Bug-Eyed

I have to confess that this is how I feel today. It's been a long, hard week, and there's still one more rehearsal to get through. But we're doing really good work, I think, and the show is shaping up. It's such a joy to watch Grace and David as they develop the relationship between their characters. They're both such talented actors that I can't help but marvel at them as they work through it. I'm very lucky, I think, to be able to share the process with them, and be included in their company.

One little disappointment from this past week.... Philadelphia's version of the Tony awards, The Barrymores had nominations announced, and Picasso was overlooked, except for a nomination for overall production. I feel bad for the cast - not leastwise me - because I think that we did some really excellent work on that show, and it deserved the recognition. Awards of this sort really aren't all that important in regional theater - it's not like on Broadway where a nomination can sell tickets - but that doesn't make it sting any less when you don't get the recognition you think you deserve. Alas, however, I've been saying for years that I'm not really in it for the recognition, so I should probably shut my trap about the whole thing, huh?

I had considered taking a bus up to New York to visit my friend Toni Schlemmer - she's working on a project in New Jersey for her employer. But this week has been pretty wicked-hard, and so I'm putting it off until next week, or maybe even the week after. Next week is the beginning of tech rehearsals, so I suspect I'm gonna be pretty whacked out then, too.

One of the nice things to report is that I got to see my friend Maggie Siff before she took off for a weekend at the shore, and even more permanently for her first year of grad school back in New York! Very exciting for her! And the even nicer part is that I'll be able to see her more often when I'm back in New York myself.

Okay, I'm off to spend some quality time with my script... the playwright, Craig Wright, is coming in on the 30th to see our progress, and I need to know the script word-perfect. Word-perfectly?