To Whom It May Concern;

Please excuse Sue from her regular blogging activities. She will still be posting from time to time over the next two months, but you may expect her back permanently by August 23rd. In the meantime, she will be tearing her hair out, planning for Girls Camp and organizing and designing costumes for her next theatrical performance while hiding out in her totally cushy and plush surroundings at her new digs, the Ginger Rogers Craterian Theater in the greater downtown Medford area. (Her office is located immediately above the front entrance-- see all those windows? Awesome.)

Thank you for your concern.

Yours truly,

The Management

And here's a small sample of what she'll be doing:

What starts looking like this....









Is going to end up looking like THIS...



.....thanks to my genius brother, Mike, who coached me through every step of the process. Mike, you're my hero! Stay tuned for the finished product. We're wrapping all four masks with wire mesh tomorrow, then plastering them with just-add-water plaster. It's super-light-weight, and incredibly durable. And once they have dried, the REAL fun part begins -- PAINTING!! And then we add feathers, and jewels, and all kinds of glitzy glop.

And that's just the head pieces.
We also have four incredibly amazing COSTUMES to make to match the masks... not to mention the ensemble cast of 52 other kids!

Every time I think, wow, this is the most amazing thing I've ever done in my theatrical career over the past thirteen years, something ALWAYS comes up that is even more challenging. This, I think, takes the cake. Even above life-size giraffe and elephant suits.

I love my job.