1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:09,800 Hey friends, thank you for joining me for another episode of YQG in Bloom. 2 00:00:09,800 --> 00:00:15,600 My name is Tracy Martens and I'm your host and tonight we are recording at the KordaZone 3 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:23,100 Theatre in Windsor, Ontario and I am with Joey Wright who is directing the upcoming 4 00:00:23,100 --> 00:00:24,640 production of The Three Musketeers. 5 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:25,640 How's it going? 6 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:26,640 Good, how are you? 7 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:31,920 I'm great and I also have Nick Prsa and you are playing Athos? 8 00:00:31,920 --> 00:00:32,920 Athos. 9 00:00:32,920 --> 00:00:36,040 Athos, okay, I knew I was going to screw that one up. 10 00:00:36,040 --> 00:00:37,040 Everyone does it once. 11 00:00:37,040 --> 00:00:40,040 Don't quiz us on any of our French. 12 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:45,440 Okay, so when is the production coming out? 13 00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:48,760 We open on September the 13th, so in ten days. 14 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:51,240 And it's every weekend through September? 15 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:52,600 We run for three weekends. 16 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:55,920 The first weekend is Friday, Saturday and then we have a Sunday matinee and then the 17 00:00:55,920 --> 00:00:58,920 following two weekends are Thursday, Friday, Saturday night. 18 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:01,280 So let's get this out of the way. 19 00:01:01,280 --> 00:01:04,680 What is this version of The Three Musketeers? 20 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:07,000 Since everybody has their own interpretation. 21 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:11,200 There's always a different interpretation on every production or movie or anything like 22 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:13,520 that of The Three Musketeers. 23 00:01:13,520 --> 00:01:18,440 What I was looking for was to kind of take the vibes of Pirates of the Caribbean and 24 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:20,920 put it on stage with The Three Musketeers. 25 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:29,000 So most of the show is action comedy with little bits of drama, tragedy, grief and loss 26 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:32,560 kind of just sprinkled out over a little bit. 27 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:34,320 Oh, so it's going to be... 28 00:01:34,320 --> 00:01:35,640 It's kind of all over the place. 29 00:01:35,640 --> 00:01:41,520 You start off with this, with D'Artagnan who is going to Paris to be a musketeer. 30 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:47,600 He's on an adventure and inadvertently finds himself mixed in on a scheme by Cardinal Richelieu 31 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:53,080 to overthrow the king and falls in love and there's so much going on at all times, but 32 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:59,840 it's just, it's fun, action filled, laugh filled and there might be an occasional tear 33 00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:00,840 or two. 34 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:05,520 Okay, so it's The Three Musketeers soap opera. 35 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:07,480 And who is Athos? 36 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:13,360 Athos being one of The Three Musketeers is someone that I was quite drawn to when Joey 37 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:17,320 had put up the auditions for this because he's such a wonderful contrast between the 38 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:22,760 other two who are brought wonderfully to life by Nicole Clark and Gianluca Iacari. 39 00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:26,440 Okay, so we have a female musketeer. 40 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:27,960 Yes. 41 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:33,120 And she does a great job taking Porthos' vanity but also bravery and being able to meld them 42 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:34,120 together. 43 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:39,360 She's just a wonderful stage presence and Gianluca does an amazing job with taking the 44 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:45,240 piousness of Aramis with his kind of one weakness of being a lovely woman. 45 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:51,040 Now in the case of Athos, Athos kind of contrasts them where he has that kind of romanticism 46 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:55,160 that those others two have kind of put deep, deep, deep, deep, deep down. 47 00:02:55,160 --> 00:02:59,020 He's this kind of brokenhearted sullen member of The Musketeers. 