| | Everybody Eats Fire Now! - In a moment of insanity, Lindsay the dramaturg bet the cast that when they got the tongue to tongue to tongue fire transfer for the Fire Party Act, SHE would learn how to eat fire.
So they did, and she did.
(Pssssst, she always knew they'd get it)
| chelsea
05/20/2009 |
| | Not Every Day Goes According to Plan - Today was supposed to be a flying day. It wasn't.
Flying is the finale. The big deal. The big picture. The thing that's never been done. Never been staged. Never been worked on. The thing we should have started working with way back on Thursday. Did
| chelsea
05/18/2009 |
| | We are in the Building - Stand Up Eight has traveled to Dekalb where the show will be performed next week. We are in the theatre.
The next step in the adventure begins. The lights are being hung and focused. The magnitude of the trampoline and tramp wall is being dis
| chelsea
05/15/2009 |
| | Stand Up Eight is Ready for an Audience! - After years of dreaming, developing, begging, and rehearsing, Stand Up Eight is ready for an audience. We would love to see you, our loyal friends, in the house. If you know others in the Chicago area who'd enjoy the show, pass this email along to th
| chelsea
05/14/2009 |
| | Warming Up - Everyone warms up in their own way before a run. Except the stage manager who looks askance at being on camera....
| chelsea
05/13/2009 |
| | Whip Boy and Whip Girl - Allison and Brett work on their whip routine.
| chelsea
05/12/2009 |
| | All Hail Brett - So today's post was going to be about silks. But someone (Brett) thinks there are too many pictures of silks and someone (Brett) thinks there's not enough pictures of others (Brett).
So today, we offer you a tribute of other people in Stand Up Eight
| chelsea
05/11/2009 |
| | Something Worth Watching - And another week begins at Stand Up Eight rehearsals. We have four days left in Grand Rapids and then the whole troupe moves to Dekalb. We work for a full week in the theatre the show will be in, which is awesome.
There are many pieces to this puzzl
| chelsea
05/10/2009 |
| | More Tramp Wall! - A unique view of Brett on the Tramp Wall.
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05/08/2009 |
| | And Then The Piano Rolls In - Kim and Richard worked all day long on their acro routine for Act Two in Stand Up Eight.
It's going to take place around and ON a grand piano.
Very cool. Even without the piano and in the middle of the gym, the moves the two were practising looked
| chelsea
05/07/2009 |
| | The Stuntman and the Comedian - So the comedian makes it look funny.....
And the stuntman makes it look painful....
Or is it always funny?
| chelsea
05/06/2009 |
| | Que Pasa? - What does this picture mean? What is happening? Why is everyone gathered around? Hmmm, if only there were a video to explain the situation! Stay tuned....
| chelsea
05/05/2009 |
| | Fire! - Not everyone in Stand Up Eight has worked with fire before. There are some fire newbies.
In the show, everyone will have to extinguish a torch in their mouth.
And the finale of the act is a tongue, to tongue, to tongue transfer.
That's right: fire
| chelsea
05/05/2009 |
| | Brett and Richard Play with the Trampoline Wall -
| chelsea
05/03/2009 |
| | What do you mean it's only been THREE days? - Three days can feel like ninety when you're working your butt off. But, ha, it's all paying off.
There would have been pictures of newbie fire eaters Brett, Misti and Sam swallowing fire for the first time (YAY) ..... if we hadn't spent so much tim
| chelsea
05/01/2009 |
| | Tramp Wall, Tramp Wall, Tramp Wall! - Day Two.
It's amazing to see how in just one day those working on the tramp wall have improved.
After their time on the wall, Richard talked about the tramp wall becoming less of a work out and more fun.
We can't wait to see where they are in a we
| chelsea
4/30/2009 |
| | And Stand Up Eight Begins! - There's nothing like diving into the deep end of the pool! Today marks the first day of rehearsal for Stand Up Eight - and the first act we worked on was the Aerial Silks Party.
The aerial silks section of the show is going to be fun, fun, fun.
| chelsea
04/29/2009 |
