The new job continues to go well. Our project is on an extremely short timeline and we have been struggling to settle on the design between ourselves and the client, but I get the sense we’re all on the same side and we’ve been suprisingly good at reaching consensus so far. I think I’m exceeding expectations so far but I’ll be satisfied when the project is completed and the client is happy… as my dad says, “everyone is happy when the bank gets paid”.
Improvise Your Own Adventure opened this weekend. I watched on Friday and played yesterday… it was a lot of fun, although we’re still finding our feet with the format. My team from Theatresports last week won again this week, even though I was the only person on the team who wound up returning. We had some fun scenes and I took a big chance with a game we’d never played before at the end of the first half that turned out to be a lot of fun as well as a huge spectacle for the audience (although it was everyone other than me who had to work hard in it). I think my own performance was reasonably solid, although the show itself was on the fluffy side and I don’t think we ever challenged ourselves to do any heavy scenework or storytelling. For the most part I felt confident about what I was doing, though, so that’s a good thing… although there was one scene in the first half where I caught myself thinking “what the hell are we doing up here and why haven’t the judges horned us”, but that’s par for the course. All in all I’ve got my plate full of improv and I’m liking it.
This morning I had an improv rehearsal at SecondStory and in an hour I need to leave for a rehearsal for Fiddler up in Everett. The weekend also consisted of laundry, dishes and grocery shopping, so I’m gonna have to find some other time to do that “rest” thing I’ve been meaning to do.
Dan.