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 last night. The two scenes we read were good enough for Jeremy (the director) and Cory (the playwright) to keep me around, which was heartening. Later, I read with someone else, and the scene went extremely well. I left feeling extremely positive, but made a concerted effort not to get my hopes up.

Post-callback Pizza Lucé with Carin and Nick prevented me from audition-obsessing and was a lovely distraction from other things going on in my life right now. Over tasty beverages, pizza, and mostaccioli, Nick and I revisited our old idea for a play entitled The King Has Come, which is about a priest at a Catholic school who becomes obsessed with the idea that an unwitting junior high student is the Second Coming of Christ.* The idea occurred to me in college after I read one of those Church marquees that has snappy sayings, and Nick and I talked about writing it together, but we never followed it up. I think the central disagreement revolved around whether there would be a crucifixion scene. Carin agreed that it sounded like a show that her company Theatre Pro Rata would do. Frankly, the more I think about developing the play, the more I think it sounds like a would-be Martin McDonagh piece. I always back out of writing projects, because I don’t presume to have the chops, but maybe we should think about this.

* Do not steal this idea, especially if you’re going to write it faster and better than we would. Thank you.

!!!

Moments ago, I got the call.
I have been cast as Tyler,
a leading role in Workhaus Collective’s SadGrrl13
by Cory Hinkle, directed by Jeremy Wilhelm.
The show starts rehearsing in mid-May and runs in June at The Playwrights’ Center.
These guys are super cool, and I can’t wait to get started.

My mood has skyrocketed.
Nothing soothes troubles in your personal life
quite like successes in your professional one.
How very ’80s of me.