Busy with babies and plays (With a special message)

July 24, 2008

Hello again. It’s been a little while since I’ve written an actual blog post and I thought I’d let everyone know why I was neglecting you.

Work has been a little hectic with quite a few things changing recently, and out of the blue I was called to audition for an understudy role at Circle Theatre for their next production Unnecessary Farce.

The actor who was doing the role (a very good friend of mine, and an excellent actor, David Fluitt) came down with an inner-ear infection and couldn’t work. The director Robin Armstrong cast me as the understudy, and after it was confirmed that David wasn’t going to be able to come back to the production, the role was recast with me.

That was the Sunday before last.

Since then I’ve been in rehearsals in the evening and at work during the day, including the all-day parenting classes Dana and I attended on Saturday and Sunday as well as the baby shower we had the Saturday before. The only time I’ve had off was Sunday night after 5.

Not that I’m complaining. But, now you probably have a better idea of where I’ve been.

Unnecessary Farce is a contempary american farce. Picture one of those old commedies where seven or eight people chase each other into a motel hallway ,everyone runs into a different room and then they switch rooms, throwing up their arms in surprise everytime they run into the person chasing them. That gives you an idea of the flavor although it certainly isn’t indicative of the actual plot.

Here’s the description of my character from the Unnecessary Farce website:

TODD (male, speaks with a Scottish accent): a professional hitman. Cool, quiet, and perceptive when at his best, but more frequently an angry Scotsman — and the angrier he becomes, the thicker his accent gets, until he is entirely indecipherable.

It’s a lot of fun and I hope you get a chance to come see it.

Also, I mentioned the baby shower earlier. It was amazing and Dana and I were both overwhelmed by how many people came out. We got a lot of great stuff that’ll help with starting our little family, but we’re still short a few important things.

We still need a stroller, car seat, crib mattress, and all of those little things that it’s easy to over look. We’re going to be buying these things over the next couple of weeks, but they’re extremely expensive for a young art couple, and I wanted to provide a way for friends/family with a little spare cash to chip in.

We would really appreciate any help you can give, from pennies to million-dollar bills. I’m going to set up a page on this site, but I wanted to mention it here too.

So, thanks if you can and we still love you if you can’t.