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What do I have to do, beg?

I know that I do a lot of theatre.  I won't apologize for that.  I've worked very hard to fulfill my primary dream of being a (constantly) working actor.  I should have been more specific and asked to be a highly paid working actor.  But baby steps.  And I know that I am always asking you, my four readers, and others to come to see my shows.  And I am so fortunate to have so many supportive friends who come to so many things.  And if I'm being honest, I probably don't see nearly as much (but I do see everything that I can).  But we have two more shows in this run, and we have like 80 available tickets out of like the 120 that we can seat on those two nights.  And I'd really like people to see this.  Here is why it is special:  This is Bill's full length directing debut.  We had a blast working together in crafting this thing, and I'm super proud of him for doing something this good for his first show. Tara was terrified...
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Because you're my favorite

Sorry to my 4 or 5 (five?  look at me getting all full of myself) loyal readers that I haven't blogged.  We opened the show this week.  And that means that I left out all of the painful rehearsal stuff that comes along with the infamous "end-of-my-career" phase of rehearsal.  Suffice it to say that Tara and I were both freaked out that not only would we destroy our careers, but that we would never learn our lines.  And here's the thing with that.  This play provides a unique challenge for actors.  Not only is it set on adjoining balconies with 90% of the action taking place with the two of us talking together from our own balconies, but we are also largely talking about the same things for most of the play.  It's a miracle that we know what scene we are in, much less our lines.  But we spent a lot of time outside of rehearsal working on the play.  I usually don't have to do that.  I'm very fortunate that I just remember words, but w...
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"That sounds like a good job..."

The next thing is here already.  I have been very fortunate to keep on keeping on.  I really haven't had a break in over a year.  And that's a good thing.  Just closed "Picasso" and have moved on to "The Balcony Scene."  So far this year is shaping up to be a year of doing really fun plays with people that I love.  So that's a win.  Picasso, of course, was a delight because I had Trisha and Rich and made some new friends.  Balcony has me getting to play with Tara, Greg, and Bill.  Some of the best people with whom to play. I also get to come home to Little Fish for this one.  I was around when we decided that doing Shakespeare by the Sea was so awesome that we needed to continue working together year round.  And we had a space (albeit a storefront) and we had some talented people. And we did some staged readings.  And then we did plays.  And then we got a new space.  And now we do 11 plays a year (in addition to t...
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