April Fools Day & May Cabaret

Hi guys! Looking forward to the April Fools Day Parade and the May Cabaret!

Does anyone know any great sound technicians??

another updated script

(revised script including some potty jokes for Konch, courtesy of Sue)

CHARACTERS:
Ship Crew: Captain, First Officer, Travel Attendant (JamieK, D.French, Xu performing as a trio)
Dinosaurs: Puppethead 1, Puppethead2 (operated by 1 person)
Merkiss Aquatica (mermaid)

Captain : Welcome one, Welcome all - to the annual commemoration of the gregorian calendar, and welcome the first day, the only day, of the future.

Attendant: Please notice safety exit lights, and for the duration of our journey, please stay securely strapped in your transdimensional socket!

Captain: Fellow Time Travellers, tip your hats to history made - tonight we look behind us, around us, and face-first ahead!

Attendant: In the event we create a black hole or turn the universe inside out, please use the complimentary motion sickness bags provided (a character hands a real one off to an audience member)

(SHIP CREW)
Time time
look at the time
to gather our powers &
rotate the hours

Check yer clock don't let the shock prevent a transformation
Just throw away your worries and you'll pick up the vibration!

Attendant: Once upon a non-linear time,
(idea: pop-up spacebook rocket ship)
we meet a crew aboard a spacecraft...
(idea: sung) lonely, lovely space travellers: Our captain Meteore Rotica
Captain : and my #2, I mean, second in command,
First Officer: First Officer! (insert her name) And your lovely spaceflight attendant Iman Uranus
Attendant: in a makeshift tin shuttle, soaring through the cosmos.

Captain: We came from a world where technology
All spoken : ain't what it used to be
Sung: beautiful humanity reality (idea: triad layers)

First Officer: Many eons ago, the captain set out on a bold mission –
Attendant : to collect famous kisses of the centuries in time capsules, a kiss history.
Captain: A kisstory. Saving three fabulous moments for the perfect occasion, with a plan to release them into non-linear time,

Attendant: Three kisses
The ancient kiss of prehistorica,
First Officer: the bubbly merkiss aquatica,
Captain: the promise of futurekisstica.

Ship Crew: Time Travellers Follow
from here & now until tomorrow
check the clock we near the hour
shining like a meteor shower

(idea: unison) Cellular conduction
starting mass seduction
worry's a construction
(idea: harmony)time for self-induction

Time Travelers follow
from here & now 'til tomorrow
check the clock we near the hour
shining like a meteor shower (idea: supremes)

Captain: So we begin with the ancient kiss prehistorica
Officer, bring me the time capsule
Attendant: Passengers, please remain upright and unlocked for the duration of this flight!
Captain: Ancient Kiss Prehistorica
First Officer: is this it, Captain?
Captain: Yes! The time capsule Ancient Kiss Prehistorica
they present a strange looking canister/container, and open it wafting attention in the direction that the next scene is happening

(commence vignette Prehistorica, a puppet bit where two dinosaur heads/necks bobbing along the puppet stage above the bar. They see each other, there's a bit of oooh laa laa, and then they go in for a tongue kiss. Musical accompaniment, vocals sung in harmonized versions of a theme not unlike the operatic star trek singer does on the original series, pseudo rip off of ‘human behavior’)

time travellers replace lid on capsule, screwing it on
Captain: Quickly, seal the capsule before they go extinct!
(idea: crew comments to the effect of wild!)

