Well, I've just wrapped up my final show of 2019, A Christmas Carol. We had a great run with eight performances to very large houses!
It's been a really fun year of theatre -- here's a quick recap:
- I performed in the following shows: Noises Off (Frederick Fellowes) at Schoolhouse Arts Center, Annie (Oliver Warbucks) at Windham Center Stage Theatre, Annie (Oliver Warbucks) at Lisbon High School / Community Theatre, and A Christmas Carol at Schoolhouse Arts Center. I've done a lot of theatre in the past year, but I have to say, this year was such a highlight. Playing Warbucks in Annie was a dream come true -- the fulfillment of a bucket list item for sure.
- When I wasn't on stage doing theatre, I squeezed in as many improv performances as I could with ComedySportz Maine!
- Attended and performed at the ComedySportz East Coast Tournament in Boston.
- I taught a couple of improv classes as a substitute -- fun!
- I participated in an Acorn Productions 24-hour theatre project. I directed a really wonderful play called Finding an Ending, written by Cory King. Cory did an amazing job writing such an amazing play in just a few hours, and my actors knocked it out of the park with the performances.
- My play Mummy and Me was performed in King of Crows VII in September.
- My play Power Struggle was performed by some of the senior residents at The Woods at Canco (retirement community). They did so well -- it made my day!
- I wrote four or five short plays. My play Weekend at Herbie's won the July 2019 theatre deathmatch at The Crowbait Club and will be featured in King of Crows VIII in September 2020. I also submitted plays to three play festivals; I've gotten two rejections so far. Still waiting to hear about my entry in to the Maine Playwrights Festival 2020.
- My sketch comedy group wrote and performed our first show in February. We've all been busy this year, so we haven't done anything since, but we're hoping to get back to it soon. I wrote a few sketches for this show, some of which made it in, and others that I have ready to go for next time. We also filmed one of our sketches on location at a restaurant in New Hampshire -- we have not published this video yet, but stay tuned!
- ImprovBoston's 3rd Annual Sketchy Holiday HA HA show in December included my sketch Quality Assurance.
- I participated in a 48-hour (ish) film project. We were given a choice of two genres, an occupation, a line of dialog, and a prop -- all of which had to be included in our film. The finished product (called The Yard) came out great! We're still waiting to hear the results. Looking forward to being able to share this one with the world. This was my first film project and it was really fun! UPDATE 12/16/19: We came in 2nd place in this world-wide contest!
- Completely rebuilt my actor/director/playwright website -- www.randyhunt.info.
- And last but not least, I attended a number of other shows as an audience member.
There are a LOT of theatre opportunities coming up in the new year. There are so many, I've had to create a spreadsheet to track the shows, audition dates, performance dates, etc. to try to plan out which ones I'm interested in auditioning for. First audition is 12/16/19 for Almost, Maine.
Additionally, I'm excited to announce that I'll be directing a black box production at Schoolhouse Arts Center September 18-20.
More to come. Stay tuned!