wonkerers - year 1 - reunite!

so last week, in a strange twist of fate, we realized that a high percentage of us who were on the first year of the 'willy wonka' national tour were IN washington dc for various reasons. some reasons were more random than others. like jill, chris and i all live in the immediate area. andrew is here in town with 'the lion king' national tour. and tara was in town doing a fringe festival show. (jackie also lives locally but sent word through her people that she is far too important for a sunday night at clyde's with the riff-raff from tour. )

so due to jill's hard work and determination (thanks, ka-kaw!) we got together to catch up and hang out and laugh and laugh and laugh. it was great to catch up with everyone...and it just reminded me how blessed that first year of our tour was. it was 'right place, right time' for the group of us that came together and spent 9 months in a white van together. i have so much love and respect for these incredible friends of mine...and it was so great to get to see them and spend some time with them....over a bowl of crazy corn at clyde's in gallery place.

enjoy the pics!

ok. first off. i don't remember what the three of us were talking about...but this picture is hysterical. sorry jill! she did want me to point out that she wasn't even drinking at this point.

an incredible entry into the world of motorboat!

andrew shows up, with wristbands, after his show. chris is possibly mocking him in the background. one can never be too sure.

jill and tara snuggle up with one of 2 wonka outsiders who crashed the party that night. this is jered - a friend of andrew's from 'the lion king' cast.

chris brought the second 'outsider' - but she's an insider in all of our hearts. the incomparable, jamie eacker.

tara and frace are happy to be re-united.

another entry into the matt anderson B&W collection.

andrew motorboats.....

AND loose-jaw face-shakes. what a champ!!

the girls show us all how to do a squinty- eye smile.

i love how INTENSE jill is in this picture.

i evidently was trying to make the lamest face in the group. i obviously won. chris was a close second.

this was only moments after i tried to poke chris' eye out with my camera. jamie was confused.

just a random shot...because i love seing tara and andrew smile for the camera!

wonka friends UNITE!

one last shot of the group at the end of our reunion...complete with jered celebrating in the back.