THURSDAY: Drove to Kansas City. Our group went to another "Triple D" restaurant, Grinders. Then we all headed to the Power and Light district, a cluster of bars and restaurants that are all connected by a courtyard. VERY cool area. The group went to Howl at the Moon, but a certain Kelli Bartlett was in town at the same time!!! It's been too long since I've seen my dear friend so we took advantage of the night. I got to meet two of her good friends as we watched an MMA match (a first all around), then had dinner. What a night.
Cool street art on the building next to Grinders.
The MMA match. We had great seats thanks to Ashley's boyfriend...but most of the action was the guys looking like two frogs in a very long embrace...
FRIDAY: After staying just outside of Kansas City-on the Missouri side- we had a Pocahontas rehearsal...it's been two weeks since we've done the show but it went remarkably well. Then in the afternoon we drove three hours to the venue in Junction City. I LOVE night shows, I am much more awake and relaxed. Plus, in my opinion, leaving the theatre with a face full of makeup is less conspicuous than mid-day. After the show we drove BACK to KC and stayed in the same hotel. Very long day.
SATURDAY: We drove from KC to Rolla, MO (4 hours) for a 4pm show. This theatre was on a college campus that doesn't have a theatre major, but their theatre is really lovely and well kept. Their staff were all young and excited. They even fed us dinner afterwards, complete with pumpkin cookies. Heaven. Thankfully we stayed in Rolla that night because we were all exhausted. It was a beautiful night though...this midwest fall business is really nice.
This deserves it's own story, but I'll keep it short. There was a young boy talking with his mother about how he found the show very confusing after the show. He couldn't understand WHY the Indian daughters weren't black, but the Dad was. He went on and on with her- just ten feet from us- gesticulating and furrowed brow, about why we should NOT have been white. We all found this hysterical, and I had Kelly and Apollo pose with me later: I mean, of COURSE he's our dad.... :)
SUNDAY: Nine hour drive to Hartford, Wisconsin. No show...not possible. Wisconsin was the first place I began to wonder if I've got an adequate jacket...pretty chilly up there. Ate dinner at a place called Sal's Pizza and Damian, our resident Pizza Monster, was in heaven. New York Style, huge slices and garlic knots...we were all stuffed to the gills.
MONDAY: Two shows in WI, then a long drive back into Missouri for a week in Florrisant. Wisconsin and central Illinois are just long stretches of farm land. I was driving most of the daylight hours so I couldn't capture a picture, but really there is simply road, earth, and sky. It was a lovely picture, but hard to find places to get gas. Kelly and I pondered the farm life, simple, remote. It's a far cry from Manhattan.
The Wisconsin theatre. Very cool sort of Elizabethan feel to the interior, wooden columns throughout the auditiorium and lobby, and a wrap around mezzanine and balcony.
Next up: a whole week in Florrissant, Missouri!
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