Crew:
Hourglass sand
spyglass schedule
a tidal wave!
a fabulous spectacle!
X2

Idea: bridge (backup doots, beets, wops)
Captain in beat poet William shatner overactive mode) Time and Tide interchange
My friends my friends
Plunge, plunge deep
Deeper, deeper still
and release it, ooooh yessss, release
the bubbly merkiss aquatica

All: oh time immemorial
extraterritorial
prospective destination
osculatory sensation

First Officer: the merkiss aquatica! (officer grabs it)
Attendant: Like weightless highdivers, we take a deep breath and gulp (idea: all take deep beath & gulp)

(focus up to mermaid, singing into crowd, pointing people out and flirting)
Mermaid song ( kitchy cabaret boopsie number):

Heya sailor, wanna come for a swim?
With him & her & him
the water's salty
we could have a tea party
underneath the deep blue sea

Before long, we'll be smootchin'
you know you wanna so dive right in
come down and let me pour you a cup
oooooh sailor, baby kiss me deep underneath
the waves tonight

we're gonna neck, lock lips, smack smooch and canoodle
just say yay baby pucker up too ooooh

Heya sailor, wanna come for a swim?
With him & her & him
the water's salty
we could have a tea party
underneath the deep blue sea

I learned to blow 'em, when I couldn't show that I longed to kiss your face
A smooch on my hand and a blow when I'm wishing to be in your embrace
If our lips should meet, how sweet, here's wishin that someday we're face to face
So now I just blow them and send them through outer space
Backup: cheek to cheek is one thing, side by side's another, but tongue to tongue would never fly
Mer: if word got to your mother)

All: Heya sailor, wanna come for a swim?
With him & her & him
the water's salty
we could have a tea party
underneath the deep blue sea
__
(they screw the canister cap on)
Captain: Quick! Screw it tight! Tighter! Plug that hole! It’s leaking natural juices all over the deck! Cork it before we drain the whole capsule!
Attendant: I can’t get it on
Captain: Leave the fish! She’s wet enough, she’s not drying out anytime soon
First Officer: (Something smells fishy)
Attendant: It’s the fish

CREW
All: Take a trip,
bon voyage,
you can bring your bev-er-age

with your mind,
odyssey,
brighter than a memory (idea: modulate up through fifth)

Captain: We come from a world where technology
All: just ain't what it used to be
beautiful humanity reality (idea: same triad layer)
Futurkisstica
Futurkisstica!

Captain: Many eons ago, this captain set out on a mission - to collect famous kisses of the ages in time capsules, a kiss history.
First Officer: A kisstory.
Attendant: Saving three fabulous kisses for the perfect moment.
Captain:Kiss Prehistorica,
First Officer: Merkiss Aquatica,
Attendant:: and now, as promised,
All: Futurkisstica.
(first officer grabs the remaining canister, and begins to open it)

Captain: explore your mind and look inside, toward the future eye,
visitors, passengers, one and all become our guide
stars are sparkling flaming fiery high up in the sky,
a million years from anyone including you and I

Time time look at the time
to gather our powers & rotate the hours
mermaid: (if you listen, you might hear kissin!) all this reminiscin' makes us glisten!)
(idea: this is the flexible jammier part, in case we need to buy time before the official countdown)
Captain: space salutations, time travellers, let us count down together to the kiss futuristica!
All: Together!
10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1
(happy new year makeout party ensues)

Can we skip auld lang syne? Just go straight into pumping the dance music? If we do hafta use auld lang syne, I suppose we'll just sing it live like last year (though I wasn't singing so much as I was making out, I admit)

Current Confirmed Cast

David Rhymer

Sue the Falcon

Jamie Konch

Jamie T

Danielle French

Dylan on Drums

*probably Vlad on Bass

*possibly Doug McKeag

Technically, Daneen & Bill, * possibly with Konch's beau assisting operations, Reia Lance (more makeup).

So!  Update.  Our tapdancing firebreather dropped out, and I'm trying to replace her with Doug.  Obviously, we'll rewrite the part somewhat, or else we'll put him on the ship crew.

Costume theme is gold & silver time traveller space explorer.  Tickets are on sale now.  Posters are up and going up.

The time capsules are under construction.  We have met once for music composition, and will meet again this upcoming week.

poster draft 2

Time Traveller Cabaret! Or Futurkisstica? Futuristikiss?

Ahoy! Updated Monday and Tuesday, oooh lala! AAAND THURSDAY!

