Yay weekend.

It is the end of the work week. I am exhausted. The weekend of sleep and yoga and hopefully some type of physical activity not involving heaving large sections of scenery is now upon me. For the next two days I will be wearing fuzzy pants and a smile. And in no way will I be speaking in verse. I need to find a delicious vegan cookie recipe for the dinner on Tuesday with the cast. Any suggestions? Alice would normally be the first one to answer, but then I had to go and put the word vegan in there....

31 hours in Charlotte NC

Now, what would one do if there were 31 hours in which to travel? Definitly go to North Carolina that's for sure. I got on a little plane at around 6am saturday morning to see my man's face for just over 31 hours. North Carolina in three words: soul, collards, and joviality. Good stuff. I have to be up in just over four hours to get to my 5am call which is sounding pretty stupid right now in life. But what a wonderful weekend with a wonderful boy. I love love.

Professor FuzzyPants on crack

Today I was pleasantly surprised by this little number in my inbox. I think that happiness looks something like this picture.

We only had a performance today, no workshops. Which was a nice change of pace. Also we got to meet the cast of the PlayPower tour which is our High School counterpart for the high school production of Much Ado About Nothing. The little girl who is playing Hero was very adorable and I also got to meet the girl playing verges. Super fun. They got to see us perform the show today which was really cool. Also I can't wait until I can get my hands on some pictures of us in costume because let me just say that there is a little number with me with no pants on and a mustache which may just be my best moment on film yet.

I'm leaving in the early morn for a flight to North Carolina to see mr. Chris Coyle and I couldn't be more excited. Except for the fact that it is going to cost me 65 dollars to get to the airport!!! WTF. apparently people just drive their own cars here. psh. Whatever happened to public transportation...so says the spoiled city gal.

I felt very blessed today. I shared a wonderful day full of giggles and silliness with some wonderfully talented and hilarious people. I only hope that my familiar giggling faces will be back in my life soon! Then Jackie and I, being the only two people left in the house for the weekend shared a delightful little dinner of some trash tv, tofu, and laundry folding.

As of tomorrow morning I will be sitting in the passenger seat of a little blue mini cooper s alongside a wonderful man on my first visit to North Carolina. I feel pretty much as wonderful and that little kitten.

Once Upon a Time in Pennsylvania

Oh boy. I knew this would happen. It's been a whole month nearly since my last post. Procrastination insues and I once again become myself. But now down to business...what what what have I been up to this past month? Well, nothing too interesting. Mostly just rehearsing over and over and over again. I have discovered a love for red lipstick (we're placing the play in the 1940's) and most importantly have been bowled over by kids in high school and middle school while teaching the shakespeare workshops. Honestly when I first got cast in this and heard I had to teach workshops as well, I was mostly terrified. But seeing all these kids who 75percent of them have never even been introduced to shakespeare getting up on their feet and having fun with shakespeare is the most rewarding experience ever. I really feel like I'm doing something that has a purpose and hopefully inspiring some kids to follow their dreams. Or atleast I hope I am.

The travel schedule has been pretty outrageous. Up at 4 or 5 and at the schools by 8. Set up the set (which you can see by the picture above is not exactly scarce), do two workshops back to back, get into costume, run the show, and then break down the set and drive home (that's all of us in front of our trusty penske truck which carries our set everywhere). Craziness! I've had a couple of bouts of blackouts which have made me have to really buckle down on becoming more aware of drinking and eating the right things. I've already been pegged as "the vegan" and all the cast has their fun with that one. But it's all in the name of fun. They're all really great people and it's awesome to find some form of ensemble within this project.

The most important lesson I've learned is that people don't respect "vegan" as much as they might respect "i'm deathly allergic to all dairy and meat". Lesson learned. And that out in podunk Pennsylvania, I may very well be the only vegan these people will ever come across.

I'm enjoying sunrises every day. Though the alarm going off at 4am sometimes makes me want to kill something. I miss you all and can't wait to see your faces. December 1st calls!

Also, please please if you can come out to Desales University in Center Valley PA for the public performance on Nov 1st! It would mean the world to me. And it's only a short bus ride away from NYC and you could definitly crash at our awesome cast house!