48 00:02:59,020 --> 00:03:04,280 So when he sees D'Artagnan who's youthful and is ready to fall in love, as much as he 49 00:03:04,280 --> 00:03:10,280 wants to caution him with being too naive about rushing in trying to do a swashbuckling 50 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:13,400 adventure, he sees a bit of himself in that as well too. 51 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:18,180 So that's I think my favourite part about playing this part by not just being a kind 52 00:03:18,180 --> 00:03:22,780 of almost an older brother figure to D'Artagnan but the personal journey that he finds to 53 00:03:22,780 --> 00:03:29,080 kind of rediscover that kind of love of life and going into the great unknown that he used 54 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:30,080 to have. 55 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:32,700 That's a really interesting way of putting it. 56 00:03:32,700 --> 00:03:37,680 It's almost like there's a smidge of jealousy but it pushes him to become the person that 57 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:38,680 he wants to be. 58 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:39,680 I like that. 59 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:46,780 Because he's been, without spoiling anything, his heart is not the same that it once was 60 00:03:46,780 --> 00:03:49,480 because something that happened in his past. 61 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:56,780 So when he sees D'Artagnan kind of looking almost like he's going down the same path, 62 00:03:56,780 --> 00:03:58,880 it takes him aback almost. 63 00:03:58,880 --> 00:04:03,460 But that romanticism that he had for that part of his heart is kind of transferred into 64 00:04:03,460 --> 00:04:09,300 being this person who wants to serve his country and his king. 65 00:04:09,300 --> 00:04:13,520 So those kind of highlights, even though they're kind of pushed down still, are coming through 66 00:04:13,520 --> 00:04:15,120 even from the beginning of the play. 67 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:19,280 And through doing that, it's been an amazing process to discover where those glimmers get 68 00:04:19,280 --> 00:04:21,520 to come through under Joey's direction. 69 00:04:21,520 --> 00:04:22,520 I can't wait to see it. 70 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:29,040 I'm definitely coming to this one because I don't even know the last time I've seen 71 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:33,460 a production of The Three Musketeers, like obviously on TV. 72 00:04:33,460 --> 00:04:37,400 It's been a long time so it'll be completely new and fresh for me. 73 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:40,440 And what made you decide to direct this? 74 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:48,880 I love the 90s Disney Musketeers movie with Kiefer Sutherland, Tim Curry, Charlie Sheen. 75 00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:50,760 I think that's the last time I've seen it. 76 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:52,360 Yeah, I love that movie. 77 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:54,400 It's one of my favorite go-to movies. 78 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:59,520 If I'm sick at home eating chicken soup, that's the movie I put on. 79 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:04,040 And I was on vacation and I thought to myself, I wonder, there's got to be a play. 80 00:05:04,040 --> 00:05:06,160 There has to be a stage play of The Musketeers. 81 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:11,240 Did a little bit of research, found a script, ordered it, read it and was like, this is 82 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:12,240 fun. 83 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:16,160 This is just a silly, good, fun time. 84 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:17,880 And I was like, that's the one. 85 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:23,560 I want to be able to put on The Musketeers and have a cast that just has fun, an audience 86 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:25,080 that has fun. 87 00:05:25,080 --> 00:05:27,960 And they're coming to the theater for that performance. 88 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:33,480 And it is just, like I said, it's a swashbuckling adventure tale and you just get to enjoy it. 89 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:34,760 There's no heavy thinking. 90 00:05:34,760 --> 00:05:38,920 There's no wondering, is there a plot twist at the end? 91 00:05:38,920 --> 00:05:43,320 It's just two hours of just enjoyment and fun on stage. 92 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:46,040 No, we're not going to get lost in the language. 93 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:51,280 No, it is written in plain English, our English. 94 00:05:51,280 --> 00:05:54,660 How many cast members are in this production? 95 00:05:54,660 --> 00:05:57,960 So the script calls for 12, but we have 14. 