December 25, 2007

  • A Slow Year
    Yikes! It's the end of 2007 and I have been in only TWO SHOWS. Mon Dieu! I mean the year before I was in 6 or 7 (okay, that was a bit much, but two?) It wasn't for lack of trying. I did audition and/or put out feelers but the only bites were Breaking Legs and Christmas Carol. I know a big part of it is taking off the summer. I know I could have fit one, possibly two more shows in without being pressed. Unfortunately it seems that I will probably be on the same track next year unless something shakes free in the next couple of weeks. All the shows I'm looking at go up in May. After that it would be fall again at the soonest. Well, I may just do a summer show; as long as it doesn't rehearse on weekends; or not too many of them.

    I only miss acting when I think about it. Of course I think about it all the time. The closer I am to the end of the last show, the more I miss being in a new one. So the feeling is most intense right now. Nevertheless, I will hold with my decision not to take roles about which I'm not excited just to be in something. That feels even worse than not acting. I could have been in several other productions this year but in roles I just didn't feel excited about.  It was nice to be asked but I don't regret the decisions.

    There are three shows coming up that might have good roles for me: Bat Boy at Haddonfield; Three Penny Opera for Pierrot Productions at Kelsey and The Full Monty for Cheng/Ferrara, also at Kelsey. I'd love to get back to Kelsey but I might have a better shot at Haddonfield. I've never worked for either Pierrot or C/F and they both have "regulars," whom they like to use. I'm getting aggravated so it's time to say "Goodnight Gracie."