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Is Opening Night really next week? Really?

The answer is YES! The show opens in 1 week!

My latest show, Sight Unseen, with Dignity Players opens on March 3 at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis. I can't believe it's it opens next week. It's been an interesting journey - we originally started rehearsing a different show but lost the rights - and it will be great to put it up before an audience!

The show is about Art in case the picture didn't tip you off!

A Month To Write: Results!

"Dear Playwright:
Thank you for submitting your play... I am sorry to say that your play has not advanced to the next round... We appreciated the opportunity to read your play... Thanks Again!"

The above notice was extracted from an email I received last night from a theatre company. If you've been keeping up with this blog recently then you remember that I used the month of January to write, revise and submit a ten minute One Act for production. Obviously, it will not be a part of the upcoming festival.

It's a little disappointing, but half expected. This theatre company has rejected scripts from mine in the past, and, unfortunately, their supportive and polite rejection emails don't really specify on the particulars. That just leaves me wondering about my script. Is it just not good? Was it too long? To difficult to stage? Did it go over their heads? Who knows? I'll probably never know, and that's how it often happens.

New Day

Yesterday was not my favorite day of the week, or the year for that matter. Important meetings I'd been stressing out about all week went off without a hitch. More meetings. 2nd job kicks in again but on a new day, Thursday, and then I'm late to rehearsal on top of that! Oh, and I felt completely unprepared for said rehearsal because of being preoccupied with everything else. It was a bit overwhelming!

Let's see if today runs any smoother.

I Shit You Not!

I heard 2 bits of radio news during my morning commute. Maybe this will prove educational and amusing.

The 1st being that this Saturday, 2/12/11, there are plans to stage a 'Nurse In' at Washington DC's Hirschhorn Museum. The protest is in response to a mother being asked to breastfeed her infant in the restroom, and thus having her rights violated, and DC’s 'Child’s Right to Nurse' Law disregarded. The participants have been dubbed 'LACTIVISTS'! Really!

Also, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the town is having a new government building constructed. The mayor decided to hold an online contest to name the building. The front runner in the contest is the name of a former Fort Wayne Mayor: MR. HARRY BAALS! Really!