96 00:05:57,960 --> 00:05:58,960 Oh my goodness. 97 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:04,080 And we have the stagehands also kind of popping in and out throughout some of the scenes. 98 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:08,680 So we have a pretty decently sized cast. 99 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:12,760 One of the things you pointed out earlier, one of The Musketeers is a woman, Porthos 100 00:06:12,760 --> 00:06:14,960 played by Nicole Clark. 101 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:18,560 And it's not a woman playing a man. 102 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:23,000 Porthos is a woman in this show. 103 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:24,100 She brings a great energy. 104 00:06:24,100 --> 00:06:25,100 She brings a great character. 105 00:06:25,100 --> 00:06:26,320 And I'm like, why not? 106 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:29,440 Why not have Porthos as a woman? 107 00:06:29,440 --> 00:06:30,440 In the old story. 108 00:06:30,440 --> 00:06:31,440 Old story. 109 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:34,360 We're all men, but I figured it's 2024. 110 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:35,360 Why not? 111 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:37,080 Yeah, she could kick butt. 112 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:38,080 And it's great. 113 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:41,400 We have a couple bits throughout the show as well with the fact that we've changed Porthos 114 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:43,360 from a man to a woman. 115 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:45,360 It sounds like a lot of fun. 116 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:46,360 It is. 117 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:49,520 That was my goal was to just have a fun show. 118 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:54,960 And you said that there hasn't been a production of The Three Musketeers and Windsor in a long 119 00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:55,960 time. 120 00:06:55,960 --> 00:06:57,560 I think it's been about 10 or 15 years. 121 00:06:57,560 --> 00:07:01,840 And the last company to do it was UP over at the university. 122 00:07:01,840 --> 00:07:02,840 Wow. 123 00:07:02,840 --> 00:07:04,800 So yeah, it's time for a new one. 124 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:05,800 Why not? 125 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:09,520 It's time for something fresh, something new, something people haven't seen in a long time. 126 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:10,520 Let's go for it. 127 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:12,760 Now have tickets already? 128 00:07:12,760 --> 00:07:14,080 Are they on sale yet? 129 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:15,080 Yes. 130 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:18,200 Tickets have been on sale since the first weekend of August. 131 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:19,840 Oh, cool. 132 00:07:19,840 --> 00:07:22,400 We were in the Pride Parade. 133 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:25,000 The whole cast, most of the cast was in the Pride Parade. 134 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:26,000 They were in costume. 135 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:33,600 We were sword fighting because we have eight or nine large sword fights throughout the 136 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:34,600 show. 137 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:35,600 Wow. 138 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:36,600 On the set? 139 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:37,600 On the set. 140 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:38,600 And it's not just on the main stage. 141 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:40,160 We have sword fights on the stairs. 142 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:41,560 We have sword fights upstairs. 143 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:45,120 We have people that run out a door and come in another door. 144 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:50,220 Eric Smith, our fight choreographer, once I got the okay to do the show, he was my first 145 00:07:50,220 --> 00:07:53,160 phone call and I was like, hey, I want you to fight choreograph. 146 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:54,160 And he's like, I'm in. 147 00:07:54,160 --> 00:07:58,280 He's been working on these fights for the better part of a year. 148 00:07:58,280 --> 00:07:59,960 You have a fight coordinator. 149 00:07:59,960 --> 00:08:00,960 That's pretty cool. 150 00:08:00,960 --> 00:08:02,720 With the fights that we have. 151 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:03,720 Yeah. 152 00:08:03,720 --> 00:08:06,520 I mean, the show starts off, top of the show starts with a fight that's about a minute 153 00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:07,520 and a half long. 154 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:09,240 Now, are you in it? 155 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:10,240 No, no. 156 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:11,320 You're just directing? 