it really does all work out

It is the middle of May and I should be rehearsing Bruise Easy by Dan LeFranc at Catalyst Theatre. However, that show was canceled in March due to budget constraints. I was disappointed for the lost opportunity to work at Catalyst Theatre and with director Shirley Serotsky on a world premier play. I did my research and emailed some colleagues and got myself into some audition rooms. I knew I had a great job at Round House Theatre come August, which was a reassurance, but the idea of not working on a play was somewhat startling, especially after a year of non-stop work. However, there was something in me that also just wanted to take a break.

Three months of commuting to Baltimore had put a strain on my social life and I felt disconnected from my good friends in DC. I was invited to two summer weddings, which I had planned not to attend due to Bruise Easy, but when the chance to attend them arose I was eager to do so. So I started turning down offers: offers to audition and an offer to perform. It felt somewhat liberating, and a little scary, to allow myself the time to control my own daily and summer schedule.

I am still a little dumbfounded at what people do with all these extra hours in the day, but it is relaxing and energizing to do so. I am going to attend both Vermont weddings (yeah!), visit and work with my parents at home in Maine for a week, train with Synetic and get in shape (there go quite a few nights!), and travel with my boyfriend in the Middle East for two weeks in July. Not a bad summer at all. Of course while still working my day jobs. And then Dorian Gray at Round House starts in August and the rest of my 2009-2010 season planning is in full swing. Life is good.