May 10, 2010

Taylor Roberts on the movie set!

That's right, folks--I hope you got your autographs already, 'cause Theatrikids own Taylor Roberts is officially a movie star now!   
Director Jonathan Hal Reynolds was kind enough to let me run around & take pics during last weekend's filming, and I got to see Ms. Roberts perform her big death scene!  How much fun was that?!   
Jonathan did some creative directing that I thought was brilliant, and had some of us in the crew SCREAM to add an extra element of surprise to Taylor's shocked realization of being hit by a mean, ugly, pick-up truck which was PERFECT-for-the-part!  
I had a blast, and made lots of new friends--Dominic Stangl costarred with Taylor, and off camera the 3 of us choreographed some killer battle scenes (that had nothing to do with the movie, but were none-the-less-AWESOME)...  
Also, I must mention that I can't wait to work with costume designer Andie Day this Fall for the Beatles musical that Theatrikids has in the works... Little Sgt. Peppers Outfits?!  BIG YES!  
Anyway, I wanted to say special thanks to everyone on production staff that made me feel right at home: Jamie, Jonathan, Rebecca, Jodie, Andie, Taylor, Nathan, Mitch, Jill, Dominic, Cyndi, Tyler, Taylor (the Camera operator), AND OF COURSE...Taylor Roberts, my beloved student, who has officially embarked on her destiny to be a movie star AND a rock star (looks like movies 1st! :)
Being on the movie set was a wonderful experience for me--everyone on the wonderful cast and crew that put their hearts into that project!  Here are some pics to prove that we all had a BLAST!!
   

April 26, 2010

Theatrikids Rock Band Class #2

Well, Theatrikids officially RAWKS!!  Check out these pics and vids from our 2nd band practice class EVER!  I'm so excited to be jammin' with these kids, and pretty soon we're seriously going on tour!!   We should call our band Dusty Taylor.  RAWK!!
From Rock Band Class 4-24-10
From Rock Band Class 4-24-10
From Rock Band Class 4-24-10
From Rock Band Class 4-24-10
From Rock Band Class 4-24-10
From Rock Band Class 4-24-10
From Rock Band Class 4-24-10
From Rock Band Class 4-24-10
From Rock Band Class 4-24-10

Eighties Rehearsal 4-22 + 1st ever Rock Band Class!

I am so proud of my 80's stars!  They are really coming together as a cast :)  Lexi wrote a song for her character "Enya Business" to sing, and the whole cast agrees--it ROCKS!
Besides 80's rehearsal pics & vids, there are also pics & vids in this blog from the 1st ever Theatrikids' ROCK CLASS!

Scott Love is the drum teacher, and Taylor rocks the drums like she was born to!  Not to mention Dusty with his natural bass playing skills tore it up, and I (Erin Byrne) played guitar.  We're going on tour pretty soon, so get your autograph now!  :P
 
From Eighties Rehearsal 4-22 + Rock Band Class!
From Eighties Rehearsal 4-22 + Rock Band Class!
From Eighties Rehearsal 4-22 + Rock Band Class!
From Eighties Rehearsal 4-22 + Rock Band Class!
From Eighties Rehearsal 4-22 + Rock Band Class!