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Last night we had the first rehearsal of the fire scene for Theatre Guild of Rockingham County‘s production of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever and it was a scream! “Well-choreographed chaos” is the best way to put it. And lo and behold, as a Fireman I get to be right in the center of it all! Some terrific hijinks ensue in just a minute or two of performance time and we more or less got it all nailed down pat last night. Well, ‘cept for doing it in costume ‘course.

And speaking of that, tonight the three of us in the Fireman roles dropped by a local fire department to get equipped with our firefighter’s coats and pants. I’d never worn full fire gear before. The stuff is so bulky that I felt like I was wearing C.O.G. armor from a Gears of War game. And I’ve got ...

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This past month the young actors of Theatre Guild of Rockingham County rocked the house with Disney’s Mulan Jr. (starring Jessica Wray as Mulan and Peggy Wasmund as Wushu). In case y’all missed it the first time, be at the new Market Square in Reidsville (ummm… North Carolina) this coming Saturday, October 31st at 4 p.m. ‘cuz they’re gonna do one more performance. Come out and enjoy the show.

And you’ll still have plenty of time for trick-or-treating, too!...

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If you are within driving distance of Rockingham County, North Carolina this coming weekend then you should seriously consider buying a ticket (or more than one) for Theatre Guild of Rockingham County‘s production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. I wasn’t able to be in this production ‘cuz of prior obligations, although I helped with set construction and that was the limit of my involvement with this show.

Well, I just got back from this afternoon’s performance and folks, NOTHING could have prepared me for the unrelenting spectacle that is what Rockingham County people have done with Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s much-beloved take on the biblical story of Joseph and his brothers. The Theatre Guild’s production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is bar none the glitziest and most over-the-top musical that I have ever had the pleasure of witnessing! The Guild could take ...

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This coming weekend the Theatre Guild of Rockingham County‘s Childrens Theater will be presenting Monster in the Closet at Rockingham Community College’s Advanced Technologies Building Auditorium.

Directed by Tony Hummel, Monster in the Closet is the age-old story of that most primal of human fears: that deep within our closet there lurks some twisted fiend. Pity poor Emily then: it is not her imagination that there really is a monster abiding in the darkness, and her best friend saw it too. But beastie Murray has his own problems: he doesn’t want to scare the kids. This lovable slacker merely longs to play Emily’s new video game… no matter what his boss says.

Monster in the Closet plays this Friday, March 6th at 7:30 p.m., then on Saturday, March 7th at 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 pm., and a final performance on Sunday, March 8th at 2:30 p.m. Visit the Theatre ...

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Longtime readers of this blog know that my favorite musical is Children of Eden. This past summer I was extremely blessed to have taken part in a production of it by the Theatre Guild of Rockingham County. Well, if you’ve never had the pleasure of beholding this amazing show and you live near Greensboro, North Carolina you’re in luck this weekend and the next. Jay Smith, who played Cain in our production, is directing Children of Eden at The Sanctuary, located at 900 Sixteenth Street in Greensboro. The show begins Friday, February 20th at 7:30 p.m., and runs through February 28th. Many of the same faces from Theatre Guild of Rockingham County’s production will be in this new show, including Neil Shepherd returning as Father. Click here for more information, and hope you can come check it out! 🙂...

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Last night at Woodmont United Methodist Church in Reidsville, we had the strike party for Theatre Guild of Rockingham County‘s production of Oliver Twist. Tony Hummel (who played Mr. Brownlow) brought his karaoke machine. And during the festivities I did something that I had been asked to do several times over the past few weeks, mostly from people who heard about what happened at the Children of Eden strike party in June.

So here it is: Yours Truly singing “Bohemian Rhapsody” by Queen…

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Yesterday afternoon was the final performance of the Theatre Guild of Rockingham County‘s production of Oliver Twist. Thankfully we had none of the “problems” that kept us from going through the entire show on Saturday night. There was still a whiff of the smoke lingering around the building, but that didn’t deter a strong audience from coming to enjoy the story of orphan Oliver Twist and his search for identity in 1840s London.

After the show ended and the audience had left, the entire cast and crew stuck around for another hour and struck the stage, tidied-up the rooms that we had been using in the Advanced Technologies Building at Rockingham Community College, and pretty much did our best to make sure that everything was cleaner than how we found it when we first started production back in October. After that, it was just a matter of ...

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UPDATE 11:50 p.m. EST: Well, this was certainly a night to remember…

Tonight’s performance of the Theatre Guild of Rockingham County‘s production of Oliver Twist came to an abrupt end when ...

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I think having all this past week off from rehearsals might have been a good thing, ‘cuz everything seemed to have really clicked well during last night’s show. We all got into it totally refreshed and ready to knock it out of the ballpark. Also, there was a substantially good audience, despite what apparently was pro wrestling at the National Guard Armory next door which had also drawn a large crowd.

Theatre Guild of Rockingham County’s production of Oliver Twist plays again tonight at 7:30 and then the final show tomorrow afternoon at 2:30, in the Advanced Technologies Building Auditorium at Rockingham Community College. Click here for more information....

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