Month: July 2001

I had a delicious panic attack on the train this morning. I get on and sit down and the anxiety begins. I was dripping with perspiration. It was awful. I tried breathing deeper and relaxing, closing my eyes… nothing worked. Eventually it passed – after 10 minutes though. I don’t know what the trigger was […]

I fired an actor tonight. He’d missed three rehearsals with little warning. One of the other actors saw him on the train and is like, ‘You going to rehearsal?’ and he’s like, ‘I don’t know. I guess.’ I’m sorry? Huh? Luckily there were two characters in the play whose casting never intersects so I turned […]

Found some toy dart guns at Target that will be good for my assault rifle needs. I forgot to blog that I bought a copy of Soldier of Fortune magazine just for kicks at the ghetto grocery last week. I haven’t had a chance to read it yet – but it was the magazine that […]

Matt’s taking the role. Of course tonight one of the actors didn’t show up at all. No phone call. Nothing. What the fuck is that? Went to Carol’s Pub (Live Entertainment, Hot Sandwiches) – a total dive bar (it’s got Old Style as their marquee). Tonight was karaoke night so we knew there’d be live […]

Trying to find someone to replace one of the actors for the final weekend of the show. This actor took this other gig full-well knowing that he probably couldn’t make it to my show in time. That just really frosts my ass. So I’m being ultra passive-agressive and sending someone else in to play him […]

Today I did a little exercise during lunch. I made a list of all of the projects I have a hand in or support. Over 15 different systems and processes. Half of those I’m the back-up admin for. This is bullshit. I was all over the place today. Worked on at least a different task […]

Lingo came to rehearsal for The Wine Seller (we’re rehearsing both plays in the same community center) and she’d read Sinister and loved it. She said she couldn’t put it down. That, for me, is a very good opinion because she had absolutely no idea what it was about or what to expect – plus […]

Today was one of those wonderful solitary days. Got in from clubbing at 4am and then slept to 8:30am and got up, worked out, went shopping (I’m on a quest for plain-front khaki shorts), went to the theatre bookstore and on the way back took my self to see Jurassic Park III. Why must we […]

“In theory few men are as free as a playwright. He can bring the whole world on to his stage. But in fact he is strangely timid. He looks at the whole of life, and like all of us he only sees a tiny fragment; a fragment, one aspect of which catches his fancy. Unfortunately […]

Went to see Naked and Shameless in concert at Lyon’s Den. I had a good time – the Gap/J. Crew crowd didn’t seem to get it though – plus, Matt was coming from opening night of a play so he was already in a really ornery mood – but that’s what makes Buck ‘Fuckin’ Naked […]