Tonight I had full intention of going to bed early and almost succeeded. After making a slew, yes a slew, of latkes for my shockingly Amy-less apartment I fell asleep at an over dramatic 9:15. Now comes that part when you look at the time stamp on this entry and say "Oh gosh Kevin...you always find yourself in these kooky situations." I know I know, but this blog was birthed out of a sleepless night seemingly ages ago so...yeah!
Tomorrow is the first rehearsal of my latest theatrical endeavor Leading Ladies by Ken Ludwig. Regretfully I must say that I haven't been exactly amazing in the process thus far. My articles have been late and poorly written and my ideas, though good ideas, are few and far between. I have this notion (who uses the word notion?) that when I'm finally lead dramaturg on a show I'll come up with this master calendar including a list of assignments for any potential assistant and be all up to date and fantastic. Will this come true? probably not. But it would be amazing if I could pull it off. Leading Ladies will be interesting because it's working with a director who isn't part of the faculty at the University. There's is this part of the process as dramaturg, especially as assistant dramaturg, where you wonder: Will this director like me? Am I helping at all or am I just brooding over trivial notes that could make the show better in the corner? What if this director has no idea what a dramaturg is?
This danger is incredibly because the director isn't from the University and thus has no background with the degree. She did have a dramaturg for the last she directed, a wonderful snaffoo called Company; however, the situation was different because I think that that dramaturg's dramaturgy is a little less aggressive than mine is.
I'm going to pretend to write a review for my portfolio and then go to bed.
NO CLASSES TOMORROW!
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