My Classes (potentially boring for non-theater students): This is the first semester I've taken all theater classes. I'm taking Playwriting, World Drama II, Topics in Dramaturgy:Modern European Drama, and Performance Perspectives. Basically all I do is read and write plays, and research theater artists and movements. All the classes really ( Read more... )

tonight susie and I ate eggnoodles and mashed carrots and frozen strawberries and a glass of red wine. Lovely. We also watched Daria. Oh, I love the Suze. But I must say that I feel homesick in a dozen directions. Buenas todos.

"Jonathan? Jonathan? We wanna know somethin ( Read more... )

Well, I'm finally working. I'm training at Starbucks, I have a couple of paid ushering jobs lined up at the Majestic next week. And yesterday I just found out that the Improv Asylum is going to hire me for regular paid ushering starting in July. Right now it's about 5 a.m. and I'm getting ready for day 3 of training. Almost 1/3 done! yay paid ( Read more... )

Sometimes, walking down the street, I feel oppressed by the surge of people around me. Boston is a city. But it's a small city, and so, the city rules of behavior toward other people sometimes feels awkwardly inappropriate. I walk down the sidewalk in Brookline, taking in the passersby: glimpsing faces, semi-consciously noting their clothes, ( Read more... )

Well, to contrast my incredible theater experience at the BCA on Saturday, I saw a horrble play in Somerville on Sunday afternoon. I got a late start on my way out there. I took the C train to Park Street and transferred to the redline, which was under construction, so I had to get on a bus to Cambridge and then back on the train to Davis Square ( Read more... )

Well, I saw a lot of naked men today. Probably more naked men than I've ever seen in my life. I'm at least sure that I've never seen so many men naked at the same time. I heard that when the show first opened a good number of old people were so scandalized that they walked out of the theater(I know my Grandma wouldn't have. She knows what's ( Read more... )

I met Susie at the airport this afternoon with my bag of tricks. Apples for the airport, spaghetti for dinner, and a complete program of 50 Boston area theater companies. I forgot to ask Suze which airline she was coming in on, but I tracked her down pretty easily. She has a great big apartment in JP that she's sharing with a couple of grad ( Read more... )

If I may moan in despair at the weather in Boston, I will: oooooooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOO. Why? (shivers, fumbles with key, scuffs wet sneakers across the matt, thinks about weeping, props up broken navy blue umbrella behind door, thinks about tea, glowers, pours too much laundry detergent into the machine, eats spaghetti while on the phone with ( Read more... )

My roommate Evan has been watching Hawaii Fantasy Millionaire Vacation for the past HOUR. The man watches a lot of TV. Tomorrow he leaves for a Caribbean sailing vacation with his family. And I'M going to see Robert Dulgarian ( Read more... )