157 00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:14,400 I'm directing and producing and that is plenty of work for me. 158 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:15,800 But you act too. 159 00:08:15,800 --> 00:08:16,800 I do. 160 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:17,800 Yeah. 161 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:20,200 And how long have you been with Cordova? 162 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:22,520 My first show that I was directly involved in. 163 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:27,800 I was kind of a late bloomer because I was Clue in 2022, I think was the first. 164 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:29,200 No, you were in the Fantastics. 165 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:30,200 Oh, yes. 166 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:32,200 And that was pre-pandemic. 167 00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:36,920 So right before that all kicked off, I was in the Fantastics, but I've been involved 168 00:08:36,920 --> 00:08:42,160 in community theatre since about 2012. 169 00:08:42,160 --> 00:08:44,720 So going back to like early high school. 170 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:46,360 So you've always liked it. 171 00:08:46,360 --> 00:08:47,360 Yes. 172 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:48,360 Yes. 173 00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:53,480 And I think maybe this is kind of full circle because being on this stage on Cordova specifically, 174 00:08:53,480 --> 00:08:58,640 my dad used to do Croatian school plays when this was the Hrvatski Narodni Dom when it 175 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:00,560 was next to the old church. 176 00:09:00,560 --> 00:09:04,960 So this is kind of a bit of a family affair being on this stage as well. 177 00:09:04,960 --> 00:09:06,160 That's really cool. 178 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:13,440 Now, do you just do performances with Cordova or are you with other production companies? 179 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:15,480 I've worked with quite a few production companies. 180 00:09:15,480 --> 00:09:20,480 I started off at Windsor Light and they still do amazing work and they have a great season 181 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:21,480 coming up. 182 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:24,960 I've also worked quite a bit with post productions as well too. 183 00:09:24,960 --> 00:09:30,940 And I've also recently served on the board of Windsor Feminist Theatre as secretary. 184 00:09:30,940 --> 00:09:35,720 So the great thing about theatre in Windsor is just how diverse this scene is. 185 00:09:35,720 --> 00:09:40,720 I still stand by that outside of Toronto and Stratford, we have the strongest theatre scene 186 00:09:40,720 --> 00:09:42,280 in the province. 187 00:09:42,280 --> 00:09:43,280 It's true. 188 00:09:43,280 --> 00:09:44,280 It's true. 189 00:09:44,280 --> 00:09:51,480 This is my third podcast here and we've talked about it before that the theatre in Windsor, 190 00:09:51,480 --> 00:09:55,960 the productions, we're getting more and more of them which is great. 191 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:58,840 When UP, when they announced the shutdown of UP. 192 00:09:58,840 --> 00:09:59,880 It's horrible. 193 00:09:59,880 --> 00:10:08,160 We had a rehearsal that night here for Three Musketeers and a bunch of the cast was either 194 00:10:08,160 --> 00:10:13,320 directly involved with UP going into UP or had graduated from UP. 195 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:20,920 So it was a shock to the system but also it was an event that really shook people up and 196 00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:28,600 it is a big loss to the community to not have that 66 season community theatre company here 197 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:29,600 anymore. 198 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:34,820 I mean that's the thing is you have these students that are in there taking theatre 199 00:10:34,820 --> 00:10:40,360 and acting and production and directing and you know what have you but yet they're not 200 00:10:40,360 --> 00:10:45,040 offering to be able to do performances there. 201 00:10:45,040 --> 00:10:46,720 They have to look elsewhere. 202 00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:52,440 Luckily enough we do have quite a few different places where they can go to but I'm hoping 203 00:10:52,440 --> 00:10:55,740 that something might change and get on the road. 204 00:10:55,740 --> 00:10:59,000 We are too. 205 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:02,880 We're welcoming to everybody that wants to come in. 206 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:09,060 We hope that the decision gets reversed but that's entirely up to the university. 