Summerstock is in full swing!!!

It's been three weeks since my last post and that is because I have been busy doing my summer theater at Canterbury Summer Theatre in Michigan City, IN. First of all, the kids I'm with are such a blast. I'm serious, two weeks and we have bonded so much, of course more so with the kids who were here last year.

We closed Bedroom Farce by Alan Ayckbourne this weekend, in which I played Nick. This was one of the best shows I have ever gotten to participate, so much fun. Our director Rick was very smart with the show and the cast was just phenomenal. The review of the show came out in the Michigan City News Dispatch this Friday! Quote: "...so polished in its first show of the season... Bedroom Farce takes its time and the rewards are plenty." Ooh, and about me! "... the role gives him (that's me!) the chance to unleash a stellar deadpan..." Three cheers for Bedroom Farce!

We open Little Women the Musical this Wednesday. Eek. We need to move along a little faster with this show, but I think we will be alright. It's an odd show, not very well written, but you know, deal with what you have in this situation, right?

So yeah, that's where I am right now. Oh yeah, the quote. We were getting notes from our director for Bedroom Farce and he stopped and stared at his notepad. We all stared back expectantly and finally he just goes, "Oh... Eskimo..." We all just look at each other like whaaaat? Apparently he had written the word eskimo and couldn't read it. One of many many MANY funny moments of the summer though.

Moral of the story: Get outside of Trinity and try things with some other people who like doing the same things as you. You will learn so much from them about what you like to do, make connections, and get a whole new perspective on your craft.

That's all I have for now. Catch you later!

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So I saw a play the other day at University of Houston consisting of interviews with GLBT citizens of Houston turned into monologues and scenes. At the end of the play there was a talkback, so I asked a question. "I have a question for the playwright. The second vignette, you took an interview and turned it into a scene. How much did you have to fill in the blanks and was that a challenge?" Everyone on the opposite side of the room was like "Oh, that's a great question, oh yeah." Everyone on my side of the room (aka All of my friends): "Tch, theater geek..." After the show one actually came up to me and said "You and your big words." I went "... What, vignette? It's two syllables." He didn't quite know what to say. Ah well, at least I have friends who know what vignette means.

The past few weeks have mainly consisted of catching up with my friends in Houston before I head to Indiana for my summerstock job. I've gotten to see lots of friends from high school, from church, from a loooooong time ago, etc. It's nice to set aside just that amount of time to do that.

I also have gotten to do something I haven't had the chance to do in a while: Dungeons and Dragons. Hell yes, I am a D&D geek, and proud of it. Shut up, if you got started on it, you would defend it too.

So yes, I don't have much to say about my happenings lately, but once I head up north, you will have a rockin blog to check out. Until then, enjoy summer!

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