July Medicine 2018

While Good Medicine takes a hiatus in July, plenty of things are happening this summer!

THE GOOD MEDICINE SPECIALISTS PROGRAM

• Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Our June visit included a super hero theme! Patients, siblings and passersby got to create their own super hero or villains and battle the Good Medicine Specialists. This involved lots of fun falling down and silly antics from the Specialists, Dr. WizARD, Dr. Gooey, Ralph, the Therapy Dog and moi, Nurse Nutz. July will include visits to the Club House, a special place for siblings of patients. Because patients need so much attention, often puts siblings in tough situations as well. The Club House at NCH is a special place where all the attention and fun is showered on them. We are thrilled to be a part of it.

• The Senior Living Program

We are ecstatic to announce that the Targeted Funds for Elderly Populations of the Columbus Foundation awarded the Good Medicine Specialists a grant to fund our senior living program. This includes not only funding our programs in Westerville and Dublin but also a brand-new facility we hope to secure by the fall. We are honored to receive funding from such a prestigious organization in central Ohio.

• A New Specialist

Good Medicine hired a brand new Specialist to the team. Welcome Jesse Pimpinella. Stay tuned for the reveal of his new doctor character!

• Professional Development

Besides our bi-monthly rehearsals, the Good Medicine Specialists have a yearly retreat to focus on all things silly. This included performance workshops in clown, mime, movement and partnerships and a road trip to Cincinnatti to see the Imaginez Ensemblez in their show Take Flight at the Cincy Fringe Festival!

GOOD MEDICINE SUMMER CAMP

• Wizards Unite Camp
  

In mid-June GMP launched our first annual summer theater camp. In this week-long half-day camp, the theme was Wizards Unite, inspired by the world of Harry Potter. Twenty-one Children ages 7 to 11 got their very own wand, were sorted into the various houses of Nifflers, Pygmy Puffs and the Bowtruckles, and received an apothecary kit of potion material like Mermaid hair and Narwhal breath. The end of the week culminated into a magical performance from the young wizards which included a broom dance, a talent show of  their original wizard characters and the Wizard Camp alma mater and much more! This was all the brain-child of the magical Professor WhooPee Pie Biscuit (aka Pamela Chermansky) our talented guest artist from Chicago. Feedback was fabulous and we intend to do it again next summer as well!
 
 
THE SUMMER FUNDRAISER

• Pie in the Face!

Westerville 4th Fridays give the Good Medicine Specialists an opportunity to engage the community with our playful antics. This includes throwing some pies at us.  For a fee of course! All proceeds go to the Pediatric and Senior Living program. Find us every 4th Friday in Westerville through September.
 
 
PUBLIC PERFORMANCE

• Gearing up for Uptown Scrooge

Believe it or not, summer is the time we start putting the bah humbugs in motion for our annual production of Uptown Scrooge. In June we secured our fabulous new stage manager, Tara Smith. She was our very first intern in our very first year. We are thrilled to have her on board. Now we’re looking to secure new businesses for performance venues. Uptown Scrooge is never the same. Auditions are August 25 and 26. You can find more information on that here.
 
 
WHEW! SUMMER IS STILL GOOD MEDICINE!
 
LOVE TO ALL!
Nurse Nutz