just reread all of Aaron's blogs from the Bear diaries---- I hope the company reads them. he is a very very gifted writer... and a brave one. to take a two act play and cut it down to 58 pages takes guts and integrity--- which Aaron has. It has been inspirational working on this piece. It is new everytime we come to rehearse and yet we are, somehow, finding our way to the truth of it. it is also exciting to rehearse with a "workshop" production as our goal... i dont think theatre productions should ever be expected to be finished as they live anew each evening.... so I am appreciating the clarity of this project: knowing that the production will reflect weeks of hard work and offer a work in progress. i know the evening will be powerful for those who attend---the director has a deep insight into the work, the cast is so strong and committed and the play approaches opera sometimes with its sounds and passion...

and we have one more week. i long ago abandoned any idea of what the experience of performing the piece will be like. that, like the rest of this journey, will probably surprise me and move me to important discoveries about why I act in the first place and what it is really for.

and great news today--- jonathan joined us as the stage manager. old home week for the Mysteries crowd now rolling around in Bare barf!!! welcome jonathan and thanks.

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blessings
michael nehring