Our Wii Band sings "White Wedding." We have Gené Fouché on guitar, Lorrie Tripp on Drums, Carey Rausch on bass and Tad Janes on vocals.
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Showing posts with label retreat. Show all posts
Friday, January 9, 2009
Beach Retreat: Workshop
During workshops, we often play games. These games are almost always a lot of fun, but the point is to hone our skills and add tools to our toolboxes. In this game, only one person can make noise or move at a time, which teaches listening skills and makes us think about how we make choices: are we dominant, do we acquiesce, etc? The goal is to stop thinking about what we're personally doing and focus on completing the game as a group; to give ourselves over to the collaborative, creative process that is theatre.
Beach Retreat!
We're at our annual beach retreat! Each year we spend a week in Surfside Beach, SC working on MET stuff. We hold workshops, read plays, talk about the future of MET, go on fun excursions, eat, play games and generally bond. This year we're coming off a couple of really super busy months with our four holiday shows, so we've spent a lot of time just relaxing and recharging.
I had intended to do a blog post each day, but I've been too busy doing nothing(!), so here's a brief recap of our week:
At the beach we play a lot of games!
We also formed our own Wii band: Crapdip. Here we have Carey Rausch, Tad Janes, Peter Wray and Ken Poisson.
We've taken lots of walks on the beach.
And here's the leaping photo of the year! Gené makes it across the beach stream.
We went to Brookgreen Gardens, which is a delightful sculpture garden.
Tad and Gené at Brookgreen.
In addition to the many amazing sculptures, Brookgreen has amazing grounds - ponds, pools, huge trees, etc and lots of animals.
We got our nails done! We had to drag Ken there, but his first mani/pedi experience has inspired him to make the nail salon a weekly visit.
We read aloud some plays that are being considered for next season.
Ken and Sarah Shulman wear inexplicable heardgear.
Lorrie Tripp and Sarah Straw put a puzzle together. We've done about 10 puzzles this week!
I had intended to do a blog post each day, but I've been too busy doing nothing(!), so here's a brief recap of our week:
At the beach we play a lot of games!
We also formed our own Wii band: Crapdip. Here we have Carey Rausch, Tad Janes, Peter Wray and Ken Poisson.
We've taken lots of walks on the beach.
And here's the leaping photo of the year! Gené makes it across the beach stream. 
We went to Brookgreen Gardens, which is a delightful sculpture garden.
Tad and Gené at Brookgreen.
In addition to the many amazing sculptures, Brookgreen has amazing grounds - ponds, pools, huge trees, etc and lots of animals.
We got our nails done! We had to drag Ken there, but his first mani/pedi experience has inspired him to make the nail salon a weekly visit.
We read aloud some plays that are being considered for next season.
Ken and Sarah Shulman wear inexplicable heardgear.
Lorrie Tripp and Sarah Straw put a puzzle together. We've done about 10 puzzles this week!
For more photos, check out Karen's Facebook albums.
Monday, July 28, 2008
MET Summer Retreat
UPDATE: A few more photos courtesy of Milee!
A birds eye view of everyone on the porch
Allison Lepelletier, Karen Paone, Lorrie Tripp and Joann Lee enjoy Milee's back yard.
We ate, A LOT. There's never a shortage of food when we have a MET potluck!
Sherry Shaner, Jeanine Collins, Rona Mensah, Ken Poisson, Matt Baughman and Allison Lepelletier
Milee, Reiner Prochaska, Lorrie
Tad, Milee and Karina Wright chat on Milee's back porch
Julie, Tom Majarov and Karina on the front porch
Ali and Joann admire Sherry's handiwork. She was making cord for the bodice of a dress.
And finally we get to the work part! Jeanine, Ali, Joann, Ken, Tom and Tad look over agendas on the front porch
Tad talks.
A birds eye view of everyone on the porch
Sarah Straw, Karen Paone, Sarah Shulman and Lorrie Tripp on the back porch.
Allison Lepelletier, Karen Paone, Lorrie Tripp and Joann Lee enjoy Milee's back yard.
We ate, A LOT. There's never a shortage of food when we have a MET potluck!
Sherry Shaner, Jeanine Collins, Rona Mensah, Ken Poisson, Matt Baughman and Allison Lepelletier
And more eating! Julie Herber, Sarah Shulman, Karen Paone and Tad Janes
Milee, Reiner Prochaska, Lorrie
Tad, Milee and Karina Wright chat on Milee's back porch
Julie, Tom Majarov and Karina on the front porch
Ali and Joann admire Sherry's handiwork. She was making cord for the bodice of a dress.
And finally we get to the work part! Jeanine, Ali, Joann, Ken, Tom and Tad look over agendas on the front porch
Tad talks.
We had a great time - made some decisions, signed up for our cleaning months and created task forces for everything we want to accomplish next season. And speaking of next season...rehearsals for the first show, "Incorruptible," begins tomorrow!
