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The FASS Theatre Company is serious about having fun -- we're a live cartoon on stage! We've been entertaining UW with variety and musical comedy since 1962, making us UW's longest-operating amateur theatre group. While the most fun occurs in January when over 100 cast and crew rehearse and prepare the show just in time for February, you can join us in our social events all year round!

FASS stands for Faculty, Alumni, Staff and Students. We welcome anyone and everyone and each year we see new friendships created and old ones renewed. If we're not too busy laughing at ourselves in rehearsals, trading jokes at writers meetings or sharing donuts backstage, you'll probably find us going out to a movie or throwing a famous FASS Party!

Crossposts: http://james-nicoll.livejournal.com/4132931.html

In this year's FASS (see previous explanations), the President of Vice, two of the Reps, the Tech Director, the Director, the Stage Manager, the Music Director, and the Choreographer have something interesting in common:
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Crossposts: http://james-nicoll.livejournal.com/4078106.html

From FASS President/Past Producer Colleen Colbeck:

FASS is still looking for a Producer, Director, and Stage Manager for this year! Applications have been re-opened with the deadline of Friday, June 15th.

If you are interested or know someone who might be great for the job then please feel free to contact the past producer (that's me), past Director (Josh Hoey), or past Stage Manager (Nadia V. Ursacki) for more information about the position.

E-mail your applications to prez at fass.uwaterloo.ca, and should include your reasons for applying, any relevant experience, and any ideas you might have.

The FASS Theatre Company is serious about having fun -- we're a live cartoon on stage! We've been entertaining UW with variety and musical comedy since 1962, making us UW's longest-operating amateur theatre group. While the most fun occurs in January when over 100 cast and crew rehearse and prepare the show just in time for February, you can join us in our social events all year round!

FASS stands for Faculty, Alumni, Staff and Students. We welcome anyone and everyone and each year we see new friendships created and old ones renewed. If we're not too busy laughing at ourselves in rehearsals, trading jokes at writers meetings or sharing donuts backstage, you'll probably find us going out to a movie or throwing a famous FASS Party!

Crossposts: http://james-nicoll.livejournal.com/3775430.html

Hi everybody!

This is a reminder that we will be holding a FASS Writer's Workshop on Saturday, May 12th at 1pm in Hagey Hall, room HH139. If you want to write for FASS, or are just vaguely curious where the script comes from, come join us for
FASS Writing 101 where Steve Hutton (Chief Scriptwriter FASS 1983,
President FASS 1985, lyricist for songs like I Am In Love / I Am A
Vulcan) will discuss how to create characters, story, jokes, songs, etc.
There will be opportunities for participation, but if you want to sit
quietly in the back and hope nobody notices you that's OK too :)

As well, a reminder to please send me your Wikispot user name so I can grant you
access to the new wiki for FASS 2013.

http://fass-2013.wikispot.org/

Thanks again!
Michael Omand

CSW 2013
FASS 2013 Writers' Wiki - If the world doesn't end first...
fass-2013.wikispot.org

The FASS Theatre Company is serious about having fun -- we're a live cartoon on stage! We've been entertaining UW with variety and musical comedy since 1962, making us UW's longest-operating amateur theatre group. While the most fun occurs in January when over 100 cast and crew rehearse and prepare the show just in time for February, you can join us in our social events all year round!

FASS stands for Faculty, Alumni, Staff and Students. We welcome anyone and everyone and each year we see new friendships created and old ones renewed. If we're not too busy laughing at ourselves in rehearsals, trading jokes at writers meetings or sharing donuts backstage, you'll probably find us going out to a movie or throwing a famous FASS Party!

Crossposts: http://james-nicoll.livejournal.com/3746977.html

From Fassbook, from FASS President Colleen Colbeck (QWP):

Being part of the FASS Committee is an awesome way to get more involved and is an extremely rewarding experience. If you'd like to be part of this awesome team, it's not too late! We are accepting applications for:

1. Director
2. Technical Director
3. Producer
4. Stage Manager

Applications for these positions (except Stage Manager) will be open until Sunday, April 29th. Stage Manager applications will be open from now until 2 weeks after we have announced a director.

A description of each position is available on the http://www.fass.uwaterloo.ca/2012/committee. Interested applicants can email me (prez at fass.uwaterloo.ca). Be sure to include which position you're applying to and a brief description of your qualifications.
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The FASS Theatre Company is serious about having fun -- we're a live cartoon on stage! We've been entertaining UW with variety and musical comedy since 1962, making us UW's longest-operating amateur theatre group. While the most fun occurs in January when over 100 cast and crew rehearse and prepare the show just in time for February, you can join us in our social events all year round!

FASS stands for Faculty, Alumni, Staff and Students. We welcome anyone and everyone and each year we see new friendships created and old ones renewed. If we're not too busy laughing at ourselves in rehearsals, trading jokes at writers meetings or sharing donuts backstage, you'll probably find us going out to a movie or throwing a famous FASS Party!

Crossposts: http://james-nicoll.livejournal.com/3718844.html

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Crossposts: http://james-nicoll.livejournal.com/3714828.html

The Friday Late perfomance is Audience Participation Night for FASS. I am told that recently this has devolved into drunken obscenities being shouted from the audience. This Friday Late that wasn't so much of a problem. What did happen was when earnest young Cora, provoked by the inaccuracies of her classmates' presentations, launches into an increasingly upset bit that ends with:

Cora: Pirates are real! But the popular image of them is a romanticized fictional construct, and they were in FASS but they weren’t in FASS – I mean they were in FASS shows – characters! – but they weren’t *members* of FASS...

Miss Wigglebottom: Cora...

Cora: And neither were ninjas! Or aliens! And FASS was never *that* rich, or *that* poor, and–

Miss Wigglebottom: Cora, it’s okay! It’s not important.

