Art is Everywhere

This week I saw Red at Speakeasy and Art at New Repertory Theatre back to back. Last week I saw Superior Donuts. On my list of things to see in the near future, Green Eyes with Company One, A Number and maybe the other Caryl Churchill piece that Whistler is doing at the factory, but especially A Number since I worked on a scene from it last year in an acting class and I'm really curious to see it done, then also Imaginary Beast's Winter Panto at the BCA since I did rather enjoy Macbett although I also thought it was too long, but whatever.

I have to say, my least favorite part of seeing these plays has been sitting in the theatre with my fellow audience members. Jostling into me from their cramped seat, chattering to each other during the play sometimes fairly conspicuously, in one case snoring audibly multiple times. For gods sake, shut up and sit still, we're sitting in the second to front row, you know those people up on stage working for your entertainment and intellectual stimulation... yes, them they can hear you!!! I'm sorry your hearing is going (in the case of the group at ART today, who at least chittered during the silences on stage) and you, persons next to me at Superior Donuts gossiping during the play, drink less before coming to the theatre.

Oh well, I do enjoy experiencing art and stuff with other people and I'm especially sensitive to people's etiquette in the theater since I spend so much time in them. At the very least, I haven't seen anybody do any tweeting, blech.

In other news, this is the last weekend of Uncle Vanya, wow. What an incredible show this has been, definitely one I'll look back on a long time from now. I had resolved myself to the prospect of not immediately getting any new roles but I have some callbacks coming up which is exciting, and I've been auditioning continuously so I feel pretty good about myself. That's right! I feel good about myself! What do you have to say to that, WORLD?! Good for me? Yeah, it is good for me. Let's try to keep this going.