Nostalgia
The last two weekends have been a whirlwind of activity, and the work does not look like it will be slacking anytime soon.
Last Saturday I met my Aunt Marie for probably only the third time in my life...and the first I was only a few months old and cannot recall the meeting. She had been planning on attending my thesis show. We met in the garment district of NYC (after hearing the noise and fuss that Matt Damon was making off of 10th Avenue as they filmed Bourne Identity III from other pedestrians in the area). My Uncle provided a car service down to New Brunswick, where we ate a fabulous dinner and proceeded to Rutgers to see Country Wife. Had I not misplaced my keys earlier and been in a more settled state of mind, the day would have been near perfect. One positive result of the missing keys--as I was unable to enter my own apartment, I took the car service back to Manhattan and then on to Queens with Marie and was able to spend another hour catching up with her. It's a shame I haven't been able to spend more time with that side of the family...
Sunday we struck the show...i.e. did laundry and restocked everything. My job won't be completely finished until I return all of the rentals (some of which was done yesterday--when I randomly met up with the designer I assisted back in October and two co-workers from APT) and turn in my thesis journal. This feels like a never ending project...
In the meantime my other two shows are taking off. Tattoo Gods opens in a mere 10 days...a scary thought, but it is a small show. I look forward to the day I'm not commuting to and from New Brunswick. That and the lack of Rutgers commitments will free up a lot of time.
Our first production meeting for Victor Victoria was today and so far it looks as though, while a lot of work, it will be a very fun and worthwhile project. Serendipity that both of these shows overlap without the hint of conflict.
The more exciting news was the Stevens Point alumni event sponsored by the Toy Box Theatre. I've known most of these former classmates have been in NY the entire time, but I had not been able to catch up with any of them until this weekend. Wyatt, Tag, Micah, Chris, Candice...I love reunions like this. And it is incredibly refreshing to see all of these talented people continuing to make a living off of their art after undergrad. Quite a bit of networking happened, of course, and it looks like I may have the honor of working with a few of these great people in the future. It's been such a long time since I've been able to reminisce with anyone who knew me a few years ago. I find it amazing to see how much we all have changed and yet, how much the same we've remained.
Last Saturday I met my Aunt Marie for probably only the third time in my life...and the first I was only a few months old and cannot recall the meeting. She had been planning on attending my thesis show. We met in the garment district of NYC (after hearing the noise and fuss that Matt Damon was making off of 10th Avenue as they filmed Bourne Identity III from other pedestrians in the area). My Uncle provided a car service down to New Brunswick, where we ate a fabulous dinner and proceeded to Rutgers to see Country Wife. Had I not misplaced my keys earlier and been in a more settled state of mind, the day would have been near perfect. One positive result of the missing keys--as I was unable to enter my own apartment, I took the car service back to Manhattan and then on to Queens with Marie and was able to spend another hour catching up with her. It's a shame I haven't been able to spend more time with that side of the family...
Sunday we struck the show...i.e. did laundry and restocked everything. My job won't be completely finished until I return all of the rentals (some of which was done yesterday--when I randomly met up with the designer I assisted back in October and two co-workers from APT) and turn in my thesis journal. This feels like a never ending project...
In the meantime my other two shows are taking off. Tattoo Gods opens in a mere 10 days...a scary thought, but it is a small show. I look forward to the day I'm not commuting to and from New Brunswick. That and the lack of Rutgers commitments will free up a lot of time.
Our first production meeting for Victor Victoria was today and so far it looks as though, while a lot of work, it will be a very fun and worthwhile project. Serendipity that both of these shows overlap without the hint of conflict.
The more exciting news was the Stevens Point alumni event sponsored by the Toy Box Theatre. I've known most of these former classmates have been in NY the entire time, but I had not been able to catch up with any of them until this weekend. Wyatt, Tag, Micah, Chris, Candice...I love reunions like this. And it is incredibly refreshing to see all of these talented people continuing to make a living off of their art after undergrad. Quite a bit of networking happened, of course, and it looks like I may have the honor of working with a few of these great people in the future. It's been such a long time since I've been able to reminisce with anyone who knew me a few years ago. I find it amazing to see how much we all have changed and yet, how much the same we've remained.
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7:13 PM
1 Comments:
Wow, that sounds really cool...ah, damnit! burned my mouth on the teacup...I wish I could have been there to say hello to everyone and reassure them that the losery freshman turned out okay, with the second degee and 2 professional London credits under her belt. :)
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