Happy Birthday to my Dad!  :)

Ooof!  I have really been slacking on the blog again.  Sorry...my bad!

First of all, our play, "Placing Out," was a huge success.  We were only scheduled to do one performance but we had such an overwhelming turnout that we had to split the audience and add a second performance that night.  It was awesome!  We had a great time and everyone did beautifully.  I was so relieved!  I was so happy to do a play again and was pleased to find I hadn't lost my nerve or my skills--I even managed to pick up a line for one of my fellow actors!  Woo!

I had an audition the next day for a feature film (starring Ray Liotta) that's going to be shooting in Iowa next month, and although I haven't heard anything back I was so excited to have the opportunity to read for the part.  I am so happy I had the chance to meet the casting director I auditioned for, and I recently realized that I'm getting more auditions here in Iowa City over the past few months than I did in TWO YEARS of trying in LA!  Amazing!

Thanksgiving was great.  Very moving, with all my family has been going through as of late.  (Sometimes I rhyme.)

Work is good.  Long hours of standing, standing, standing, but totally tolerable.  Everyone I work with is super nice, so that helps.  I must admit, it's kinda fun, actually.  (Shhhh, don't tell!)

Yesterday, I got a call from the Production Manager (also a resident artist: actor, writer and director) at the Riverside Theatre, Iowa City's professional theatre company.  They have a monologue festival coming up in March, and they actually called me specifically and offered me a chance to participate in the festival!  So exciting!!!!  I hope it's gonna work out--I'd be THRILLED to be involved with them more actively!

So yeah, good stuff all around...  :) 

PS--IT'S SNOWING!