1776

I am so excited to finally be able to announce my role in our all-female production of 1776! I've been cast as Edward Rutledge, from South Carolina, which means I get to sing Molasses to Rum (the most amazing song ever)!

If you missed my previous posts mentioning it, I am also one of the co-producers on this show, and we're running an Indigogo campaign to raise money to put it on. This is Reboot Theatre's (our new theatre company) first production, and my first time producing. We've had so much support from the community so far, and we're getting really close to our goal. Right now, we're at $3048 out of $4000, and we have 7 days left to the campaign. If any of you are able to contribute, it would be greatly appreciated! Also, if you are in the Pacific Northwest, and think you might want to come see the show, many of the perks on our campaign contain tickets, so you're really just pre-purchasing your tickets through Indigogo.

The full cast list can be found here, if anyone is curious. Thank you all so much for your help!

And here's the full link to the Indigogo: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/founding-mothers-all-female-1776/x/9600526#home

Please share, and support women in theatre!

Starching Take #2

Or maybe I should just say starching fail #2. I tried cornstarch this time, and used the 1/4 cup cornstarch to 1 quart water ratio from Natalie's blog. Just like last time, I submerged both petticoats, and then put them on spin cycle for 8 minutes. Today turned sunny, so I hung them off the porch to let them both dry in the sun. They are now dry, and I've even pressed the corded petticoat. And honestly, I don't think it's any stiffer now than it was before I tried either starching process. The regular petticoat is a little stiffer, maybe even a little bit more stiff than it was after using the liquid starch yesterday, but neither petticoat is anywhere close to being able to stand on its own. I guess it just wasn't meant to be.