BAAAHHH!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Maria & Stefano) — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 02:31:00 +0000

Thanks to my friend, TheFamilyTake ;)

Definitely...To baaahhh...there's no problem there;)

noreply@blogger.com (Maria & Stefano) — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:51:00 +0000

Never Forget

7 years went by...I still remember it like it was yesterday...in my Manhattan apartment...the sirens...the silence...that smell in the air...the fear...

And then the solidarity...the strength of this amazing country...the unity, the fight...getting back on our feet helping each other out...

A year ago we decided not to go on stage with Baaahhh!!! to respect this day...and I'm very happy we did that...

This is a picture I found on the net...a tribute to all of them...gone too soon...

noreply@blogger.com (Maria & Stefano) — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 03:15:00 +0000

The dream goes on

I realized that has been a long time since I stopped by here to write something...
Life has changed, the pace is different...but I don't want to stop by only when I have a news about this little sheep...

I found myself thinking about the show a lot in the past few days...me and Stefano are still fighting for it...I sent out a bunch of "sheep packages" to different producers and some replied to us telling us that they really enjoyed reading it but unfortunately they were already booked with other shows for this season...

That will not stop us...

We also want to bring this little sheep to Italy as well...and we are not giving up...

This has been and still is a huge part of my life and if you believe in something you can't give up...never!!!

And so on we go...

noreply@blogger.com (Maria & Stefano) — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 15:27:00 +0000

1 year anniversary

Last night before closing my eyes my thoughts went back to a year ago...
A year ago today we were opening BAAAHHH!!! at the Fringe in NYC...I went back to read the post I wrote that night...and I remembered all the emotions, the feelings, the chills...

An experience that changed me deeply, that made me grow as an actress, a director, and a human being...

I look at where I am today and if someone would have told me this a year ago I wouldn't have believed him...time goes by, things change and we grow...and this little sheep that is still in my heart...I'm not ready to let her go...I'm still trying for her...

Meanwhile we are talking with Stefano about future projects and soon we will have to start moving...

Always go on...always!!!

Thanks to all of you that still stop by here...for your support and love...you were a big part of thins project and it's thanks to you too that is still alive...

noreply@blogger.com (Maria & Stefano) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:38:00 +0000

Another year

Today I get a little older (just a little bit though hehehe) and i went back in t he blog to see where i was a year ago...so close to the opening of Baaahhh!!!...i got goosebumps...and tonight I'll go out for dinner with some friends and some of the faces that will be there are the sames who accompanied me during the show...it's beautiful!!!!

And I gotta say that one of the best cards i got this years was from a friend of mine...couldn't be more appropriate;)

noreply@blogger.com (Maria & Stefano) — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:05:00 +0000

BAAAHHH VISA

That's right I just got my new credit card...a VISA Capital One with BAAAHHH!!! on it hehehe...of course I covered the number...not that I don't trust you out there heheh but you never know!!! ;)

noreply@blogger.com (Maria & Stefano) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:00:00 +0000

HAAAHHHPPY 4TH OF JULY;)

noreply@blogger.com (Maria & Stefano) — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:52:00 +0000

The fans keep pouring in!!!

This time I received a pic from Szavanna, our beautiful sweet friend from South Africa...showing not less than a Baaaahhhh My Valentine card on her wall...

You guys are THE BEST!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Maria & Stefano) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:22:00 +0000

We have a number one fan!!!

Today I was invited by Barbie2be to go to her blog, because she said she had a little surprise for me...well she surely did!!!
She was at a party and there was someone doing some face painting for kids...and well after all the kids were gone...here's what she had done...

BARBIE YOU ARE THE BEST!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Maria & Stefano) — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 23:51:00 +0000

If someone wants a sheep...

If someone wants a sheep, then that means that he exists.

-- Antoine de Saint-Exupery (The Little Prince)

Today I got this beautiful phrase from a friend of mine who told me that she thought about me when she read it.
And it touched me and inside I screamed "I EXIST!!!".

Funny that I got it today...just yesterday I sent 3 packages to 3 producers here in NY...

Let's see what happens...and what about you?! Are you going to join the chorus of:
I EXIST!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Maria & Stefano) — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:41:00 +0000

On we go

Some time passed but here I am again...

if I think about London everything seems so far away...it's a weird feeling...almost unreal...
I haven't given up with London completely but I did slow down...I don't think the UK is ready for BAAAHHH!!! and so i keep trying to move things here the best I can...