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Retreat Reflections
“Renew thyself completely each day; do it again, and again, and forever again.”
Chinese inscription cited by Thoreau in Walden
Our week in South Carolina at the ‘Sea Gift’- graciously made available by the Janes clan- was a totally euphoric opportunity to renew. The norm for us MET-sters is a bit of a 24/7 dance that finds us dutifully multi-tasking to “create” our day to day existence and our future. We encounter each other in the office, in rehearsal or at a meeting….sometimes pass in the parking lot relaying messages in an exchange of efforts that join us together and carry on. And, in one 8 hour trip (okay…in our car it may have been longer at a Happy Mart or two…we had 2 smokers…give us a break) we were transported to a time and place of fun, discovery, hearty laughter, food, (much) libation, macramé and a marvelous exchange of thoughts and creativity. Whee-ha! And, I am sure, that this reminder to exist mindfully…..to let the breath fill you to your full size each moment, whether you are creating a character, answering a phone call, teaching a student….or playing guitar hero, will be reflected in our work, our lives and our relationships. I know that I am eager to “renew myself each day and….forever again”. Or at least I’m gonna’ try…….y’all!
Chinese inscription cited by Thoreau in Walden
Our week in South Carolina at the ‘Sea Gift’- graciously made available by the Janes clan- was a totally euphoric opportunity to renew. The norm for us MET-sters is a bit of a 24/7 dance that finds us dutifully multi-tasking to “create” our day to day existence and our future. We encounter each other in the office, in rehearsal or at a meeting….sometimes pass in the parking lot relaying messages in an exchange of efforts that join us together and carry on. And, in one 8 hour trip (okay…in our car it may have been longer at a Happy Mart or two…we had 2 smokers…give us a break) we were transported to a time and place of fun, discovery, hearty laughter, food, (much) libation, macramé and a marvelous exchange of thoughts and creativity. Whee-ha! And, I am sure, that this reminder to exist mindfully…..to let the breath fill you to your full size each moment, whether you are creating a character, answering a phone call, teaching a student….or playing guitar hero, will be reflected in our work, our lives and our relationships. I know that I am eager to “renew myself each day and….forever again”. Or at least I’m gonna’ try…….y’all!
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Beach Retreat Recap #1
We're back from our annual beach retreat!
I know several people will be posting on the experience later this week. Until then, here are some thoughts from Vibeke, our guest artist from Norway:
20th January, The MET retreat-
I came all the way from Bergen, Norway to join the MET's winter retreat. I'm so glad I came! I've had such a great time, the best holiday I've had for a long time! We've played lots of games:
Cranium, Sing Star, Pictionary, Sing Star again, Guitar Hero, and more. We had two great workshops at the Holiday Inn led by Gene', Peter, and Julie, we've been for beautiful walks on the the beach every morning and night, we've been to Charleston, we've been to the IMAX, we've been to Huntington Beach, we've eaten really well- thanks to Mark and Lorrie and Southern Cooking, we've watched films, read plays, and I've been introduced to "Something Brilliant!"
I feel invigorated, inspired, relaxed, happy, and sad to leave. I suddenly remember why I'm working with theatre. I'm very impressed with MET, it's philosophy, it's people- I hope to come back! Thank you ever so much for inviting me, and being such great hosts!
With love-
Vibeke
I know several people will be posting on the experience later this week. Until then, here are some thoughts from Vibeke, our guest artist from Norway:
20th January, The MET retreat-
I came all the way from Bergen, Norway to join the MET's winter retreat. I'm so glad I came! I've had such a great time, the best holiday I've had for a long time! We've played lots of games:
Cranium, Sing Star, Pictionary, Sing Star again, Guitar Hero, and more. We had two great workshops at the Holiday Inn led by Gene', Peter, and Julie, we've been for beautiful walks on the the beach every morning and night, we've been to Charleston, we've been to the IMAX, we've been to Huntington Beach, we've eaten really well- thanks to Mark and Lorrie and Southern Cooking, we've watched films, read plays, and I've been introduced to "Something Brilliant!"
I feel invigorated, inspired, relaxed, happy, and sad to leave. I suddenly remember why I'm working with theatre. I'm very impressed with MET, it's philosophy, it's people- I hope to come back! Thank you ever so much for inviting me, and being such great hosts!
With love-
Vibeke
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Beach Retreat 2008
We're at the Beach! We've been here a week now - here's what we've been up to:
We played some games...
Ken and Vibeke rock Dance Dance Revolution
Catch Phrase - the Music EditionWe played some music...
Strummin' Julie
We had some cocktails...
Our day trip to Charleston
We made some theatre...
Pre-workshop warmups
And we tried to teach Ken to play Hopscotch...
He didn't really get the "Hop" part
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