Today at a small hole in the wall restaurant sitting across from me was a dear friend. We had only one insufficient hour to say our goodbyes before he leaves to move across the country. It was during this meal that a thought that I have had numerous times hit me stronger than ever before. I really have no proof that I was friends with him, no hard evidence if you will, that we have invested hours conversing with one another, no tokens that I can redeem at the end of this roller coaster we call life. Yet, what we do have are the memories. I am so grateful that SLAC has welcomed me into their home. And unlike many friendships that I am sure you too have had, we have taken pictures to chronicle special memories… and though a picture is worth a thousand words, sometimes the words used in the moment that this memories was conceived are so much better than what the imagination can contrive. As a thank you to everyone involved in this process, and in order to preserve some of my the laughs we shared in rehearsals, here are some quotes that date back to the first time we met on May 16th.
Kelsie: “Mr. Dwimmer is very attractive, so I see why you cast me.”
Alexis: “[Oda] also eats feral cats.”
Cynthia: “Shannon is my left breast. I can’t function without her.”
Alexis: “What is snipe hunting? Is it like a bird?... ah… that’s why I never found it.”
Alexis: “Ralph is DATA from StarTrek.”
John: “Tom is a man’s name. John is not.”
Jeanette: “We don’t let people clap during Voyeur.”
Cynthia: “Okay, so founding fathers, who out of you gets off first?”
Victoria: “Everybody has to drop their pants.”
Steven: “I can tell a woman choreographed this because junk keeps getting squished.”
Victoria: “You’ve got to get off after you get on me.”
Jeanette: “When all else fails, just say ‘Maybe we should just close a few of those liquor stores.”
Alexis: “We actually want to be KateRalph. Not Kate and Ralph, but KateRalph.”
Kevin: “Do Not feed the actors.”
Randall: “If only I had your gift Johnny… Ronnie.”
Jeanette: “I forgot my line. I was just so excited.”
Jake: “The deer have better healthcare than the humans.”
Victoria: “Free birth control for the deer!”
Cynthia: “I saw a bunny the other day. I should’ve gotten out my gun.”
Victoria: “Oh My God! Every solo is mine!”
Kent: “Anything you tell me feels right Cynthia.”
Cynthia: “Oh God.”
Holly to Kelsie: “Could you be backstage with a bag over your head? That would help a lot.”
Kelsie: “Yep. I’m not even going to breathe.”
Kent: “Cynthia, when you stage this I can’t be looking at Kelsie.”
Kelsie: “Me either. I swear to God.”
Kent to Shannon: “They can call us Kennon.”
John: “I was and always will be perfect.”
Kent: “I don’t know what I am singing, and really apologize from the heart of my bottom.”
Cynthia to John: “I can laugh at you, you can’t laugh at yourself.”
Janice catching Austin chewing gum onstage: “Hey Austin, put that in your mouth. Quick.”
Shannon: “I’m both breasts now.”
Victoria: “We should be American Flag Ribbon dancers!”
Alexis: “I just got shat on by a bird. So, I’m gonna need a new page 21.”
Steven: “I know those two measures are true. I know it with every fiber of my being.”
Cynthia: “I love all the founders just like Sarah… and I know just about as much as them, except for what I learned from Voyeur.”
Kent: “I’m gonna snort our skin.”
Jake: “Why are you so difficult?”
Kent: “Because I’m an actor.”
Steven to Cynthia: “Those are good legs. I almost went straight.”
Steven: “I volunteer not to sing the song at the end.”
Alexis: “But I have it all memorized.”
Janice: “No. You don’t.”
Jeanette: “My character still doesn’t have a name yet.”
Holly: “Its okay, you don’t deserve it.”
Jeanette seeking for help: “Penny?”
Penny: “…Noted.”
Jefferson: “Lemme guess… ‘Guns don’t shoot TV’s, TV’s do.’…… wait….”
Kevin: “Don’t you always want to shoot the TV when something pisses you off?... everyone has the right to shoot your TV.”
Cynthia: “I don’t think she’s celebrating the fact that her daughter was shot. I don’t think she cares.”
Jeanette: “Who wants Victoria’s abortion kitty?”
Cynthia to Alexis: “I want you taller not fatter.”
Austin: “I have a cat in my pants.”
Cynthia: “I need Benjamin where Franklin is.”
Shannon: “Benjamin is always where Franklin is.”
SATURDAY'S VOYEUR runs throughout the summer. Tickets available online or by calling the Box Office: 801.363.7522.
