The JaCKPie show on 12/28 was great. It was exciting to see the space, see some old friends and meet the new ones. In this edition of "It's a Small World After All", the gentleman who owns the theatre complex where JaCKPie is taking up residency was an elementary school classmate of mine. I was a little nervous before the show, but, for those of you in the know, not as much as before the Actors Theatre of Louisville performance. Jim and I basically got things set up and then took a few minutes to just talk and laugh a bit. We weren't expecting a big house since we didn't do any publicity other than to email a few friends, but we ended up with about 80 people in the audience thanks to those friends and some of the new workshop participants who brought their friends too. Jim has been coaching the workshops on using a source for their play, so we went old school with a "jam" leading into our scenework. I don't really remember much of what happened other than we used just about every scrap of information that came out of the source in our show. It felt like one of our best performances. I was happy to learn that whatever issues I've had in acting class lately were nowhere to be found on that stage.
Now, we're back in LA. I returned with the East Coast version of the cold I had out here after Thanksgiving. Today, I finally seem to be emerging from it. I'm glad, because I'm ready to get back in the groove and try to take things up a notch careerwise. It's a year for making more connections, meeting more people, getting myself out there, taking risks, being bold, working harder at being better and getting the work.
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