The Travel, Theatrical and Life Adventures of Jenni and Rick.
First and foremost, we want to wish you, our family and friends, a very Happy New Year, 2026. May this year bring you good health, happiness, special times with your family and may you achieve all the goals you have set for yourself. We are happy to report that 2025 was less eventful in the … Read more
As soon as the play, Looking, was finished, we flew to St Louis, Missouri, for a visit with Collin, Evelyn, Asher and Makenna. Collin has been promoted to General Manager of the St Louis FlexJet maintenance facility and the family had moved there from Cleveland, OH. It was the first time Jenni had been to … Read more
Having closed out the last Charlotte Players season with Nana Does Vegas in July, Jenni was at it again to start off the new season directing Looking for a Sepotember opening – a great little comedy to kick off the 2025-26 season. Unlike Nana Does Vegas, and fortunately for Jenni, this play only had four … Read more
Well, Nana Does Vegas finished on May 25, then Jenni had four Tuesday evening seminars in June with The Great Voice Company, with whose help she is establishing a Voice Over Business. We then took a short vacation to visit the family in Michigan – in and around the Detroit area. We stayed with Rick’s … Read more
The final play of the 2024-25 Charlotte Players season, and once again, a real challenge to direct. The original production had been presented on a large off-broadway stage that had turntables on both stage right and stage left. These were swung onto stage at different times to play the different scenes in the Casino. Our … Read more
So, we took a trip into Sarasota a couple of Sundays ago to visit the Marie Selby Botanic Gardens. It was a beautiful day and not too hot. Mostly, the weather has prevented us from visiting before, either torrential rain or too hot in the summer months to be walking around gardens. But we found … Read more
This is the title of Jenni’s next play, which opens on Wednesday, 17th April and runs for two weeks, Wednesday to Sunday, until the 28th. Here is an image of the stage setting. Most plays are set in the living room of a house or condo. This one, however, takes place in the parking lot … Read more
We had such a great time on New Year’s Eve, 2023, and actually both managed to stay up until midnight to see in the new year. Charlotte Players had a concert with a Speakeasy Theme. so we got together with friends, Manny and Margreth and Pete and Laurie and dressed up for the occasion. We … Read more
From our house in Sunny Florida, to yours, wherever in the world you are, we send Seasons Greetings for whatever festival you celebrate at this time of the year. We hope that 2023 has been kind to you and that you are happy and in good health, as we are. We have had a great … Read more
A short train ride of about 40 minutes brought us to Reigate in Surrey, where Jenni’s cousin, Kim was waiting for us. He drove us to their home where Gill was waiting for us with some delicious homemade pumpkin soup. Of course it was much warmer in Surrey than it was on our sojourn to … Read more