"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 the 2 Shakespeare plays we do in the parks every summer).  I love our little theatre.  We defied the odds last year by weathering the literal storms that rained all over our electrical system.  We had a great season last year, and it is shaping up to be even better this year. 

Balcony Scene is the story of a guy who lives his own quiet life in a Chicago apartment, when a woman moves in next door and changes everything.  It's sweet and funny.  And I get to play (as Tara put it) my facebook persona.  The guy that is super angry and hates people.  And like my facebook persona, I hate people for the right reasons.  People in general, are awful.  But there are so many specific people that I love that it seems to balance the scales. 

So that's the intro to Balcony Scene.  We are a little over a week in and things are shaping up.  I have lots of words to learn, and there's a cool fight scene I get to choreograph.  But we are finding out what this thing is.  And that's always a fun thing to explore with friends.

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