"i can't. i have rehearsal."

thomas was in a production for kanawha players, "art of murder", and it opened this weekend.  he's put a lot of time into it, and i think he's glad that one, it's up and running, and two, it's going well.  he even got a mention in the paper!  pretty cool.  

i didn't get to have much involvement in the production because i was out of town for so long, but helped out the first week i was back a little bit and came and worked on the set last thursday.  it made me remember all the hours i spent in college working in the basement of the theater with paint cans and power tools, or sitting in the booth running lights, my diet coke beside me so i wouldn't get the board all sticky with soda that i would inevitably spill.  my minor in college was theatre.  hard to believe i've been so removed from it for this long.

i started my theatre life when i was in 9th grade.  i was so shy and terrified of getting in front of people back then.  i guess that hasn't really changed, but i've certainly gotten better as the years have gone by.  i started taking acting classes back then to get my confidence, and loved it.  in high school, i branched out to technical theatre and loved it even more.  i liked it so much it's what drove me to major in mass communications, so i could concentrate on the production aspects of video and get my minor theatre so i could keep doing it.  (funny how i haven't used any of those skills since then.)  it was such a huge part of my life growing up and then it just fell to the wayside.  like so many things i used to enjoy doing.

but i think i'm ready to do it again.  maybe when i get my confidence back, i'll do it.  hell, it doesn't take any guts to build a set, but i'm nervous to volunteer since i'm so out of practice.  i think once i find a show i'm interested in, i'll see what i can get into.  looking forward to the days when i can say, "i can't, i have rehearsal."