Well, I spent part of the morning reading Brazen Careerist posts, and I still don't like Penelope Trunk. She bugs me, and what bugs me more is that she is a "voice of my generation" or something. Not MY voice, I can tell you that much. It worries me, though. She often strikes me as whiny, assuming, over-generalistic, and immature; then I worry that I sound like that, too. So, I will write something happy today!
OK, so theatre/theater (I've heard theatRE is snobby spelling, but whatev, man) people are generally thought to be a different breed, plus it's pretty assumed that once a theatre person, always a theatre person. Not to go along with stereotypes, but I've found these thoughts to be pretty accurate. I go through slight theatre-hiatuses every now and again, but I always find may way back. St. Louis is actually a booming small-theatre town. I can't speak to the quality of all of these companies (though I know many of them are great), but just having so many around is wonderful and provides lots of opportunity for adult-y theatre people. Anywho, I'm back in. I'll be helping costume the Theatre Guild of Webster Groves' next production, Five Women Wearing the Same Dress, which opens in March. There will probably be some other spring stuff. Then, I'll be costuming The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe at Clayton Community Theatre, which is both thrilling and terrifying. I haven't done a show this big since working at Stages. (Romeo and Juliet was probably the biggest since then.) I'm totally excited, because I love the story and fantasy costumes are awesome, but I can't think about it too much. It's scary to think about too much. That's a lot of costumes to make/find on a small budget, and I still have a real job, too. Fun, though. It opens in the first part of June, so plan on going. Unless I warn you not to.
Theatre is a difficult thing to make a living at, so I'm glad I live in a city where there is plenty of "after hours" theatrical opportunity. Though they are turning part of currently ghettofied Crestwood Plaza into an arts community-type place, and I'm still trying to figure out what I could open there. The rent for places is somewhere between $50-100. There must be something I could do. Hmmmm....
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More power to you, sister! The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe is going to be so fricking cool...I'm trembling with antici....pation. I have this awesome cartoon version of it from the 1970s or 1980s on DVD if you want to borrow it for a range of ideas. :D
Oh, shoot I meant SHIVER with antici....pation. Dr. Frankenfurter, I have let you down!
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