The many faces of Ted, plus some extras...

First of all I would like to apologize to my parents, to whom I told that this post would be up some time ago (No hay internet at the hotel pasado). Either way, I would like to take a moment to introduce to everyone the many faces of our beloved Ted Stavrou.

Name: Mild Mannered Ted
Description: He can play the guitar better than your dad and your mom and possibly Jimi Hendrix with four arms. Always good for a hug, and that trick he does with his eyeballs and the slide-whistle is PRICELESS.
Quote: "I love you."

Name: Tandy
Description: Whenever something awkward or ridiculous happens, this anti-hero comes out of the woodwork. Always able to make anyone slightly uncomfortable in whatever situation they are in, Tandy has been known to cause rooms to go unnaturally silent before erupting into uncontrollable laughter.
Quote: "I'm not awkward; I'm Tandy!"

Name: Stevie Plunder
Description: A double-eye-patched pirate musician with a knack for playing the piano and forcing ye to walk to the plank. Isn't he lovely? Isn't he wonderful?
Quote: "I don't be seeing the humor in that. I don't be seeing much nowadays, much less the humor."

Name: Fayun
Description: (See the picture a few posts below) A mumu-wearing, bread-weilding sage of the theater world, Fayun is armed with the knowledge of ten thousand sages and the ability to make Pat Harding laugh so hard that his eyevalls look like they are about to bulge out of his head.
Quote: "Welcome. I am Fayun. I have climbed the Summit of Knowledge, and drank from the Well of the Moon."

Well, hope you all enjoy the many moods of my good friend Ted, and I hope that if you were severely confused by this post that you pass right on by it without giving it a second thought. In other news, I really like the state of Virginia. I will be hom in a few days. Miss you Dad, Mom, Ethan, Sarah, Paul, Jason, and yet-to-be-named Niece/Nephew.

Watch out for sharks,

Petey

PICTURES!!!

Hello friends!
It has been a while since my last blog. In fact, I haven't blogged since we have started touring. First, I would like to say thanks to anyone who has taken me into their homes over the past few weeks of touring. I have never been part of anything where I partake in home stays. I was a little skeptical at first, but everyone has been really nice so far. No horror stories... yet ;-).

I figured for this entry, I would post a few photos and give a little comment on them, because I am lazy and it seems like an easy way to blog.

I have a friend that I met up with in D.C. by the name of Jared. Here is the conversation that led up to this picture:

Jared: So are you hungry?
Me: A little, we just had lunch.
Jared: There is a place here (Union Station) that makes really big dough nuts.
Me: Show me.

I didn't believe that they were really that big, but when I saw it... I knew I had to eat it, because it was there.


Ted: Welcome. I am Fyoon. I have climbed the summit of knowledge and drank from the well of the moon.

This is what Ted said while dressed like this. The moment was already funny enough until Pat Harding saw this.















All it took was Ted saying the "Wel" of "Welcome" and Harding was gone. He collapsed onto the floor and his head turned a dark red as he laughed harder than I have ever seen him (or most people) laugh. I took this picture as he was trying to take a picture of Ted . Note that his head still is a dark red and that he is still in the middle of unstoppable laughter.


That is really about it for now. We have two shows in Ohio and then we are back in Huntington for less that 24 hours. I love traveling and meeting new people, but it will be nice to be home for a little bit.


I'll also try to keep blogging with a little more consistency from here on out, but we'll see if that pans out.

Peace,
Eric

Hot town, summer in the city

It has a been a good last few days for the Godspell gang. We had some really great shows with awesome audiences and some pretty good time together as well, just hanging out. I think my favorite part of the tour experience so far is the travel. It has been a long time since I have been out east, and it is absolutely gorgeous out here. Seeing the grandeur of the mountains of PA and VA was breathtaking. Even with no AC, the drive was great because of the view.

One of my favorite moments so far occurred a few days ago. After the show in Mt. Jackson, I went out to turn off the generator so we could begin load-out. As I went out the door, I saw the sun setting behind the mountains. It was absolutely gorgeous.

Yesterday, we spent a fun-filled day in the Capitol. I spent some time at the zoo, saw the White House for the first time (it looks bigger in the pictures), and had Thai food for the first time ever. It was so so so good! It was a great time! I'm looking forward to the show tomorrow and the challenges it is sure to bring.

Dream Life of Rand McNally...

Don't spend a lot of time trying to figure the cryptic message behind my title because it is simply the title of the song I am listening to right now. It's also a song that only Jawes and I would know, too. It is by Jason Mraz. Seriously, check it out.

So, I am at a hotel in St. Clairsville, OH right now sipping on some fairly old coffee in the lobby. It has been really nice to be with Rufe the last couple days. It's been a nice dose of nostalgia too because I really miss last summer. I love this summer as well, but there are just things from last summer that I miss.

