Shakespeare and Company Day 0: Exclamation Points (!)

Here I am! In my dorm room thing! With my roommate! His name is Paul and he's very nice. I joked with my brother over dinner, "what's the worst that could happen, he could be a chronic masturbator" and so far so good on that front. I went with him to wander around some and see there was also wandering around the hallways to meet, of which there were several people, all also very nice. And some nice dorm like facilities, one lounge with a pool table and couches, another with a kitchen, several emptyish rooms with gym mats or what have you, I guess for rehearsals? I don't know! You know what else I don't know? My sonnet! But I'm taking a break from memorizing to type this blog post. Since I can't really do any podcasting from here in Lenox, given that Jesse and all my recording equipment is on the other side of the state (although I did bring a microphone and my portable recording interface thing, as well as a guitar, so maybe I'll try and set down some music at some point). Usually, as perhaps you've noticed, I'll blog more while I'm doing a show or taking a class, and since I'll spend the next month doing Shakespeare, Shakespeare and more Shakespeare, here's to having stuff to blog about!

Oh, which by the way, here's some shit to blog about: I was cast in a show! With Company One! It's She Kills Monsters! I'm very excited! It's been a goal of mine to work with Company One since I started seriously acting in Boston, because they do really good, cool stuff a lot of the time, and it's a good stepping stone into further paid acting work on the theatre scene. Come to think of it, this will be my third paying theatre gig in a row, which is pretty cool. I'm particularly excited that it'll be with Shira Milikowski, who's work I saw and enjoyed in the Lily's Revenge, and that it will be in the context of this particularly funny, ass kicking, heart felt script.

So basically, my life is perfect. For the next month I'll be hanging out in Lenox doing Shakespeare ten hours a day, then when I get back I'll be in a show which is exactly where I want to be, doing what I want to be doing.

I've met a handful of other participants while I've been here, everybody seems fun and cool and on my wave length which is nice. I started quoting Shakespeare lines at people and thought "this is going to be fun!" Which it will be.

And that's my roommate, who I over heard saying he's about to go to bed so I'll sign off and return to memorizing. Until I blog again! Which will be soon. Just you wait.