Well then....

I sheepishly return to a new post, after the previous emotional rant, having been called a couple of days ago with the offer to do the show I had though I bombed the audition for.

For the second year in a row I will be performing in the NYC Fringe Festival, which I am quite happy about. I am even more please because of the show. Brace yourselves...

Perez Hilton Saves the Universe! (or at Least the Greater Los Angeles Area) The Musical

Oh, I jest not. Now, on first glance you might think this wildly ridiculous and out of left field. And it kind of is. But the script is funny and it's a total satire. I think it has the makings of a really good show. And, come on, it's Perez Hilton. I admit it. I read his blog. It's fun. It doesn't take itself seriously, and neither does he. It totally feeds into the gossip mongering everyone loves. We could get on a soapbox about it or laugh our asses off silly.

Besides, it's a different direction and change of temperature from Betrayed, so it will be fun to do something that is a complete 180 from my role in that show. And the role is a first for me. And that is all I will say so as to surprise those of you who come to see the show.

I am even more excited because of people attached to the cast which I can't really list as I don't think it is official. But there is a partial cast list on the site.

Classes at Esper are winding down, just as I am getting into the groove of things. It's been informative, educational and eye-opening and I am now wrestling with the decision of going into the 2-year program. The only cons are time commitment and money. Moreso the latter. I love being poked and prodded and forced to do things I only relegate to letting loose with onstage, but I am finding that the work I am doing in the classroom is a slap on the wrist for all the stupid things I do (or don't) in rehearsals. Mainly, holding back out of some inane fear (and really, aren't most actors' fears - outside of finances - inane?).

So if nothing else, it has given me a healthier approach to entering a rehearsal room and playing more and having fun and forgetting about my comfort zone.

Either that will happen or I'll end up curled into the fetal position in a corner singing "Nothing's Gonna Harm Me" [sic].