The other day I was on Facebook (yup I'm on facebook as well) and I started to chat with a "friend" who I actually never met...he was asking my about the show and I asked him (as a joke) if he knew any producers...the answer...Yes...I couldn't believe it, I was kidding around and few moments later here I am with 3 names in front of me...

I have to send them a package...I guess you never know right?!

So here I am in this blog asking YOU if YOU know any producers...you never know right?!

Long live the sheep!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Maria & Stefano) — Sat, 17 May 2008 18:22:00 +0000

I'm baaaahhhck!!!

Here I am again...after spending a few days in beautiful Bahamas!!!

What a paradise...I really needed it!!!

Sun...ocean...relax...I should definitely do it more often...gotta start playing the lottery though;)

I have so many things to do now...but today I'm just enjoying my tan and relaxing...London feels soooo far away!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Maria & Stefano) — Sat, 10 May 2008 15:29:00 +0000

We Baaahhhed London!!!

And so we did it...we had our reading with a good audience and some producers...now we'll wait and see what happens...

I learned a lot from this experience and there are things that I would do differently but both me and Stefano didn't know how to move there and how certain things work...it's very different...

I'm back home right now and it feel good...and i have to pack again because tomorrow I'm going on a little vacation...the first in a long time...talking about jet lag;)

I'm leaving you some pics from the reading and the night that followed...I had the pleasure to go out for dinner with Susie, my friend who I haven't seen in 15 years and of course Stefano...

It was just beautiful...

Thanks to all of you who keep stopping by here and show your support it means so much to us!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Maria & Stefano) — Wed, 07 May 2008 21:01:00 +0000

ALMOST THERE...

Today we rehearsed from 10:30 to 7, me and Stefano only took a 15 mins break...and he also made a bad move and now he has some back pain...oh boy what a duo we are hehehe

We rehearsed a lot, or at least as much as we could...we had such a small amount of time to put this together...and even though it's just a reading, we are trying to do the very best we can.
We have moments and props...

For me it's strange not being able to "do" the show...I always wanna add more things to use, to do...then I have to stop and remember that this is a reading and that we'll be on stage tomorrow at 4...GOOD GOD TOMORROW AT 4!!!
Anywayyyy...today the theater was sooo hot as well...they didn't have any ac and I hope we'll figure out a way for tomorrow because I really don't want the audience to boil...

Before going back to the hotel me and Stefano went to buy a couple of more props we needed, then he went his way and i felt like taking a little walk...but 10 minutes later i was on a subway going back to the hotel...I was sooo tired!!!
And on top of that i have some work to do here, I have to go over the script for myself, I have to take a look at the notes I have for the actors tomorrow...and then...Ah Yes!!!I have to sleep!!!Hehehe

So here we are...we are almost there...I can't even believe it...I have no clue how it will go...i don't know what it will come out of all this...but I cross my fingers and for sure I will not stop!!!

Tomorrow I'll meet with Stefano around 11;30 to go to the theater to take a look at the lights and music...then the actors will get there, we'll try to work on a few scene that need some "cleaning"...and then...Off We Go!!!

Send us a positive thought...that this little sheep will make this London people fall in love with her!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Maria & Stefano) — Tue, 06 May 2008 23:45:00 +0000

We Got the Cast!!!

Today I woke up at 8:30…dawn for me and it wasn’t easy thinking about the jetlag as well heheheh…we met with Stefano and we went to the theater…

The day began with us entering the theater to get ready for the auditions, when I hear this girl’s voice “I’m here for the audition” I turned around and I looked at her and for a second I was back in my life 15 years ago…

She is a dear friend of mine which whom I used to go to the same dance school and we work many summers together in beach resorts and I haven’t seen her in 15 years!!!

I couldn’t believe it!!! We hugged, laughing and I was keep repeating “Oh my God!!!”…meanwhile she is on the phone with my best friend from Italy who organized the whole thing…we always play this kind of surprises to each other…and I really wasn’t expecting this one!!! It was great to see her again!!!

She auditioned as well but unfortunately she is too young for the role otherwise she would have been perfect ‘cos she is a great actress!!!

After getting back into myself we started the auditions…they were very different form the ones we had in NY, everything is very different…

It was a very long day, with some decisions took right there and other that we really had to think about it a lot.

But we found the cast and we were also able to do a first reading all together.

It’s very interesting to see those characters that we know so well, in different “hands”.

We are happy and exited…and we keep our fingers crossed…

Tomorrow we’ll rehears the whole day…

I gotta try to get some sleep, but I still have some work to do on line…I’ll try to hurry up and then “night night”…

noreply@blogger.com (Maria & Stefano) — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:47:00 +0000

Stefano is here!!!

