Theatre Weekend

I spent a lot of time at the theatre this weekend. Here’s a weekend in review: Thursday – Counterpoint/Theatresports show This was the first show of the new year, and the the first time we’ve played since the beginning of December. I felt quite...

Romeo and Juliet

As I was getting ready for work today, I watched a bit of the 1968 movie version of Romeo and Juliet on TV. It is exactly what I needed to see, since this Thursday’s Counterpoint show will almost certainly see me doing a Shakespeare scene. One of the players on...

The Experiment

Friday night’s show was a thrown together in a week, because of last-minute availability of the theatre. There was practically no advertising for the show. Even so, we had pretty good audience attendance. The cast included me, Garry Sled, Gary Reid, Brian Cook,...

Improv practices

Laura was sick, and unavailable to coach Affirmative Action today. So, we just sat on the floor and told stories about our lives. I think it’s important that we get to know each other so we can play better with each other. The stories turned into heavy...

Saturday stuff

I did a workshop at the Staircase Theatre today. It was ok, since I’ve been feeling slightly rusty lately. I enjoyed the opportunity to play with some open scenes. Nothing struck me as being particularly genius. I had a fun silent scene with KPR in which he...

Affirmative Action practice

KPR was our guest coach today, due to a doorbell malfunction at Laura’s house this morning. We thought Laura had forgotten about us, but it turns out she couldn’t hear the doorbell when Mart rang it, so he thought she wasn’t home. 😐 Anyway, we took...