SO HI. Hello world, welcome back. It's good to be here. Many things have of course happened since I last posted.
Ed and I had our most successful summer of Summer On Stage yet. It was incredible. Our dear friends Ross and Brenna were up there with us this summer directing and teaching. That meant that Ed was able to really run the camp and focus on administrative stuff and we all got to focus on truly teaching and directing. We noticed a difference and the kids noticed a difference as well.
We pow-wowed before hand all three of us and really pin pointed on what we were going to focus on in classes. I focused on movement. Straight up Greek chorus style. We worked on building an ensemble and working together. The older kids totally locked into choral movement and I had them write stories. This one incredibly talented and wiser-than-her-years camper named Julia wrote a story filled with wolf imagery and journeys. So we stuck with that and I read the story to them while they, along with the help of the teen apprentices, wrote a choral ode. It was outstanding and beautiful and moving. We were each able to establish a language with them so that when we got into rehearsals I could use words that they normally wouldn't understand. Our camp moved up a level and I couldn't have been more proud.
The piece I directed was full of choral movement and flashlight use and puppetry and character development and music and call and response. It was beautiful and the kids were fantastic! The play was short and sweet but precise and told a great story. I pushed kids. I had one moment where were improv-ing a scene and this one boy did this great movement where he jumped up in the air with legs and arms spread out. And later while we were rehearsing a scene he didn't use it so all I had to say was "Hey you did this great thing in the improv where-" and he burst right into what I was talking about. I felt so connected to them this year it was wonderful.
So we did a little bit of traveling and relaxing and then Ed had to get back to town to start rehearsals for Bathtub Moby Dick with The Renegade Company for the Philadelphia Fringe Arts Festival. So August was an interesting month because I had some work lines up but not much. So, being inspired by Ed's sister, we started an eBay store!
Alfie's Nook
We are still working on adding products and such. My mom and I were talking last night about the store and she was asking me various questions about it. And I mentioned that we were getting items from yard sales and the like. And my mom just said, "Wow! My daughter the entrepreneur!" and it made me feel amazing. It made me feel important. And relieved a little.
August was good. I made a lot of decisions last month. I'm recording a demo for voice over in two weeks and I'm going to go forth with that. I have worked out really hard and for the first time I'm really REALLY seeing a difference. And I've been sticking with it and eating better. I'm going to start taking Meisner classes at a studio in NYC. I've been submitting myself to more projects. Oh yeah and I've done some stand-up comedy...
This particular evening was hosted by The Beserker Residents. Great guys, hilarious and really talented, and I'm looking forward to the next time.
Video streaming by Ustream
I start at around 27 minutes, but the rest of the comedians that night were really fantastic. It's definitely worth taking a look at the entire show. The rest of the show is linked in the bar next to the video on the USTREAM page. I performed again at the Late Night Cabaret a few days later. After Fringe is finished up I'm going to be trolling about, looking for more open mics. There is one down the street from me and at Fergie's. If you know of any more let me know.
I can't tell you how much of a dream it is to be up there and making people laugh. It's a dream. And I know I'll fail eventually and I'll get heckled, but something happens to me up there. I feel really powerful. And I am looking forward to doing it again.
So fringe is happening and I've seen some really great stuff. I saw Ed's amazing show: Bathtub Moby Dick . It's so good. I couldn't be more proud him. The press has been great and so have the audiences.
So far this Fringe I've seen Ajax: The Madness, Pay Up, and Completeness. Tonight I'm seeing BASEMENT and this weekend I'm seeing Holly's Dead Soldiers, Life & Times, and A Doll's House. Next week it's The Talk Back and I'm actually going back into rehearsals for White Pine's production of Luckiest Kid, which is a world premier opening in October. You should come see it because it's going to be BEAUTIFUL.
You can get tickets here. It's directed by Ben Lloyd (who founded the company in 2009) and written by the incredible Martha Kember.
Featuring: Martha Kemper, Joshua L. Browns, Cindy Spitko, Eva Hall, Fleece, Andrew Carroll, Dan Ison
So that's about it for now. I know I'll be thinking of more things to update you all on. But life is good, we are getting into Autumn, changes are happening and there will be more to update I'm sure.
Be good to one another.
-Cindy
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