Familial and Familiar Faces

So the NCDA crew involved in the Fringe Festival wrapped that up last week. It was a great time, and we had great audiences that stuck right with the show despite some pretty steamy conditions in the non-climate controlled space. Thanks again to everyone who came out to see it!

It's hard to describe how much fun it is to work with people that you are such good friends with, who you know will work hard to make a show great, and share in the joy of a job well done. I'm so glad I got the chance to do a show with so many fellow members of the family.

And, luckily for me, I get to go right back into a show with a fellow alum, and at a place I just worked! Back in May, I did a cool adaptation of Medea at Venus Theatre up in Laurel, Md., and the director asked me a couple weeks ago if I could step in and fill a role in her next show. I had a blast doing their last show, so I was already inclined to say yes, but knowing that my friend and fellow grad Chris was already cast in the show made it a no-brainer. Not to mention that a few of the folks involved in the Medea production were also in this one as well.

Doug talked a while back about creating families, and I've certainly done that at NCDA, and now up at Venus. And it's fun to bring Chris into the fold as well. I've already been giving him the scoop on the extracurricular stuff like places to eat around the theatre space and things like that. It'll be great to share more NCDA stories with this group, and clue Chris in on some other things I know about how things work where we are now. My only regret is I've got to miss a week of rehearsal because I'd already planned a trip out of town, ironically enough, to visit family - blood relatives in this case.