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URINETOWN BIRTHDAYS

JAN 4-Mary Boucher, 9-Michael Phillips, 17-Marsha Shull, 19-Tara Megee

FEB 13-Suzy Messick, 15-John Hulse & Don Megee, 22-Claudius Bowden Jr, 27-Deni Robinson

MAR 13-John Zinzi

APR 4-Fred Dean, 6-Liz Messick, 7-Hannah Powers, 11-Logan Lynch, 13-Michael Williams

MAY 2-Kenney Workman, 8-Pat Erhardt, 29-Chris Reed, 30-Abby Toomey

JUN 14-Courtney Colegrove, 20 Peggy Naylor

JUL 11-Chelsea McHugh, 22-Cat Baker

AUG 17-Rhonda Woolford, 26-Eric Sweimler

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DEC 12-Sierra Spicer, 21-Jim Hartzell & Leigh Usilton

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4-25  Home from the final cast party.  What a super performance we all gave today!  If you're wondering about this website, it'll be here for as long as I am as a permanent reminder of our magical time in U-town! It would be nice to share a good memory of our time together on the PPPee Blog while things are still so fresh in our minds... SHARE YOUR MEMORY at the blog at the left... click "Sign In." 4-25  Just back from a VERY nice cast get together at The Brick... and in a few hours we'll be starting the last performance.  Wow.  4-24  Our second weekend started off with a great performance last night followed by a nice pizza party at Possum Hall.  TWO MORE, folks!  Feel the love! 4-18  It's gonna be tough to top the opening weekend in terms of receptive audience and cast energy.  What a wonderful combination!  And what a truly, truly great show we've got!  Enjoy the few "days off," and we'll see one another again for the brush up at 7p Thursday! 4-17  What a great opening night!  We wowed the crowd and earned a standing ovation.  What's better than that?!!  Also--what a terrific afterglow at Bella Capri. Three dozen or so U-towners enjoyed themselves until just after midnight.  Thank you to the fine folks at the BC for accommodating us! 4-16  OPENING NIGHT!!!!!! 4-15  TECH WEEK!  We've really stepped it up this week, haven't we?!  Amazing what some makeup, costumes and lights can do to the brain.  I hope everyone is having as good a time as I am.  It sure looks like it! 4-11  I *really* enjoyed tonight's run through... how about you?!  Our first time running the whole show in order.  With the full pit in place, lights on, wow!! Don't forget tomorrow night is FULL COSTUMES.  Get there early so that you're dressed and ready to go for a 7p start.  See you then and there! 4-9  <GULP>  Two days "off" before tech week and opening weekend.  Yikes!   Rest up as best you can, drink lots of liquids, and stay strong.  Here we go!! 4-6  Hey, Gang!  There are some new PICS & VIDS to enjoy.  Check 'em out...(click the PICS & VIDS button on the left.) 4-5  THIS IS IT!!  The big push to shape up the show and get it ready for the run!  Don't forget--tonight is PICTURE NIGHT, so be sure to wash off any remnants of marshmallow peeps or chocolate eggs from your face and look pretty! Also, our ever-gracious LIZ reminds us all that she will be available beginning at 6p to help any and all of us who need some music/vocal help.  And after three nights off, who doesn't?! And finally...thanks to Mary Cahill for the wonderfully descriptive photo at the left--and to Cat Baker for passing it along to me.  Welcome to Urinetown, pups!! 4-2  Such a BEAUTIFUL weekend to have one last long(ish) break before the show goes up.  Isn't it amazing how much different if feels when the fluorescents are off and the stage lights are on!?  I hope everyone got Director Jim's latest email with his "simplified choreography for Run Freedom Run."  If not, you put your right foot in, you take your right foot out, you put your right foot in and you shake it all about.  Simple! 4-1  IT'S APRIL!!  This is the month we open the show!  YIKES!! Don't forget a 6p DANCE session tonight before our 7p normal stage work. And be careful today.  3-16  Director Jim has added a blocking rehearsal for Palm Sunday evening (3-28) for everyone.  It's on the calendar! 3-15  NOTE: A dance rehearsal for THE COP SONG has been added for 6p on Thursday, March 25. 3-12  Hey, Gang!  I'm back home and this time I'm determined to make it stick.  Not stick at home, of course, but you know what I mean.  Whew! Director Jim has updated me on the latest schedule changes and I've put them on the calendar.  Check 3-18 and 3-21 for the latest.  See you soon! 3-9 Just a note: a dance rehearsal for Snuff That Girl has been added to the calendar for this Thursday night, 6p.  Heads up! 3-7 We're gearing up for another week of rehearsals...and the  high pressure system that's moved in weatherwise will keep us all in a great mood!  