Well, we survived the opening of Knight of the Burning Pestle?and then some. The critics were a bit tepid, but they emphasized that everyone thoroughly enjoyed the show. I was never mentioned in any of the reviews (which is a change for me, but hardly tragic) and my experience seems to have flown under the radar.
However, I nabbed the villian role in Wait Until Dark at RVP. The cast seems to be sharp and our director, David Kester, dug up one of my old acting teachers up to fight direct the show, Mark Clark. Mark used to teach at COM before he got the raw end of the stick and was cut loose from the Drama Department.
During the Wait Until Dark callback process, I got a call from director/actor Hector Correa wanting me to play the great comic role of Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing at Shakespeare at Stinson. Despite the fact I've heard terrible things from all my actor-friends about Stinson, I'd like to work with Hector, but the timing just didn't work out this time.
In the midst of all this, California Shakespeare called and asked if I'd be in Nicholas Nickleby Part 2. Holy shit. Could this be the same CalShakes that I auditioned for two years in a row and has already gone down in history (in my mind) as the WORST audition I've ever done in my life? Unbelieveable. From that very same audition over a year ago, they called me out of the blue. I'd heard great things about the show so I said yes as long as the timing would work. It turns out that it doesn't mesh well so I'm going to understudy Andy Murray for Parts 1 & 2. Andy is an excellent actor and I'm hoping he doesn't get hit by a bus and I have to fill his big shoes.
Can you say "3 shows at the same time"??? Most actors would think I'm insane. I probably am.w