So I finally hugged Stefano again...it was great...as usual...he's such an amazing person...

We went to a Japanese restaurant with Katherine

and then they took me for a the' in Soho...then we walked a little bit and we ended up back at my hotel where we talked about work, and the reading and how to manage those hours here in London...

And so tomorrow I will see him around 9:30 to go to the theater for the auditions...I'm very exited!!!

I also talked on the phone with my best friend for a little bit...but we have so many things to say to each other...we need to sit down and talk for days...I need to do that...

In all this my Epstein Barr Virus thought it was a good idea to star acting up...so I'm trying to rest and take very good care of myself...
I'm gonna try to sleep...the jet lag is now helping...but we have a long day ahead of us tomorrow...cross your fingers for us...

Tomorrow we'll meet our British heroes

noreply@blogger.com (Maria & Stefano) — Mon, 05 May 2008 15:06:00 +0000

BAAAHHH!!! TAKES A BUS TOUR

And so today I got on a Tour bus in London...see everything in 3 hours...but it was just perfect for me 'cos I had the opportunity to see a lot to things that otherwise I wouldn't have seen...and the weather, believe it or not is great here in London...
I gotta say one of the monuments that I liked the most was the Big Ben...maybe 'cos it made think of Peter Pan...but I really liked it:)

Now I'm back at the hotel, Stefano has arrived in London and in half an hour he will be here at my hotel...then around 6 will have dinner with Katherine our casting director...I'm sooo jet lag it's not even funny o.O...but tomorrow we'll start...auditions...rehearsals...and off we go!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Maria & Stefano) — Sun, 04 May 2008 23:53:00 +0000

BAAAHHH IS IN LONDON!!!

Here I am writing to you form my hotel room at Marble Arc...

Woke up this morning at 4:30 am...showered...put on sweat pants, got on a cab, got to the airport...

...got on the plane, passed out asleep, opened my eyes for the food (that I couldn't really eat due to my diet program)...watched some movies and the beginning of "Jumper", because I knew my good friend and actor in Baaahhh!!!, Clark Beasley has a role in it...and I thought it was good luck...and I also felt it was good luck when i saw some sheep on the ground before landing...

Then I finally arrive in London...and after being sent from one place to another "You can take a bus" "No I'm sorry this bus doesn't exist"...I finally got to Paddington Station and I thought about the fairy tale with the little bear that my Mom used to tell me before going to bed...and then off I go in a cab...and OH MY GOD it's so weird to be in a car here hehehe;)...and then finally i got to the hotel...very nice and very modern....

I was hungry and I took a look at the menu of the hotel...after looking at the prices I decided to go out and I found some falafal and hummus...good enough...I got back to the hotel and the phone is ringing...and it's Stefano from Italy...yay!!! He's arriving tomorrow in the early afternoon...I cannot wait to see him again!!!

And now here I am writing those couple of lines, putting on a couple of pics I took today and I still cannot believe I'm here...I still cannot believe our little sheep is here...this is really happening...

LONG LIVE THE SHEEP!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Maria & Stefano) — Sun, 04 May 2008 01:48:00 +0000

Off I go

I packed my suitcase with the sheep skin jacket, the glasses for the bureaucrat, the apron for the house wife, some Baaahhh!! t-shirts, a lot of medicines, the scripts, all the industry packages I prepared for the producers...and now here I am...I should really go to bed, because tomorrow my alarm clock will wake me up at 4:30 am...

And so I just want to stop by and say "hello" to all of you who stop by here...I promise to try to write every day with photos too...let's see if I can make it;)

Cross your fingers for us...we'll need it...

We are taking all of you with us!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Maria & Stefano) — Thu, 01 May 2008 16:08:00 +0000

I'M SO PROUD OF THIS LITTLE SHEEP

Here we are spreading the word in London...

http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/plays/view/1654

http://www.pleasance.co.uk/islington/node/484

Almost there...keep your fingers crossed and if you know any producers...send them hehehe;)

noreply@blogger.com (Maria & Stefano) — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:50:00 +0000

- FIVE

Here we are days away...5 to be precise...from our London trip...so many emotions...fears...excitement...

