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When moving from warm California to...wet...Washington, it's important to remember that theatre can be found everywhere. Yes, it's in your heart but it's also down the street, around the corner and in the next town over.

Touring House: Mount Baker Theatre
Built in 1927, Mount Baker Theatre was one of the last grand vaudeville movie palaces to be built in the Pacific Northwest. From silent films to live performing arts, MBT has preserved history while also serving the demands of modern, continuously changing economy, technology, and society.
  
Biggest: Bellingham Theatre Guild
The Bellingham Theatre Guild is a nonprofit volunteer organization that has been producing theatre in Whatcom County, Washington, since 1929, including more than 700 productions with over 7,000 performances. It is quite possible that a well-known playwright has acted there...

Coolest: iDiOM Theater
On the funky side and featuring two theaters -- both experimental -- the iDiOM is good, fun and cool.

Most quaint: Lynden Performing Arts Guild at the Claire
The quaint Dutch town of Lynden features the Western Whatcom Fair grounds, several windmills and a great little theatre.

Upper Right: Blaine Community Theater
Possibly featuring classes and a performance by a renowned playwright and recent PNW actor, this theater is the farthest North and East in the continental US.

Kevin's excited about "my book"

Here's some great news for Monologue-lovers, actors and the people who buy them presents...

 

OK, not entirely my book.  I’m sharing it with Mark Twain!  Yes, you read that right; I am in a book with the man who said, “I do not want to belong to any club that would have someone like me as a member”!  I don’t care what Sam says (I can call him Sam, you can’t) I’m in.

Sam and I wrote monologues that appear in Audition Monologues for Young Women #2 and, while looking for mine, I found a few other gigantic names in literature and theatre. People like new friend and colleague Lisa Soland, Eve Ensler who’s name is synonymous with ‘monologue,’ Moises Kaufman, Paula Vogel, Christopher Durang, Sarah Ruhl and about ninety other worthy writers.  So be the first to write a review on the Barnes and Noble site: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/audition-monologues-for-young-women-2-gerald-lee-ratliff/1116460801?ean=9781566081931

Thanks to editor Gerald Lee Ratliff for choosing my monologue, my friend Miriam, who never did perform the thing, and to all the people who will read and perform my words.

Sandy Hotchkiss Bio

Sandy Hotchkiss is the co-founder of the Talent To aMuse Theatre Company.  She was also the co-founder and co-director of the Wisconsin Theatre for Children, Inc. where she wrote, produced, and performed throughout the states of Wisconsin and Minnesota for years.  A small sampling of her acting work in the San Diego area includes Bessie in Marvin’s Room, Joy Gresham in Shadowlands, Mama in I Remember Mama, Jeanette in Last of the Red Hot Lovers, Toinette in The Imaginary Invalid, Rebecca the Fairy in William S Gilbert’s Foggerty’s Fairy, and most recently in Talent to aMuse’s first production at 10th Avenue as Fonsia in David L. Coburn’s The Gin Game.   

Most people though will recognize Sandy from her extensive commercial work (most recently in commercials for Sycuan, Grossmont Center and the Ford Accord as well as billboards and menus for Cocos.  She can also be seen as one of the Dancing Grannies in the Travis Pastrana video promoting the X Games in LA.

O. P. Hadlock Bio

With over 400 production credits in almost every aspect of theatre, O.P. Hadlock brings a unique array of experience to any theatrical endeavor.  He earned a B.A. in Acting/ Directing and a M.A. in Scenic/Lighting Design from California State University, Long Beach.

O.P., or Patrick to those who know him, lists over 40 acting performances in a vast array of roles as well as a background in dance both on stage and television.  Most recently, he has portrayed Weller Martin in The Gin Game at The 10th Avenue Theatre, Dr. Frederick Treaves in The Elephant Man at OnStage and Col. Nathan Jessup in A Few Good Men at the Lyceum.  He has directed 19 productions and written six plays, 15 screenplays, three novels and two short stories.  Well over 60 productions had their graphics and publicity designed by O.P.  He also held the position of Business and Promotions Manager for three theatres and an arts festival at C.S.U.F.

O.P. has worked as a Technical Director at a California University (C.S.U.S.B.) and a road house (East County Performing Arts Center).  He designed lighting for 50 shows, scenic design for 35 shows, costumed six shows, designed sound for over 30 shows, and crewed over 250 shows.  He studied make-up with Richard Corson.   O.P. co-founded and was technical consultant to The Rainbow Theatricans (a professional children’s theatre company that toured into shopping malls).
Since 1990, O.P. has resided in San Diego with his lovely wife, Christine, and their menagerie of pets.  When he relaxes, O.P. spends his time at his computer, reading, attending concerts and plays, live gaming, and enjoying fine food and wine.

Post Number Two

We're still testing Twitterfeed and Social RSS in the wake of news, from RSS Graffiti that they're folding.  Sad news indeed. In this post, we're placing the photo in a different place.  Having fun!

Twitterfeed vs. Social RSS

We're doing an experiment at the agency today.  We set up clients' blogs and feed them to their Twitter accounts and Facebook pages. We used to use RSS Graffiti to send posts from the blog to Facebook, but they're going out of business April 1 (hope it's a joke but we think not)

So we've set up our blog's RSS (Real Simple Syndication) feed to post to Facebook via both Social RSS and Twitterfeed.  There are positives and negatives to both (one is more free than the other, one id ad-supported, etc.). What we really are interested in, though, is what the posts look like.

