SEPTEMBER 8, 2010 Rehearsals for SMOKER are under way! It is a pleasure being in a room with our amazing cast – Natalie Belcon as Phyllis, Katy Blake as Pam, John Bolton as Ernie, and Teddy Toye as Jimmy. I am excited to be working with such a fun, smart group of people. We spent [...]
Cut Songs and Other Changes Along The Way
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Alice Ripley and “The Last Smoker in America”
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SEPTEMBER 7, 2010 Did you know that Tony Award Winner Alice Ripley played Pam in an early reading of the The Last Smoker in America? Youtube-er FIERCEGIRL91 has created this great video using her rendition from the album Skinner/Ripley: Live at Town Hall. Check it out! and Thanks FIERCEGIRL91!
How Many White Boys with a Fro do you Know That Krump? – Our Jimmy, Teddy Toye, Tells All!
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SEPTEMBER 6, 2010 Hey everyone! This is Teddy, a.k.a. Jimmy, from “The Last Smoker in America.” So we've started this insane ride and already I can tell you this show is going to be amazing! I mean,we've only been in rehearsals for three days and I've already tried on a pair of high heels…can't say [...]
Katy Blake (Pam) on the first week of Rehearsal
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SEPTEMBER 4, 2010 The rehearsal process is always one of my favorite parts of doing a new show. It’s such an interesting thing we do as artists – bringing something to life that is words, dots, and scribble on the page. I love finding the character’s voice as we take a journey through a script [...]
Welcome – From Director Andy Sandberg
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AUGUST 25, 2010 It has been an exciting summer as we prepare for the world premiere of THE LAST SMOKER IN AMERICA at CATCO. Though we do not officially begin rehearsals with the cast until August 30th, the authors, designers, creative team, and CATCO staff have been hard at work all summer with pre-production planning.Many [...]
