.
Basic fairy tale stuff in an hour and a half. And a musical on top of that - the music was written by a good friend, so I am expecting the music to make up for the fairly weak plot. He even wrote a new song for the Pirate for this production - "On Vacation" where the Pirate talks about how he is rough and tough and lean and mean, but he is taking a vacation from all that, so don't expect him to do anything pirate-like.
I will likely take my nieces.
Because the day was colder than it has been (40s and 50s), I set it up a couple of degrees to 64. Just the type of day to enjoy a cup of tea with cookies. The trees are slowly starting to turn, and in a week or two we should be reaching color-peak.
I got my script for the children's theatre show "The Princess and the Pirate." This will be kind of fun to costume, I think. The youngest child will be about eight and is playing a cat. The other kids in the show are teenagers, and the bulk of the players are adults. The characters are the King and Queen (ages 35-50), the Prince (age 12ish) and Princess (age 14ish), the Pirate (adult), a Mouse (teenage girl - 14-16ish), a Cat (child - 8-10 years old, no gender specified), an Innkeeper and his Wife (ages 35-50), a Juggler and a Dancer (the Nasty Nasties - adults), the King's Groom (adult male), and a Boy (12-14ish).
So, yes, while it is a few more people than I was told I'd be dressing, it is not going to be difficult. The setting is "general fairy tale" so anything remotely period, no matter the period as long as it is not modern, or within the last 150 years I should be fairly okay. The story line is fairly simple - the Pirate is on vacation and is angsting over trying decide what to do next in his life, and at the same time the Princess is unhappy with learning to be a Princess (those difficult teenage years!) and runs away with her pet, the Mouse. They end up at this wacky inn where there are no rules, and the Nasty Nasties generally cause havoc and mayhem. It is here that the Pirate and the Princess become acquainted. The Princess sends the Pirate to her parents to let them know that she is alright, and he goes happily enough, because even if he is a pirate, he *is* on vacation and really, not such a bad sort. For a Pirate. The Princess decides at the end to go home to her Royal life, and finds the Pirate has decided to stay at the Palace to advise the King and Queen. The Boy, who the Princess meets at the Inn goes off to sea to seek his fortune, and although it is never stated, he probably signs on the Pirate's ship, and twenty years down the road he'll go on vacation and start the whole damn thing over.
Basic fairy tale stuff in an hour and a half. And a musical on top of that - the music was written by a good friend, so I am expecting the music to make up for the fairly weak plot. He even wrote a new song for the Pirate for this production - "On Vacation" where the Pirate talks about how he is rough and tough and lean and mean, but he is taking a vacation from all that, so don't expect him to do anything pirate-like.
I will likely take my nieces.