Yesterday I put a couple of ads to find more actors for our auditions and this morning my mail box was full of faces who were smiling, hoping to get picked...and there I was, looking for our heroes...that in our mind have already a face...and that now we have to "meet again"...that's right...we have to meet all of them again because there's an Ivan who fights in what he believes in anywhere in the world, there's a bureaucrat who doesn't listen to anything or anybody but just a piece of paper...anywhere we can meet people who got used to a reality that doesn't really make sense, but they are trying to get the best out of it...and in the most unexpected moments we find love...the one you've been looking for, the one you would dream about every night when alone you'd turn off the light to be able to dream...

Those are our every day heroes, who live among us, with us...and we need to help them...

I look at the faces of those actors and it's always sooo hard to decide who to pick...but I have to do it...

And then of course we have to think about the theater...the producers...we are of course worried that we won't have that many...we put everything in the hands of other people who are working so hard from over there and they are doing an amazing job for us!!! So we just cross our fingers and we keep going...

Yesterday I started to prepare all the props I will need to bring with me for the reading, small things...and there I was surrounded by the costumes, the small and big props...and there there were my memories...and I felt a smile on my face and my eye getting a little teary...so many memories...

So many emotions...and we are ready (are we ready?!) for another adventure...I still can't believe it...it feels so surreal...

We are almost there...we are ready to go to London...Mammaaa Miaaa...fasten your seat belts!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Maria & Stefano) — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:15:00 +0000

- 10!!!

Here we start with the countdown!!!
In 10 days I'll be on a plane going to London...I still cannot believe this is happening!!!

We were supposed to have auditions on the 5ht but they told us that is a holiday there so we'll do them on the 6th and we'll start rehearsals the same day...full immersion baby!!!

Well at least the 5th I'll be able to relax from the jet lag and maybe see a little bit of London too

noreply@blogger.com (Maria & Stefano) — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:18:00 +0000

Almost there

In 13 days I'll be on a plane with a sheep skin jacket and a suitcase full of dream, crossing the ocean to go to London...it feels so surreal...

Stefano has been sooo busy lately...he's been working like crazy in Italy and when he has a free moment we chat on line and we discuss things for London...we both still can't
believe it!!!

Today I saw our synopsis on line, on the website of the theater that will hosts our reading, the Pleasance Theater...I gotta be honest...it touched me to see it...

If I think about how this all thing started...how far we've come from absolutely nothing...all the things we had to deal with, good, bad...all the challenges...but we never stopped...and I gotta say it...I feel proud or us, of myself, of Stefano and of this little sheep that doesn't seem to stop...

So here we go folks...buckle up...and come along for the ride...!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Maria & Stefano) — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:50:00 +0000

I BAAAHHH LONDON

Here we are ready for a new adventure with our little sheep that doesn't seem to slow down not even in front of an ocean....

From the 4th to the 5th of May we'll be in London, England, for a stage reading of the play in front of just producers...hoping that the show will get picked up over there...keep everything crossed for us!!!

It's a dream come true and we don't even know how we got this far...but as you can see we are not stopping...

And so while we are getting ready for our London trip, we also came up with a new design for our on line store, thanks to our amazing graphic designer Marcello La Ferla...and so now we have a bunch of new t-shirts, hats, bags and so on...that celebrate our arrival in London!!!

So come and visit us at http://www.cafepress.com/baaahhh and remember we mail things all over the world and the site is hacker safe...but most of all a small percentage of the sales go toward our little sheep that as you can see will not stop grazing...

Thanks to all of you who keep following us and supporting us...We Love You!!!

Maria & Stefano...and the sheep of course;)

noreply@blogger.com (Maria & Stefano) — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:06:00 +0000

Here I am

Those past few weeks have been pretty intense, working, the play, life...but it's all good:)

The play went well and we closed on Sunday...I had a lot of people coming to see me, friends, students and some of my wonderful Baaahhh people...it meant the worl dot me to have them there...

I said "goodbye" to Rachel, my character on Sunday, with a little sadness that you always have at the end of a performance...i met some great people and some great actors and I'm very happy about that...it was a very challenging role and I wish i could still bring her
to life every night...but i was very moved when I could hear people crying in the audience at the end of my performance...it's something so amazing to be able to touch someone so deeply...I felt very honored!!!

And now I'm back in my BAAAHHH!!! mode hehehe...when did I ever got out of it ;)

I'm getting ready for London...I started to receive some headshots and resumes of actors that me and Stefano will audition for the reading on the 8th of May...it's so bizarre to see these new faces...after having in our mind the actors who brought this piece to life last summer...I'm sure it's gonna be great...

I do also want to thank you all of you who still stop by here to show your support and love...it means sooo much to us!!!