Welcome, spring! PS: NO, Director Jim is NOT the high pressure system I was referring to. 3-4  What's that I see outside my window?  Sunshine?  Yes!  And it feels great!  Hey...Director Jim reminds everyone that while the set is looking great, there's still lots to do.  Work session 9a this Saturday: All hands welcome! 3-2  Would you believe this is...O'Urinetown?  Happy March, everyone!  Yup, spring is in the air and it's time for the Wearing of the Green in hopes that Mother Nature follows through by greening up the scenery around here really soon! Thanks for sticking with the website here during my recent downtime... things are looking up, though and it feels good to be Blah Blah Blogging again.  Whew! I'm still a wee bit behind in bringing the rehearsal calendar up to date, but I'm working on it. 2-25  Please take note of the memo items from Director Jim posted in the yellow box on the left.  But I bet you saw it already, didn't you?! 2-24  Ah, Wednesdays!  Feels good after another grueling two hour vocal workout with Liz and the U G C gang.  But the L M N are scheduled to take the stage for some blocking tomorrow night.  Barring any weather interruptions, of course. Keep an eye on the weather and watch your email inbox OR right here for the latest.  Snow! Oy! 2-23  I know I've said it before, but I really would like to fill in some of the birthday holes in our cast list.  If you haven't told me your birthday, please do.  Just tell me at rehearsal or better yet, drop me a quick email at   johnzinzi@gmail.com  and let me know. Also, if you don't see a head shot of yourself here, don't be shy. Pose for me, will ya?!  I want to include everyone involved in the show, cast and staff alike.  It's teamwork, folks! 2-22  I don't know if you noticed, (OK, only *I* would have noticed) but when I started this website I had a "visit counter" at the bottom that was only 3 digits wide.  I can't believe I had to change it to a 4 digit counter!  We've had over 1000 visits to the site since it went online just about a month ago.  Wow!   Who'd a thunk it?!?! 2-21 Schedule change for tomorrow night, folks.  Sorry I'm late to the party on this -- Director Jim is at fault and he knows it (because I told him so!)  He says it'll never happen again.  Right, Jim??  Anyway... we're up to date now!  So ALL POOR tomorrow night for the Snuff That Girl Dance. We had a GRUELING (and very productive) chorus rehearsal tonight.  We're shaping up and Liz is certainly great at what she does!  We welcomed Chelsea Megee to the cast tonight.  YAY! And, of course, tomorrow is the big man's birthday.  Claudius is two score and five tomorrow!  HB, Claudius! 2-20  Good work session on stage this morning.  Set construction for U-town has begun!  I posted a few pics from the event.  A camera is a great excuse to avoid heavy lifting! ;) 2-19  Interesting vocal rehearsal last night.  Director Jim announced a few cast changes, and despite it all the U-towners in attendance rose to the occasion by running through the chorus numbers.  Dear Liz sure knows how to wring the sound out of us!  In two hours time spirits were up and the sound was... well... we're getting there!  Check out the featured video on this page to hear us at evening's end.  Not too shabby! There's an ALL CALL for set building help for tomorrow morning at 9a.  Be there if you can!  And don't forget tomorrow night's DINNER SANS THEATER event at Possum Hall!! 2-18  We had a COLD rehearsal Tueday night, but we blocked a chunk of Act II, so that warmed us up a bit! Let's hope the heat is on for tonight's ALL SKATE music rehearsal.  (Throw a sweatshirt in your car just in case.) 2-16  It was great to be back at U-town last night, although we missed everyone who couldn't make the trip.  Director Jim is working hard to make sure all the blocking bases are covered in light of the fact that we missed rehearsals due to the weather.  Note the calendar addition for 7p SUNDAY FEB 28 - blocking scenes F-G-H has been added!  2-15  ALL CAST 7:00p.  YAY!! 2-13  It seems like forever since we've been in U-town mode, doesn't it?  I've been  playing the CD over and over but it's not the same as being together LIVE.  Next week, a new start! YAY! And I'll finally be able to grab some new pics and videos of us all.  Remember: don't be camera shy.  It'll only make things worse! HAPPY BIRTHDAY today to Suzy Messick!  And a big double birthday on Monday: John Hulse and Don Megee!  TWINS!!  WHO KNEW?!? btw... I hope you checked out the special announcement at the bottom of this page.  Now doesn't THAT sound like a fun event!?! 2-11  Well, the word just came down from Director Jim:  Our next rehearsal is set for next Monday, Feb 15.  