I'm playing the Rose and the Snake is this charming production at Round House. More info is below!
The Little Prince
By Rick Cummins and John Scoullar
Adapted from the book by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Directed by Eric Ting
11/15/06 - 12/10/06
Round House Theatre Bethesda
4545 East West Highway
Bethesda, MD 20814
The Little Prince--This wildly theatrical adaptation of Antoine de Saint-Exupery's classic children's book tells the story of a world-weary and disenchanted Aviator whose sputtering plane strands him in the Sahara Desert, and the mysterious, regal Little Prince he meets. During their two weeks together in the desert, the Little Prince tells the Aviator about his adventures through the galaxy, how he met the Lamplighter, the Businessman, and the Geographer, and about his strained relationship with a very special flower on his own tiny planet. The Little Prince talks to everyone he meets: a garden of roses, the Snake and a Fox who wishes to be tamed. From each he gains a unique insight, which he shares with the Aviator. When the Little Prince and the Aviator must part ways, each leaves a new understanding of how to laugh, cry, and love again. For more information or to purchase tickets, please contact the box office at 240.644.1100.
http://www.odaha.com/littleprince.php?f=English
"Who are you?" asked the little prince, and added, "You are very pretty to look at."
"I am a fox," the fox said.
"Come and play with me," proposed the little prince. "I am so unhappy."
"I cannot play with you," the fox said. "I am not tamed."
"Ah! Please excuse me," said the little prince.
But, after some thought, he added:
"What does that mean--'tame'?"
"You do not live here," said the fox. "What is it that you are looking for?"
"I am looking for men," said the little prince. "What does that mean--'tame'?"
"Men," said the fox. "They have guns, and they hunt. It is very disturbing. They also raise chickens. These are their only interests. Are you looking for chickens?"
"No," said the little prince. "I am looking for friends. What does that mean--'tame'?"
"It is an act too often neglected," said the fox. "It means to establish ties." "'To establish ties'?"
"Just that," said the fox. "To me, you are still nothing more than a little boy who is just like a hundred thousand other little boys. And I have no need of you. And you, on your part, have no need of me. To you, I am nothing more than a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world . . ."
"I am beginning to understand," said the little prince. "There is a flower . . . I think that she has tamed me . . ."
DIRECTIONS
Round House Theatre Bethesda
4545 East-West Highway
Bethesda, MD
Northbound Drivers on Wisconsin Avenue (MD 355)
Turn right on Montgomery Avenue before reaching East-West Highway, following signs for MD 410 East. Go one block and turn left on Waverly Street. Park on either side of Waverly or continue straight to access our underground parking facility. The theatre is located at 4545 East-West Highway
Southbound Drivers on Wisconsin Avenue (MD 355)
Go one block south of East-West Highway, following signs for MD 410 East. Go one block and turn left on Waverly Street. Park on either side of Waverly or continue straight to access our underground parking facility. The theatre is located at 4545 East-West Highway
From Downtown Silver Spring/Takoma Park
Take East-West Highway, MD 410, westbound. You will see the theatre on your right at the corner of East-West Highway and Waverly Street. Turn left on Waverly to park in the County parking facility accessed from either side of Waverly. To park in our paid attended parking garage, turn right at the light at Waverly. The theatre is located at 4545 East-West Highway
PARKING
Round House Theatre Bethesda4545 East-West HighwayBethesda, MD
Attended Garage ParkingPaid parking is available at a cost of $4 for Round House Theatre patrons in the attended lot underneath the theatre and Chevy Chase Bank. Entrance to the parking garage is on Waverly Street, the drive adjacent to the theatre. Follow the signs to the parking garage. The eastern-most elevator in the garage will take you to the theatre box office foyer.
Metered ParkingTwo metered public parking decks are on Waverly Street one-half block from the theatre. These meters are in effect weekdays 7am-10pm. Parking in these metered decks is free on weekends.
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
Metro: Bethesda
Round House Theatre Bethesda is located less than one block from the Bethesda station on the Metro's Red Line at 4545 East-West Highway at the corner of East-West Highway and Waverly Street in Bethesda, MD.
Metro riders should disembark at the Bethesda station and take the convenient pedestrian tunnel under Wisconsin Avenue. This pedestrian tunnel ends in the lobby of the Bethesda Crescent Building. After exiting the tunnel, take the escalator up to street level. Look to your right and you will see Round House Theatre Bethesda across the street at the corner of East-West Highway and Waverly Street. A crosswalk is directly in front of the theatre.
The pedestrian tunnel is closed 10pm - 5am. During those times the Metro is accessible through the entrance across Wisconsin Avenue from the theatre.
To check Metro fares and schedules visit http://www.wmata.com/.
LODGING PARTNERS
Residence Inn by Marriott - Bethesda Downtown7335 Wisconsin AvenueBethesda, MD301.718.0200http://www.stayatresidenceinn.com/roundhouse/
Residence Inn by Marriott - Bethesda Downtown is Round House Theatre's "Hotel of Choice." Special room rates are available for Round House Theatre patrons.
Monday, October 30, 2006
Monday, July 31, 2006
Peeko Was Her Name O(bituary)!
The Beginning
Peeko came from humble beginnings some 8 years ago. Born to a loose feral cat on the wrong side of the tracks of the BYU campus, her future seemed bleak...as a three-month old with winter quickly approaching, her young life like that of many stray kittens, had already been filled with tests of endurance, including surviving cold desert nights, little nourishment, and the hazards of vehicular traffic. Certainly, the odds were stacked against her making it to the next spring of 1999. That is until the one day her luck changed. Weary from her travels and constant meowings and cold from ever increasing northern alpine winds she made her way along campus to find a place of rest. She arrived at the HFAC parking lot near a shiny 1996 Toyota Corolla (she preferred Japanese makes and models even at that time) and said meow (which in cat means "this is the place")...shivering, she placed herself near the warmth of the car's engine. A charitable fellow with nothing better to do saw the cat, picked her up, and went class to class asking if someone would be willing to adopt her. Laughed out of every classroom he went to and exhausted from walking around the HFAC building, he tried one last room...and there, at that moment, encounted the biggest cat lover in all of Provo. Yes, he found Elaine. She may as well have been wearing a hat that flashed "sucker" Las Vegas style because before he could finish his question, Elaine jumped up and said "I will take her!" Now with a new mother, Peeko had the unenviable task of winning over her reluctant father-to-be. Their first encounter was shaky. Elaine had gone to campus to pick-up Mike. No sooner did he get in the passenger side door when he spotted movement of a small black furball in the back seat. "what is that?" he looked on incredulously. Sheepishly Elaine answered "A cat". The next hour was tense...the conversation was somewhat circular beginning with Mike asking, "A what? - I'm working 2 jobs going to school full-time and can't afford to feed us nevermind a cat"...ending with Elaine saying "But look isn't she cute". This continued for sometime. But she won over Mike quickly with her underdog antics and scrappy playful style, as she did with most other humans she met. Outnumbered and against his better judgement he agreed she would stay. In time she would become another man's problem (thanks Mark!)
(Peeko at the Sturgis home - very photogenic)
Interesting Facts
Age: 8; Color: Black; Occupation: indoor/outdoor cat
While her life started in Provo, she was a well traveled cat also living on Capitol Hill in DC and her formative years under the care of Mark and Kumi in Methuen, MA. Peeko was a great cat, though she got into her share of mischief, scratched a couch or two, and woke up whoever would let her outside regardless of time (this was most often Mark). She had personality...loved to spend time with Kumi in the garden, lay under the kotatsu (heated table), sleep on Mark's belly. She did funny things like lay on the newspaper as you were trying to read it or plop on the keyboard as you were trying to type. She was a people cat and didn't like to be alone for long. She could hear a can of tuna being opened from a half mile away and would get up on two legs to try and get a taste. She was a happy, unusual, friendly cat. When so moved, you'd even see her trot out to the street to sniff a dog's butt passing by (no one ever claimed she was classy). Besides her parents, she is survived by aunt's Annie and Emily and of course uncle Chris. Annie discovered the feather door game. Chris liked to spin and make her dizzy and occassionally make her a living projectile. Emily liked to tell her she was sexy.
The End
It is likely in Peeko's case that curiosity killed the cat. Peeko's wild kingdom consisted of about a half acre...she fiercely defended her territory, though was not afraid to runaway when outmatched (as witnessed on more than one occasion). It appears though that she may have encountered an aggressive animal known as a fisher cat (part of the weasel family) 3 times larger than the average cat. According to Mass Wildlife, these have been spotted in increasing numbers in northeastern Massachusetts due to stricter regulations on trapping. Unfortunately they have a well established reputation of preying on domestic cats and possess all of the tools including long retractable claws.
(the menacing SOB, known as a fisher cat)
Epilogue
Post your favorite Peeko story.
Mike: Story 1: "We let her out during a BYU football game and she got lost...after about a month of posting signs around the campus, some little kid called and left a message on our answering machine 'Mister, I think I found your cat'. Upon going over to the house it was clear the kid loved the cat and I thought, 'well Elaine will give her up to the boy'. Instead the coversation went something like this...'thanks kid...Pee where have you been, we gotta get you a bath'.
(Rest in Peace, Peeko)
Peeko came from humble beginnings some 8 years ago. Born to a loose feral cat on the wrong side of the tracks of the BYU campus, her future seemed bleak...as a three-month old with winter quickly approaching, her young life like that of many stray kittens, had already been filled with tests of endurance, including surviving cold desert nights, little nourishment, and the hazards of vehicular traffic. Certainly, the odds were stacked against her making it to the next spring of 1999. That is until the one day her luck changed. Weary from her travels and constant meowings and cold from ever increasing northern alpine winds she made her way along campus to find a place of rest. She arrived at the HFAC parking lot near a shiny 1996 Toyota Corolla (she preferred Japanese makes and models even at that time) and said meow (which in cat means "this is the place")...shivering, she placed herself near the warmth of the car's engine. A charitable fellow with nothing better to do saw the cat, picked her up, and went class to class asking if someone would be willing to adopt her. Laughed out of every classroom he went to and exhausted from walking around the HFAC building, he tried one last room...and there, at that moment, encounted the biggest cat lover in all of Provo. Yes, he found Elaine. She may as well have been wearing a hat that flashed "sucker" Las Vegas style because before he could finish his question, Elaine jumped up and said "I will take her!" Now with a new mother, Peeko had the unenviable task of winning over her reluctant father-to-be. Their first encounter was shaky. Elaine had gone to campus to pick-up Mike. No sooner did he get in the passenger side door when he spotted movement of a small black furball in the back seat. "what is that?" he looked on incredulously. Sheepishly Elaine answered "A cat". The next hour was tense...the conversation was somewhat circular beginning with Mike asking, "A what? - I'm working 2 jobs going to school full-time and can't afford to feed us nevermind a cat"...ending with Elaine saying "But look isn't she cute". This continued for sometime. But she won over Mike quickly with her underdog antics and scrappy playful style, as she did with most other humans she met. Outnumbered and against his better judgement he agreed she would stay. In time she would become another man's problem (thanks Mark!)
