RECENT SHOW
BTAP--What a terrific troupe!!!"
By Lynne Goldklang
Valley College was sizzling hot on a freezing weekend when you, the fantastic BORN TO ACT PLAYERS, heated up the stage with your latest production MOMENT TO MOMENT.
You filled more than two hours with so many moments to remember and so many memories to hold close.
There were moments of laughter. You will never need a laugh track. Your
improv skits were as good as anything on stage and television. You took first line, last line suggestions and created small gems of hilarious theater with many surprises to delight your audiences. Your versions of "The Dating Game" were better than the real thing as we were treated to unforgettable characters, hosts and announcers. Your group theater games with Machines and Pictures-To-Life were crowd pleasers. Your zany audience interviews provided great fun. The laughter is still bouncing off the walls of The Horseshoe Theater.
There were some tears amidst the laughter. It had been a week of rain and flooding until the enchanted weekend when you took to the stage and the rain stopped. The only moisture to be found was from the tears shed as many members of the audiences were so touched by the honesty, excellence and vulnerability of your performances.
There were amazing moments highlighting individual and group talents through song, dance, poetry, art and even a black belt karate demonstration. Excellence of acting was the standard for all the performances. You thrilled your audiences by taking on the challenge of reciting and memorizing lines of Shakespeare sonnets. You demonstrated over and over again your ability to take on characters that were not you and make the results believable.
You opened each show singing "You've Got A Friend In Me" and ended with "You've Got To Have Heart." Support, friendship, caring, compassion--you have it all and sustain one another so that everyone can shine individually and as part of this awesome group.
At the end of the first act you sang a rousing rendition of a new song written by Mary Rings, your great director. Over and over you sang the words: "You and me together, we can do anything!" You demonstrated that with each sparkling second of MOMENT TO MOMENT. There is so much more to come in the future an you continue to go beyond expectations and raise the bar for personal and group excellence higher and higher. Yes, you can do anything. You have and you will again.
I adore you and continue to feel gratitude to for being part of it all. As I sang in my song: "THE BORN TO ACT PLAYERS, THE BORN TO ACT PLAYERS--What a terrific troupe!!!"
Love you, Lynne Goldklang
Lynne Goldklang is a psychotherapist, published author , and beloved talented supporter and assistant for the BTAP!