This means that our Facebook Page and Twitter account are about to get a lot of posts (or not) with a lot of looks (or not) and we're going to do it all from the blog. We'll post a lot in different configurations to test the look of both products and let you know what we think. On the Blog.

And it will be sent to the... well, you get it. 

From RecycledRecordArt

Welcome to the RecycledRecordArt.com Best Comment Contest!  In order to win, you need to qualify and then post the best comment for the item (on the list below).  Below is information on us, how to qualify, the rules, and a list of the Notebooks and Record Holders you can win by creating the best comments on them.

About RecycledRecordArt.com
At RecycledRecordArt.com, we rescue record albums from dark garages, and dank storage units, and keep them out of landfills (vinyl records are non biodegradable!) by turning them into working art.  We take album covers and up-cycle them into reusable Notebooks and vinyl records are forged into Record Holders -- Bowls, Boxes and Pencil Holders.  Record Holders and are perfect for holding small items in your office, living room, bedroom or anywhere you need to keep things. And they make excellent gifts!

How to Qualify
In order to win, you must qualify.  To qualify for the RecycledRecordArt.com Best Comment Contest, you must be willing and able to:

• travel to Kearney Mesa in San Diego, California to claim your prize
• help make your Record Holder shape, which entails getting hot
• post photos and comments all over Social Media during, and after the contest
• post good, kind, humorous and witty comments on the pages of the RecycledRecordArt products on the list below
• Email your name and phone number to: info@recycledrecordart.com 

Rules

• Click link(s) below to be taken to the page the item(s) you want to win
• Once there, write a comment at the bottom of the page
• Follow all protocols for leaving comments
• In the comment, describe why you should be given this item free of charge
• Share the page, and your attached comment(s) on Social Media
• The best comment, placed (on qualifying items) during the contest dates, wins that item
• The best comment is at the sole discretion of RecycledRecordArt
• "There is no criteria for 'best' but I'll know it when I see it"
• You may enter as many times as you like for as many of the items, on the list below, as you like
• Only comments on the items listed below qualify for the contest
• But go ahead and comment on other items too
• You may comment as much and as many times as you like
• Commenting in response to another person's comment is encouraged
• All comments will be moderated 
• Mean, Dangerous or non-clever comments will be removed 
• Removed comments are disqualified
• Encourage your friends to like your comments on Social Media
• The Contest begins at 8:00 a.m. on 7/28/14 and ends at 5:00 p.m. on 9/1/14
• Only comments made between the above dates/times will be considered
• If someone purchase the item before that time you're out of luck
• Winners will be announced September 2nd
• You will be asked to contact us to schedule your processing and pick up time

What you can win
Each item has a link to its own page on RecycledREcordArt.com. To click the link of the item(s) you want to win and leave your comment(s) there.  We've sorted them by Artist, Album and Style.  Good luck and may the comments be ever in your favor!

Contest Cuties By Artist
Artist	Album	Style
Adams, Bryan	Cuts Like a Knife	80s
Chorus Line	Broadway Cast Album	Musicals
Clapton, Eric	Timepieces	Classic Rock
Cocker, Joe	A Little Help From My Friends	Classic Rock
Diamond, Neil	The Jazz Singer	Musicals
ELO/ONJ	XANADU Soundtrack	Musicals
Jett, Joan	I Love Rock N Roll	80s
Kool and the Gang	Ladies' Night	R&B
Sister Sledge	We Are Family	R&B
Snow, Phoebe	Phoebe Snow	Classic Rock
Steve Miller Band	Fly Like an Eagle	Classic Rock
Van Halen	1984	80s
Contest Cuties By Album
Album	Artist	Style
1984	Van Halen	80s
A Little Help From My Friends	Cocker, Joe	Classic Rock
Broadway Cast Album	Chorus Line	Musicals
Cuts Like a Knife	Adams, Bryan	80s
Fly Like an Eagle	Steve Miller Band	Classic Rock
I Love Rock N Roll	Jett, Joan	80s
Ladies' Night	Kool and the Gang	R&B
Phoebe Snow	Snow, Phoebe	Classic Rock
The Jazz Singer	Diamond, Neil	Musicals
Timepieces	Clapton, Eric	Classic Rock
We Are Family	Sister Sledge	R&B
XANADU Soundtrack	ELO/ONJ	Musicals
Contest Cuties By Style
Style	Artist	Album
80s	Adams, Bryan	Cuts Like a Knife
80s	Jett, Joan	I Love Rock N Roll
80s	Van Halen	1984
Classic Rock	Clapton, Eric	Timepieces
Classic Rock	Cocker, Joe	A Little Help From My Friends
Classic Rock	Snow, Phoebe	Phoebe Snow
Classic Rock	Steve Miller Band	Fly Like an Eagle
Musicals	Chorus Line	Broadway Cast Album
Musicals	Diamond, Neil	The Jazz Singer
Musicals	ELO/ONJ	XANADU Soundtrack
R&B	Kool and the Gang	Ladies' Night
R&B	Sister Sledge	We Are Family