207 00:11:09,060 --> 00:11:13,240 So what is because you work here. 208 00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:15,360 You work here. 209 00:11:15,360 --> 00:11:19,780 I mean you're not just director of this play. 210 00:11:19,780 --> 00:11:22,220 You do other things with Cortisone. 211 00:11:22,220 --> 00:11:25,420 So what will be the next play after? 212 00:11:25,420 --> 00:11:27,540 Is it the Halloween one? 213 00:11:27,540 --> 00:11:35,460 So the next thing here is Frankenstein directed by Jeff Maren Tate in October and then we 214 00:11:35,460 --> 00:11:43,840 have our annual holiday panto in December that's going to be directed by Mark Worsley 215 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:50,880 and then Tracy our founder here at Cortisone is directing our season opener Urinetown next 216 00:11:50,880 --> 00:11:52,520 February. 217 00:11:52,520 --> 00:11:57,960 I happen to see that online about Urinetown. 218 00:11:57,960 --> 00:11:59,960 Really quickly what's that about? 219 00:11:59,960 --> 00:12:01,720 It's sort of a. 220 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:03,340 Because it sounds. 221 00:12:03,340 --> 00:12:07,360 It's definitely not a name where you're like oh I know that show. 222 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:15,640 It's basically sort of a dystopian era play where your water usage is tracked and you 223 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:21,560 have to there's a severe water shortage so you have to track all of your water including 224 00:12:21,560 --> 00:12:22,800 your urine. 225 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:30,600 So it's a musical about just all sorts of kind of crazy nonsense and government control. 226 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:32,440 I don't know too much about it. 227 00:12:32,440 --> 00:12:35,280 Tracy I know is absolutely over the moon. 228 00:12:35,280 --> 00:12:36,640 She's finally getting to do it. 229 00:12:36,640 --> 00:12:37,640 She loves the show. 230 00:12:37,640 --> 00:12:39,700 She's been wanting to do it for years. 231 00:12:39,700 --> 00:12:43,040 She finally gets that opportunity so I'm excited to see what she puts on. 232 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:48,600 And I'm told that the creative process is quite fluid so we're really looking forward 233 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:49,600 to it here. 234 00:12:49,600 --> 00:12:53,880 Are you going to help out with that? 235 00:12:53,880 --> 00:12:59,280 Well I think considering Tracy had approached me at the last rehearsal I think I may be 236 00:12:59,280 --> 00:13:02,400 roped in in some capacity or another. 237 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:04,760 I myself am taking six months off. 238 00:13:04,760 --> 00:13:05,760 You are? 239 00:13:05,760 --> 00:13:06,760 Well earned. 240 00:13:06,760 --> 00:13:07,760 Well earned. 241 00:13:07,760 --> 00:13:12,280 I've been going nonstop since COVID ended. 242 00:13:12,280 --> 00:13:17,720 Our second show back from post pandemic COVID was Clue which I directed and produced as 243 00:13:17,720 --> 00:13:22,240 well and that was in February of 2022 and since then I've had a show on the go. 244 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:24,520 Multiple shows on the go from then. 245 00:13:24,520 --> 00:13:28,520 Will you work with Corda on the board? 246 00:13:28,520 --> 00:13:29,520 I'm the treasurer. 247 00:13:29,520 --> 00:13:33,480 You're the treasurer so you're not taking a break from that you're just taking a break 248 00:13:33,480 --> 00:13:34,480 from the stage part? 249 00:13:34,480 --> 00:13:36,360 Acting and directing. 250 00:13:36,360 --> 00:13:40,560 But I'll still do all of my board duties and the treasurer stuff and I'm the fun police 251 00:13:40,560 --> 00:13:42,520 when Mark wants to buy new things. 252 00:13:42,520 --> 00:13:44,440 I say no Mark we can't afford that. 253 00:13:44,440 --> 00:13:47,520 Okay can you come to my house? 254 00:13:47,520 --> 00:13:50,840 We both need the fun police every once in a while. 255 00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:54,880 I don't know I think he said he needed a new mic so go for it. 256 00:13:54,880 --> 00:13:55,880 I need a camera. 257 00:13:55,880 --> 00:13:58,120 Cameras, mics, yeah go for it. 258 00:13:58,120 --> 00:13:59,120 Why not? 259 00:13:59,120 --> 00:14:04,880 I really love coming to the Cortisone Theatre because you guys do not one play is the same 260 00:14:04,880 --> 00:14:06,640 they're all over the board. 261 00:14:06,640 --> 00:14:11,200 I think that's what makes it so fun for people is they don't feel like they have to go to 262 00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:13,800 every show they can pick and choose. 263 00:14:13,800 --> 00:14:17,760 One of the things we like to say about ourselves is that we're dramatically different because 264 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:21,100 it's not just your usual theatre fare. 265 00:14:21,100 --> 00:14:26,640 You don't get the standard musicals, the standard classical shows, the standard plays. 