First Farrah, then Michael, now Billy Mays died? Weird - this has been a weird week ( Read more... )

  2:15 - Was told I needed to move all of my belongings out of the Parrish house and into a new house. Also needed to stay until 3:00 to preset for tonight's rehearsal ( Read more... )

  Wow! One scene left to block? Amazing. But rehearsaltoday is 10am-10pm, so for managment 9am-11pm. Looong day ( Read more... )

A quick lunchtime update - these were notes I took that I wanted to at least mention here ( Read more... )

From 10:30 last night:

As I sit on the stone terrace, listening to the cows moo a few hundred yards away and watch a dad and his two sons fish and prepare to swim in the freshwater lake a few hundred feet away, it hits me - “Toto, I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore.” This whole experience (outside of rehearsal) is so surreal. I’m Scarlett O’Hara ( Read more... )

  Lunch break! (I had half a turkey sandwich and a couple tortilla chips - that shouldn't be filling.) Breakfast was 3/4 piece of wheat toast. I also grabbed a banana for a rehearsal snack. Maybe that'll be dessert ( Read more... )

  It's lunch break, so I figure I'll write a bit ( Read more... )

  I know I was going to write last night when I got back to the Theater House. Doesn't work very well if the internet is out, as I learned.
  Last night on my drive home from the Theater House to the Parrish House I crossed paths with a rabbit and a tiny deer, both within a minute of getting out of the driveway. It's amazing how wild everything is ( Read more... )

  Elize is NOT living in the same house, so no carpooling there. However, the SM (Lisa Marie) is in the room adjacent to mine. BUT! We both need to drive, as the singers are relying on others for rides, and she and I are the only ones with vehicles. Oh my!
  Elize's mom is a chiropractor! Now to convince her to travel from Brooklyn to Castleton so I ( Read more... )

  I have just been informed that rehearsals begin tomorrow (even though we'll be short a cast member or two for a few days) at 10:30. Internet access in available at the rehearsal space, which is 20 minutes away from the Theater House. Not sure about cell phone service yet, but it's not looking likely. The stage manager is lovely - very helpful and ( Read more... )