Feb. 27 First of a Zillion Change Overs

Today we had our first Humana show change over. And this was my third fifteen hour day in a row. Damn it feels good to be alive. We took out the set of A Devil at Noon and replaced it with the set for Maple and Vine in a little more than two hours. We hope to get that down to under and hour. It seems possible...but oh so hard. It was great to get to work with such a large group of apprentices again and see many of us all in the same place again. I get a really good feeling about this years Humana. I think it is going to just ROCK AND ROLL
Peace be with you
~Will

"My eyes are heavy, my mind weary and my soul needs a rest.

Feb. 26 HUMANATARIANISM

SO THE GREAT HUMANA HAS BEGUN!
I am already exhausted. I am also very excited. It is going to be wonderful I can tell. It is going to be tiring, fatiguing, frustrating and that will only take us to lunch. But seriously I am not sure if I have ever been this intimidated by a work schedule before. The mystery also holds the exhilaration. I know I have not blogged in a while, but I have been just so busy I don't even have time to think. Ok, that's no excuse, but I have been very busy. But I'm here right? Tomorrow we preview A Devil At Noon. It is one hell of a show. I am very excited to be on the crew for it. And I can't wait to get cracking on the other shows that are soon to be infiltrating the Bingham theater.
Peace be with you
~Will

"Fairness is always decided by who thinks they have to work harder."

Feb. 12 Jazz

Went to Indianapolis today. Ate great food. Met cool people and listened to amazing JAZZ music performed by the musical talent of Kurt Elling!
It's just been a great day.
Peace be with you
~Will

"...some days you're a Louisville slugger."

Feb. 12 Where we go we no know

More work on the apprentice show The End. It was fun. We had a three hour fight workshop. I get eaten by a zombie!
I went out to dinner and a movie with Liz. We saw, The King's Speech. It was pretty good I must say.
Tomorrow I am going to see a concert by Kurt Elling. I am very excited. I love his music and can't wait to go see him.
I think this has shaped up to be a great week.
Peace be with you
~Will

"Let us all run teeth first into the arms of the beast!"

Feb. 9 Write in and Spike it

I have been all in a tizzy recently. I have been working on a couple independent projects. First is on gaining info on how to direct Shakespeare. It has been a lot of fun getting to work with my peers on this and getting to see the kinds of differences in style we all have. Second, I have been doing a lot of writing on the topic of racism in the United States of America. It has just been on my mind and I have had to express myself in some way through art. I am not sure if either of these temporary musings will result in anything concrete when all is said and done but for now I am passionate about it and hope the momentum not only lasts but gains velocity.
Peace be with you
~Will

"Let us not be held back by our rituals and routines."

Feb. 6 Humana is Gonna Be CRAZY!!!

So I went to my first rehearsal for the Apprentice Humana show two days ago. It was great to see the play writes again and to hear all the wonderful and fun changes they had made to the script. Also, I started helping out with one of the other Humana shows. I think it is going to be a lot of fun to get to watch the pro workshop a new play and compare it to how the apprentices workshop a play. I can already tell the next couple of months are going to be absolutely crazy and there is little I can do to slow it down. It's going to be May before I know it.
I am also in the midst of some new solo work I am creating. Its topic is race and gender issues. I have a lot of people who love me and want to help me with this. I really feel like I am starting something big.
Peace be with you
 ~Will

"A bad day is only a state of mind."