Have I mentioned meeting the Cast of Spring Awakening last night?

..oh, yeah, totally did!

yep.

...and it was epic!

Here are the amazing pictures from last night.

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Sarah & I drove out to Loveland to carpool down to Denver with Chris.

We did an emergency Target run so Chris could buy a shirt.
He was wearing his Guilty Ones shirt. We weren't.

We found a wall of hats...

 ...and thus this picture was born!

then

We drove to Denver.
We got distracted and off course.
We parked.
We walked in the 1° weather.
We got to Hard Rock.
We smiled at our contact, Heidi.
We saw the cast members sitting around eating.
We got awkward and nervous.
We said 'hi' to a table of cast members and small talked.
We excused ourselves to eat.
We did an interview for an online TV show.
We ate...

...then finally we grew some balls, grabbed my video camera and Chris' camera and went to MEET&GREET with the cast!

Chris & Sarah with Christy Altomare

[she plays Wendla]

Sarah, Kayla Foster, Taylor Trensch, Chris, Justin Scott Brown

[Kayla is in the Ensemble (aka sits onstage with us and sings!!!),

Taylor plays Moritz,

Justin  is in the Ensemble]

Taylor Trensch, me, Justin Scott Brown

Kayla Foster & me

she is SO much fun!

AND THEN

Sarah got to meet...

...Jake Epstein!

which has only been her dream for awhile!

(think me plus Rob! yeah!)

Jake plays Melchior
He was super fun!
He even beat-boxed with Chris while I sang/rapped to Lady Gaga's 'Christmas Tree'

(don't worry, i've got it on video!)

AND THEN

We all got to meet...

Jenna Ushkowitz from GLEE!

(she Tweeted about going to  be in Denver to visit a friend in the cast!!!)

yep.
last night was epic!

THANK YOU, HEIDI!

THANK YOU
for this amazing opportunity!

 !AND!

 It's not even over yet!

I'm going to see the show for the first time on Sunday!

eeeeeee!

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For more on last night's adventure,
check my vlog for the video footage!

When Being "Guilty" Pays Off

If you have been following blog/twitter/facebook since this post about Spring Awakening, you'd know that spreading awareness about this show has become as much of my day as breathing, eating and sleeping.

Whether it is checking the @springtour blog, Totally Trucked, for a new entry....

...or checking the SPRING AWAKENING, The Guilty Ones-Denver Facebook Fan Page for updates on the show or new posts by my fellow Guilty Ones.

Through out this adventure I have texted, Tweeted, blogged, sang, danced, talked, vlogged, shouted, pranced, posted, pic'd and posed all in honor of my love for this show...

And you'd also know I don't regret a single minute of it!

I love organizing events and running promotions and over the last 2 years I have discovered that this aspect of my life should be apart of my career aspirations.

But enough boring about the future and growing up...

TONIGHT Spring Awakening opens at the Buell Theatre in Denver!

In 5 days, I will get to see this show I have worked so hard for & for the very first time!

...in the mean time...

Will you take a trip down SA-GO memory lane with me:

On Facebook and Twitter, my profile pic represents!

I've gone to Denver with Sarah for Guilty Ones meetings...

I've had killer phone conversations about Spring Awakening...

I've posted fliers and posters around town...

I've made speeches....

(despite the ick factor)

I've worn my Guilty Ones Tees 2-3 days per week, everywhere...

I've even gone to gay bars to promote SA!

GOODTIMES!

& I have meet amazing people
made amazing friends along the way!

Opening TODAY in Denver
Dec 1-Dec 13, 2009

Buell Theatre

Tickets start at $25

 Tickets: www.denvercenter.org or 303.893.4100

Being 'Guilty' for Spring Awakening

Do you remember this post? The one where Wicked was AMAZING!?

Remember when I saw that SPRING AWAKENING was on tour en route to Denver?

Remember when I didn't say what Spring Awakening is or about...?

oops.

Well I hope to rectify that with this blog.

The following summary is typed directly from my guide book.

this guide book


(Why do I have a guide book? More after the jump!)
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 SPRING AWAKENING takes its inspiration from one of literature's most controversial masterpieces - a work so daring in its depiction of teenage self-discovery, it was banned from the stage and not performed in its complete form in English for nearly 100 years.

It's Germany, 1891. A world where the grown-ups hold all the cards. The beautiful young Wendla explores the mysteries of her body, and wonders aloud where babies come from, till Mama tells her to shut it, and put on a proper dress.

Elsewhere, the brilliant and fearless young Melchior interrupts a mind-numbing Latin drill to defend his buddy Moritz- a boy so traumatized by puberty he can't concentrate on anything. Not that the headmaster cares. He strikes them both and tells them to return to their lesson.
One afternoon -in a private place in the woods- Melchior and Wendla meet by accident, and soon find within themselves a desire unlike anything they've ever felt.

As they fumble their way into one another's arms, Moritz flounders and soon fails out of school.

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There is more to the summary I was given, but that is a good taste of the story!


I wouldn't want to give away too much!!!




BUT KAT! WHY DO YOU CARE SO MUCH!?


Well let me tell you my story about my relationship with SA:
 
I first heard of Spring Awakening when I stumbled across Charlotte Wakefield's You Tube [She played Wendla in the Original London Cast] and her channel has some of her memories from the show in video format. Since then she also added recordings of "Mama Who Bore Me" and "Whispering" after the London run was over.

& then you know of course that I saw the banner outside of Wicked.


What you don't know is after I got home I took to the interwebs and tracked down Spring Awakening on Facebook. Sure enough the Denver Center had made a fan page but there was something else added to the title:
The Guilty Ones.

You may be thinking: huh? Yeah. Me too.


At this point in my SA love story I hadn't heard all the songs, but alas, there is a song called... you guessed it: "The Guilty Ones"



BUT KAT! WHAT ARE THE GUILTY ONES!?


In short. I am one of them.

The history of The Guilty Ones starts in New York

but I am in the Denver group.
(obvi)

The Guilty Ones are the fans who act as the official street team of guriella marketers.

We bring it to the streets, yo!

Haha. But really, that is what I am doing. Because I love the music of this show!

BUT KAT! YOU SAID YOU LOVE THIS MUSICAL!

I do! I just have never seen it!

When I see it on the [first national tour] it will be the first time I see this show live!

Honestly, I see that as a testament to how awesome and powerful the music is...

It pulls you in!

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-ooooookay-

This post has gotten WAY long! 

I am for sure going to blog about my experience as a Guilty One.

& I'll probably vlog too!

But for know I'll just leave you with the important info:

Check it out in Denver Dec 1-Dec 13, 2009

Buell Theatre

Tickets start at $25

 Tickets: www.denvercenter.org or 303.893.4100

Group sales (15+): 303.446.4829

[ps. Please e-mail me if you end up buying tickets: greeleyguiltyones.kat@gmail.com]