The Moment When it All Goes Downhill: Inspecting Carol

Inspecting Carol is a laugh a minute comedy through the last days of rehearsal before what may be one theatre’s last opening night.  The Soapbox Theatre is presenting A Christmas Carol in four days, and let's just say it will be a production no one will ever forget - from last minute casting changes to wardrobe malfunctions to completely disregarding the "measure twice, cut once" rule for stage carpentry.

So we asked our cast and crew for true stories about their own performance nightmares.  You may want to turn your volume up before you watch this.


PS - Here's the info on the background music at the end: It's Laura Vane & the Vipertones - Christmas Day With Me (coverclub.nl) / CC BY-NC 3.0

PPS - Note to self: film in landscape when using a phone for a camera.

Tech Work: Inspecting Carol

Inspecting Carol has a lot of fun technical elements. During our build weeks, it's so much fun to walk through the theatre and see what the scenic and props crews are up to. This week, it's spray painting comically gnarled giant hands, constructing a tombstone that will smack an actor in the crotch, and attaching pieces of pantyhose to foam turkeys. Business as usual in this business!

Our Technical Director Jill Summers filmed the video above of our stage collapsing. They've rigged it so that it will happen on cue. Which cue? Come to the show and find out!

Cast List: Inspecting Carol

We are so excited to welcome our next cast!  Read throughs and rehearsals and fittings and photos and openings and WOW!  Inspecting Carol opens November 16!

M.J. (Mary Jane)………………. Cary Nichols  
Wayne Wellacre……………….  Frank Salvo
Zorah Bloch……………………  Beth Heinrich
Luther Beatty……………….....   Cade Wooten
Dorothy Tree-Hapgood………..  Evelyn Zebro
Sidney Carlton…………………..Walt Heinrich
Phil Hewlit……………………....Craig Justus
Walter E. Parsons……………… Damian Davis
Kevin Emery…………………….Eric Mills
Bart Frances…………………….Marcos Cunha
Larry Vauxhall…………………..Steven Turner
Betty Andrews…………………..Katie Keyser

Announcing our 2012-13 Season!

We know it's only January, but we are so excited about our next season that we couldn't wait to share it!  Here's what we'll be doing on our Mainstage for our 67th season!

Hairspray
Sep. 21 - Oct. 14, 2012

Inspecting Carol
Nov. 16 - Dec. 2, 2012

The Santaland Diaries
Dec. 13-16, 2012

BARK!
Feb. 15 - Mar. 10, 2013

The Grapes of Wrath
Apr. 12-28, 2013

Kiss Me, Kate
June 7-30, 2013

Steel Magnolias
Aug. 2-18, 2013

PLUS, we'll have a Readers Theatre Showcase series, several Youth Production Classes, shows in 35below, and a big ol' giant gala.  We'll post more information on auditions, subscriptions and anything else you might want to know about in the next few months.

But until then, why don't you join us for Chicago?