Monday TECH!

Today was our first tech day! It was at the PLAYHOUSE on the GREEN in Bridgeport, CT. LONG ASS DAY!!! Wow... I am tired. The adjunct photo is of me and my Stage Manager, Christine in front of the theatre. Tomorrow, our producers come from Florida! YIKES! I must go to sleep now;)-a

cheap laundry and jetting to Jersey

Last night, a few of my new friends and I had the pleasure doing a little communal laundry. What a pain doing laundry out of a suit case, (get used to it! right?) The laundromat wasn't as scary as the ones in New York and a load was much cheaper.


We are winding down our rehearsals here in the hotel and are preparing for tech rehearsals coming on Monday. The tech rehearsals will be at the Playhouse on the Green in Bridgeport. We just got word that we'll be leaving after tech rehearsal on Wednesday the 30th and be jetting to Jersey for a show on the 31st. Not sure if we'll be coming back to Hartford, CT for a show on February 1st or if that show was cancelled... or what the hell the deal is. Our "official" itinerary hasn't been given to us as of today. Apparently it's par to get the official schedule only a few days before we head out. Also, evidently nothing is set in stone;)

Here is the deal

Hey friends-Here is the deal. I haven't really had any extremely exciting new information to post. I would imagine that when I am on the road, everyday will be a new adventure and I will have news, news, and more news and you all will be enraptured by my posts every single day:) Days have been filled with rehearsals, costume fittings, crash courses in fencing (fighting with rapiers), cart-wheels, French dialects, "Buffalo Wild Wing Night", beer, hot-tubbing, ya know... the usual. Nothing much to take photos of. My day off was last Sunday and I had planned to go home, but decided not to. I will indeed be going back to the city this weekend (probably Saturday night), but won't be there very long. Just to tie up a few knots at the apartment. Other than that... keep the faith in the Andy-rew's blog! It will soon turn interesting!

el primero dia y noche

Today was my first day! It started rather early and is still kinda going... The trains were only a tad brutal. I arrived in Milford, CT (about an hour and a half from the city) a little after 9am. We had our first rehearsal and I must say, there is a lot of work to be done in the next two weeks. Outside it snowed a nice "snow globe" snow with little accumulation. After rehearsal we headed to happy hour and then I did a little hot-tubbing and now I am unwinding (okay, unwinding with a bit o' pinot noir). The rehearsals are in the hotel conference room, so that is nice but not really "theater-y". It might be very difficult once we have to actually project for a house of 1900. Hey, but ya know... touring is all about adapting to various venues. Tomorrow I have a costume fitting early, I get to meet my dialect coach!, (oui mon ami!) then on with the stage combat and more blocking! Sorry, no photo tonight! My photographic muse isn't afoot... either that or there really isn't anything to photograph! Ya'll know what a HoJo* looks like!



*Howard Johnson

a non sequitur, really

(read at lightning speed)have i taken care of what i need to?, have i told my roommate about all the bills?, have i told everyone goodbye?, do i have enough clothes packed?, is my sub-letter a psycho-killer?, does my land-lord really approve?, i get to see Marsha in Portland, Oregon!, am i bringing enough reading material?, how can i go without my Seinfeld DVDs?, how will i be able to have time to myself?, how will i not go crazy?, is this really what i want to do for the next four months?, will my plants die while i am away?, will i be able to save enough $doe?, what happens if i get the flu?, what happens if we get in a wreck?, i hope i don't lose Heather's computer!, will New York be the same when i get back?, what happens if my apartment self combusts?, who will walk the dog... (wait, i don't have one!), who will file my taxes on April 18th? or 15th or whatever the frick!, what kind of roach traps will we be staying in?, i wonder what Idaho is like?! i am going to forget my underwear and my toothbrush, (oh wait, then we can just pull over and get some!), i need to work more on my lines!, I get to spend a weekend with my old pal Jillian from Kearney in Savannah, Georgia!, i get to meet these new people! oh shit! the thoughts just keep running over! it's a non sequitur, really. a potpourri, if you will.

Heather is my friend

Today I went to Pennsylvania to meet with a friend to pick a laptop. (Thanks Heather!!!) Ms. Heather Wight pulled through for the Andy-rew again! She is letting me use her laptop for the tour. Thank God because the Andy-rew has become quite addicted to all this blogging, myface, spacebook, e-mail, sh-tuff. Tomorrow is my last day at my temp job! Woohooo! Working on my script, getting my sub-letter squared away on Friday, saying farewell to a few friends and packing is all that I need to do! Cross fingers now that nothing disastrous happens!!!

Less than a week!

So today is Tuesday the 8th of January, 2008. Might I add that it was above 60 degrees here in the city. What a great day to be outside! It felt like April or May! I know that it was a tease though! Especially for the New Yorkers that I am leaving behind in less than a week!

I am starting rehearsals for my Spring Tour with National Theatre for Arts and Education one week from yesterday in Milford Connecticut! I cannot believe how much my life has changed in the last three weeks. A lot of changes and a lot of planning has occurred. It could not have come at a better time! I was going to be back to pounding the pavement in January looking for another survival job, but instead I am going to be going on a 4 month tour. This tour business though... I am not so sure about it. We will not be back in the city until May and I am a little wierded out by the idea because it's the first time in my life that I am anywhere close to being a carney (carnival person). We shall see:)...