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Posted: 10/19/06 at 5:04pm

Marty. Lovely story. "Too fast". indeed. You made my day.

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Posted: 10/20/06 at 12:55am

People join community theatre to have fun. They associate with other people that are having fun, Soon they are having fun together. I have had the pleasure of working with a pair of CT couples and when watching them together I thank the theatre for their happiness. (Although I could have done without running into Red and the Juror seriously smooching during their courtship) Thanks to the theatre for bringing these people together and enriching the lives of those in our theatre.

Patrick L. Davis
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Posted: 10/20/06 at 8:04am

In our "long history with the same group" department, my parents were a theater romance, having met while working with our group. Later (quite a bit later), I met my wife when casting her in the first show I directed at this same group. For the moment, both our sons are out of state, though you never know.

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Posted: 10/20/06 at 11:38am

Patrick: The smooching at the Playhouse came after the wedding, actually! (We're still doing it....you just haven't been around when we've been "sucking face"!) (Oh, God....are people still saying that? Am I showing my generation?)

"I've worked long and hard to earn the right to be called Diva!"

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Posted: 10/20/06 at 12:07pm

My 23 year old daughter is doing a semester in England. She has been around theater all of her life, so one of the first things she did was go to the local theater company and volunteer. As she said, "That is where I am sure to meet really nice people." And it looks like she did. She met young man there. She called this morning. She is going to meet his parents this weekend. More romance.

Linda

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Posted: 10/20/06 at 12:48pm

hghghghghghtwobytwo.... sorry something in my throat.

Marty W

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Posted: 10/20/06 at 2:47pm

Red Diva,

You and I are of the pre-"suck face" era. I'm not sure what our era is called but it featured such studs as Don Grady, Paul Peterson, and Tony Dow. Among the stud-ettes of that time were Roberta Shore, Shelley Fabares, and Patty Duke. Now that I look at these names, I don't think I want to know what the era was called. It would be too demoralizing.

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Posted: 10/21/06 at 3:46pm

Marty: are you referring to the show, or the performance? I think I agree with you if you are referring to both.

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Posted: 10/21/06 at 9:11pm

Not being a mushie kissy type person. Possibly because I?m not kissable, although I have had my odd fleeting moments I think?
But to me it is annoying when theatre bods give what I consider a condescending kiss to any & everyone.
I find shaking their hand first, is the best way to avoid this gushy girlie practice.
As I advise all cast & crew before we start if they want to pare off, do it somewhere else.
As for romance it always becomes embarrassing for others around them & inevitably causes problems, especially with married couples.
But that?s just me totally unromantic, in fact a log of wood when it comes to this stuff!

Joe
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turn right @ Perth.
Hear the light & see the sound.
Toi Toi Toi Chookas {{"chook [chicken] it is"}
May you always play
to a full house}

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Posted: 1/19/07 at 12:09pm

Well, I am ok with people connecting and finding romance, but as long as they are not engaging in PDA while in the theater, or on the flip side, fighting in the theatre. Keep it professional and on the DL. Leave the romance at the door, and pick it up on the way out!

That being said, when I was still in High School and acting in community theatre, I had my fair share of showmances. The last one I had worked out pretty well. I was 18, a senior in high school. She was 15 and a sophmore. We had been in a couple of shows together and became friends. We started dating when she was in a production of "Joseph..." and I was on the stage crew. It was different from the other showmances I had. I wasn't acting with anyone, and she was a much more down to earth and wholesome girl than the other divas I has dated. Anyway, to make a long story short...Here we are 17 years later. We dated all through college, and got married after her graduation. Went through grad-school together, and have now been married 10 and a half years! Oh, and we have 2 kids, a 5 year old daughter and a 16 month old son. (Daughter is a big time theatre kid!)

So we defied the odds on two levels: we are a showmance, and high school sweethearts!

