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The critics agree…

“Twelfth Night is a mad, glorious, superbly-performed version of the Bard’s classic…”
“Enough cannot be said about Jeff De Leon’s performance as Orsino...”
“…there’s an encounter so heart-stoppingly strong that it might be the single most effective stage moment I’ve witnessed all year.”
Mike Schultz, River Cities Reader

“…a comic, gender-bending, romantic romp that is simply too good to miss.”
“…the collective talent and comprehension required to successfully stage this show make it easy for me to promise that you’ll love it…”
Ruby Nancy, Quad-City Times

“All in all, it’s a kick…Director Stephanie Burrough has done a good job.”
Julie Jensen, The Dispatch

CLOSING WEEKEND!

No reservations will be taken and tickets are available on a first come/first serve basis.
Admission is an $8 suggested donation for adults and $5 suggested donation for students and seniors.

Come enjoy Shakespeare in a truly unique setting!
Hope to see you there!

A challenge accepted...

The Prenzie Players production of Twelfth Night or What You Will makes its debut this Friday at the Historic Montgomery Wards building in downtown Moline (for those of you who remember, it's the building downtown that used to have the two suits of armor on display in the windows). Refreshments will be served, although there may not be an abundance of green tea and tofu. The spin the Prenzies take is a fresh one and doesn't mind bringing a bit of pop culture into the Bard's work.

Personally, this is my third foray into the world of ye olde Shakespeare and it's been a very pleasurable experience. I think we're going to have a fun run despite some technical glitches here and there - but those are to be expected. I really like the Prenzie creed about everthing is real that happens on stage - the mistakes, the audience, and the emotions. Very cool. Kind of a ComedySportz'ish attitude to say the least.

Speaking of CSz, I reffed my last show for awhile on Friday night and it was a blast. We had a lady from Belgium in the audience and she ended up as one of the stars of the show. Reffing is really fun and, when you have an audience that's there to laugh, it's SO much easier. Granted, I tend to let shows run a little long, I think if the audience is having a good time, so what if we're 15 minutes over.

Another very cool thing is that my favorite movie of the year is finally out on DVD!

No, not Rocky VI, Batman Begins! If you haven't seen this film yet, do yourself a favor and NetFlix it. Better than that - go purchase it because (and this can be cause for discussion) this is, in my opinion, the best Batman movie ever made. The story it tells is really good - even if you're not a fan of the graphic novel. And the cast is incredible. According to IMDB.com, Christian Bale had to gain all the weight back from his role in The Machinist before they would let him don the cape and cowl.

Did you see that we may be getting yet another hurricane hitting Florida before the month is out? That's insane. Soon, there's going to be no Southern coast left!

Oh, and if you're wondering why this post seems random at times and wondering what "challenge " is being referenced in the title, I invite you read the comments section of my previous post.

And Trisha - it's on like Bob Barker at a Plinko board, baby!

Ni!

They finally made it to the big screen...

Stop surfing the web.

Go see this movie.

Guess who was here this weekend?!

Oh, did the graphic give it away?

The troupe from ComedyC ity - Kansas City rode their most noble steed into town this weekend to have a comedic throw down with the crew from CSzQC. As always, they never fail to impress and this weekend was no different. Unfortunately, I didn't get to hook up with them Saturday night post show for too long, but I heard the show itself went really well and they all looked happy consuming copious amounts of alcohol and pizza as I left them at Huckleberry's.

They left with a copy of Your Little Ponies in their hands and I'm curious to see what they think of it.

At any rate, I hope they all had a fun time hanging in the Quads and I can't wait to get back down to Missouri and tear it up with them at their venue again.



But not literally tear anything because Clancy will probably get mad.

It's all about the Wordplay

Went to see Jason Mraz at the Congress Theater in Chicago, IL this weekend. The set was great and we actually had seats instead of having to stand all the way through both opening acts. He played a ton off of his new album, "MR. A-Z", but also hit all of the standards from his previous effort, "Waiting for My Rocket To Come".

I have come to find that in every concert I've been to, there's always that, "Hell, yeah!" moment where something either really cool happens on stage or you experience something really special with the person you're with. Well, I can happily state, the latter happened that night.

Mraz ended up playing a song that isn't on any of his albums and is only available on iTunes as an EP. It had kind of become "our song," for lack of a better term, but I knew (unfortunately) there was no way he was going to play it live because it was too obscure.

He played it.

But what was even more special was that moment of realization that washed over our faces as the opening chords flew into our ears and we both looked at each other at the same time with that half surprised/half "no f'n way!" stare. Our arms found each others waists and we just got happily lost in the moment. And although, according to iTunes, that moment only lasted 4:17 - for some reason it still feels like that moment hasn't stopped happening. And that's cool.

It was a really amazing night.