Busy Beaver

I know you are all dying to know what happened next in my thrilling tale of adventures in Iowa. I promise I haven't forgotten. I've just been busy. Too busy to blog? Well, maybe not. But it's not something that's made it onto the "To Do" list lately.

What have I been up to? You ask. Well, let me tell you.

I've been rehearsing a show called Dream a Little Dream which opened Monday night at the Prop Thtr. It's produced by WNEP and is part of The Rhino Fest. We'll be performing on Monday nights at 9pm through September 24. So if you're sitting around, thinking nothing very fun happens on Mondays, come check out the show. It's only an hour long and I know you'll be entertained. Plus, admission is $15 or pay what you can. You can't beat that. Oh, and at one point I dress up as Princess Leia. That's worth $15 alone.

I've also been working on a television pilot with my friend Jason Headley. Jason and I went to college together and hosted our own radio show called Goodnight. It was in the midnight to 3am slot, which meant that we had about two listeners. I'll have to see if Jason has any of the shows as MP3 files and maybe I'll be able to post one on here for your amusement. It was a pretty damn good show. Most nights. At any rate, we decided to see if we could recapture the magic and write something with a little more substance and that led us to the pilot. We're shooting for that Northern Exposure/Ed feel and I think we're doing a pretty good job so far. We've written two episodes and we're talking about doing one more so that we have a nice little package to present the powers that be. I'll write more about it later. And I'm sure I'll be hitting some of you up for your opinion on it. So get your red pens ready.

Speaking of television pilots, I received an email from Dan O'Day yesterday saying that Ken Levine's Sitcom Room is gearing up for another run. I attended it in July, after much wailing and nashing of teeth, and it was well worth the price of admission. If you're thinking about getting into tv writing I highly recommend checking it out. There's nothing else out there like it and it's run by one of the true masters of the field. You can sign up to be on the "alert list" here and Ken will contact you with more information.

While I'm on the pimpin' wagon...

I'm still offerring headshot packages for cheap. Like $100. So if you or someone you know has been talking about getting some new shots, let me know and we'll get you taken care of.

Joe Janes is running a sketch writing workshop called RoboWriters, every Thursday night at 6:30 in the Uptown Writer's Space. It's only $5. Joe teaches at Second City and Columbia College and gives excellent feedback. The dude knows sketch. So, if you're working on a sketch show or just want to improve your skills, this is workshop is soooo worth your time. I've only managed to make it a couple of times, but I plan on getting there every chance I can.

Go see The Fugue. It's part of Theater Momentum's show at The Theater Building on Wednesday nights. It's an evening of improv, three thirty minute shows, that were created at the Work(shop) in Progress. It's improv, so there's as many misses as there are hits, but the forms are worth checking out. Don Hall directed The Fugue, which follows the form of a musical fugue, and I can honestly say I've never seen an improvised show like it before. It was a little slow going at first, but once all the balls were in the air it was very entertaining. I also really enjoy '97 Bulldogs.

All right. That's enough advertising for one day.  I'll try to finish my story about the fair soon. And by "soon" I mean before the end of the year.