Take a deep breath, and get a load of some of these sketchy smatterings I've splooshed together

Think a lil bit sexy, a lil campy, a titch flight attendant, one part Jem & the Holograms, a bit star trek babe(the original series) , and a splash of cabaret. This is a really rough draft, the first time it's been laid out as anything cohesive, if you've got notes I wanna hear them! I'll be working on this more before the end of the week~

As of Monday November 24, we've got me(Jamie T) Jamie Konch, Danielle French, and Sue the Falcon for the performing cast. Danielle, unless we hear from the musicians, you're most useful on percussion (glockenspiel, accordion, triangle, drum n cymbal, et al). Sue, if we don't hear from the Rhymer soon, can you play keys for us? (Also, possibly accordion, in duet w/ danielle perhaps?) Deneen and Bill are gonna make us happen beautifully. Our friendly fool Vi An will be at another party. Waiting to hear from other key musicians and a few others (maybe Ona G!), will post a firm performance group list when the rest of them rsvp!
Tuesday November 25, Carisa is onboard! Hooray! We're waiting to find out if she the building will let her fire breathe outside; come what may we shall use her skills and talents (she can tapdance, everybody!)

Deano has made suggestions about a method for making the dino heads - will talk with Bill about it.
Technically, we'll hafta build two dinosaur heads on necks, preferably with funny tongues we can lick around with and make slurpy kissies. And *four objects we can use as time capsules, with lids or corks or plugs - these should look futuristic and funny. (we could literally take bottles or jugs of various types, maybe mache on them or add lil doodads, and spraypaint them silver or gold)

So here we go, the time traveller cabaret, Futuristikiss.


CHARACTERS:
Ship Crew: Captain, First Officer, Travel Attendant (performing as a trio)
Dinosaurs: Puppethead 1, Puppethead2
Merkiss Aquatica (mermaid)
Meteoritica (fire breather/tapdance?)

BEGINNING!

Attendant: Welcome one, Welcome all - to the annual commemoration of the gregorian calendar, and welcome the first day, the only day, of the future. Please notice safety exit lights, and for the duration of our journey, please stay securely strapped into your transdimensional socket!
Fellow Time Travellers, tip your hats to history made - tonight we look behind us, around us, and face-first ahead! In the event we create a black hole or turn the universe inside out, please use the complimentary motion sickness bags provided (a character hands a real one off to an audience member) <--- Jennie, since you're flying next week, could you grab a couple from your plane?

(SHIP CREW)
Time time
look at the time
to gather our powers &
rotate the hours

Check yer clock don't let the shock prevent a transformation
Just throw away your worries and you'll pick up the vibration!

Attendant: Once upon a non-linear time, we meet a crew aboard a spacecraft... lonely, lovely space travellers.
The Captain: The captain
Attendant 2: and her second in command,
First Officer: First Officer!
Attendant 2: in a makeshift tin shuttle, soaring through the cosmos.

(Ship Crew) We came from a world where technology
ain't what it used to be
beautiful humanity reality

First Officer: Many eons ago, the captain set out on a bold mission - to collect famous kisses of the centuries in time capsules, a kiss history.
Captain: A kisstory. Saving four fabulous moments for the perfect occasion, with a plan to release them into non-linear time,
First Officer: setting the kisses free as lovebirds under the coppery martian sunset!

Attendant: Four kisses
The ancient kiss of prehistorica,
the bubbly merkiss aquatica,
the fiery kiss meteorica, (*a sexy fire breathing act from Carisa!),
& the promise of futurekisstica.

Ship Crew: Time Travellers Follow
from here & now until tomorrow
check the clock we near the hour
shining like a meteor shower
Cellular conduction
starting mass seduction
worry's a construction
time for self-induction

Attendant: The ancient kiss of prehistorica,
First Officer: bubbly merkiss aquatica,
Captain: fiery kiss meteoritica,
CREW: & promise of futurekisstica.

