Monday, March 28, 2005
(11:53 AM) | Adam R:
Darling Hall, Performance Night, 03/26/05
In an email to me, Monica Bennett captured the second act from Saturday's Performance Night beautifully:Dear Adam,Yes, the sketch was really that good. Theresa Columbus' new piece was delightful as well. It is called "The Rehearsal," and opens with Theresa waking up in the middle of the night while she's on tour with her friends. She takes the opportunity to practice a song while her friends are sleeping around her, and plays a discordant, loosely melodic tribute to her birthday party. Then she changed her clothes to rehearse her new piece, which was similar to a Tingle Dancer act: Theresa poses and says a line, moves to another spot to pose and say another line, and repeats. It was fast paced and colorful, although difficult to understand.
There once was this guy who was pretentiously pretending to admire art when the largest hummingbird he had ever seen dropped a bird dropping on his head. He was thrilled because a bird hadn't dropped on his head in years. He loved to taste the bird droppings.
Then three children started jumping in unison on the trampoline when a yogi appeared and told them to relax and focus on their enjoyment. Soon they were jumping in perfect graceful harmony and time with the yogi, when the largest hummingbird ever seen flew in. Everybody thought the hummingbird was going to drop on the yogi, but instead the hummingbird just perched on the yogi's shoulder.
Your friend,
Monica
There were three other acts. The first was a short one act about a family with a father who decides to start his own country in the garage. It had some very funny lines despite being strangely conventional during a night of unconventional acts. There was a musical number that came off like an indie rock opera but failed because it was too long and too pointless. However, it ended with a beautifully sung rendition of a Christmas song. Finally, a young guy read a poem that ended, "Aaah, spring."