We should all be dug out and on the road by then! 2-10  I moved here from Western New York, (south of Buffalo) 18 months ago. When the first big snow came I was told that "this never happens here" in Delaware.  Then it happened again.  And now... AGAIN!  Three biggies in six weeks?!?  Geesh!  I'm back in BILLS country!! LET'S GO BUFF-A-LO! 2-8  REHEARSALS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED FOR TONIGHT (Monday) and TOMORROW (Tuesday).  Stay tuned for word on Thursday's rehearsal, but Director Jim says that right now it DOES NOT look good.  Stay warm everyone!! 2-3  ALL CALL!!  The rehearsal schedule for Monday, Feb 15 has been updated and clarified as per Jim's email alert.  2-2 Updated calendars are posted for February and March.  Check 'em out. 2-1  Happy February!  There are some schedule changes which I'll put on the web calendars as soon as Director Jim sends them my way.  Meanwhile all I know is that there is NO SUPER BOWL SUNDAY rehearsal and NO VALENTINES DAY SUNDAY rehearsal!  Rich folks were dancing on stage with Deni tonight, while the poor folks were singing with Liz in the green room.  I did take a couple of pics and a couple of vids...I'll be processing that tomorrow.  Be on the lookout! 1-30  Weather woes and stormy snows upset PPP's dinner theater for the weekend.  The show must go on... but next weekend instead.  That puts U-town set construction off for a week.  We will survive!  And if you haven't had a chance to see "I Ought To Be In Pictures" with or without the roast pork, please make plans for next weekend to do so.  They've added a Friday night performance to the schedule, so you've got three chances left! 1-28 Some videos are posted!  (And now that people are used to seeing me with a camera, I'll start shooting from the front row looking back.) If you're counting faces and you don't see the 28 that I said I had, well... I'm keeping the others up my sleeve for the moment.  Meanwhile, enjoy the passing parade of our first set of U-towners! 1-27 Thanks for indulging my camera work last night.  I was able to get 28 face pics and some video stuff, too.  When they're ready you'll see them under the PICS & VIDS button. We're still missing lots of U-towner birthdays for our calendar.  So if you won't send me YOUR birthday, send me the birthday of a castmate if you know it.  I won't tell anyone!  Um... well, that's not true.  I'll post it right here on this page!  Thanks. 1-26  According to our countdown clock, our show opens 80 days from today.  Tick, tock...we'll be READY! UGCers had a taste of the Act I Finale last night.  What a vocal minefield!  I've got a feeling we'll all be stepping in that minefield very, very soon. Full cast vocals tonight, folks. Let's include a rousing version of "Happy Birthday" for our own Officer Barrell!  1-24 First blocking rehearsal.  And we did it on the set of the current dinner theater show, "I Ought To Be In Pictures."  So, I was a little confused, okay?  And Bobby Strong was a girl. Other than that, LET'S SELL SOME TICKETS!! 1-22 I had a nice time working the PPP dinner theater tonight.  Plenty of U-towners helping out, too.  Sweet!  Full cast music fest get together on Tuesday, but UGCers will be planning mayhem and mischief on Monday.  Beware you poor Poor! 1-21 I've been able to identify the birthdays of many of our U-town colleagues, and I put together a birthday listing--look at the calendar! If you're not listed, send me the date and I'll add it.  If you're on there now and you wish you weren't, well if *I* was able to find out the date, it's no big secret now, is it?! )Z 1-20  Ok... so we've had our first full cast vocal rehearsal.  Wow!  There's nothing like 40+ people singing loudly in a small room with limited air circulation to help us get to know one another! Liz was terrific as she led us through all that intricate harmony. She smiled virtually the entire time, even through the rough spots.  Especially through the rough spots. Come to think of it, I think she was ENJOYING those rough spots. Hmm. Thanks, Liz! Overall, I thought we sounded great for our first time out. Personally, I was impressed with the number of age 50+ men who did NOT seem to need a visit to the nearest public amenity after the first hour. We are, if nothing, a hardy bunch! I add stuff to this site all the time, so be sure to check all the pages for...the stuff--some things more obvious than others. Oh...and if there's no birthday cake on your special day (provided you have a JAN-FEB-MAR-APR birthday), let me know. johnzinzi@gmail.com See you all next week!  I'll be the one with the camera. :)Z