A Night at the Theater

Saturday night, Dave and I went to the Lakewood Cultural Center to see a play that his co-worker Kristin is in. It's all community theater, so the actors do not get paid. They rehearse for 2 months, do 6 shows in 2 weeks and then they are done. This month they had The Secret Garden. Wow, it was a good show. Great voices in it. I was even more impressed afterwards seeing Kristin's updo that she had done herself. Makes me think about dusting off my 16+ year old acting resume and getting back into theater.

My dad got involved in Hats Off Theater in Meriden, CT in the mid-80's. He got the lead in a Woody Allen play called "Don't Drink the Water" and I showed up to every practice to rehearse my 3 lines as a countess in a dinner scene. But that was only the start. We played father and daughter in "Dracula: The Musical?" and I did several other productions before I started doing all of the school plays. Did anyone but my parents ever go see these? We have them on video and they are as painful to watch as the Paula Abdul Fiasco.