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So closes #Drood. A helluva week!

So closes #Drood. A helluva week!

And so closes #Drood. What a week! So grateful to this show and its exceptional cast and crew and our dynamite director Ron Baumanis … you helped me reclaim my theatre mojo. Thank you!     Thanks to those friends and family who showed their support and attended a performance through the run: John Mola, Don and Susie Sexton, Benjamin…

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#Drood: Ann Arbor District Library's Pulp article "The Audience Will Decide 'Whodunit' at 'The Mystery of Edwin Drood'"

#Drood: Ann Arbor District Library’s Pulp article “The Audience Will Decide ‘Whodunit’ at ‘The Mystery of Edwin Drood'”

The suspects From Ann Arbor District Library’s Pulp article “The Audience Will Decide ‘Whodunit’ at The Mystery of Edwin Drood“ by Hugh Gallagher … “In the second half of the show, the audience votes on who is the detective, who murdered Edwin Drood, and who the lovers are at the end and each ending is slightly different,” Mystery of Edwin Drood director Ron Baumanis said. “To keep it…

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Whitley County Historical Bulletin covers Blue Bell Lofts opening

Whitley County Historical Bulletin covers Blue Bell Lofts opening

Thanks to Dani Tippman from the Whitley County Historical Society for this coverage of the Blue Bell Lofts Grand Opening! Dani was unable to attend the ribbon-cutting, but watched and enjoyed Susie’s speech on video. Dani wanted to include this story in the Whitley County Historial Bulletin. That is really a special treat, as Susie wrote a piece in 1987 on the history of the facility that also…

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#Drood opens tonight! June 1 - don't miss it, #AnnArbor  

#Drood opens tonight! June 1 – don’t miss it, #AnnArbor  

Ann Arbor Civic’s #Drood opens tonight June 1 at The Lydia Mendelssohn! Enjoy these photos by the fabulous Aaron C Wade from last night’s dress rehearsal! And listen to our delightful director Ron Baumanis and terrific “Chairman” Jarred Hoffert on W4Country here and The Lucy Ann Lance Show here.  Ann Arbor Civic Theatre presents the hilarious audience-solves-the-murder musical, Rupert Holmes’ The…

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A life richly lived and appropriately, effusively celebrated -  Ball State University honors my mom Susie Duncan Sexton

A life richly lived and appropriately, effusively celebrated –  Ball State University honors my mom Susie Duncan Sexton

I couldn’t be prouder of my mom Susie Duncan Sexton. This article is from The Ball State University Honors College alumni magazine. The author Olivia Power captured my mom’s spirit and soul. This is a beauty, and Olivia wove all of the threads of my mom’s life – her writing, her books, her advocacy, her progressive views, her irreverence, her wit – so lovingly and so thoughtfully. I am just…

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#Drood sitzprobe ... or the day the orchestra joins us (VIDEO)

#Drood sitzprobe … or the day the orchestra joins us (VIDEO)

“Both Sides of the Coin” with yours truly and the inimitable Jared Hoffert. Enjoy these video clips from today’s Mystery of Edwin Drood “sitzprobe” (or fancy German word for first rehearsal with the full orchestra). Click and any/all of the clips below, or view the full playlist here. Special thanks to music director Daniel Bachelis…

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#Drood! Behind-the-scenes fun at rehearsal! Ann Arbor Civic's The Mystery of Edwin Drood (June 1-4)

#Drood! Behind-the-scenes fun at rehearsal! Ann Arbor Civic’s The Mystery of Edwin Drood (June 1-4)

I see a very special holiday card in Rosa and Jasper’s future. I mean … right?! Meet this darling, wholesome couple in person June 1-4 for Ann Arbor Civic’s production of The Mystery of Edwin Drood at Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre on the University of Michigan campus – tickets at www.A2ct.org/tickets – photo by Aaron C. Wade.  Want a sneak peek of two of our musical numbers in rehearsal? Click here…

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Wonderful coverage of Blue Bell Lofts grand opening!

Thank you, Linda Thomson and The Post and Mail, for this incredible and inclusive coverage of Blue Bell Lofts’ grand opening event this week. So honored for us to have been part of this. My grandfather Roy Duncan would have been over the moon with pride. My mom knocked her speech out of the park!

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May 9, 2017 ... a day for the record books! A little bit of Blue Bell, a little bit of Drood, a whole lot of love.

May 9, 2017 … a day for the record books! A little bit of Blue Bell, a little bit of Drood, a whole lot of love.

So proud of my mom Susie Duncan Sexton and her remarks at today’s Blue Bell Lofts Grand Opening! And so proud of my hometown and all of the wonderful people who did such thoughtful and heartfelt work to restore this landmark: Ryan Daniel, Jeff Walker, Regina Gowen, Commonwealth, Ryan Edwards, Matt Rayburn, Louie Lange III, and an army of others whose names elude me presently! Great seeing cousin…

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#Drood. The theatre.

By the way, these are our swanky digs for The Mystery of Edwin Drood – June 1-4, tix at http://www.a2ct.org.  You can find out more about the historic Lydia Mendelssohn in Ann Arbor here. And don’t forget our sneak peek performance at #annarbor’s #SessionRoom May 9 at 5:30.  Oh, and … #voteforme 

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Theatre Roy is back! SAVE THE DATE: The Mystery of Edwin Drood at Ann Arbor Civic - June 1-4

Theatre Roy is back! SAVE THE DATE: The Mystery of Edwin Drood at Ann Arbor Civic – June 1-4

SAVE THE DATE – performances June 1-4! I have just learned I’ve been cast as Jasper in Ann Arbor Civic Theatre’s upcoming production of the musical The Mystery of Edwin Drood, directed by the marvelous Ron Baumanis with music direction by the talented Daniel Bachelis. Jasper (and these are THEIR words, not mine :) ) is “the Royale’s male lead, a devilishly attractive cad, and he knows it. In…

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So proud to have been part of Ann Arbor Civic Theatre’s production of The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Ron Baumanis gave me a chance to push myself theatrically in a way I never had before, and he helped me rediscover my love of this crazy art. Grateful to have been nominated alongside incredible talent like my Legally Blonde castmate Connor Thomas Rhoades and my Drood pal Jared Hoffert. Thanks to the membership for nominating and voting for me, to my loving parents Don and Susie Sexton for always encouraging me to embrace adventure and for loving me no matter what, and to John for his boundless patience and enthusiasm for all this foolishness. And to the best cast and crew EVER: Vanessa Banister, Lisa Gavan, Brodie H. Brockie, Brandon Cave, Becca Nowak, Alisa Mutchler-Bauer, Sarah Sweeter, Kimberly Paige, Michael Cicirelli, Chris Joseph, Peter Dannug, Jimmy Dee Arnold, Ashleigh Glass, Debra Calabrese, Kari Anne Nilsen, Wendy Maine Sielaff, Julia Fertel, Heather Wing, Aaron C. Wade, Kelly Wade, Bob Skon, Christine Dotson Blossom, Colby Cesaro, Molly Borneman, Patrick M Johnson, Leah Bauer, Patty Vizzaccero Mazzola, Daniel Bachelis, Alexandra Berneis, and so many more. ❤️ (at LIVE Ann Arbor)

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Well, that feels good. Being nominated for an Ann Arbor Civvie for "Outstanding Actor in a Mainstage Musical" for The Mystery of Edwin Drood alongside such esteemed company as Connor Thomas Rhoades (from my #LegallyBlonde days - who is nominated for Putnam County) and Drood castmate Jared Hoffert - and for a show that is likely the happiest highlight of my theatre life - is a lovely thing. Even more, the fact that Drood has so many nominations for so many wonderful and talented people - Ron Baumanis, Daniel Bachelis, Debra Calabrese, Lisa Gavan, Alisa Mutchler-Bauer, Vanessa Banister, Becca Nowak, Kimberly Paige, Brandon Cave, Michael Cicirelli, Jimmy Dee Arnold, Brodie H. Brockie, Molly Borneman, Aaron C. Wade, Bob Skon, and TJ Johnson - is a testament to what an ensemble collaboration this show was. The talent and the kindness and the heart in this experience were boundless. Thank you, again, Ron, for giving me this opportunity, for your friendship, and for helping me find my love of theatre again. I will be forever grateful. And thanks to Ann Arbor Civic Theatre for accepting and embracing me, for this acknowledgment, and for all of the fabulous work you do! More on the nominations here: http://www.a2ct.org/events/2016-2017-season-civvie-awards