Anyone Can Whistle

No, Mill 6 is not staging a revival of the Sondheim musical. A number of Mill 6 regulars are working with Whsitler in the Dark Theater on their next Whistler Wednesday play reading series. Directors Barlow Adamson and John Edward O'Brien along with actors Irene Daly and Lonnie McAdoo (plus non Mill 6 actors Hannah Husband, Tim Hoover, Marie Polizzano and Tom Giordano) will present readings of six new short plays. The plays all written by local authors (Kelly DuMar, Melanie Garber, Carissa Halston, Meron Langsner and Elizabeth Rapoza) deal with topics as large as identity and warfare and items as common as a misplaced umbrella. Oh and the world just might end in one of them too. These plays are all new and exciting and just one night only. Wednesday January 27th 2010. 7PM at the Factory Theater. Tickets are free but seating is limited. (I am told the event is close to -if not already - sold out). Make your reservations today at Whistler in the Dark's website. whistlerinthedark.com

Mmrmmph (yawn) what time is it?

December?! Ah how time flies when not blogging. I apologize to all our faithful readers (both of you). We had some major technical problems here at Mill 6 Central that prevented us from doing anything connected with the world wide web. But now we are back. And there's not too much to report. Mill 6 will be gearing up for season 12 after the New Year's with website updates (hooray), regular blogging (yippee) and another round of T Plays in June. Plus hopefully we'll squeeze in another theater marathon and maybe a few other surprises.

What I would like to do is plug a few projects some Mill 6 alum are involved in. It is a bit short notice as many of these shows close soon and by soon I mean this weekend! Instead of being a despicable director Barlow Adamson is playing a despicable character in Speakeasy's production of Reckless. http://www.speakeasystage.com/ As an added Mill 6 bonus Maureen Keiller (The Polish Pictures) is in the cast this weekend filling in for Paula Plum. It's at the BCA tonight and tomorrow.

Sasha Castroverde continues her tearing through the Wilde Canon. She plays four different characters in Bad Habit's production of Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband. It should be noted that only four actors play all the roles in this play and do so, I think, with quite a bit of flair. Be sure to check out some of the artwork they have displayed along the walls of the theater. http://www.badhabitproductions.org/ Performances are tonight, Saturday and Sunday.

Another Bunbury alum, Marc Harpin, is appearing in The Christmas Belles, a co-production of Company One and Phoenix Productions. http://www.companyone.org/ This is playing at the Playwrite's Theater at BU and runs this weekend and next. (It's almost a lot of notice considering).

Our lack of internet has left a few projects go by unmentioned. T Play audience favorite Meg Taintor just finnished directing In On It for Whistler in the Dark Theater. The author of the piece is Daniel MacIvor whose play This Is A Play was part of Mill 6's four. Hmmm maybe we should revive that one. Also Mill 6's trusty black IKEA chairs made their first non-Mill 6 appearance.

The Gold Dust Orphanage increased it's membership by one waif when Becca A. Lewis (Rosaline in Bunbury) appeared in their production of Valet of the Dolls.

There is also some news from Mill 6 writers. Pat Gabridge's play Counting Rita presented a few years back at the Theater Marathon by Mill 6 was produced out in L.A. in October by Theater Unleashed. His play Constant State of Panic will be performed this January in Washington D.C. by the Madcap Players. http://www.madcapplayers.com/

Please Report Any Suspicious Activity, Rick Parks' hilarious and audience favorite T Play has been accepted in the 2010 SnowDance Festival in Racine WI. Rick has had success at this festival before and we wish him and his gay dolphin stars the best of luck. http://www.overourheadplayers.org/

OK. I think that brings us up to date.

Proof of Sunshine

A few weeks back we performed My Name is Leslie as part of River Fest in Cambridge. The show went well and we had a great time in the first al fresco production of Mill 6. In reviewing the photos from the show we also realized this was the last nice day weather wise that we've had. Maybe we need to get ourselves back down to the Charles and perform. Maybe that will make the rain go away.

In the photo are John Edward O'Brien, Jonathan Michael Anderson, Becca A. Lewis and Meg Taintor.

Van down by the River

OK, so it's not a van. It's a stage. But we will be participating in The 30th Cambridge River Festival this Saturday June 13th. We will perform Larry Blamire's My Name is Leslie. Our performance starts at 4:30PM on the theater stage (near Putnam Street).

My Name is Leslie is a comedy about bad service and its consequences. Part Twilight Zone episode, part after school special and part WWII movie = all comedy. Featuring Jonathan Michael Anderson and Becca A. Lewis (both recently in Bunbury) plus rare acting appearances by Whistler in the Dark Artistic Director (and T Play audience favorite director) Meg Taintor and Mill 6's own artistic director John Edward O'Brien.

Check out http://www.cambridgema.gov/CAC/Community/river.cfm for more info and complete schedule.

Bunbury: from rehearsal to performance #3

I suggest instead of a harsh florescent light, maybe a gorgeous moon could hang over their shoulders. (rehearsal photo by Becca A. Lewis; production photo by Chris Engels

Bunbury: From rehearsal to performance #2

One of the actors suggest "Maybe we could pant like dogs." (rehearsal photo taken by Becca A. Lewis; production photo by Chris Engels.

Bunbury: From rehearsal to performance #1

Barlow suggested that the butler stand on the other side. (rehearsal photo by Becca A. Lewis; production photo by Chris Engels).