Wednesday, February 17

Packing for Nashville

I leave for Nashville in the morning. EARLY morning. Ugh. But I needed it to be an early flight so I can actually work tomorrow. I hope all the flights are present and accounted for - I have been reading about pals who are stranded here and there due to weather.

Packing is not that fun, you know?? I used to love it as it meant I was going somewhere cool. Now that I am always going.... well it gets old. Coordinating outfits to conserve space? Check. All my electronic gadgets? Check. Photos of family and dog? Check. Toiletries? Check. Vitamins and medicines for every possible situation? Check. Books? Check. (Soon I will be able to change this to Kindle but not just yet... C'mon tax check!) Then the rest of the evening thinking - What did I forget? Oh my jewelry box... better grab it now. Oh my emergency cash, better put that in my wallet. This goes on for hours.

I'll be in Nashers for 6 days. I have to help get everything ready for the NCL Gem cast changeover. The cast starts arriving on Sunday, so I have only a few days to make the contact sheets, send out the "what to do on arrival" emails and get myself oriented before I begin my airport pick-ups.

I'm excited to see some old pals who will be leaving on the Celebrity Summit just after I arrive. I love seeing dancers and singers I have worked with before. It's cool to catch up and see how they have changed. I think they feel the same way.

I'm staying with my good friend and boss, Mindy, for the first few days of my trip. It will be nice to not just sit alone in a hotel room in the evenings. I do enough of that while I am there!

I will also be prepping for Shotgun at Orlando Shakes while I am there. I actually started yesterday so I don't get overloaded with my insane schedule. I feel bad for my poor ASM who will be on her own at the first production meeting. I am trying to conference call in but I don't know that it will happen. The meeting got moved up to while I am flying home instead of after I get home. *sigh* Such is life.

Ok, time to finish packing... now... where did I put that luggage scale I got for Christmas? :D

Thursday, February 11

Next stop: Nashville

I leave for Nashville in a week. This time I am heading in for the start of the NCL Gem rehearsals instead of the end. I will be picking up the cast members from the airport and getting them installed in their hotel. I'm looking forward to seeing some old faces and meeting the newbies.

I'll only be there for a week and then I have to rush back to Orlando for Shotgun rehearsals. As soon as I open and hand off Shotgun to the resident PSM at Orlando Shakes, I will drive to Ft. Lauderdale to join the Gem in progress. I don't get to shepherd my cast to the ship like I normally do, but I will be there 2 days later. That will be a little crazy, but such is my life. Seems I am always running to one gig or another.

I am not looking forward to the cold and snow in Nashville! After all, I live in Orlando for a reason. But it will be fun to see everyone and I am thankful to have a job at all considering the recent lay-offs at my dear GMP. Now that we have less ships, I will be lucky to keep the Gem, let alone get the other NCL ships back. I just got spoiled having so many ships last year. It was a wake up call to go from 4 ships in fall season to 1 ship in spring season.

So my calendar is filling up quickly. I have the Gem, then Shotgun, then the Gem redeux, a visit to Indiana to see my family and then the looong drive West to work at Utah Shakes all summer. Who knows what the fall will bring, hopefully more work!

Friday, January 15

I'm working at Orlando Shakes again

Hey check it out. I got a job with Orlando Shakes doing SHOTGUN. It looks like it will be a cool show. I'll post some pictures and updates after rehearsal starts.

Shotgun

		March 17 - April 11, 2010 By John Biguenet A National New Play Network World Premiere "If this was a normal world, we'd know what to do. I don't know if a set of rules exists for what we're living through..." Four months after Katrina, a white man and his teenage son rent half of a shotgun duplex apartment from an African-American woman and her father. Seething racial tensions bubble to the surface when love begins to bloom. [get tickets] Drama - Ages 14 & Up

Showtimes
In the Goldman Theater WED & THURS 7 p.m. FRI & SAT 8 p.m. SUN 2 p.m. SENIOR MATINEES: Wednesdays at 2 p.m. March 24 & 31 and April 7 POST-SHOW TALKBACK: Thursday, April 1

Tuesday, January 12

Looking for summer work

Full resume with Director names can be acquired by leaving me a comment with your email address.

Angi Weiss-Brandt

(contact information upon request)

Experience

(all cruise ship work is for Gary Musick Productions, Nashville, TN)

Production Manager: Two shows onboard the Spirit for Norwegian Cruise Lines, 2009

Production Manager: Three shows onboard the Jade for Norwegian Cruise Lines, 2009

Production Manager: Three shows onboard the Gem for Norwegian Cruise Lines, 5/2009, 10/2009

Production Manager: Four shows onboard the Summit for Celebrity Cruise Lines, 2008 and 2009

Production Manager: Four shows onboard the Constellation for Celebrity Cruise Lines, 5/2008, 9/2008, 11/09

Production Manager: Four shows onboard the GTS Infinity for Celebrity Cruise Lines, 2007 and 2008

Production Manager: Four shows onboard the GTS Millennium for Celebrity Cruise Lines, 2007

LORT B+

Othello	Utah Shakespearean Festival 2008	AEA Stage Manager	J R Sullivan
The School for Wives	Utah Shakespearean Festival 2008	AEA Stage Manager	Robert Cohen
The Mousetrap	Utah Shakespearean Festival 2007	AEA Stage Manager	Brad Carroll
Johnny Guitar	Utah Shakespearean Festival 2006	AEA Stage Manager	Brad Carroll
Stones in His Pockets	Utah Shakespearean Festival 2005	Deck Manager	J R Sullivan
Camelot	Utah Shakespearean Festival 2005	Deck Manager	Brad Carroll
Forever Plaid	Utah Shakespearean Festival 2004	Deck Manager	Russ Treyz
My Fair Lady	Utah Shakespearean Festival 2004	Deck Manager	Marc Robin

LORT C

Much Ado about Nothing

Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival 2009

AEA Stage Manager

Fontaine Syer

LORT D

Julius Caesar

Orlando-UCF Shakespeare Festival 2006

AEA Stage Manager

Dennis Delaney

Small Professional Theatre (SPT)

As You Like It	Orlando Shakespeare Theatre 2008	AEA Stage Manager	Dan McCleary
Every Xmas Story Ever Told	Orlando-UCF Shakespeare Festival 2006	AEA Stage Manager	Jim Helsinger
Trapezium	Orlando-UCF Shakespeare Festival 2005	Stage Manager	Russ Treyz
Dracula	Orlando-UCF Shakespeare Festival 2004	Stage Manager	April Dawn Gladu
The Guys	The Vine Theatre 2003	Stage Manager	Rus Blackwell

Education

B.S. in Technical Theatre (emphasis in Stage Management) Ball State University 1996

References

Upon request

Monday, January 11

Utah Shakespearean Festival 2010 line up

Here is the play line up for this summer at the Utah Shakespearean Festival. Hope you can make it. I know I am trying to be there! Are you working there this summer/fall? Let me know. I will be posting updates as they come in.