(Peeko at the Sturgis home - very photogenic)
Interesting Facts
Age: 8; Color: Black; Occupation: indoor/outdoor cat
While her life started in Provo, she was a well traveled cat also living on Capitol Hill in DC and her formative years under the care of Mark and Kumi in Methuen, MA. Peeko was a great cat, though she got into her share of mischief, scratched a couch or two, and woke up whoever would let her outside regardless of time (this was most often Mark). She had personality...loved to spend time with Kumi in the garden, lay under the kotatsu (heated table), sleep on Mark's belly. She did funny things like lay on the newspaper as you were trying to read it or plop on the keyboard as you were trying to type. She was a people cat and didn't like to be alone for long. She could hear a can of tuna being opened from a half mile away and would get up on two legs to try and get a taste. She was a happy, unusual, friendly cat. When so moved, you'd even see her trot out to the street to sniff a dog's butt passing by (no one ever claimed she was classy). Besides her parents, she is survived by aunt's Annie and Emily and of course uncle Chris. Annie discovered the feather door game. Chris liked to spin and make her dizzy and occassionally make her a living projectile. Emily liked to tell her she was sexy.
The End
It is likely in Peeko's case that curiosity killed the cat. Peeko's wild kingdom consisted of about a half acre...she fiercely defended her territory, though was not afraid to runaway when outmatched (as witnessed on more than one occasion). It appears though that she may have encountered an aggressive animal known as a fisher cat (part of the weasel family) 3 times larger than the average cat. According to Mass Wildlife, these have been spotted in increasing numbers in northeastern Massachusetts due to stricter regulations on trapping. Unfortunately they have a well established reputation of preying on domestic cats and possess all of the tools including long retractable claws.
(the menacing SOB, known as a fisher cat)
Epilogue
Post your favorite Peeko story.
Mike: Story 1: "We let her out during a BYU football game and she got lost...after about a month of posting signs around the campus, some little kid called and left a message on our answering machine 'Mister, I think I found your cat'. Upon going over to the house it was clear the kid loved the cat and I thought, 'well Elaine will give her up to the boy'. Instead the coversation went something like this...'thanks kid...Pee where have you been, we gotta get you a bath'.
(Rest in Peace, Peeko)
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Making Time for Old Friends
After our trip to Maui we stayed in LA for a few days for Mike to attend a conference for work. While we were there we had the chance to hang out with one of my dearest childhood friends and her family. Kayla and I have known each other since we were 12 years old - it is amazing to have a friend who has been there for you through adolescence, college, new careers, marriage, and children (for her!).
Robert, Kayla, Elaine, Mike
Robert, Kayla, Elaine, Mike
Mike with baby Meredith.
Kayla reading to Meredith - just 6 months old and already a voracious lover of books!
Make new friends, but keep the old;
One is silver and the other gold.
Maui Adventures: Day Six
On the Way Out
Day Six in Maui was bittersweet - we were looking forward to almost a full day of exploring more places on the island, but we knew we would have to leave this beautiful paradise that evening. We headed towards Iao Valley and stopped at an immigrant memorial park.
The memorial statue to the Japanese immigrants. I'm definitely feeling a connection...
The memorial statue to the Japanese immigrants. I'm definitely feeling a connection...
Admiring the Iao Needle, considered sacred by ancient Hawaiians. It was also believed to be the phallic stone of the Kanaloa, Hawaiian god of the ocean.
Admiring a guava fruit I found on the side of the road - the fruit in Maui was scrumptious. We stopped at roadside stands to get mango, passionfruit and other yummy treats!
A last picture taken looking out over the balcony of out hotel suite - can you believe the view!?
Maui Adventures: Day Five
Another big thing to do in Maui is watching the sun rise from the top of Haleakala - a 10,000 foot volcano in the heart of the island. Unfortunately, this meant waking up at 3:30 am to drive to the summit. We'd been warned it could get quite chilly at the top of the mountain, so we dressed in long pants, long sleeves, sweaters, and borrowed a blanket from the hotel. It wasn't enough. Huddled at the peak with a bunch of other grumbling tourists was at some moments excruciating because it was so cold! But it was amazing watching the pitch-black sky slowly come abalze with the sun. 
