Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Catching UP

I've been away from this blog for a little while-- things are changing, moving, grooving. Also I've been busy working on my newest blog, The Cozy Herbivore. Check it out-- it's a collection of comfort food vegetarian recipes I'm writing. I'm trying to eventually put together a cookbook, so I would love to hear your suggestions and feedback! Also I'm looking for a few guest chefs, so if you have a vegetarian recipe you'd like me to publish, send it to me!

Anyway, the weeks of my 4 month long summer vacation are winding down. I'm really quite happy about it. I know things are crazy during my season, and I don't want to waste any of this precious free time that I won't see once we begin, but frankly, I'm getting bored. I'm ready to get back into the saddle, ready to get to work, ready to feel like I'm contributing to society again.

I've been trying to squeeze in as much fun in the mean time, though. I made my yearly trek up to New York City to meet up with my favorite group of stage managers-- the girls I graduated from SUNY Purchase with.

Interesting side note: my friend Kris Carr pointed out that not only am I the only one from our graduating class of stage managers still stage managing-- I am, in fact, the only one from 3 years of graduating classes (the class before mine, my class and the class after mine) still stage managing. Wow. Just goes to show you that the theater market is over-saturated and under-paid.

Anyway, in true Purchase form, I had so much fun with my girls that the incredible hangover the next day was (almost) worth it. I'm getting too old to drink like I'm still in college, but that fact doesn't keep me from trying.

My former classmates and current buddies Kris Carr and Anita LaScala:


Me and Leah were quite drunk by the end of the night:
The subway ride back to Kris Carr's apartment was pretty grueling, but we weren't the worst drunks on the train, so I didn't feel quite so bad. We had a hangover-curing brunch in the morning, and then I was back on the bus to Philadelphia. I'm already looking forward to next year!

Last night was the 15th annual Barrymore Awards, which celebrate excellence in Philadelphia Theater. The Walnut Street Theatre was nominated for several awards, including 2 "Best Actress in a Musical" nods for our production of Forbidden Broadway's Greatest Hits! Both Jennie and Ellie were nominated, and Jennie ended up taking home the prize. (Although I do wish that they BOTH could have won-- they were both just incredible and I can't believe they had to choose between the two! Also I wish our two boys, Sonny and Marcus, had been nominated as well. Anyway...) Jennie's award was the only silver coin statue the Walnut took home last night, which was a bit disappointing overall, but I'm super proud of Studio 3 for taking home that honor!

After the ceremony, we partied at the Ben. I didn't think to take any pictures with my phone, so thanks to Stephanie Michael for this picture:
(l-r: costume shop manager/costume designer Colleen Grady, Deb, me, Stephanie Michaels)

A huge congrats to everyone who won, especially to my good buddies at 11th Hour Theatre Company who took home 3 statues for their amazing production of Avenue X. Press coverage (and more great photos of everyone dressed up and looking purdy here.)

This weekend I'm heading up to Homer to visit my folks. My brother and his wife will also be visiting, so the whole family will be together! It's going to be so nice to see everyone, and to enjoy the beauty of CNY in the fall.

And that's all the news that fit to print! I will try to update more regularly now that my other site is up and running.

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