All photos on this site by Tanya Barber, Erik Stuhaug, Sonja Lowe or staff unless otherwise credited.

Vacation Memories

I don’t know a single person who doesn’t have a crazy “family vacation” story to tell.  Our next show, Leaving Iowa, (for example) is chock full of them.  hen we talked to our cast, crew and staff–they were chock full of them as well.  And some of them were just too good not to share!

Here’s our first vacation memeory from actress, Kim Morris.  More to come!
(And if any of you would like to share yours, we’d love to hear them!)

Kim Morris plays "Mom" in Leaving Iowa

 

Froggie Motel

On one of our journeys from Southern CA to Spokane, WA, we had traveled more than our 500 miles that day.  We were hot, tired and ready for a hotel that would accommodate 7 people and a dog. My Dad finally found a Ranch style motel that not only had vacancies but a pool! We opened the motel room door and found that there were ants crawling all over the walls. Our dog proceeded to lift his leg on the bed post and peed.  My Mom told my Dad to get us in our swimsuits and take us to the pool while she cleaned up the dog mess and called for the manager to spray the room. We walked over to the pool and found it full of frogs, some dead and some alive struggling to get out!  My Dad nearly gaged seeing this sight. All of us kids decided we were going to save the struggling frogs. However, every frog we were able to scoop out went right back into the water.  My Dad, gritting his teeth, took us back to the room, dreading to tell my Mom what we had found at the pool.  While the room was being fumigated, we spent the rest of the evening trying to catch frogs on the grass near the parking lot. What my parents thought was a disastrous stay, turned out to be the best playground for us at the ”The Froggie Motel”.

Respect Confetti

Taproot Theatre’s Road Company has booked more school performances this year than they EVER HAVE BEFORE!!!

Congratulations, you guys!  It’s exciting to know that such a great message about respect and friendship is being heard by more and more schools.

Here’s just one of the many awesome stories that the Road Company has shared with us:

 

An Extended Session with Freud

Hey, guess what??
We’re extending Freud’s Last Session!!

The response to this show has been very exciting for us.  Great audiences, great post play discussions, great attendance at our CONVERSATIONS event, great questions from students at our student matinees,

and we think that all this talk is…well…GREAT!

So, we’re extending our session with C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud.  We’ve added performances on Thursday, April 26th, Friday April 27th and two shows on Saturday April 28th.

Invite your friends to come join us for an amazing dialogue!

“Freud’s Last Session” opens at Taproot

The Doctor Is In!

Tonight is the opening night for Taproot Theatre Company’s regional premiere of Mark St. German’s off-Broadway hit, Freud’s Last Session!    And to celebrate such a momentous occassion we put our staff “on the couch” and asked them the question:  “How does that make you feel?”

Excited...nervous...excited...nervous..

My head hurts just thinking about it! But in a good way...a good way.

The excitement is killing me!

Wait...what was the question?

The real question is..."How does that make YOU feel?"

 

In other news,  we’d like to offer a special “break-a-leg” shout out to the Mercury Theatre in Chicago.  They are also opening their prodution of Freud’s Last Session tonight.   So….how are you guys feeling?

 

Our Session with a Psychologist

The doors have closed for our production of Tartuffe.  The stage is bare and the house is quiet.  But our upstairs rehearsal room is a buzz of activity as we continue rehearsals for our next play, Freud’s Last Session.

To kick off our rehearsal session we invited Dr. Daniel Benveniste, a clinical psychologist practicing in Bellevue to come and tell us a bit about Sigmund Freud.   Daniel has done a lot of research about the Freud family and he gave us SO MUCH great information.

Dr. Daniel Benveniste talks about Sigmund Freud. Around the table are Debbie Evans, Nolan Palmer, Matt Shimkus and Paula Nadreau

Daniel will be joining us for talk-backs after Freud’s Last Session on March 28th & April 4th.  He will also be participating in our CONVERSATIONS event on Tuesday, April 3rd.  So, we are looking forward to more sessions with our favorite psychologist!   Thank you so much, Daniel!

Sonja Lowe
Taproot Theatre 

 

 

 


 

 

 

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