Equity Monday
After a 5 week rehearsal process that took Friday as the day off, it feels oddly right to be back to Equity Mondays. Having Monday off just feels more like the laundry, grocery shopping, errand day that I've known single-days-off to be. Friday felt different and not productive and not nearly as long as Monday. Maybe it was just at SSC, but when everyone come back on Tuesdays it really did feel like a new week beginning. Everyone wanted to know what you'd done with your day and everyone was a bit more there. Fridays just felt like I missed rehearsal or something.
It seems silly, but I'm happy I'm back in sync with the rest of the theater world.
Sundays
Because our day off is now back to Equity Mondays, Sundays are a little silly here at Sherlock Holmes. The week is long and Sundays are longer, with both a matinee and a night show. Everyone is feeling it by Sunday, whatever it might be.
There were some prime moments today and my favorite may have been watching Gary dance about the greenroom in his Spirit 2/Oscar Wilde costume. (Side note: I may be falling in best friend love with Gary Powell. The man just makes me smile so wide, so often. And every time he sees for the first time that day he says my name like it's been years.)
And then - "Embrace your inner bitch. Never apologize for it. Until the turd in the punch bowl gets too gross. Then apologize." - my lead actor
And then - "Embrace your inner bitch. Never apologize for it. Until the turd in the punch bowl gets too gross. Then apologize." - my lead actor
And then, of course, there was the ever entertaining Moments After the Show with the Stage Management Team.
Lauren and I recorded a beautiful rendition of "Oh Tenanbuam" for Nate to use as his ring tone and Tozzi just gave us that look she loves to give us.
Lauren and I recorded a beautiful rendition of "Oh Tenanbuam" for Nate to use as his ring tone and Tozzi just gave us that look she loves to give us.
(I also overheard Amy say today that if anybody could turn Matt straight, it'd be her. You go, Glen Coco.)
What I'm Reading
I have just re-started the first book in Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series. I have read this particular book three times before, and the first six books of the series once through. I am going to re-read them all in preparation for FINALLY reading the seventh installment and let me tell you: I am SO GOD DAMN EXCITED. I love these books in a very serious way, which I had kind of forgotten.
There are seven books worth of absolute joy awaiting me and I am thrilled.
There are seven books worth of absolute joy awaiting me and I am thrilled.
A note on last night's post
Yes, I was drunk.
Yes, I was a little surprised to see it this morning
and Yes, it made me laugh.
Mona says she liked my commitment to my blog, to write at such a time.
Mona says she liked my commitment to my blog, to write at such a time.
Just because actors aren't there doesn't mean the theater is dark. The technicians who work as hard as you do to make the show happen will be there from morning until night. Comments like "the theater will be dark as a door-nail" is why designers and technicians resent the self-righteousness of performers who see our work as unimportant and inconvenient.
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