We had contemplated taking a bike tour down the moutnain, but changed our minds and decided we would just hike around the trails at the top. But it was so cold, that after watching the sun rise we just made a quick stop at the Visitors Center and then went back down the mountain to the beach!
A view of the inside of Haleakala crater - supposedly big enough to fit Manhattan!
We had contemplated taking a bike tour down the moutnain, but changed our minds and decided we would just hike around the trails at the top. But it was so cold, that after watching the sun rise we just made a quick stop at the Visitors Center and then went back down the mountain to the beach!
A view of the inside of Haleakala crater - supposedly big enough to fit Manhattan!Maui Adventures: Day Four (still more)
More Photos from the Road:
Some guy jumping of a bridge at the Oheo Gulch (Seven Sacred Pools). It was crazy!
Some guy jumping of a bridge at the Oheo Gulch (Seven Sacred Pools). It was crazy!
Maui Adventures: Day Four
The secretary in my Primary Presidency at church is Marilyn Bruce and she is actually from Hana! Her daugher, Laura Jean, is spending the summer there visiting her aunts, uncles and cousins and I was more than happy to stop by to say hi.
The family was more than welcoming, inviting us into their backyard to to chat, joke around, and roast kukui nuts.
We took Laura Jean out for Ice-Cream at the Hana Ranch Center. She made us the most beautiful flower leis - we felt like we belonged there! In fact, we really didn't want to leave Hana. I am convinced it is one of the most beautiful places on earth.
It's always so nice to meet and hang out with the locals, especially a family as warm and funny as Laura Jean's!
It's always so nice to meet and hang out with the locals, especially a family as warm and funny as Laura Jean's! Maui Adventures: Day Four (continued)
We decided to drive back around the southern tip of the island, rather than return on the Hana Highway. We had heard rumors that the roads were bad, but we figured nothing could be worse than what we experienced in Costa Rica. So we set out determined to make it back to our hotel by nightfall - but still took time to stop at a few places along the way!
Maui is a surprisingly diverse island. During our drive we traveled through lush rainforest, rocky canyons, grassy grazing land, and harsh volcanic desert. It was all stunningly beautiful and definitely worth the forbidden drive.
Maui Adventures: Day Three (continued)
Continuing on the Road to Hana, we stopped at the Coral Miracle Church, home of the Our Lady of Fatima Shrine. Legend has it that when the men of the cillage were building it back in 1860 they had to dive for coral to make the stone for the walls. The coral was in deep water offshore and could only be brought upa few pieces at a time. Then a freak storm hit the area and deposited tons of coral onto the beach. The coral was gathered, the church completed, and then another freak storm came and swept all the remaining coral on the beach back to sea.
We stopped at a botanical garden along the way. Mike loved this painted gum tree, with its unusual bark!
We stopped at a botanical garden along the way. Mike loved this painted gum tree, with its unusual bark!
Monday, July 17, 2006
Maui Adventures: Day Three
The Road to Hana
Apparently the MUST-DO activity in Maui is to drive the road to Hana. It is a 50 mile stretch the hugs the incredibly beautiful coastline along Maui's northeastern shore and ends in what is known as "Heavenly Hana". The road can be traveled within 3 hours, but we took our time to stop at all the lovely stops along the way, arriving in Hana 8 hours later!
The twisty road to Hana.
Mike takes a daring jump off the edge of a waterfall at Twin Falls.
I sit by the larger waterfall at Twin Falls.
Looking out over the rocky beach in hidden Huelo.
Maui Adventures: Day Two
Day Two saw us up bright and early to attend our Orientation breakfast. We booked our flight/hotel/rental car through Pleasant Holidays and they provided coconut flapjacks and OJ while trying to sell us on some pricey tour packages around the island. We've always preferred to explore on our own (okay, we also are a little bit cheap), so we slipped out during the "orientation" and headed for Black Rock in Lahaina to do some snorkeling.
