I am reminded, reading Heidi's entry: she offered to stage manage Midsummer for me. YES. Very grateful--I would welcome that kind of support. I was the default stage-manager for both AYLI and Sleeping in Tomorrow and it was a lot of extra energy I could've put toward being a better Rosalind or a better director. Especially in the case of *h*d ( Read more... )

Just had a nice long warm convo with Larry. He's so cool. We talked a bit about Sleeping in Tomorrow--we plan to have a longer discussion about it later but he said one thing he liked about Duncan's plays was how ambitious they were. He thought I did an excellent job directing it, especially considering what an eclectic cast (in terms of talent ( Read more... )

My coworker Wayne (another actor) came to see the show on Sunday, and we were talking about it in the copy room this afternoon. He said against the buildup of hatred I'd set for Asshud, that he didn't think he sucked that badly. However, he did say that he didn't get a chance to read the bios until after the show (he got there late) and said ( Read more... )

Saturday I was able to sleep late, until 12:30. I slugged around the apartment for awhile, struggling to wake up, and then I scrubbedscrubbedscrubbed the place. It is clean. Finally around 5:30 I left to get a manicure and pedicure. The thing is, when I sleep so late my day is cut in half and I can't do most of the things I want to. I couldn't ( Read more... )

Last night, after getting back from the game, I found an email from Peter, asking about the show and what time it gets out. Something like "I really want to see tomorrow's show but I need to know..." I replied, "You'll be out by 7:00." I checked this morning and he'd sent another one saying he'd gotten a commercial gig with some NBA guy (Tim ?-- ( Read more... )

Sleeping in Tomorrow opened yesterday. We had a final runthrough on Saturday and then a line-through yesterday afternoon before the performance. It went...okay. People got way too flustered because of stupid stuff--people were dropping lines, jumping them, Wael entered from the wrong doorway (on the other side of the stage, even). It's ( Read more... )

Tech rehearsal to day from 9 am-1pm. Three guesses as to who wasn't there until I called him and woke him up? Yeah. He was driving Sue and me nuts today--I've noticed she and I are reacting identically to him. Everyone dislikes him to some degree but she and I are on the exact same pinpoint of exasperation. I've started throwing in little ( Read more... )

Today we have our first tech rehearsal from 3-6, after which I am free to get a massage and, in defiance of the linked study below, a tan. I may hit a couple of clothes stores as well. I love getting out of work early. Time, such a wonderful thing...And then I'll hit the grocery store and get yummy things to eat.

To all in Sleeping in Tomorrow ( Read more... )

Thursday evening after rehearsal Sue, Jason, Paul and I went to a real divy place on 9th Avenue, between 42nd Street and Port Authority. Jason said the last time he'd gone there, they saw a drunk guy passed out on the floor who was being tossed out. Sounded good to me. The drinks were strong and relatively cheap, but no food so I trekked next ( Read more... )

Again with the accents--I finally put my foot down because Ehud was really starting to annoy me with the elaborate justifications. Sue again backed me up by talking about the difference between actual accents and stage accents, and illustrated it admirably with a demonstration of an actual Brooklyn accent which was well-nigh incomprehensible. ( Read more... )