Another opening night tonight. Enchanted April, at Taproot Theatre, opens tonight at 8:00 p.m. It's been a good process, a nice re-entry back into the world of acting after a two year hiatus. My role is small, but has enough in it to make it challenging, and I'm pretty sure I'm not really hitting the …
A Reputation for a “Yes Face”
This was a question we asked at church on Sunday. It's a different way to phrase the old question of legacy: what do you want to be remembered for? What heritage do you want to leave your kids? After all is said and done, what will your legacy be? One man had a fascinating answer …
Notes from a September Week
So I took a week off from blogging. It was full week, as they all are. Rehearsals for Enchanted April (Taproot Theatre, opening this Friday) continue to go well. I will, of course, be terrified as we move through opening weekend...I always am the first few times around with an audience. But that will pass, …
Reluctantly Asking the Health-Care Questions
Here's a question: what does Beauty have to do with the health-care debate? I'm not much of a political animal. Whether that's a badge of honor or shame depends on who you talk to, but it's getting harder to avoid getting drawn into the "debates" (read mud-slinging) about health-care, economics, race, and other areas of …
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Watching My Friends Work
Last Friday night, Greenwood held it's monthly 2nd Friday artwalk. As part of that event, Taproot Theatre staged its own entry: the making of a portrait. The artist was my good friend Sam Vance, and his subject was another good friend, Nikki Visel. The impetus for this was a scene from Taproot Theatre's next offering, …
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