My thesis is due in 36 hours...

Wish me luck and productivity...

Thanks.

I had a baby....

And it was really beautiful. Thank you for this experience. It has changed me.

VIRGIN TERRITORY opens tomorrow...

I could not be more emotional about this if I tried....

Pinot Noir, Comps, Micah and me...and exercise in improv writing

First I will give a topic: The week. (Now Micah goes)

It started out innocently enough.

(N) Sure, if that is your idea of innocence...

(M) Micah worked on Sunday, while Nikki wrote and crammed for comps.

(N) It's been a week that legitamately involved brain surgery, sudden death, competency graduate exams and the beginning of tech; things have never so deserved pinot at the end of the night!

(M) Bitch stole my line... what I was going to say was: so it's understandable that at the end of this evening, there are 2 empty bottles of wine sitting on the counter. And I'm taking 2 sentences, cuz I don't care. Eat it.

(N)Well, technically, you are using way more that A sentence...that last one was like seven.

Well let's be real: a semicolon does not a 1 sentence make.

(B... for biatch)

(N) Nor did you use a semicolon, so I am not sure what you are referring to, ellipsis whore.

(M for Miatch) ... And then the princess said to the dragon : "Save me from the prince!"

(N) You're eating the cat!

(M) Turkey Taco... more like PINK taco!

(N) You know nothing of the pink taco. Mo.

Um... bascuse me, have you not heard the 5 year old story?!?!?

(N for Nikkako) I am not ready to go there on so many levels. New topic! What

have you learned this week?

Always tell your mother you love her.

(N) When in doubt, bring your kid to the ER--it could really be something major.

Split a chicken "crunch"/tender melt with your best friend... you'll be glad you did on MANY levels... the deepest being that even if you're helping her study for comps, you guys still get to hang out, and she may draw BOOM! on your hand.

(N)Also bring headphones to comps--Benji is a mayjah mouth breather. And?

One persons favorite musical that they listen to all the time, is another's water works special.

(69) Thank you and good night!

It returns...

Fear, loathing and lethargy...

I wonder if I could just go ahead and skip this part at some point before being super productive. What is with the need to torture myself before being able to write as needed?

The play has been written and revised, currently on draft six. And yet...the THESIS portion of my thesis sits unfinished in my computer TAUNTING me! I am not Andrew!

I have to got to finish my MFA right.

Love makes a family...

And I happen to LOVE mine. :)

Spring Break

You know you're on Spring Break When...

It's 5pm and I just woke up from sleeping off my drunk lunch with the girls: Grandma Mike, Aunt Robbie and Mom.

I am so in love with my thesis process so far, I cannot begin to express it.

We are making something from scratch--together.

Last night 3 of the ensemble members brought in personal creations: a song, a poem, a dance--just to share with the rest of the ensemble. They felt inspired to create after last Sunday and came back with these things. Not to end up in the show, but to communicate in the way that they could about what they were feeling after our first read through/workshop.

It was incredible. And so worth all of this.

We also spent an hour and a half around a table fighting out the ending...easily one of the greatest conversations I have ever had about theatre.

Blessings everywhere...

Oh, and I am going to Wyoming tonight for a job interview. I'm about to learn something major this week...not sure what the lesson will be, but it'll be a doozy, I'm thinking. :)

Marching along...

So many things are happening in my world and I think most of them are good. The boulder got pushed up the mountain and now it's rolling...picking up momentum even...

Wish me luck this week. I could use it! :)

Triumph!

3 Reasons things are GREAT!

1. The script is DONE...for the most part...1000 pounds off my shoulders. Now it's all about the process and it's all out on the page. Back to my happy place...the process. :)

2. First workshop last night was fantastic. My troupes believe in the piece and I couldn't ask for more.

3. Rikkie is tearing up the road. Schools are LOVING them! Here are a few pics from the road! How cute are these kids? Love that kiddie tour.