The beach is open to the public, but all these fancy hotels own all the land in front of it, so we had to pay big bucks to park there (parking at all the other beaches had been free). But it was worth it - Big Rock was incredible! The water was clear and calm and we saw all sorts of little fishies. I had been hoping to see a turtle, but no luck.
After snorkeling for a few hours we headed towards the Whaler's Village to check out the museum there and have some lunch at Leilani's. The Whale Museum was pretty fascinating - I had no idea all the different uses Whale parts had and I left there intrigued by the whaler's lifestyle. I intend to read Moby Dick as soon as I get the chance! But alas, whale season is in the winter months and we weren't able to see any while we were there.
Mike is loving this old-fashioned wooden surfboard!
The afternoon consisted of wandering around charming downtown Lahaina - in the 19th century it was a bustling port city where rowdy whalers partied and cavorted with the lovely Hawaiian ladies. Now it is a quaint touristy area with chic boutiques, expensive restaurants and art galleries (amidst the kitschy tourist shops).
Mike got tired and took a short snooze under this ginormous banyan tree in the center of town.Sunday, July 16, 2006
Maui Adventures: Day One
ALOHA!
After months of stressful work and responsibilities, Mike decided it was time for a vacation. He booked a last-minute travel package to Maui as a surprise for me!
On Tuesday the 5th we departed for the Kahului Airport and were greeted with flower leis upon arrival. After picking up our rental car ( a cute Nissan Sentra) we checked in at our hotel - the Aston Maui Lu in Kihei on the southwest coast of Maui. Our room looked out over the pool and garden (I have never understood why hotels have pools when the beach is right across the street).
We then proceeded to beach hop along the Kihei coast, lounging around popular golden stretches of sand, exploring secluded rocky beaches, and
accidentally happening upon some nudists after a short hike up a small hill! 
Dinner that night was at Sansei - I had some tasty Mahi Mahi and Mike indulged in seared Ahi. The food was fantastic, but we would soon learn that all the food in Maui is pretty expensive - even the "cheap" stuff! Friday, June 23, 2006
Suka Patch Progress
The Suka Patch has grown lush and green since my last garden posting. Below is a view of the sweet peppers box - they aren't ripe yet, but there is fruit on the vine!
The tomato plants are enormous and need to be pinched and tied. We harvest greens almost every day - and they are delish. The arugula is super-spicy.
One of my main reasons for having a garden is being able to grow my own cucumbers. After growing up on fresh Japanese cukes from mom's garden, it is so hard to eat store-bought American ones . My cuke plants are doing very well and I'm hoping they continue to do so. They are a bit overshadowed by the zucchini plants, but they are growing fine along the fence.
All that in this delightful garden grows
should happy be and have immortal bliss
~ Edmund Spencer
The tomato plants are enormous and need to be pinched and tied. We harvest greens almost every day - and they are delish. The arugula is super-spicy.
One of my main reasons for having a garden is being able to grow my own cucumbers. After growing up on fresh Japanese cukes from mom's garden, it is so hard to eat store-bought American ones . My cuke plants are doing very well and I'm hoping they continue to do so. They are a bit overshadowed by the zucchini plants, but they are growing fine along the fence.
All that in this delightful garden grows
should happy be and have immortal bliss
~ Edmund Spencer
Thursday, June 01, 2006
Memorial Day Memories
For the first time in a while, Mike and I had the day off together. So we did the usual exciting things - cleaned our apartment, ran errands, tried to get our new van fixed - and then met up with some friends for a cookout at Garfield Park. Though it was blazing hot (looking forward to DC summer!) we managed to not complain too much!
Michelle feeds baby Isaac in the shade.
Lindsay keeps Daniel hydrated with some cool herbal tea.
Amy is accosted with kisses from Ian and Isabel.
Mike and Curt wheel the Grill two blocks along the sidewalk to the park. They may have received a few stares, but it was worth it to grill up some yummy treats.
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