April 1 - Moved into a new apartment & started tech for L'Imbecile (was smart enough to take this day off work!) AND remembered to call Human Race Theatre to schedule an audition slot.
April 2-11 -teched & previewed L'Imbecile, quite possibly the most physically & emotionally draining show of my career thus far.
April 10-12 - visit from my family - Mom, sister & 2 nieces stayed with me in the new place! Mom saw L'Imbecile and we all went to see Lyle Finds His Mother at Lifeline theatre. Good times!
April 12th - officially opened L'Imbecile - YAY!
April 13th - recovered & prepped to be away from the iGive 'office' for the coming week.
April 14th - started understudy rehearsals for Miracle on South Division Street with Theatre at the Center (8 hour rehearsal day, plus about a 90 minute commute each way).
April 14th (seeing an overlap here?) - Audition for Human Race Theatre.
April 15-19 - continued understudy rehearsals, bringing my laptop with me so I could work on my lunch hour, then logging into iGive again when I got home.
April 17-19 - perform L'Imbecile 4 times in 3 days
April 20th - Easter Sunday! Had a Babes With Blades company meeting (which evolved into an amazing brunch!) and followed that up with a fundraising strategy session.
April 21st - a morning off! Sort of! A late rehearsal start time meant I could do some serious iGive work right? Wrong! My computer decided to die (virus? maybe. general weirdness from being 5+ years old? probably)
So I dug out an old laptop that I stopped using years ago because it was so slow & out of date (at least it can access the internet, which my work computer no longer liked doing!)
April 22-23 - more understudy rehearsals & work on a slow computer
April 23rd - Callback for "Witch Slap!" - I got the part I wanted, yay!!!!
April 24th - get oil change (commuting means taking care of the vehicle is especially important!)
April 24-26 - Perform L'Imbecile 4 times in 3 days
April 25-27 - more understudy rehearsals & work on a slow computer
April 28th - Work meeting followed by seeing "The President" at Oracle (great show!)
April 29-30th - tech rehearsals for understudy show (and work on a slow computer - are we sensing a theme?!)
Thanks to my work for being flexible (and letting me order a new computer which should be here next week!), my awesome new roomie for making breakfast potatoes & smoothies to share & my carpooling castmates.
And sincere apologies for any and all missed birthdays, bar mitzvahs, show openings, performances, post-show drinks and other social engagements I may have not observed in the last month.
I'll get back to more regularly scheduled (bite-sized) posts soon...Happy May Day!