One of the (many) great things about working in the theatre is that for every play you do a whole bunch of research.

And through this research you learn lots and lots of stuff about things you may otherwise have never known ANYTHING about!

A smattering of things from the last two shows that I’ve had fun learning about:

The Gila Monster is one of only TWO species of seriously poisonous lizards!! (And can grow up to 2 feet long!)

Paul Valery was a French poet, essayist, and philosopher.

Diane Arbus (March 14, 1923 – July 26, 1971): American photographer, noted for her portraits of people on the fringes of society, such as transvestites, dwarfs, giants, prostitutes, and ordinary citizens in unconventional poses and settings.

Oligarchy: a form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique; government by the few.

The music of Lou Reed, with which I have been woefully unfamiliar up to to this point!