And so it begins.....

That's one of my favorite lines from The Lord of the Rings- spoken by one of my favorites, Theoden (for the record, I find his moments with Eowyn some of the most beautiful in all the movies). In this case, the "it" is the insanity that begins in June and won't end until well after Thanksgiving. It's so odd, the first 6 months here at the theatre aren't exactly quiet- but it's not crazy, it's steady. Now, as we approach the end of June, we're getting ready to strike The Foreigner, get Smoke on the Mountain up (mid- July) start Arms and the Man in July and somewhere in all that we will keep the Acting Studio summer camps dressed, mount 2 new touring shows and start production meetings for Christmas (2 shows) and get the 2007 season decided, planned and budgeted. And that's just before September. In September we will be finishing up Arms and the Man, starting production on 2 Christmas shows (It's a Wonderful Life Radio Play here at Taproot and The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge at TAG) and getting ready to send out 3 touring shows, all of which will be completed by Thanksgiving. Seriously- it makes my head spin just thinking about it. We survived last year- so I am sure we'll sail through this year no worries. I am a little worried that we have no summer intern in the costume shop- whose primary responsibility is the summer camps- we had a fabulous intern last year. She raised the bar and went way above and beyond the call of duty- those kids and directors had a great experience costume-wise. This year? We'll see what happens. I don't know that there's enough of me to go around. So...I pray to not become overwhelmed and to be able to keep everything moving forward with as much joy as possible.
In other news, my friend, Debra Parker, is coming to visit next week. We shall enjoy traipsing about Seattle having a great time. I also have some extended family coming to visit who we'll be dining with next Wednesday. It's a pity that there's nothing to do....
I'd love just a few minutes of boredom.