September 13, 2008

  • It's been a while

    I apologize to those bored individuals who, like me, cruise sites on their down time looking for even the faintest whiff of something interesting to read. God knows you rarely read it here! Anyway, there is at last some movement in something other than my GI track. I had a very enjoyable dinner with Marco, one of my old pals from the NET last week. It was good to see him; it's been a while. Of course I frequently see his mama, but that's another story. Anyhow Marco is producing The Investigation, a play by Peter Weiss at the NET and asked if I'd be interested. Since we ate around the corner from the NET, I dropped by to pick up a script. I saw the Doyles and a couple of other friends and it was, all in all a good night.

    The Investigation is about the trial of captured Nazi guards and principals at Auschwitz. It is a bleak, bleak, show. Nevertheless there are some strong dramatic possibilities and I was thinking of seeing if they'd fit me in but then I got an email from Kitty G. at Kelsey asking me to try out for Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe. This has got to be one of my favorites. I would LOVE to do that show. Coupled with the fact that it's not a good time for me to do an intense rehearsal schedule ala the NET, I regretfully turned down the opportunity. I admire the fact that the NET is staging the show; it's not your usual community theater stuff.

    It's really good to have a couple of choices, even if it turns out I don't get anything. At least I'm working on a monologue again.

    To close, I'm sending a good thought to Chuck D. Hope all is well dude.