266 00:14:26,640 --> 00:14:31,920 You know Three Musketeers is a very well known show but I have put my own spin on it. 267 00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:36,960 We're doing Year in Town, no one's ever heard of that but it's a fun musical that's going 268 00:14:36,960 --> 00:14:42,200 to be great but we also do the classics like The Importance of Being Earnest, Frankenstein. 269 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:48,760 So there's a we try to do a mix of shows that people are very well aware of that they know 270 00:14:48,760 --> 00:14:53,160 that they love that they want to experience again or see how we do it differently but 271 00:14:53,160 --> 00:14:59,760 then we do the shows that no one would ever consider or think of that people get to try 272 00:14:59,760 --> 00:15:01,840 out for the very first time. 273 00:15:01,840 --> 00:15:07,400 It really is an institution in the Windsor area and I know we veered off a little bit 274 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:12,160 from The Three Musketeers and I know you guys have special nights. 275 00:15:12,160 --> 00:15:13,560 Yes, we do. 276 00:15:13,560 --> 00:15:20,600 So the second weekend, the Thursday, we have Pay What You Can so anybody can come in and 277 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:23,960 if they can only afford $5 for a ticket they can pay $5. 278 00:15:23,960 --> 00:15:25,840 So there's no in advance? 279 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:28,040 It's strictly all at the door. 280 00:15:28,040 --> 00:15:32,840 And then the third weekend, the Thursday of the third weekend we have a scent free performance 281 00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:35,600 so there will be no popcorn made here at the theatre. 282 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:40,480 We ask no one wears any perfumes or colognes and if any flowers are brought for the cast 283 00:15:40,480 --> 00:15:45,760 members to talk to one of the volunteers and they will bring the flowers backstage out 284 00:15:45,760 --> 00:15:48,280 of the general seating area. 285 00:15:48,280 --> 00:15:54,120 That's a great idea to have that for the place because I mean it is a very nice and cozy 286 00:15:54,120 --> 00:15:58,160 atmosphere and so many people have allergies and issues. 287 00:15:58,160 --> 00:16:03,960 It's a big space but when you put 80 to 100 people in here it gets small really fast and 288 00:16:03,960 --> 00:16:09,240 when you have one person who is wearing very strong perfume or popcorn being made in the 289 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:12,200 popcorn machine it fills the space. 290 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:18,160 So we wanted to make sure that everybody can come whether they can afford a full $25 ticket 291 00:16:18,160 --> 00:16:21,600 or if they have an allergy to perfume or colognes or anything like that. 292 00:16:21,600 --> 00:16:26,240 We wanted to make sure that everyone can come to Cordo no matter what. 293 00:16:26,240 --> 00:16:29,440 That's great and I can't wait to see it. 294 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:30,760 I'm definitely coming. 295 00:16:30,760 --> 00:16:37,320 I'm really excited and I want to thank you so much Joey and Nick for being with me today. 296 00:16:37,320 --> 00:16:38,320 Thank you for coming by. 297 00:16:38,320 --> 00:16:39,320 We love having you here. 298 00:16:39,320 --> 00:16:40,320 Oh always. 299 00:16:40,320 --> 00:16:41,840 I want to come back for Frankenstein too. 300 00:16:41,840 --> 00:16:43,360 Oh absolutely come on by. 301 00:16:43,360 --> 00:16:48,920 I mean like with Three Musketeers it's a classic as well with our own twist. 302 00:16:48,920 --> 00:16:54,560 I know Jeff I've been privy to some conversations about the set and they have some very very 303 00:16:54,560 --> 00:17:01,200 cool ideas about the lab and the set and the creature so it's definitely going to be one 304 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:06,520 you're going to want to see and get a little sneak peek of before the show opens. 305 00:17:06,520 --> 00:17:07,520 For sure. 306 00:17:07,520 --> 00:17:09,040 Thank you again both of you. 307 00:17:09,040 --> 00:17:11,680 I really do appreciate it. 308 00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:14,040 And again my name is Tracy Martens. 309 00:17:14,040 --> 00:17:15,640 This is YQG In Bloom. 310 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:21,840 Make sure that you follow like subscribe to my channel so you can get updates on any of 311 00:17:21,840 --> 00:17:31,200 my new podcasts and follow KordaZone Productions on Instagram or what is your website? 312 00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:33,040 KordaZone.com. 313 00:17:33,040 --> 00:17:34,280 And get tickets. 314 00:17:34,280 --> 00:17:37,160 Make sure you're down here for the Three Musketeers. 315 00:17:37,160 --> 00:17:45,480 You guys all have a great day.