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The in-between part 2

This has been the longest time between acting in plays for me in the last 20 years.  Sure, I did a one act in the winter, but that doesn't really count.  I mean, I loved it and got to work with my artistic father (Jack Stehlin) and one of my dearest friends (Jade Sealey).  But it wasn't really a process, and it was a 10 minute play.  It was a nice diversion from the hell that is this country right now, but it wasn't exactly life changing.  But I do make a good rodeo bull.  Maybe that's my central casting. I've been going through this in-between for a long time.  Hell, since last posting, my friend who I was supposed to work with but couldn't for financial reasons won't even talk to me. But I did what is necessary.  There is nothing more important to me than my family.  Hell, I would have killed myself long ago if I didn't have them.  Life has been pretty much a shit show since 2016.  Lots of sickness, death, eviction, and loss....
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The In-between

My friend Tara suggested that I blog between shows.  There hasn't been a lot of in-between for me in the past three years .  I have kept myself busy, and I am very fortunate to have a community of theatre artists who want to work with me to keep me working. Three years is significant.  Three years ago right now, I was at the Rubicon doing Moonlight and Magnolias with some of my best friends in the world.  It is honestly one of the highlights of my professional career.  Also, my dad was dying. He died between performances. On a Saturday.  I wasn't there.  For him. Cy and Joel were there for me onstage that night.  As was Steph in the house, even though she was sick as a dog. I came back and jumped into a fun project with some friends at "The 6th Act."  We did a Shakespeare mashup in a bar written and directed by Matthew Leavitt.  I was grieving, and also the Presidential election happened during that time which didn't help, but...
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Be Absolute for Death

I haven't blogged in quite awhile.  An entire production happened.  I learned a lot in these last few months, none of which was documented, and I probably would have figured out a lot of shit earlier had I been able to blog, and very likely would have solved some problems that I never figured out if I could. But, no crying over lost blogs.  I instinctively knew that when I blogged the last time for "Bloody Poetry," that I would have trouble writing again.  I didn't know why at the time, but I figured it out.  See, my best friend in the world since I was 13 died.  I was devastated.  What I realized was that Keith was my implied audience.  (even though he was rarely one of my four loyal blog readers).  The thing is, I developed my writing style by writing him 20 page letters from the time we were 18 until the internet ruined the written word.  There was no event in my life that wasn't dutifully written down for him.  Nor in his for ...
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