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Play a Game, Win a Prize!

Hello, Gaming Table friends! Emily Trask here again.

We’re deep into the heart of rehearsals here at the Folger and will be starting technical rehearsals very soon. The set is incredible, the costumes unbelievable, and everyone is rightfully excited to get this skit up and running! But like any tech process worth its salt, it will take some serious time, focus, and finesse to get all these awesome pieces working together. Meaning there’s a bit of down time to be had backstage for the actors who are not in the scene that’s currently being “teched.” In fact, I knew an actor who had been in the military, and he said a tech process in the theatre was akin to his time in the army in that, “It’s all ‘Hurry up… and wait’.”

So while the designers, stage manager, and director are literally working their magic, those of us backstage fill the waiting in many different ways. Some read, some knit, some do crossword puzzles, some write blogs (ahem)… but many times you’ll find actors playing games. Typically it’s a card game, sometimes a board game. But regardless of whether it involves dice or jokers (and trust me, there’s a joker in every cast), the whole idea seemed a little too wonderfully “meta” not to mention while doing a play called The Gaming Table.  

It also got me curious what kind of “gamers” we had in this cast. So I asked my fellow actors to ‘fess up about their favorite games—anything from poker, to Twister, to Yahtzee—and I decided to use their answers to turn this blog entry into a GAME ITSELF. Mind blown? I thought so.

But seriously.

Here’s how to play: 

  • Match the Gaming Table cast member with his or her favorite game in the chart below.
  • Post your answers in the comments section below (ex. Julie Jesneck – Game 1; Emily Trask – Game 2; etc.). Be sure to include your name with the entry.
  • The first person to correctly matching all of the actors with their favorite game WINS! 

“Win what?!” you ask?

A COMPLEMENTARY PAIR OF TICKETS TO THE GAMING TABLE

AND A FOLGER THEATRE WATER BOTTLE!!!!!

I will reveal the correct matches and the winner on the day of our first preview performance on January 24th.

GAME ON!!!

To make it easier, copy and paste from the lists below:

ACTOR
Katie deBuys
Robbie Gay
Michael Glenn
Ashley Ivey
Julie Jesneck
Marcus Kyd
Michael Milligan
Darius Pierce
Tonya Beckman Ross
Emily Townley
Emily Trask
Michael Willis
GAME
Axis & Allies
Blackjack
Celebrity
Chess
Chutes and Ladders
Hangman
Liar’s Dice
Risk
Scrabble
The Settlers of Catan
Spoons
Texas Hold ‘Em

Comments

Axis and Allies – Glenn
Hangman – Ross
Chutes and Ladders – Kyd
Spoons – Jesneck
Blackjack – DuBuys
Celebrity – Gay
Settlers of Catan – Ivey
Liar’s Dice – Pierce
Risk – Trask
Texas Hold’em – Willis
Scrabble – Townley

CGriff — January 19, 2012

Katie deBuys – Celebrity
Robbie Gay – Risk
Michael Glenn – Texas Hold Em
Ashley Ivey – Axis & Allies
Julie Jesneck – Hangman
Marcus Kyd – Spoons
Michael Milligan – Blackjack
Darius Pierce – Chess
Tonya Beckman Ross – Chutes & Ladders
Emily Townley – Liar’s Dice
Emily Trask – Scrabble
Michael Willis – Settlers of Catan

Robert K — January 19, 2012

Katie deBuys – Texas Hold ’em
Robbie Gay – Liar’s Dice
Michael Glenn – Risk
Ashley Ivey – Chess
Julie Jesneck – Celebrity
Marcus Kyd – Settlers of Catan
Michael Milligan – Hangman
Darius Pierce – Scrabble
Tonya Beckman Ross – Chutes and Ladders
Emily Townley – Spoons
Emily Trask – Blackjack
Michael Willis – Axis & Allies

susanne skubal — January 23, 2012

Katie deBuys – Celebrity
Robbie Gay – Liar’s Dice
Michael Glenn – The Settlers of Catan
Ashley Ivey – Hangman
Julie Jesneck – Scrabble
Marcus Kyd – Chutes and Ladders
Michael Milligan – Chess
Darius Pierce – Axis & Allies
Tonya Beckman Ross – Texas Hold ‘Em
Emily Townley – Blackjack
Emily Trask – Spoons
Michael Willis – Risk
I know I’m not elligable to win but thought I would try the game.

gdebartolo — January 23, 2012

Katie deBuys- Axis and Allies
Robbie Gay- Chutes and Ladders
Michael Glenn- The Settlers of Catan
Ashley Ivey- Risk
Julie Jesneck- Spoons
Marcus Kyd- Blackjack
Michael Milligan- Liar’s Dice
Darius Pierce- Celebrity
Tonya Beckman Ross- Hangman
Emily Townley- Scrabble
Emily Trask- Texas Hold Em
Michael Willis- Chess

What? No Strip Poker? 🙂 someone’s holding back…

Shannon Sullivan — January 23, 2012

A series of uneducated guesses:

Katie deBuys– Liar’s Dice
Robbie Gay– Blackjack
Michael Glenn– Celebrity
Ashley Ivey– Spoons
Julie Jesneck–Chess
Marcus Kyd– Hangman
Michael Milligan–Scrabble
Darius Pierce– The Settlers of Catan
Tonya Beckman Ross– Texas Hold ‘Em
Emily Townley– Axis & Allies
Emily Trask– Chutes and Ladders
Michael Willis– Risk

Per Janson — January 24, 2012

no lek

omkar — March 2, 2012