Come Blow Your DIET!

This Sunday our cast ran all of Act One without scripts, which was very crazy and draining, but the pay off was AMAZING! The entire cast gathered and brought their own dishes for the traditional potluck dinner after rehearsal.

The unique part is that at the first rehearsal, cast member Jim Cook Jr. (Buddy Baxter) vowed in order to get healthy for the performance, to completely become a vegetarian. With this change of diet, it inspired other cast members to switch from the traditional covered dish meals to more healthier dishes! Below are pictures of the leftovers...

This dish, by Jessaca Wilford (Peggy Evans) is a completely vegan rendition of spinach and sausage casserole. It included fresh cut spinach, faux mozzarella cheese, and faux Italian sausage. 

This was a delicious non-meat version of traditional Matzoh Ball Soup. It was prepared by Joyce Massey (Mrs. Baker)

Jim Cook Jr (Buddy Baxter) made a traditional penne pasta dish sans the meat, an original recipe sauce that he developed while living in Italy. 

Director Walter A. Webster usually brings KFC fried chicken to covered dish dinners, but decided to make a switch to a healthier chicken-based dish by bringing personal Chicken Salads with Romaine lettuce, parmesan cheese, and cherry tomatoes.

Only two left!

No covered dish dinner is complete without a Veggie tray...

...or a fruit tray! That cream in the middle was so sweet and tasty!