unless it’s supposed to be like that.

Looks awesome. Well, actually, I can’t tell anything from the site, but you make it sound awesome and I’ll take your word for it. Awesome!

Good luck with the move.

I’ll do one better than adding a list of contributors to the site: I’ll actually redesign the site in such a way that it becomes readable!

Without losing the pink flamingo, of course…

I’ll try to get to it in the next week or so.

I’ve decided to start looking into training options for the next year - maybe somewhere near some of you. In the other direction, this place looks cool:

http://www.impliedviolence.com/

From their mission: “Driven by boredom and disgust for theatre, we craft fierce, audacious performance pieces.”

I’ll also take suggestions, but I’m only interested in ensemble theatres (especially physical and with a focus on devised work).

The only theatre I’m doing these days is admin work - bookkeeping, preparing for renovations, building a board, etc. Been there before. So I’m getting my creatives out with Dirt Circle Dogs, starting to gig more and talking about touring. I also have some new writing ideas that need writ down.

I mentioned this to Kyle the other day, but for you other actors, my acting teacher was talking the other day about the importance of actors to continue taking acting classes/lessons/etc every week, throughout their lives. He made the interesting point that there’s no question that dancers go to dance class every week, that singers have to take voice lessons every week. So why is it that actors feel they are above needing that kind of constant learning? Good question Sam (my teacher), good question. I think it was an important thing for him to say because I think we’d all feel so much more at ease and have a lot more material we could work with if we made the choice to continue training outside of a job or specific rehearsal setting. Even if it’s just being in a group that does staged readings every week or getting together with friends to work on stuff–concentrating on the acting process.

Good luck to both of you–hope something comes of your auditioning soon:) Miss and love all of you–and good luck to Cassie and Danny on their move!

And now I’m going to rant.

For me it feels like I’m in the weird limbo world of audition-land. And it beginning to make me feel like I’m a little crazy. Like I’m repeating myself over and over again:

“hello, my name is Lindsay Nance, and I’ll be doing a piece from As You Like It, followed by The Real Think (do monologue). Thanks so much for you time!”

I do this again and again and again. And I’m beginning to get little scared that I’ve forgotten to do that part where I’m on stage for 2 hours a day, three or so night a week, for four or so weeks.

I do realize I’ve only been at this 9 months, and I have had some great opportunities come my way in that amount of time. But just for dramatic effect, I’M AN ADDICT AND I WANT MY FIX, GODDAMN! It’s not like I’m asking for the Goodman, or the Steppenwolf exactly, just one of 15 or so other company’s i’ve audition for in the last weeks.

Ok that feels better now. Thanks for listen guys. Maybe I can go back to my regularly scheduled program of audition for the rest of the weekend.

I hope you’re all well. Kyle thanks for taking the initiative of getting back on the wagon, career wise, but also in terms of the blog.

Love you all, L

I also saw Jez Butterworth’s “Night Heron” at a theatre here and enjoyed it. Very Pinter.

Have I already made you read Chuck Mee’s “First Love” and “The Perfect Wedding“? Both are available on his website and worth the read.

Disclosure: “Clean House”, “Perfect Wedding”, “First Love” and Mee’s “Limonade Tous Les Jours” were the biggest influences on my latest (which some of you read).