Memories of "The Boyfriend"

 

This Little Theatre of Northern Wells production took place in the early summer between my sophomore and junior years of high school. And yet, I was cast in the title role! And yet, I don't think it was a huge part...the program says my character only sang one song (which I don't even remember doing).

This should be a short post because I have very few memories of this show at all. And yet, the ones I have are very specific:

• Following a performance, an audience member who ran a dance studio said she thought I could benefit from her instruction...and made it sound like a compliment.
• The director, Larry Life, had me change my pronunciation of "fallacies" from my incorrect "fal-uh-sez" to "fal-uh-seez", saying that my way sounded like "phalluses," a word which, at the time, I did not know the definition of.
• In one of the very few stage kisses I've ever needed to perform, my character kind of surprised the object of his affection and, as I took her in my arms and leaned over her, she appropriately reacted with an open-mouthed gasp. When I told fellow cast member, Doug Hunnicutt, that the actress, Vickie Fuller, maintained said mouth posture throughout the kiss, he told me I should "slip her some tongue."

All of that, and I'm not in any extant photos of the show...