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March 31, 2017
Rehearsal Logs, Pirates of Penzance -2017

Captain's Log: Week 5 Rehearsals!

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March 31, 2017
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Captain's Log: Week 5 Rehearsals!

Week 5 means it was audition week for both of our ensembles! Auditions are serious business, but we always try to shake off some of the nerves with a good warmup and (in classic ABLE Ensemble style) a serious dance party!

Tagged: Rehearsal Logs, Pirates of Penzance, auditions, Elephant, check in

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March 23, 2017
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Captain's Log: Week 4 Rehearsals!

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March 23, 2017
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Captain's Log: Week 4 Rehearsals!

Our ensembles got in touch with both their wild and emotional sides in class this week with a tiger-themed dance party for our Friday class, and an impressive game of "Character Squares" for our Monday class!

Tagged: Rehearsal Logs, Pirates of Penzance, auditions

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March 17, 2017
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Captain's Log: Week 3 Rehearsals!

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March 17, 2017
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Captain's Log: Week 3 Rehearsals!

From singing their own solos to tackling complicated choreography, our actors continue to push themselves further and further each semester! Check out our rehearsal recap to read about their amazing discoveries!

Tagged: Rehearsal Logs, Pirates of Penzance, Music Rehearsal, check in

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March 9, 2017
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Captain's Log: Week 2 Rehearsals!

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March 9, 2017
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Captain's Log: Week 2 Rehearsals!

There's lots of music (and LOTS of words) to learn for a show like "Pirates of Penzance" so even though it's only week two of rehearsals, both of our ensembles are already hard at work!

Tagged: Pirates of Penzance, Music Rehearsal, character boards

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March 6, 2017
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Treasured Thoughts: Buried Treasure!

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March 6, 2017
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Treasured Thoughts: Buried Treasure!

This week, we asked each of our ensembles some questions about buried treasure- what they'd like to find, and what they'd like to keep hidden away on a deserted island!

Tagged: Treasured Thoughts, Pirates of Penzance

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March 3, 2017
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Captain's Log: Week 1 Rehearsals!

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March 3, 2017
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Captain's Log: Week 1 Rehearsals!

Our rehearsals for "Pirates of Penzance" are underway! Check out our blog to see more of what our ensembles learned in their first classes of the semester

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February 27, 2017

A Little Perspective: Teaching artist Kendra's thoughts on a new semester!

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February 27, 2017
A Little Perspective: Teaching artist Kendra's thoughts on a new semester!

We thought we'd share some of our personal thoughts with you throughout the semester as we work on Pirates of Penzance. This week, one of our teaching artists, Kendra, took a minute to reflect on how much fun the first class can be!

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February 23, 2017
About our Process

Character Boards and Breakdowns

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February 23, 2017
About our Process
Character Boards and Breakdowns

"Pirates of Penzance" is full of exciting and unique characters and we can't wait for our ensemble to learn all about them when rehearsals start tomorrow!

Tagged: Characters, Pirate of Penzance, character boards

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February 16, 2017
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Getting Ready to Set Sail

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February 16, 2017
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Getting Ready to Set Sail

With a new semester on the horizon, our teaching artists and facilitators are busily preparing for Pirates of Penzance. 

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February 13, 2017
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Pirates of Penzance!

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February 13, 2017
Pirates of Penzance -2017
Pirates of Penzance!

If you're like many of us and our spring show Pirates of Penzance is brand new to you, check out this blog post so you can follow our adventures next semester as we tackle this famous opera!

Tagged: Pirates of Penzance, Gilbert & Sullivan, Opera

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Join us in wishing a big #HappyBirthday to the one and only Jonathan! Jonathan joined our virtual ensemble in 2023 and Zooms in faithfully every week to share his great sense of humor and awesome impressions with our ensemble. Jonathan is kind and fo
Our Annual Campaign has come to a close, and we are so grateful and excited to announce that we exceeded our campaign target and raised $34,610 from 192 individual donors like you in just 5 weeks! We have seen donations of all sizes from donors all a
A big #HappyBirthday to our friend John. John holds the distinction of being the oldest actor in our ensemble, and brings all his life experience to devising original characters and clever monologues that reflect his love of building and creating thi
Time’s running out! Today is the last day to give to our Set the Stage campaign. We are soooo close to our $30,0000 campaign goal if each one of our social media followers gave just $1 right now we could reach it and then some! Visit ableensemb
Over the past 32 days, 145 individuals have joined together to raise over $26,565 to support ABLE’s affordable, accessible performing arts programming. Support has come in from all across the country in donations big and small. It’s a tes
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