Deanna Swanson:
CLASS OF 1981
Norview High SchoolClass of 1981
Norfolk, VA
Deanna's Story
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My Spouse
For several years, John & I had done shows at 3 of the same theaters, but never met becase we were never cast in the same show! After comparing notes, we realised that often he would do one production, I would do the next, and he would do the one after that, etc. We just missed each other! Several times we were supposed to be cast in the same show, but for one reason or another one of us couldn't do it, so we almost met. Once I was asked to do The Mystery of Edwin Drood at The Warner, but couldn't do it because I was already cast in The Secret Garden at The Producing Guild (they ran concurrently), and John was asked to be in Secret Garden but couldn't because he was already committed to doing The Mystery of Edwin Drood...Expand for more
! Too bizarre! Finally, we were cast opposite each other in Private Lives at The Producing Guild. The 1st rehearsal we started Act I, scene I, which called for much kissing! By the secong kiss (the 1st one just being a little peck) I thought "This is going to be good!" The 3rd kiss (big long one) I thought "This is going to be GREAT!" The whole story of our meeting was so cool that we made a little 15-min program of it as part of our wedding ceremony (9/9/00) when we were married on the stage of The Warner Theatre in Torrington, CT! All of our friends who sing sat in the 1st 2 rows, and sang along with us at the conclusion of the wedding in our "big finale", Make Our Garden Grow (from Candide). That was the most incredible moment!
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