We’re into previews of Rounding Third at Williamston Theatre, and audiences are liking the show so far! Like most theatres, we’d like bigger houses, but that will come with more word of mouth and as we build our patronage – with only our second production, we know it’ll take time. One fun moment last night, in Act II – we had a big storm going on outside, and there was a clap of thunder or lightning or something that was so loud it shook the building, and all the power in the building flickered for a second. It poured the rest of the night, and is still yucky outside this morning.

The Tigers have widened their lead in the American League Central to a game and a half! They whomped the Royals last night, and Minnesota (our closest rival for the division championship) lost to Baltimore. SO – with 8 games left in the season, the Tigers are still holding on to First Place in the division! For a look at the current standings, check this out.

Both Survivor and The Amazing Race are back on the air – thank goodness for TiVo, so I can just watch them when I get a chance! Also, the new Studio 60 is on – it’s the new show from Aaron Sorkin, creator of The West Wing. It features Bradley Whitford and Timothy Busfield, from West Wing, as well as Matthew Perry and some other good actors. I’m hoping it’s as good as West Wing was in its prime – we’ll see.

I’ll be taking a daytrip to Buffalo soon, for my first meeting about the show I’m directing there, The Mystery of Irma Vep. Very much looking forward to working at Studio Arena Theatre! Excited about going and seeing the space, meeting the staff. Plus, I get to hold some auditions while I’m there, which will be a lot of fun and, hopefully, productive! As I’ve been looking at the script in preparation for the meeting, I’m reminded of how much fun I had with John Lepard and John Seibert putting that show together when I directed it for the first time! What a silly, ridiculously fun process and production that was! It’ll be a nice lesson, discovering how much of my ideas and discoveries from that first production can translate into this show – with a whole new cast, almost all new designers, it’ll certainly be a different collaboration with a different outcome. My job will be to make it as least as much fun as the last one, and I can’t wait!

But before then there are a couple more shows, and a lot more work to be done, at Williamston Theatre. It’s going well. I want bigger audiences, but as my wife Jeanne says, “It’ll take time!”
Yes.
True.
But I hate being patient! 🙂