july, july, july, it never seemed so strange

Well it was an interesting month, let me tell ya.

I was in the Sunburns Theatre Co. production of Dark Play, or Stories for Boys.  I wasn't a huge fan of the script, but it gave me both a good deal of experience in playing a myriad of characters in a single show, plus I have a newfound respect for the art of the quick-change.  It came right down to the wire for a few of them.

Meanwhile, I co-instructed the Frontiers Theatre Workshop this year, which was awesome.  We had 25 high school kids from around the world come in and put on some shows.  I directed five of them (Mike, Molly, Matt, Sam, and Andy, with Niki as a stage manager) in At the Gates of Valhalla, a fun show about Vikings trying to get into Valhalla.  They had a lot of fun with it, and it was really amazing to see how far everyone came in just a week and a half.

It warmed my heart to see that the warmup game Father Abraham was such a hit that most of the kids brought it back with them and it's started spreading like wildfire.  Ninja, too (apparently one night they got most of the Frontiers program to play a massive game of it).  Here's hoping these guys come back again, maybe even as students someday.

Meanwhile meanwhile, I finished up my work study in the Theatre Technology Office on Friday, and got to show Riky Stone the ropes yesterday.  I'm super-psyched for her (she's the new Administrator of Theatre Technology), and in working with her in the past I'm sure she's gonna do an amazing job.  Now it's time for me to get a new / real-person job.

And that brings us to now.  I'm sitting waiting to grab a bite with Steve before ten of us prepare for the long trek to Indianapolis for Gen Con Indy.  Something Remote is playing there at 7:30pm on Friday, and we are buckling down to get people to come.  14-hour road trip each way makes this a six-day adventure to the far reaches of the Eastern Time Zone.

I'm gonna be doing my best to blog throughout the week, so keep an eye out for me, will ya?  And you can check out my Something Remote-related updates at EarthsMightiest.com, where there will be daily posts about the Indy adventure.

Stay tuned!
  rickie-d