Progress

A cold morning, it was nice to sleep in. I've finally progressed to the point where I am staying up to 1:00 and getting up around 9:00 . I've been enjoying these first weeks of idleness, but managing to keep busy enough with rehearsals, classes, bike rides, walks about town, and various chores (I spent one entire afternoon buying a pipe to be used as a prop). Next week I start rehearsing two more plays and so will begin to be very busy indeed. Plus, performances start to loom and lines will need to be memorized...so that means real work and various anxiety's will start to intrude on my pleasant existance.
I must say I don't miss work one single bit. It's like a big cramp has dissapeared from my brain and all is relaxed and whole again. Though I do miss the people I worked with, some more than others.
This new play I've picked up is a children's play (Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates) geared towards the K-4 crowd. It's being directed by the same person I'm doing Anne of Green Gables with. It's to be toured whenever anybody buys a date at schools and libraries over the next year. I'm told we can expect 1 or 2 shows per month. We get paid per performance...yay!
I took a class a few Saturday's ago with one of the top casting agents in town (there are only 3 or 4 of them so I guess they're all tops in their field) about how to make it as an actor in Boston. It was mostly geared to commercials, industrials, and film. Her only comment on theatre work was "It's good for developing your craft, but you can't make money at it." I've been really lucky so far.
Okay, now I have to get back to doing the Crossword and Sudoku.