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castMe Celebrity Joined: 11/02/05 Online Status: Offline Posts: 206	Posted: 10/19/06 at 5:04pm
	Marty. Lovely story. "Too fast". indeed. You made my day.
	Investigate. Imagine. Choose.
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pdavis69 Celebrity Joined: 3/26/06 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 437	Posted: 10/20/06 at 12:55am
	People join community theatre to have fun. They associate with other people that are having fun, Soon they are having fun together. I have had the pleasure of working with a pair of CT couples and when watching them together I thank the theatre for their happiness. (Although I could have done without running into Red and the Juror seriously smooching during their courtship) Thanks to the theatre for bringing these people together and enriching the lives of those in our theatre.
	Patrick L. Davis Fort Findlay Playhouse
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Mike Polo Admin Group Community Theater Green Room Joined: 2/01/04 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 286	Posted: 10/20/06 at 8:04am
	In our "long history with the same group" department, my parents were a theater romance, having met while working with our group. Later (quite a bit later), I met my wife when casting her in the first show I directed at this same group. For the moment, both our sons are out of state, though you never know.
	Mike Polo Community Theater Green Room http://www.communitytheater.org
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red diva Celebrity Joined: 5/15/06 Online Status: Offline Posts: 199	Posted: 10/20/06 at 11:38am
	Patrick: The smooching at the Playhouse came after the wedding, actually! (We're still doing it....you just haven't been around when we've been "sucking face"!) (Oh, God....are people still saying that? Am I showing my generation?)
	"I've worked long and hard to earn the right to be called Diva!"
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Linda S Celebrity Joined: 4/16/05 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 312	Posted: 10/20/06 at 12:07pm
	My 23 year old daughter is doing a semester in England. She has been around theater all of her life, so one of the first things she did was go to the local theater company and volunteer. As she said, "That is where I am sure to meet really nice people." And it looks like she did. She met young man there. She called this morning. She is going to meet his parents this weekend. More romance. Linda
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MartyW Celebrity Joined: 2/02/04 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 555	Posted: 10/20/06 at 12:48pm
	hghghghghghtwobytwo.... sorry something in my throat.
	Marty W "Till next we trod the boards.."
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Juror #3 Lead Joined: 9/28/06 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 31	Posted: 10/20/06 at 2:47pm
	Red Diva, You and I are of the pre-"suck face" era. I'm not sure what our era is called but it featured such studs as Don Grady, Paul Peterson, and Tony Dow. Among the stud-ettes of that time were Roberta Shore, Shelley Fabares, and Patty Duke. Now that I look at these names, I don't think I want to know what the era was called. It would be too demoralizing.
	Juror #3
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red diva Celebrity Joined: 5/15/06 Online Status: Offline Posts: 199	Posted: 10/21/06 at 3:46pm
	Marty: are you referring to the show, or the performance? I think I agree with you if you are referring to both.
	"I've worked long and hard to earn the right to be called Diva!"
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Gaafa Celebrity Joined: 3/21/04 Location: Australia Online Status: Offline Posts: 1181	Posted: 10/21/06 at 9:11pm
	Not being a mushie kissy type person. Possibly because I?m not kissable, although I have had my odd fleeting moments I think? But to me it is annoying when theatre bods give what I consider a condescending kiss to any & everyone. I find shaking their hand first, is the best way to avoid this gushy girlie practice. As I advise all cast & crew before we start if they want to pare off, do it somewhere else. As for romance it always becomes embarrassing for others around them & inevitably causes problems, especially with married couples. But that?s just me totally unromantic, in fact a log of wood when it comes to this stuff!
	Joe Western Gondawandaland turn right @ Perth. Hear the light & see the sound. Toi Toi Toi Chookas {{"chook [chicken] it is"} May you always play to a full house}
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NagarWSF Walk-On Joined: 1/11/07 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 0	Posted: 1/19/07 at 12:09pm
	Well, I am ok with people connecting and finding romance, but as long as they are not engaging in PDA while in the theater, or on the flip side, fighting in the theatre. Keep it professional and on the DL. Leave the romance at the door, and pick it up on the way out! That being said, when I was still in High School and acting in community theatre, I had my fair share of showmances. The last one I had worked out pretty well. I was 18, a senior in high school. She was 15 and a sophmore. We had been in a couple of shows together and became friends. We started dating when she was in a production of "Joseph..." and I was on the stage crew. It was different from the other showmances I had. I wasn't acting with anyone, and she was a much more down to earth and wholesome girl than the other divas I has dated. Anyway, to make a long story short...Here we are 17 years later. We dated all through college, and got married after her graduation. Went through grad-school together, and have now been married 10 and a half years! Oh, and we have 2 kids, a 5 year old daughter and a 16 month old son. (Daughter is a big time theatre kid!) So we defied the odds on two levels: we are a showmance, and high school sweethearts!
	Working Class Theatre Company www.workingclasstheatre.org
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