Cora: Yes it is! It’s wrong, and I have to fix it!

The audience was chanting "Someone is WRONG on the internet!"

(I should note at this point I was the one who actually complained to Henry about the length of time used for a specific space mission and then provided him with two different methods to justify it. Neither made it into the script but they made it into my mind, which is enough)

Crossposts: http://james-nicoll.livejournal.com/3583419.html

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Hello AGAIN FASSies!

Committee will be meeting sometime in late February or early March to debrief (despite several of us being married) and to prepare for the Annual General Meeting (AGM). This meeting is when we will discuss constitution changes to bring to the AGM, as FASSies to induct to the FASS Honour Roll. You have until Monday, February 20th at 11:00 pm to email me (prez at fass dot uwaterloo dot ca) with input for the debriefing (oh, dear...this is getting worse), suggested changes to the constitution or with names of members to be inducted to the FASS Honour Roll. If you feel that there have been omissions to the FASS Honour Roll as printed in the program, please send those to me as well so they can be re-inducted. You will need to do the following depending on what you submit:

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Crossposts: http://james-nicoll.livejournal.com/3581154.html

From a Facebook entry by FASS President Joscelyn Alexander (QWP):

Hello FASSies!

W.O.W! What an incredible show! This year was better than anything I could have imagined. It exceeded many people's expectations and I expect we'll see many of you back in the coming year! To that end, I announce that applications are now open for the positions of treasurer and chief script writer for 2013. The application deadline is Monday, February 20th at 11:00 pm. Please email your applications to prez at fass dot uwaterloo dot ca complete with why you're interested in the position, your applicable experience and your past involvement in FASS.

Applications from any FASSies will be accepted (including any evil agents who may have invaded by participating in 2012)...I mean...this is FASS!

We look forward to hearing from you and putting together a committee that will carry on the traditions and the fun that have been established in the last 50 years!

Crossposts: http://james-nicoll.livejournal.com/3580637.html

I was trying to describe what the actor doing that night's cameo was like. "Imagine Brian Blessed if he was less restrained."

"Who's Brian Blessed?"

Crossposts: http://james-nicoll.livejournal.com/3577418.html

FASS is all done for another year.

That said, the Tale of the Ice Pack.

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Crossposts: http://james-nicoll.livejournal.com/3577133.html

It's opening night!

As Kara Hope put it:

"In the year 2062, a grade 3 class celebrates the 100th anniversary of FASS by recounting its history -- very, very incorrectly. "FASS: The Neverending Story" is the irreverent, factually-inaccurate, sociopolitically-incorrect, joke-strewn, groan-laden, pirate-ridden tale of a venerable-ish theatre company at the University of Waterloo, from its humble origins through its glorious past, quiet present, and uncertain future -- and of the one little girl who sees through the noise to the very heart of it all. Oh, and someone gets stabbed." COME AND SEE IT TONIGHT 8pm, FRIDAY 7pm or 10:30 OR SATURDAY 7pm! ♥ Read my profile picture for details.

My contributions to the script were extremely minimal, a single word. That said, old timers should be able to spot which word that was.

Crossposts: http://james-nicoll.livejournal.com/3573298.html

Find James!

(facebook warning)

And although strictly speaking I am not a techie I did the running of the techies thing. Probably should have thought through the running part better than I did.

So far I've mainly told people when they've said their lines wrong and spent a lot of time screaming at people to be quiet so I could tell them where to go. This is necessary but next time I get involved, I want a non-Captain Buzzkill role

Crossposts: http://james-nicoll.livejournal.com/3569860.html

I was really pleased with how [STUFF OF NIGHTMARES] turned out.

Crossposts: http://james-nicoll.livejournal.com/3568169.html

Means less posting.

It also provides a context where "Yay! Food poisoning!" can be said non-sarcastically without being a total monster.

Crossposts: http://james-nicoll.livejournal.com/3567967.html

The FASS Theatre Company is serious about having fun -- we're a live cartoon on stage! We've been entertaining UW with variety and musical comedy since 1962, making us UW's longest-operating amateur theatre group. While the most fun occurs in January when over 100 cast and crew rehearse and prepare the show just in time for February, you can join us in our social events all year round!

FASS stands for Faculty, Alumni, Staff and Students. We welcome anyone and everyone and each year we see new friendships created and old ones renewed. If we're not too busy laughing at ourselves in rehearsals, trading jokes at writers meetings or sharing donuts backstage, you'll probably find us going out to a movie or throwing a famous FASS Party!

Crossposts: http://james-nicoll.livejournal.com/3558648.html

If interrupting my largely sedentary life by spending an afternoon energetically painting a backdrop, followed by energetically washing the Humanities stage* will have any consequences tomorrow.

* Unrelated; I had a drop cloth.

You really *can't* get glitter off a stage....

Crossposts: http://james-nicoll.livejournal.com/3548517.html

Soon, I hope to have my hands on some of Jane Dentinger's Jocelyn O’Roarke mysteries.

(Jane is Editor-in-Chief, Mystery Guild at Direct Brands; one of my bosses)

When my high school had its reunion, I read One Fine Day in the Middle of the Night.

Crossposts: http://james-nicoll.livejournal.com/3544650.html

Last night I gave someone pointers on how to act like Edward from Twilight. As far as I can tell, I was the only one there with the appropriate body of knowledge.

(I am familiar with those books for entirely professional reasons. The works of Milk Morinaga on the other hand....)

Crossposts: http://james-nicoll.livejournal.com/3543932.html

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FASS Writer's Workshop on Saturday, May 12th

Applications Open for FASS 2013 Committee Positions

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The moment during FASS when I felt oldest

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