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Lucky Stiff

The Alpha Psi Musical 2002

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Cast List
Harry Witherspoon          Harry Bayron
Annabel Glick                  Karla Schultz
Rita LaPorta                    Sara Jones
Vinnie DiRuzzio               Eric Michael Ulloa
Luigi/ Uncle Anthony       Desmond Newson
Dominique Du Monaco   Monica Padilla
Man 1                            Brian Kleinschmidt
Man 2                            Andrew Weeler
Woman 1                       Jennifer Harper
Woman 2                      Kelly Slonecker
 
Dance Chorus: Kahliah Rivers, Becky Lane,
                    Carissa Bender, Terry Crymes,
                    Rachel Schwartz
 
Swings: Toni Williams and Jason Stafford

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Where to begin with this sick story. Fine how about the beginning, so all may know the pain and truth of what I have experienced.
    It all began back during "Damn Crankies" when fat Reji decided to capitalize on a earlier idea of mine to do a musical in the spring after the show closed. I picked the show "Lucky Stiff" thinking that it was a small cast and pretty easy to put together in a short time. Time passes and not a word about the show. So I assume that we have decided not to do it. Then all of the sudden he decides to have auditions without telling anyone. Jumping forward I sign off on the cast list, and the next day a different one is post. This new cast list includes about twice the people we need. But it gets better as time passes Reji add people to the cast without asking anyone on the production staff. This increases what should have been a cast of 8 to a cast of about 20. all during this he had yet to provide me with the money necessary to send to MTI to pay the royalties and script rentals. Then I later found out blamed this on me.  Finally we are in rehearsal. Reji takes weeks to block the show. Spending time giving character suggestions to actors who are just filling in. So the cast starts to rebel. But more importantly the production team starts to rebel. Unbeknownst to the cast Reji who was supposed to take care of getting a space and technical elements didn't. About a week before we open and we have to theater, lights, sound, or set.  Thanks to some donations by cast members parents we scratch together about $100 for the set, which of course will be put together in my garage. It was around this time that I started to get sick. Then another event breaks out; during a choreography rehearsal that I was playing for, Desmond decided to lash out at Jen Soz. So I stepped in and demanded that he leave. This was followed by Harry physically removing him from the room. The fight had to be broken up by an adjunct professor.
    As the set gets constructed in my garage they manage to coat the floor in paint, despite the tarps that I provided. Jumping forward we manage to open. I had to go on strike however for one of the performances in order to get back the money I put out for scripts and get materials to repair my garage. Over all life sucked during this time.