Modern Living

That's the title of the play i'm doing at La MaMa next month. We are now officially in rehearsal. First read-through happened yesterday. One person was missing due to a commercial shoot, a couple people were late for no good reason, but it's a good group and i'm looking forward to the process. Director seems very sharp, which is always a big fat plus, and i know that at least a couple of the actors have good game.

Three short one-acts by, about (more or less) and starring richard scheinmel, having to do with various types of connections (family, flight, drug, phone) and the stretches we go through to make them. Strangers on a plane move through the strain until they're less strange and then fall asleep in the clouds, dans les nuages for real and for true. And it is true so to speak but filtered on stage it takes a different light, a different frame. You'll be hearing more from me about this.

Poker last night in washington heights. Very fun, and fantastic of course to see aaron and shannon, j.p. and sherin. Pete was there too, and brendan who was there one time last spring, and i met a very cool woman named jackie... cleopatra on the west side. I missed those guys a lot, and hope to hang with them on the regular this fall.