It is Shrew, Shrew, all the time Shrew right now.  We are swinging into the meat of rehearsals, I'm trying to get off-book, and our fundraising campaign has 10 days left in it, and we are just under half way there.  So here's where I start begging ( Read more... )

It's that time of year in SoCal when all the citrus trees are simultaneously bearing fruit and blooming.  The jasmine has also started blooming and there is another tree that has small white flowers that smell like they should be pink.  The air, especially at night, is so rich and fragrant right now, it is a pleasure to walk the dog.  I take off my ( Read more... )

So I had a eureka moment tonight, fittingly enough, in the bathtub.

( It wasn't about the displacement of mass, however. )

Hey all!

My theater company, Babes With Blades, is having an on-line eBay auction as a fundraiser.  I know these are tough times, but these items are all small and goddess knows, you will mostly likely get them for much much less than they are worth.  So peruse and bid for a good cause!

http://s283.photobucket.com/albums/kk303/LeighBee66/eBay% ( Read more... )

I was talking to Richard, an esteemed British fight director, and I asked him if he ever acted in live theatre anymore.  He said he didn't, because all of the fun and creativity happened during the rehearsal process, and was done by the time opening night rolled around.  At the time, I thought:  Wow, that's shallow!  And wrong!  But lately, I've ( Read more... )

So I open my next show on Saturday night - we had our first preview last night, and have previews each night until opening.  The morning after our opening night (and I do mean morning - 7am in fact) I fly to LA to go condo shopping.  It will be an extremely full four days there, and I have to find a place in that time frame.  So, HUGE week ahead of ( Read more... )

A quote from the show I'm working on, The Autumn Garden, with Eclipse Theater ( Read more... )