Walking on to the stage the morning after a production set was struck is like walking into the kitchen after a family holiday meal. Leftovers are in the fridge and maybe a crumb or two are visible, just as onstage you might see a platform or a flat propped against the back wall, maybe to … Continued
February is a short month; therefore, this will be a short Thomsen Talk. As I write this, Tarzan ® is about to open to the public, and I really hope you will all make an opening in your schedule to see this. It’s epic. When Director of Student Theatre Kelsey Celek and I met in early … Continued
Happy New Year, Everyone! The staff of QCT is back in full-swing (cue Tarzan) working on the 2017 season; however, before we get too far along, we stop to look back at 2016, to remember and to thank. Saturday was QUILTAS. QUILTAS is probably the most exciting night of the QCT year because it’s like … Continued
Bing sang to Rosie, “When I’m worried and I can’t sleep, I count my blessings instead of sheep, and I fall asleep counting my blessings.” I’ve had many restless nights. As a director, I worry what people will think about the show that I’ve poured my heart and soul into for several months. I feel … Continued
Merry Christmas, Family! Welcome to my 2nd annual December letter. Or is it my first annual? I could’ve called last year’s my inaugural December letter, but that would have put a lot of pressure on me to do another. Maybe my first annual was last year when I wrote a letter for the first time…ah, … Continued
After I left the snowy potato fields of Almost, Maine, I grabbed my friend Dorie Mae (Doris Malacarne to her fans) and crossed the border into Canada to spend a week in Stratford, Ontario. With a population of only 30,000, one might wonder, “Why Stratford for a vacation?” Well, remember, yours truly is no average, … Continued
The Oakley Lindsay Center is a large building, not yet quaint, even though it has been the home of Quincy Community Theatre for 21 years. As a small company with a strong history, we look forward to someday becoming quaint. Maybe when stone, iron, and wood become “modern,” steel and glass will graduate to “quaint.” … Continued
When giving tours to school groups of the QCT facility, we make a stop outside the board room. I explain that our shows begin in that room. Members of the production team sit around the big table, talking and dreaming. I then introduce to the students the term “collaboration,” defining it as a “group of … Continued
Several years ago I directed a play based on the book The Giver. The setting is a community in the future that entrusts all of the memories of the past to one individual. The community has no sense of joy, pain, color or love. A young boy named Jonas is assigned as the next Receiver … Continued
‘Twas the day after Boot Camp, and not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse (I called the exterminator). On Saturday, there was an event on the Civic Center side of the OLC, and the security guard on duty asked me if we had an event on Sunday. I paused, looked reflectively, and replied, … Continued
Gather all you poets, purists and music enthusiasts, and you’ll soon realize I’ve borrowed this title from Joni Mitchel’s first quasi-live album. Forgive me. By the way, in case you don’t know the album check it out; it tells wonderful stories of Yellow Taxis, Woodstock, The Circle Game, Cold Blue Steel & Sweet Fire, and others. … Continued
Grandma and Grandpa Thomsen were huge supporters of mine. They would travel around the country to see a play I was acting in or that I had directed. After I moved to Quincy, they saw my production of A Year with Frog and Toad. During intermission, Grandpa Thomsen walked out into the lobby and came … Continued
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