Well I have been busy. I have sent out probably 10 resumes so far. Every day for the past week, I have spent time on looking for employment in New Orleans. If I am not doing that, I am looking for a place to live. Hopefully...that search may be over. I may have found a room. I am very excited about it...and really want it to work out. It is in my price range, is close to one of the areas I want to live in, and the lady renting the room sounds nice. The first real good lead I have had. I leave Seattle in 35 days....thats scary.

I started the first of my goodbye's yesterday. Luckily yesterday wasn't with people. It was with the theatre I have spent the last 6 years with.

Its the last weekend of Oliver! out at the Forest Theatre. Its a beautiful beautiful theatre, and I probably feel the most at "home" there than anywhere else in Seattle.

It was a gorgeous day, I left my apt around 9:15, I walked down the the ferry. It didn't take me as long as I thought, I got there at 9:40, and the ferry left at 10:15. An hour later, I was in Bremerton. The sun was shining and it was already warm. There were some clouds starting to billow up, and I was hoping it wouldn't rain. Thunderstorms were in the forcast...luckily none happened in the area. Gala, one of the producers came and got me from the Ferry dock. She filled me in on all the drama that always happens at this time: picking next years show. Looks like they may do Peter Pan.

We arrived at the theatre, and the parking crew was already out in full force. They were hoping for a big crowd. Everything was in place for one; the sun was shining, it was the final weekend, and its the Forest Theatre! I spent some time "up top" chatting with a few people, Jamie Gordon, Jamie Estill, Mark Malnes, Brian Lindvall, Christy Gordon, Barb Baker. All key ingredients to making sure that everything up at the cabin, parking, tickets, ran smoothly. Gala put me to work by having me carry down to the theatre a box of programs.

We headed down the trail (about 1/4 of a mile hike) around noon. No sooner than we started down, we could hear the voices of the cast rehearsing. Every Saturday at 10, we will do a speed through of the show. I mean it has been a week since the last performance.

I got to see a few more people than the last visit out there. Anna Lindvall was back from her first year of College. She also spent a month at Oxford! Sarah Estill was back from her second year. She spent some time in NYC, and next year will be attending Oxford for about 4 months. I missed seeing Jenny Estill (Sarah is filling in for her this weekend) as Jenny had a 10:30 AM flight to INDIA!!! wow. This kids continue to amaze me with everything they can do. They are just phenominal and have taught me so many things.

I hung out backstage chatting with people until about 1:30 or so. The house was already open and filling up, so I needed to go and snag a spot. I ended up sitting with Gala for the show. That 40 mins that I sat out in the house reminded me why I liked it backstage so much...it was incredibly HOT...no wind, nothing. I was sweating buckets. Backstage, its in the shade the whole time.

The first act went by pretty fast, half hour into it, the whole audience is now in the shade. I can see/tell what certain people have added to the show...sparks of their personalities that always make the show a little bit better, that being Craig (the director) Guy (choreographer) and of course Ken (actor extrodinare). I am not overly fond of the show in a whole, way to dark for me. But this one had some very nice moments.

At intermission we had a first ( I was glad I was there for this) an audience member asked his girlfriend to marry him. He had been talking to Gala all last week and they had worked out some bit, with two of our character actors. It went very nicely, very sweet.


Ken doesn't make an appearance until Act 2, as Bill. So very unlike his role last year as the Scarecrow. He plays a very mean character, who beats up on everyone including his girlfriend Nancy. By the end of the show, when she gives it back to him, everyone was cheering her, booing him. When he gets killed at the end, people again were cheering. The show came to an end, the bows were done and a forest theatre tradition continued of inviting the audience onstage, backstage, and to mingle with the cast.

I was chatting with Craig and his wife Leigh Ann (who played Nancy) when Ken finally came out. I had seen him before the show started, but he is always in a certain space then, not really talktive. I had managed to give him a picture he wanted from last year, of him putting makeup on his daughter (one of the munchinkins) He came up and gave me a HUGE hug and said that every faux pas had been saved for that day and for me. See the thing with Ken is...you never know if he will get the lines right...sometimes he forgets...sometimes he likes to improvise...but whatever comes out of his mouth...its mostly brilliant. Apparently he had been good (for the most part) until yesterday. It was a joy to see him work again.

I then made my way back up the trail and hung out at the cabin with everyone (almost the entire cast just spends the night in the dorms or tents) until around 8, when Chris and Cindy gave me a ride back to the ferry dock. It was an amazing amazing day, and I was so glad to be out there in that atmosphere one more day.

Next Friday is the banquet and I am sure I will pop in for a bit, then it will be time to start saying goodbye to all the players....

*sigh* I got to talk to Neal tonight. What a dork I am. LOL

My cute boy Lany left for NYC today. He is out job searching....He thinks he will be back in a week, week and a half. Kinda depends on if he can get something here or not. I think he needs to come to NOLA...cuz I am moving there.

No place to live, no job yet. But I leave Seattle August 1. Crazy, scary, insane, exciting, and the most thrilling thing I have ever done. Bring on the adventures....

awww its Wed already. I love short work weeks. It also helps that Matt will be out the next two days!! sweet. Its sunny and the day is almost over. I was good today...walked to work. Took 40 mins. I will walk home as well. Tomorrow I have to hit the gym and start back up with the serious cardio/weights.

I had a great night last night. We had the read thru of the play I am doing for the Mae West Fest in July. We don't go into rehearsals until the 22nd of this month. One month to put up a 25 min show is no prob. I haven't done a show in a year so this will be nice. Even better?? We have a fantastic cast. Including the fantastic and wonderful John Murray. I haven't worked with him for about a year and half. Last show we did together was "True West" He is a fantastic actor. One of my local faves. The lady who wrote the play is also in it....she was funny last night, "Will this be a hard show to Stage Manage? Easy? somewhere in between?" I said I thought it would be somewhere in between. Mary Beth is a wonderful director to work with...now its time for me to make the contact sheet and the rehearsal schedule.....