Philia

A drawing of Hannah Strayhorn's character from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (7/28/12)

This and That

I was given this...

So I made that.

Another Forum Face

This was done in the green room during a rehearsal for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. (6/18/12)

Forum Faces

Here's some doodles that I made at a rehearsal for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. That bald fellow would make a good Senex!

Tragedy Tomorrow?

The more I think about my character, Erronius, the more I'm convinced that A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is really a tragedy for him.

Let's look at the facts: His children are kidnapped by pirates. He spends years and years abroad searching for them and returns to Rome empty handed. Physically, emotionally and financially drained, the old man hopes to find solace in "the comfort of his lonely house". However, he is deprived of this pleasure by two conmen and then sent on another wild goose chase. Of course, he does find happiness in the end, but something tells me his happy heart gives out right after the finale and he dies while his loved ones skip away with their significant others.

Comedy tonight my ass!

My Newest Role

I just realized I haven't mentioned I recently got cast in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at the Muncie Civic Theatre! It'll be the first time I've been back on that welcoming stage since (SPOILER!) William Barfee won the spelling bee last summer. I'll be playing Erronius! This will be the second time I'll be playing an elderly man in a Sondheim musical (I was The Mysterious Man in Into the Woods a few years back or as I liked to call him "Hombre de Mysterioso"). Of course, in another Sondheim show I played Santy Claus.