Lord Wensleydale's Last High Tea

Lord Wensleydale's Last High Tea
Directed by	Parallelogramophonograph
Cast	Alex Baia Thedward Blevins Jon Bolden Bridget Brewer Halyn Lee Erickson Emma Holder Mia Iseman Madeline M. Jordan T. Maxwell Jayme Ramsay Peter Rogers Irene White
Run	Saturday April 27 2013

Lord Wensleydale's Last High Tea was an improvised, interactive farce performed as part of Digestible Feats in the 2013 Fusebox Festival.

It was presented by Parallelogramophonograph, who were in charge of the theatrics, and pastry chef Jodi Elliot, who was in charge of the food.

Summary

This was a high tea held at the Umlauf Sculpture Garden. The paying guests were, according to the show's conceit, the guest of Lord Wensleydale, who had invited them all to high tea to make a very special announcement.

All cast members wore period costumes and white makeup. Some were "guests", and sat among the paying customers. Others were "servants", who worked the event. Cast members interacted with the audience and with each other (typically with the guests abusing the servants).

Several events punctuated the high tea. Shortly after the first course, a father and son from Germany, the high tea's honored guests, arrived at the venue. Towards the end of the event, Lord Wensleydale announced that he was marrying his daughter off to the younger German gentleman. Finally, his daughter rejected that arrangement, and ran off with the head servant.

Cast

"Guests"

• Jon Bolden
• Halyn Lee Erickson
• Emma Holder
• Mia Iseman
• Madeline M.
• Jordan T. Maxwell
• Peter Rogers
• Irene White

"Servants"

• Alex Baia
• Thedward Blevins
• Bridget Brewer
• Jayme Ramsay

More Information

• An Austin Chronicle preview of the event.
• The Fusebox page about the event.
• A review of the event.