As I type on my Dell Inspiron refurbished laptop, a Christmas gift from 2003, I feel compelled to consider the purchase of a new computer. This one’s still working okay, if a bit slowly. In 2006, I upgraded the RAM to maximum capacity (1 gigabyte) and put a bigger hard drive in it, and that [...]

Last night’s callback with Workhaus for SadGrrl13 went swimmingly. Fun, friendly folks in attendance, including several former castmates. It’s always nice to see so many familiar faces in an audition, and it’s encouraging when they’re all such wonderful actors.
I read first with Zoe, which, despite our vast array of mutual friends, I hadn’t actually met until [...]

Yesterday was a full day.
I went to the day job until about 10:00 AM.
From there I went straight to the Playwrights’ Center to audition for a show with Workhaus Collective, which went really well.* They wanted a contemporary monologue, so I did my stand-by piece from Neil LaBute’s The Shape of Things (which probably had [...]

The Value of Life at the Science Museum continues to chug along quite nicely. Come see it! I perform on Saturdays with Jen Scott and Sundays with Stephanie Ray Long. We’ve been getting good crowds, and audiences have been quite affected by it. By and large, the response has been very positive, with comments to [...]

Final Weekend for Starting Gate’s production of:
The Sign in
Sidney Brustein’s Window
By Lorraine Hansberry
 
“The success of Starting Gate’s production is primarily due to director Lynn Musgrave. She is successful at creating action that keeps the talky, three-hour-long play moving and engaging.”William Randall Beard, Star Tribune“Starting Gate’s production, directed with fluid energy by Lynn Musgrave, is a strong [...]

Here’s another review of The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window, this time by David Hawley with the Pioneer Press. It’s more of the same (bad script,  but decent production), though I think this may be the most astute and well-reasoned evaluation of the material so far.
http://www.twincities.com//ci_8455280?IADID=Search-www.twincities.com-www.twincities.com

 
Next Monday night, March 10th, at 7:30 PM, I’ll participate in a staged reading of William Shakespeare’s Henry IV, part I. It’s a fundraiser for Team in Training, and it’s being organized by Eva Nelson. Here’s the e-mail Eva sent out about it:
What: Staged reading of Henry IV, part I
Where: Lowry Lab, 360 St. Peter St, [...]

Cheap theatre! Tomorrow night at 7:30 is the Pay What You Can, industry night performance of “The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window.”
Go to http://www.startinggate.org for more information. Or, y’know…look at my earlier posts.