to all the cast members of roundhouse:
it's strange to think that one of you might actually be here, sitting at your computer, reading this. actually, it's more than strange; it's really, really freaky. to think the actual cast of roundhouse, people i love, are at this website put up in 72 hours...yah, it's more than freaky. but enough of my babbling. i don't know where to begin, really. i don't know how to say everything i want to without sounding like a hallmark card. but i'll do my best, and i guess i'll have to trust you to believe me.
to say that roundhouse was a great show would be an understatement. to say i look up to you would be cutting it short. roundhouse wasn't just a great idea for a tv show- it was fun. and you don't find a lot of really fun shows around anymore.
you know, it makes me sad to think that so many people don't know about roundhouse, don't know about the incredible 12 people who have so much talent in them. i wish there was a way to shout it to the tv producers, to make them listen to me, to make them re-air roundhouse. there have been several petitions and letters going out to the big shots...none of which have worked. so i've given up all hope of writing to them, and have decided to simply focus on thanking those that i hope will listen to me- the original cast of roundhouse.
thanks- in no particular order:
the band - thank you for four season's worth of great music. without you, there'd have been no bumper music, no song music, no travelling music. roundhouse just wouldn't have worked if you hadn't been there, adding music to the mix. thank you so much.
mark david - this is just a reminder, we haven't forgotten you. you know how hard it is to find information on you? it's next to impossible. but no matter where you are, where you've gone to, we want to tell you thanks. thanks for everything.
julene renee - your flexibility leaves us astounded, as does your comedic talent. watching you in school play never fails to leave us giggling. you brightened roundhouse with your fashion and smile. thank you so much. roundhouse wouldn't have been the same without you.
alfred carr, jr. - one of the two famous breakdancing boys. you'll always be remembered for playing the little shop teacher of horrors. maybe we'll make it out to california and get to see you and your cousin performing. thank you!
shawn daywalt - to the resident roundhouse "mom", thank you. thanks for being dr. laurita currins. thanks for making sure ivan looked his best when doing the mother's day announcement, for taking his temperature, and for being such a great parent. i bet you're a great mom in real life. keep performing! we miss you!
david sidoni - thank you for being our favorite bully and an absolutely horrific stage mother. you have amazing backflips- keep dancing! thank you for my autographed pictures, and for being so nice. i hope someday to meet you. i'd love to be able to talk with you about your views on society's bullies today.
micki duran - are you still dancing? i hope so, because you KICK. and you better never, ever cut your hair or dye it or do anything to it. you are so beautiful! thank you for playing cindy cheevers, and being a psychic. thank you for being on roundhouse!
seymore willis green - the other half of the infamous breakdancing boys! thank you for lending your talent to roundhouse. the show wouldn't have been the same without you. you still have your phone sneakers? those things are great!
natalie nucci - it always makes me smile watching you on tv trial, playing with your glasses. it's so much fun watching you befriend your buttocks, and wearing your fake lips. you need to perform in something on the east coast- we want to see you too! thank you for everything!
john crane - to the lazy dad, thank you. thanks for your words of wisdom about barbequeing and your willingness to give advice to your son ["does a bear have a broad butt?"]. it's so much fun watching you pop up from no where in the public service announcement during school daze. keep writing and singing and, of course, making us laugh!
crystal lewis - to the woman who inspires me to dream- thank you, thank you, thank you. thank you for not caring about what others thought, for singing so many great songs, and for dancing in the salsa bumper! you should've danced more. even though you have moved on past acting and into a career of singing, we will always remember you for your talent in the field of theatre.
ivan dudynsky -i feel inadequate writing a thank you to you, since you are "alley's guy", but i'll do my best. thank you for being lewis the band geek, and for being so loyal to your friends. thank you for choreographing so many of the roundhouse episodes. thank you for dancing in every single bumper in the first season. thank you for all your plaid-ness. thank you for all your suck lines, giving us something to yell at people/things that annoy us. if anyone doesn't think you're a great guy...well, they suck 16-bit microchips, cafeteria food, mistle toe, *and* hosewater, all in one.
note from alley - i have a zillion million things to say to you, ivan, and no way to say them without making an idiot of myself. ditto what jewel said, and an extra thank-you from me.
and finally...
dominic lucero -now i feel *really* unqualified to write something to you. you know your fans are crazy when they write to a dead person, right? i know you'll never read this, never know how much i admire, respect, and look up to you. it's not easy to deal with that, you know? i've loved you since i first saw newsies. and now to try and thank you...here goes. thank you for everything. Everything. thank you for all your amazing dancing. if only i could dance like you... thank you for playing dylan mark chadley [dylan mark chadley! three*three*three names in one!], and for playing so many great Anykids. i hope that you are in Heaven, and someday i'll be able to see you and tell you how much you mean to me. thank you, from the bottom of my heart.
i'm assuming you *know* this already, but i've learned never to assume anything. if you'd ever like to drop us a line or talk to us on IM, we'd be floored. we'd love to add an interview section to the site, if we had reason to. most of all, we'd just appreciate knowing that somehow, you found this site. if we know that even one of you knows how much we appreciate what you've done, it'll all be worth it.
