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Ok, so you think mimes are creepy and/or sad. Frankly, having never seen one I would have been apt to agree with you - but that would make me just as racist as you are Skippy.

Enter the Sunday. Jodi dragged me to see a quite feller named Mikael Rudolph. Whoa nelly - I heart mime! This was one of the more solidly entertaining bits of performing I've seen as of late. The show was framed around him pulling stuff from his suitcase - in other words - there wasn't really much structure. Nonetheless, it didn't really need much. Almost everyone one of his object based 'bits' connected on many levels while bing pretty damn impressive. His one attempted at being poignant, a dancing with a woman's dress to demonstrate his loneliness, did fall flat - but I commend him for scratching the profound.

So, I guess I'm a convert now. Damnit - next I'm prolly going to start liking movement based mesa-storytelling... sorry Sarah.

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"Communicating as performance art"

So one of the only articles I've ever seen in a major TC paper about Speech and it gets described as "performance art." Sigh. Anywho, it's a decent article.

The State tournament yesterday was one of those truly wonderful days that define the power of being on a team. Eagan broke the record for the number of medals won (20 - previous record was 17). Woot for us - that's gonna stick for a long time.

Jay and John took home the blue; rocking all sorts of awesomeness. Jay in particular delivered a creative that reminded me how powerful this silly activity can be.

Walker wrote his own speech, one of the requirements for the creative expression category. It was titled "Blacked into a Corner." His thesis, he said, is that African-Americans often limit the freedoms they've fought for by stereotyping themselves, and by forcing definitions upon each other about what it means to be black.

And, yes, he used the N-word, in what many said was a provocative performance. He took the part of a black man who was trying to be black enough and a fairy godfather who was trying to help him.

Good day... good day.

Auditions for Gooogle: The Musical (2.0)

Winning the award for most unlikely show ever to be produced at the Guthrie - the 2006 Fringe hit Gooogle: The Musical is back for a full run the entire month of February – including 3 shows at the Guthrie. Rehearsals begin middle December and last through January.

Gooogle: The Musical asks the centuries old question: “would the world be better off without the internet?” Set in the slightly-more-than-not-to-distant future; the story follows the last Librarian in the world. When Google disappears all hell breaks loose, the unwashed masses addicted to the internet (a.k.a.: us) become zombies and people start singing… ooohh, scary. The show has been reworked from the ground up for this run.

9 ROLES BEING CAST!
4 Women, 5 Men: all ages, types – mostly looking for strong singers. Ethnic diversity strongly encouraged. A couple of the harder to fill roles include;

Jessica – 40+: Older woman, maternal figure, dark side. Strong singer wanted.

Rajit – Indian male – any age, tech support, strong comic timing.

Auditions Thursday 12/7 and Saturday 12/9. Prepare 1 comic monologue and 1 minute of any song that shows off your pipes. Please send a resume & headshot to drewhammond@imdo.org to schedule an audition time.

All positions paid.

There's a reason I love TV's Craig Ferguson

New Favorite Song

De La Sol collaborates to many smiles.