Time Travelers follow
from here & now 'til tomorrow
check the clock we near the hour
shining like a meteor shower

Captain: So we begin with the ancient kiss prehistorica
Officer, bring me the time capsule
Attendant: Passengers, please remain upright and unlocked for the duration of this flight!
Captain: Ancient Kiss Prehistorica
First Officer: is this it, Captain?
Captain: Yes! The time capsule Ancient Kiss Prehistorica
they present a strange looking canister/container, and open it wafting attention in the direction that the next scene is happening

(commence vignette Prehistorica, a puppet bit where two dinosaur heads/necks bobbing along the puppet stage above the bar. If not above the bar, perhaps operated behind the curtains onstage, as action is only happening from the neck up. They see each other, there's a bit of oooh laa laa, and then they go in for a tongue kiss. Musical accompaniment, vocals sung in harmonized versions of a theme not unlike the operatic star trek singer does on the original series, lyrics pending (I kinda like the idea that the dinosaur makeout scene is all done in music and no words)

time travellers replace lid on capsule, screwing it on
Captain: Quickly, seal the capsule before they go extinct!

Crew:
Hourglass sand
spyglass schedule
a tidal wave!
a spectacle!

(if you listen you might hear us kissin!)
oh time immemorial
extraterritorial
prospective destination
osculatory sensation

Captain: Time and Tide interchange
We release the bubbly merkiss aquatica!
First Officer: the merkiss aquatica! (officer grabs it)
Attendant: Like a weightless highdiver, we gulp our breath

(focus up to mermaid, either on platform above the washrooms, or elsewhere, singing into crowd, pointing people out and flirting)
Mermaid song ( kitchy cabaret boopsie number):

Heya sailor, wanna come for a swim?
With him & her & him
the water's salty
we could have a tea party
underneath the deep blue sea

Before long, we'll be smootchin'
you know you wanna so dive right in
come down and let me pour you a cup
oooooh sailor, baby kiss me deep underneath
the waves tonight

we're gonna neck, lock lips, smack smooch and canoodle
just say yay baby pucker up too ooooh

I used to blow 'em, when I couldn't show that I longed to kiss your face
A smooch on my hand and a blow when I'm wishing to be in your embrace
If our lips should meet, how sweet, here's wishin that someday we're face to face
So now I just blow them and send them through outer space
(cheek to cheek is one thing, side by side's another, but tongue to tongue would never fly if word got to your mother)

Heya sailor, wanna come for a swim?
With him & her & him
the water's salty
we could have a tea party
underneath the deep blue sea
__
(they screw the canister cap on)
Captain: Quick! Cork it before we drain the whole capsule!
First Officer: Yes sir!

CREW: And who could forget the fiery kiss meteoritica (refer to another open canister, Carisa does a lil dancey bit, she has already done the firebreathing outside earlier in the evening, say 1115, to build up to the performance and alert guests the time is nearing)

All: Take a trip, bon voyage, you can bring your bev-er-age
with your mind, odyssey, brighter than a memory

We come from a world where technology ain't what it used to be
beautiful humanity reality
Futuristica
Futuristica!

Captain: Many eons ago, this captain set out on a mission - to collect famous kisses of the ages in time capsules, a kiss history.
First Officer: A kisstory.
Attendant: Saving four fabulous kisses for the perfect moment.
Captain:Kiss Prehistorica,
First Officer: Merkiss Aquatica,
Captain: fiery kiss meteoritica,
Attendant: and now, as promised,
All: Kiss Futuristica.
(first officer grabs the remaining canister, and begins to open it)

All:
explore your mind and look inside, toward the future eye,
visitors, passengers, one and all become our guide
stars are sparkling flaming fiery high up in the sky,
a million years from anyone including you and I

Time time look at the time
to gather our powers & rotate the hours
mermaid: (if you listen, you might hear kissin!)
meteoritica: (wow, the reminiscin' makes us glisten!)

Captain: space salutations, time travellers, let us count down together to the kiss futuristica!
All: Together!
10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1
(happy new year makeout party ensues)

Can we skip auld lang syne? Just go straight into pumping the dance music? If we do hafta use auld lang syne, I suppose we'll just sing it live like last year (though I wasn't singing so much as I was making out, I admit)