Too much, too little, too

Too much, too little, too late

So, second weekend of Mass Murder. It went so, so well… our friend Tom Callahan (one of Bill’s college roommies, sorta) was here from Boston for the weekend, and it was so GREAT to be able to hang out with him again. He and Bill and another of Bill’s college roommies, Andrew White, came to the show on Saturday night. I was kind of freaking about what Bill would think of the show - I don’t know if any of you actresses out there agree, but it can be really intimidating to have your S.O. be someone in your field. Bill’s a writer and a director and an actor and a light designer and… everything. Sort of a multi-talented jack of all trades. And when it comes to what Bill thinks of the work I do, I turn into a nervous little girl kicking my feet in the dirt. I know it’s silly, but even after three years, it’s still true.

So, anyway. Bill, Tom, and Andrew were all there on Saturday night. I don’t think I’ve been that nervous before a performance in years - which, admittedly, wasn’t very nervous. For some reason, I don’t freak out before shows. At all. While this may seem like a good thing, it also means that I don’t get the focus and energy that pre-show jitters can lead to. Anyway, the show seemed to go well. Apparently, I freaked Bill out, which - under the circumstances - is a good sign. It’s still so thrilling to me to have him think I’ve done something well.

So, after the show, we went to Smackdown! at Annex. That was about the most fun I’ve had in months. Kelly Hill, who’s in MM with me, came along. She really got along with Tom and Andrew, which was great. She would love the Annex crew - Kelly’s one of those great people who knows what she wants, and dammit, she’s going to have it. Anyway, Smackdown was fantastic. Bill and I did a scene from “The King and I”, Tom and Andrew did a scene from “Driving Miss Daisy”, and somehow, Bill and Andrew and I all ended up going to the final round. Then, Andrew and I got to do a scene from “Frankie and Johnny” - I haven’t acted with Andrew since 1998, and it was good to do something with him again, even if it was only five minutes long. Apparently, Keira McDonald just about died watching Andrew do the “I love you and I want to get married” part of that scene. So, both of us made it to the final three - Andrew won the audience vote, and M.E. Dunn got the judges’ vote. Then, they both got to do a monologue from “Agnes of God”, and despite the fact that he talked a lot about his menstrual cycle, Andrew kicked some ass and won the whole shebang. I cannot WAIT to hear what kind of monologue Keri Healy creates for Andrew - he has had the kind of life that even the most gifted of sitcom writers wouldn’t be creative enough to come up with. All in all, it was a damn good weekend.