> Barefoot in the Park went GREAT.
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> Seriously, I couldn't have asked for a better show. And with onyl twelve days to memorize the lines (all 374 of them), I'm surprised it went as well as it did.
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> A variety of friends from the theatre at which I can usually be found came to see it, which was cool, and they all, unequivocally said it was the best performance they had ever seen me give.
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> I've done upwards of 25 shows in my life, so that's something. I felt enormously blessed to have been part of such a great cast, and to have been able to such a great show (and get PAID for it- imagine, getting paid to do the most fun thing in the world- what a laugh!).
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> Also, zK, I think it was, who had the dream? or was it Lizzie? I don't totally remember. Whichever it was, that's a common thing among us actor-types, known as "The Actor's Nightmare." It commonly besets actors just before the opening of a show, or in the middle of a run. You're all set to go onstage, only suddenly you realize that you don't have the lines for this scene down, and you have only about ten seconds to memorize ten pages worth of lines- your costume isn't on, and did I mention that there are critics in the crowd as well? It's basically everything that can possibly go wrong with your performance is going wrong with your performance.
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> Out of the three years I've been doing steady nonstop acting, and the two years of on again off again acting I've done, I've only had that dream twice, which is almost unheard of in acting groups, and neither time did it involve not knowing lines. It always has to do with not having a costume, and the show about to start.
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> But anyway, that's how it went. If you want more details involving some of the more interesting things that happened, you can check it out on my Xanga (you'll have to jump back to the weekened of May 17 - 20, and again around the 29thish for details (sorry can't be more specific, because I dont' remember what the dates were and I'm too lazy to go look)).
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> -Rifty

Maybe someday I can catch you at the Cumberland County Playhouse in Crossville, Tennessee. It's my favorite theatre and they do sometimes hire professional actors in major parts. They also have a good base of local talent, amateurs who border on professionals, to fill out the cast.

I could fill a small page with good plays that I have seen there over the last 3 or 4 decades. We are already looking at this summer and fall.

See link.
Howard