Community Theater

In college, I enrolled in a drama course titled "From Page to Stage." The students were divided into four or so groups, and every week each group was given their own play to read, abridge to ten minutes, and perform in front of the class. And our friendly but frighteningly exuberant professor applied stipulations. For example, one week we had to convey our stories without speaking. And one week, we had to perform our stories naked. Okay, I'm kidding about the last one.

Anyway, it was a fun experience, and a few weeks after the course ended I bumped into the professor in an elevator. He said I was quite humorous and exhorted me to either take more theatre courses or audition for school productions. "Maybe," I replied, all the while thinking, "Aw, fuck that shit."

However, I'm now reconsidering. I've actually been looking at auditions for community theatre productions. I mean, it could be fun. And I'm feeling spiritually unfulfilled. Perhaps this'll be a step in the right direction. Or it could end up being the most humiliating experience of my life. Still -- I should take the risk. I'm a very shy, nervous person. But I'm trying my hardest to heed the words of Franklin Roosevelt: "... the only thing we have to fear is fear itself." And actors, even crappy ones, get laid all the time. Which will be a welcome change of direction. Maybe in a few months I'll be quoting the words of another president I like: "It tastes good."

I'm also thinking of writing a screenplay about a character based on me. And I already know the actor best equipped to play Vince:


There's some resemblance between us, right? Haha.

And The Song of the Day is "Hook" by Blues Traveler: