A Year of Theater

            I was going thru old e-mails last night (My exciting life), and found one that I had sent to John Beane. In the message, I told John that I hadn’t acted in a long time (2 and a half years) and was looking to get back into it. I was practically begging.

            The sent date was June 22^nd, 2004.

            Wow. Really? Has it been only a year?

            September was “The Importance of Being Earnest” at the Muck for the Orange County Theater Festival

            October was “Madam Guignol’s Macabre Theater: Hellhouse” at the Hunger Artists

            December was “Last Chance Festival” & “Searching for Americana”, both at Hunger Artist

            January was “Othello”

            March, “Marat.Sade”

 

            Holy Crap. 6 shows. Well, five and a half, The Last Chance we did in a week. I haven’t been this busy since college.

            Life has changed a lot in the last year (as any of you who have read this Blog must be aware), but it has improved in a lot of ways. I have a place where I feel like I belong. I have more friends than before. There are people who feel they can count on me, which might be the sweetest thing of all. After a Decade of Slack, I feel like I’m starting to be the person that I want to be, the one I know I can be.

            I post a lot of dark depressing stuff up here, but it’s not all like that. When I’m feeling good, I don’t write. Isn’t that strange?

            So, thank you, John Beane

            Thank you, Kelly Flynn

            Thank you, Kim Fisher

            Thank you, Katie Chidester

            Thank you, Glendele Way-Agle

            Thank you, Shannon Flynn

            Thank you again, Glen (I think you get me…)

 

            And the rest of you Band of Rogues, Thank you for a wild, chaotic year.

            I can’t wait to see what the next one will be like…

 

            JHO