It has been nice this summer, also, to get a new, refreshing way of doing things and a new cast that has different personalities and people. I have had a lot fun so far this summer. It has been awesome to get to know the people that didn't go last summer. There are some people this summer that I am getting close to really fast and it has been awesome. There have been some hilarious moments this summer so far. To name a few:

--the "mumble mumbles"

--Me: "That guy looks like Gary Coleman."
Kristen: "Did you say he looks like Andrew's colon?"
Me: "I very well might have"

--finding words that I can put Pete's name into. (i.e. Petastrophe, Petrocity, Petroleum)

--Me: "Kristen..."
Kristen: "STEALING!"

--fake dry heaving with Hoopsies like in Dumb and Dumber

--frequently reminding Andrew how much of a man he is.

P.S. I don't know if they are still checking for it, but I am making an official shoutout to Larry and Joan from Budd Lake.

Alas for me...hypocrite

You may be wondering as to the reason for this title. Well, I'm the guy who every show tells people that they should check our blog and read all the fun stories from the tour, and yet I have not actually blogged. Well, I am remedying that right now. This is my blog. And here are some funs stories.

I think maybe the the second or third show, Patrick Harding and I were talking about evil creatures; vampires, werewolves, zombies, etc. Well, we decided that we should make a team of the Godspell cast to fight off these beasts. (Sidebar: this conversation may or may not be influenced by the fact that Eric got me completely addicted to the show Buffy the Vampire Slayer) As a result of this, the following team has been assembled. The basic idea is that we can all turn into animals (like animorphs, but cooler because we're superstrong versions of all these animals, plus we retain our human minds and there's no limit to the length of time we can be in our "were-" forms. The list, as best as I can remember it, is as follows.

Matthias-Werewolf (lame I know, but I've always wanted to turn into a wolf, so I stuck with it anyway. Besides, that was I can sometimes act as a behind enemy lines thing)
Josh- Werelion
Phil- Weresiberian Tiger
Pete- Weremonky (I think)
Patrick Harding- Wererhino
Patrick Irick-Werelephant (between the two Pats, we have a pretty sturdy demolition crew)
Kristen- Werechipmunk (she does the spying and sneaking in)
Bethany- Weremongoose
Alicia- Werehyena
Eric- Cyborg (he runs the tech)

I forget the rest/don't know if we came up with them. Anyway, we're pretty awesome, so zombies...look out.

The shows have been going really well, thanks to everyone who has come.

Gettysburg and DC were both amazing. I've been to both places before and they continue to be phenomenal.

On the not happy happy joy joy side, our bus has no air conditioning. It's ok though, it'll be fixed soon.

I promise I won't wait another month to write another post.

From P.A. to V.A.

sorry i havent posted lately... forgot my login for this site.

Yeah so we finally made it out of P.A. This is good, finally get a change of scenery. Tonight will be our second show in Virginia ... as always it will be fun.

Today was nice we had around 2 hours of down time which gave me time to .... do nothing.. which was great! We are actually in the middle of mic check, yeah pretty boring.

So our Truck is dumb... the lift leaves something to be desired, and the truck itself is screwed up... today it displayed the check electical system light... and after a 50 min detour to the Penske service shop... and discovered the truck ... was completely fine... grrr... I would rather not do that ever again.

"Please allow me a moment to explain to you..."

Hello, online world! I am currently greeting you from Greencastle, PA. I'm back at the Wentz household. I've been sick for a few weeks, so it's probably about time to get that checked out. Mike and Yvonne, who are both wonderful, will be taking me to the Greencastle Family Practice. I sure do hope they can fix me up proper.

Things that have transpired since u been gone...

We have done shows in New Jersey, Baltimore, and more in PA. Today, the troupe is in Virginia. I will be joining them in a few hours. Most recently, we did a show for Otterbein, a larger church. It was oodles of fun, and we got to spend the day off with some members of church leadership in a park. Yay for the outdoors! We don't see the sun much.

In New Jersey, I got to meet Kristen's mom. She's an angel. I doubt very highly anyone, or anything, is as sweet as she is. Besides that, Patty and I played lots of Mario Kart at the Kohaut household. The show in New Jersey was oodles of fun, too. The crowd was great and I really felt like we all connected.

Baltimore traffic is scary sometimes. I would use the word "congestive." It was cool to meet some of the members of the community there.

Besides that, I spent 70 years trying to start a Paypal account so that I could finally purchase an Earthworm Jim action figure off of Ebay. I was scared that it wouldn't happen, but don't worry. The situation is remedied so that my sweet, impulsive, ultimately American purchase of my action figure went off without a hitch.

I love EWJ.

I also love Ted, Alicia, Lindsay, Nate, and Phil.

I love other people, too. But I will mention them in another blog on a later date.

OH! I got to share a bed with Andrew at a hotel stay. I felt like the belle of the ball, if you will :)

Well, I'll go now. I never plan out what I'm going to say in these blogs. My apologies.

Love you, love your work.