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Now that Fedra: Queen of Haiti has closed, we want to know what you thought of it!

Several audience members have already shared their views via online outlets like Yelp and Twitter. Here is a sample of what they thought. Be sure to post a comment below with your critique.

Via Twitter: 

@beth1170 Saw "Fedra" at Lookingglass. Pretty amazing!

@asfreeman Never have I experienced what I just experienced at lookingglass theatre! I was shaking at the end of the show!

We had our first student matinee in Louisville yesterday and it was a blast!  The cast was really impressed with how they behaved as an audience.  No hooting or whistling or throwing things in the blackouts.  Super responsive with laughter and applause and not afraid to boo the Red Queen when she got too full of herself.  There was a wide range of ages from 4th grade up through high school, public schools and private schools from near and far.  The cast got to meet and greet the students for a little bit afterwards during the pizza and root beer float party sponsored by Yum!

We like to name things at Lookingglass and to make up or repurpose words, so I thought I’d take a moment today to play Humpty and explain some of the poetry that is our Alice lingua franca.  Gladys is the name of the dress form, clad in B&W brought on by the White Rabbit during the first scene w/ the Red Queen.  She was named by Doug Hara, the original WR.   

Alice is on the road again!  So I thought I'd revive my Alice on the road blogging for our friends at home- and elsewhere.  

So we had a great opening night and here are a few excerpts from some of the reviews.
Come see the show people!

"The serenely elegant Louise Lamson is an ideal Scheherezade, with Ryan Artzburger as her captivated captor. Usman Ally, Allen Gilmore, Andrew White, David Catlin and sensational drummer Ronnie Malley are superb,
multifaceted clowns."
Chicago Sun Times Review

Today I took a stroll down to the Steppenwolf costume shop, where Lookingglass' crew is holding the fort down for Arabian Nights. I had a look at some of my main costume attire for the role(s) I'll be playing, and well its not much. What I mean by that is that I literally will not be wearing much....shirtless mainly. Thank God I have been working out pretty consistently since the new year!!

Well, I had intended to blog quite a bit more about the process and getting to know this mammoth play, but I didn't have the time.

We had only two weeks of rehearsals, plus a week of tech...with all the rehearsing, learning lines, and working out (I need to be in shape for this show) who has time to blog!

Today, Friday, March 27, 2009, is world theatre day. Every year, a special statement is issued by a global theatre artist. This year's message is from Augusto Boal, from Brazil, who founded Theatre of the Oppressed. His message is below, along with the link to the official World Theatre Day website.

http://worldtheatreday.org/

World Theater Day 2009 Message by Augusto Boal

In January 2009, Lookingglass partnered with the Arts, Entertainment and Media Management Graduate Program at Columbia College Chicago to conduct focus groups and surveys of new, renewed and 'lapsed' subscribers. Now that we've analyzed the data, we'd like to share it with you. If you have anything to add or discuss, we encourage you to post a comment.

Question: What do you like and dislike about your subscription?

Focus Group: