Boston reunion next weekend??
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Morgan Carberry
Oct 27, 2006, 10:34:39 AM10/27/06
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>Hey there Shakers!
>
>Morgan here, better known as Mo in my Shaker days, which brings back a lot
>of memories as it's been a while since anyone called me that... :) Anyway,
>like ARo, I've been meaning to write my own update for a while, and her
>message finally got my ass in gear because I too will be passing through
>Boston next weekend from Nov 4-6! So for anyone and everyone who is around,
>it would be fantastic if we could arrange some sort of get together then...
>maybe sometime on the evening of Sat the 4th, or anytime on Sun the
>5th...??
>Please, Bostonians and anyone else who will be in the vicinity, email me
>(morganc...@hotmail.com) or the group and let me know your whereabouts
>and plans, as it has been far too long since I've seen or talked to most of
>you and I would really love the chance to catch up!
>
>Now for my whirlwind update. I'm currently living in NYC (so Ranj you can
>visit me here if we miss each other in Boston!), where I moved at the end
>of
>September after finishing my M.A. in European Classical Acting at the Drama
>Centre London (where I saw Ailin on alas, too few occasions!). This was the
>finale of an amazing two years in the UK after graduation - I spent my
>first
>year in Scotland (which is possibly the best small country in the world)
>doing a Masters in Musical Theatre Performance (amazingly, you can get a
>masters degree in one year over there!), and then moved down to London for
>the classical acting degree, of which the highlight was a performance of
>scenes from As You Like It on the Globe stage - my dream come true ever
>since my Shaker days! Anyway, for the opening bit of this showing, we got
>to
>pick our own quotes from the play to say as we came on stage, so the first
>words that I said on the Globe stage were "It is to be all made of faith
>and
>service" - I know, I know, I am a big cheesy sap... some things never
>change. :)
>
>Anyway, after surviving two years that included travels to Russia, Egypt,
>and Spain, I was suddenly presented with the amazing opportunity to move to
>New York with... get ready for this... one of my former students from Open
>Fields, the children's theater group that I worked for while at Wellesley -
>remember how they would drive me insane and then send me back with leftover
>pizza for the Haus?? Well, it turns out that one of my students has just
>landed the child lead as Jane in the new Broadway musical of Mary Poppins,
>which began previews two weeks ago. Her family is in Boston so they
>couldn't
>move to NYC, so they needed someone to live with her here... and out of the
>blue they called me just as I was finishing my degree... so now I am
>basically Mary Poppins in real life. Yes, I sing while we do the dishes and
>everything. But all in all it's a great gig, as I'm getting the chance to
>get settled in the city, save up some money and hopefully make enough
>contacts here to stay and do performing work on my own once her contract is
>done at the end of the school year.
>
>So... give me a shout if any of you are in or visiting the city, as I have
>a
>great place near Central Park (which I will never be able to afford on my
>own) and I still don't know very many people here, so it would be great to
>see some friendly faces! Meanwhile, I really hope I can see some of you on
>my brief visit to Boston next weekend - my girl's parents are coming up for
>the weekend, so I thought I'd take advantage of that to do a little switch
>with them, visit the old home turf and see who's around! It's great to hear
>what everyone is up to - I miss you all and hope to see you soon!
>
>With Love,
>
>Morgan Carberry '04
>
>*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
>Morgan P. Carberry
>morganc...@hotmail.com
>(508) 785-5339
>Fax (208) 693-0653
>
>145 W. 58th Street, Apt 6F
>New York, NY 10019
>
>
>
>
>Morgan here, better known as Mo in my Shaker days, which brings back a lot
>of memories as it's been a while since anyone called me that... :) Anyway,
>like ARo, I've been meaning to write my own update for a while, and her
>message finally got my ass in gear because I too will be passing through
>Boston next weekend from Nov 4-6! So for anyone and everyone who is around,
>it would be fantastic if we could arrange some sort of get together then...
>maybe sometime on the evening of Sat the 4th, or anytime on Sun the
>5th...??
>Please, Bostonians and anyone else who will be in the vicinity, email me
>(morganc...@hotmail.com) or the group and let me know your whereabouts
>and plans, as it has been far too long since I've seen or talked to most of
>you and I would really love the chance to catch up!
>
>Now for my whirlwind update. I'm currently living in NYC (so Ranj you can
>visit me here if we miss each other in Boston!), where I moved at the end
>of
>September after finishing my M.A. in European Classical Acting at the Drama
>Centre London (where I saw Ailin on alas, too few occasions!). This was the
>finale of an amazing two years in the UK after graduation - I spent my
>first
>year in Scotland (which is possibly the best small country in the world)
>doing a Masters in Musical Theatre Performance (amazingly, you can get a
>masters degree in one year over there!), and then moved down to London for
>the classical acting degree, of which the highlight was a performance of
>scenes from As You Like It on the Globe stage - my dream come true ever
>since my Shaker days! Anyway, for the opening bit of this showing, we got
>to
>pick our own quotes from the play to say as we came on stage, so the first
>words that I said on the Globe stage were "It is to be all made of faith
>and
>service" - I know, I know, I am a big cheesy sap... some things never
>change. :)
>
>Anyway, after surviving two years that included travels to Russia, Egypt,
>and Spain, I was suddenly presented with the amazing opportunity to move to
>New York with... get ready for this... one of my former students from Open
>Fields, the children's theater group that I worked for while at Wellesley -
>remember how they would drive me insane and then send me back with leftover
>pizza for the Haus?? Well, it turns out that one of my students has just
>landed the child lead as Jane in the new Broadway musical of Mary Poppins,
>which began previews two weeks ago. Her family is in Boston so they
>couldn't
>move to NYC, so they needed someone to live with her here... and out of the
>blue they called me just as I was finishing my degree... so now I am
>basically Mary Poppins in real life. Yes, I sing while we do the dishes and
>everything. But all in all it's a great gig, as I'm getting the chance to
>get settled in the city, save up some money and hopefully make enough
>contacts here to stay and do performing work on my own once her contract is
>done at the end of the school year.
>
>So... give me a shout if any of you are in or visiting the city, as I have
>a
>great place near Central Park (which I will never be able to afford on my
>own) and I still don't know very many people here, so it would be great to
>see some friendly faces! Meanwhile, I really hope I can see some of you on
>my brief visit to Boston next weekend - my girl's parents are coming up for
>the weekend, so I thought I'd take advantage of that to do a little switch
>with them, visit the old home turf and see who's around! It's great to hear
>what everyone is up to - I miss you all and hope to see you soon!
>
>With Love,
>
>Morgan Carberry '04
>
>*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
>Morgan P. Carberry
>morganc...@hotmail.com
>(508) 785-5339
>Fax (208) 693-0653
>
>145 W. 58th Street, Apt 6F
>New York, NY 10019
>
>
>
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Morgan
Oct 27, 2006, 10:38:30 AM10/27/06
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Hey there Shakers!
So I sent this once, but I'm sending it again because I'm not sure it
worked the first time. :) Morgan here, better known as Mo in my Shaker
dana...@gmail.com
Oct 28, 2006, 9:40:03 AM10/28/06
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HELL YEAH!
..bock bock.
..bock bock.
-dana
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