Flood waters are thankfully starting to recede, and life is pretty good around these parts. RTSF is going well; we've had a nice peak in ticket sales this week, which was greatly needed. I saw the run of A Winter's Tale last night, which was for the most part quite good. Not crazy about the male lead, but his wife (who plays his wife in the show, ( Read more... )

As you may know, Iowa is a flooded mess. I've heard that over 80 of its 90-some counties have national disaster zones declared in them. Iowa City is still largely underwater. RTSF has moved to City High for its run, Summer Rep to West High, and I evacuated my apartment last week and am currently staying with Casey in Lindsey's old bedroom. Check ( Read more... )

 Flooding creates all sorts of complications in life. The first is moving Shakespeare Festival from City Park to the auditorium in City High! This require a lot of time, money, and general panic from everyone involved. I'm just thrilled we didn't have to cancel festival altogether, but this situation creates so much drama! Besides that, Dubuque is ( Read more... )